Monthly Archives: February 2006
Whats Inside the Six Windows Vista Releases?
Microsoft will unveil the official Windows Vista version lineup on Feb. 27. While the names of the six core SKUs are familiar, thanks to...
Gesture Recognition Not Ready for Prime Time
As this month began, it became public knowledge that Apple has filed two patent applications under the title "Gestures for touch sensitive input devices."...
Open Source Ripe for the Taking
As I write this column, Oracle has just acquired the open-source company Sleepycat and its embedded database, Berkeley DB. By the time you read...
McRumors, McGossip, McInnuendo
Big Blues gonna put everyone who ever talked to McBride on the McGriddle," laughed the Lynx, who was catching breakfast at Mickey Ds with...
RFID: Still Searching for Payoff
RFID World, the Auto ID conference being held in Dallas this week, will feature a big crowd, small incremental technology advances and a continuing...
Testers Play in Microsofts Sandbox
Microsofts Business Solutions unit and its partners are testing new Web-service add-ons to Microsofts enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management applications by making...
Microsoft Tools Snap Into Office
Taking lessons learned from its joint "Mendocino" development project with SAP in-house, Microsoft announced on Feb. 20 its namesake Dynamics Snap initiative. The initiative...
HP Streamlines Storage Lineup
Hewlett-Packard is sprucing up its storage hardware and software portfolio to simplify IT consolidation efforts across customers online, backup and remote- and branch-office storage...
Kcentrix Does End Run Around Word
Companies looking for an easy way to collaborate on documents with external entities—including partners and customers—will find Kcentrix Softwares PleaseReview a flexible, easy-to-use collaboration...
Office Live Targets Small Firms
Microsoft Office Live, a set of Web-based services aimed at small businesses, is a compelling offering for organizations that lack the IT expertise, time...