Monthly Archives: March 2006
Google Maps Out Its Ad Future
Ads will soon appear on maps that accompany Googles local search feature, the Internet search leader announced March 30.
The announcement is a sign that...
Imperva Web-App Firewall Adapts to Users Networks
The problem with first-generation Web application firewalls is that they require users to make a variety of changes to existing networks.
Imperva plans to change...
Microsoft Set to Attack Linux with Patents?
Is Microsoft getting ready to attack Linux and open-source software with its patents? Florian Mueller, spokesperson for the European NoSoftwarePatents.com and a leading anti-patent...
Microsoft Looks to Dynamics for Platform Strategy
Microsoft is by all accounts looking to Dynamics, its evolving suite of ERP applications, to be a development platform rivaling SAP AGs NetWeaver and...
Is the EU Barking up the Wrong Antitrust Tree?
When Microsoft watchers talk about "deeply integrating" or "tying" (or insert any other "bundling" euphemism of choice here), they almost always use it in...
Microsoft Rebrands FrontBridge in Hosted Services Push
Microsoft has rebranded FrontBridge Technologies, as well as the secure messaging solutions it acquired along with the company last August.
The company will now be...
Role of Tool and Platform Improvements in Aligning IT
Peter Coffee talks with IBM Rational product development vice president Lee Nackman and Sun Microsystems tools development manager Robin Smith about governance in the...
CEO: JBoss Is Not for Sale (For Now)
If youre waiting for the deal between Oracle and JBoss to occur, youre going to have to wait a bit longer to learn when...
Mac-Friendly Phones Offer Music, Bluetooth and More
As Apple turns 30, Mac users with cell phones face the classic Mac dilemma: You get fewer choices, but the ones you do get...
Hackers Use BBC News as IE Attack Lure
The ongoing zero-day attacks against users of Microsofts Internet Explorer browser have taken an ominous, social-engineering twist.
According to an alert issued by Websense Security...