Monthly Archives: February 2006
New Suitor Emerges for Knight Ridder
News publisher MediaNews Group has emerged as a candidate to buy Knight Ridder, an elite U.S. newspaper chain, a source said.
The interest by MNG...
Judge Denies U.S. Request to Be an Active Party in BlackBerry Case
A federal judge on Feb. 21 refused the U.S. governments request for its own hearing on how a possible shutdown of BlackBerry e-mail service...
New Safari Flaw, Worms Turn Spotlight on Apple Security
A serious new vulnerability in Apple Computer Inc.s Safari Web browser and new worms that target Apples OS X operating system have raised awareness...
Lawmakers Role in Data Breaches Debated
Last years barrage of corporate data breaches spurred the Federal Trade Commission to impose the largest civil fine in its history—$15 million on ChoicePoint—and...
Microsofts Dynamics Snap Initiative Fits CRM into Office
Taking the lessons learned from its joint Mendocino development project with SAP in-house, Microsoft announced on Feb. 20 its namesake Dynamics Snap initiative. The...
AOL, WebEx Build At-Work IM
America Online and WebEx Communications have taken the wraps off of plans to launch a jointly developed instant messaging and collaboration package aimed specifically...
No Agenda for Internet Search Confab
The two-day search engine shop-talk binge Mashup Camp is under way in Palo Alto, Calif.
Events such as Mashup Camp are designed to gestate ideas...
IBM: Lets Make a Deal
Alone among companies, IBM can bring business consulting, data center management and application development expertise to bear—and thats just in services, never mind hardware...
IBM Divides to Conquer
There comes a time when size alone is not enough. IBM Global Services reached that point last year when IBM Chairman and CEO Sam...
Why Oracle Skinned Sleepycat
Oracles purchase of the open-source embedded database company Sleepycat Software Feb. 14-the first in what is expected to be a series of similar acquisitions-gives...