Monthly Archives: March 2006
CyberCynic: The Touchy Subject of Open-Sourcing Java
Now that the touchy subject of open-sourcing Java has re-emerged, Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols asks, will the now more open-source friendly Sun finally open the...
Attorney General Says Feds Balance Privacy, Security
SAN JOSE, Calif.—U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez said March 30 that the federal government is sensitive to the need to protect citizens privacy rights...
IBM Plays with Magnetism on Atomic Scale
IBM said on March 30 that it has learned how to better control magnetic fields at the atomic level, a technique that it could...
Configuresoft Aims to Ease Compliance
Configuresoft will add to the compliance drumbeat on April 10 when it launches the next major release of its Enterprise Configuration Manager software for...
LinuxWorld Rumor Mill Turns
I could tell you what you will see at LinuxWorld Boston this coming week (April 3-6), but whats the fun in that?
Instead, here are...
Apples Intel Move Still Riling Mac Developers
On the eve of its 30th anniversary, Apple Computer is in the middle of a major transition—moving its Mac hardware and operating system over...
SAP Hires New EVP to Lead Platform Ecosystem Development
What happened to George Paolini? Thats the question that has slowly bubbled to the surface following SAPs announcement March 28 that it appointed Zia...
Company Touts Low-Cost Facial Recognition
Security experts have long predicted that personal identification technologies such facial recognition software would someday replace passwords in the common business setting, and one...
Gateway Sees a Lightweight Laptop Renaissance
When it comes to notebooks, thin is in again.
Gateway, which began taking orders on its new 3-pound E-100M notebook on March 30, is working...
Sixth Annual eWEEK Excellence Awards Finalists
The finalists in this years eWEEK Excellence Awards program show that innovation is alive and very well.
We started accepting entries for our sixth annual...