Monthly Archives: March 2006
Oracle Tries to Lift the Enterprise Search Malaise
Major technology stars before Oracle have tried to sell enterprise search products. But all the deep pockets and business savvy haven't done much to...
eBay Patent Case May Cast Big Shadow
As IT administrators celebrate a settlement in the years-long patent dispute that threatened BlackBerry service in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court is...
RIM, NTP Settle Case: BlackBerry Service Is Safe
Its settled, and your BlackBerry is safe.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and patent-holding company NTP on March 3 announced that both parties have entered...
Microsoft Revs Team System, Looks to Next Version
As the company has already indicated, Microsoft will be releasing the TFS (Team Foundation Server) module of its VSTS (Visual Studio 2005 Team System)...
Microsoft Stakes Out String Beans iSCSI Storage
Microsoft breathed new life into its growing storage business on March 3, announcing the acquisition of WinTarget and iSCSI-based software technology assets from String...
Technology Complicates NSA Debate
Do contemporary advances in technology entitle the president to ignore federal laws if he believes they might get in the governments way in time...
Borlands For-Sale Tools Place Well in IDE Competition
Despite being targeted for divestiture by their owner, Borland Softwares development tools fared very well in a comparison of application development tools recently released...
Upgrade Your Version of Vista (Anytime)
Microsoft testers are getting an early look at new functionality designed to allow users to upgrade to more powerful—and, presumably, more expensive—versions of Vista.
Microsoft...
Getting to Know Drupal
You may recall that Ive been working on revamping one of my Web sites with the open-source Drupal CMS (content management system).
Im finally done...
Better Linux Sales Arent Enough to Halt Novells Slide
It was not the best of quarters for Linux vendor Novell Inc. When Novell announced its financial results for its first fiscal quarter, which...