Monthly Archives: February 2006
Microsoft Releases Enterprise Windows Vista CTP
Microsoft made the February CTP (Community Technology Preview) for Windows Vista available to testers on Feb. 22, saying this is an enterprise release that...
Privacy, Spying Bring New Challenges in the 21st Century
Two groups are calling on Congress to take a new look at the governments spying powers in light of new technologies, but the groups...
A Foolproof Way to Reduce Internal Corporate Spam
When Yahoo and AOL instituted a program in February that would charge advertisers microscopic amounts to send e-mail ads to AOL and Yahoo customers,...
Exploit for Safari Hole Raises Risk for Mac Users
Software code that can exploit a hole in Apples Safari Web browser was added to a popular hacking tool on Feb. 22, raising the...
Virtualizations Next Frontier: Better Software Management
NEW YORK—Base-level virtualization—the dividing up of physical boxes into multiple virtual machines—is taking hold in the x86 world, according to vendors and analysts at...
Inside Windows Vista, Build 5308
With todays release of the Windows Vista February CTP (Community Technology Preview), Microsoft has publicly passed a key milestone on the road to launching...
Outsourcing in India Pays Off
MUMBAI, India—Outsourcing to India has delivered rich rewards for a number of companies, freeing up scarce funds to fuel strategic investments and, in some...
Lenovo Goes for SMB Gold with New PC Line
Lenovo Group is putting its name down on a new strategy to pursue the small and midsize business market.
Lenovo executives, speaking at an event...
Mashup Camp Update: Attack of the Google-wannabes!
The ongoing Mashup Camp show in Palo Alto, Calif. is teeming with companies claiming they've found features that search giants, in particular Google, haven't...
A New Knight For Knight Ridder
News publisher MediaNews Group has emerged as a candidate to buy Knight Ridder, an elite U.S. newspaper chain, says a source.It's a potentially volatile...