Monthly Archives: April 2006
Larry Ellison on the Penguin Prowl
Word is that Larry Ellison and Oracle are interested in having a Linux distribution of their very own—a proposition that, in my Opinion, would...
EMC Offers Virtual Tape Shredding
Rearchitecting part of its disk library family to suit the requirements of small and midsize businesses and remote branch office users, EMC on April...
MacBook Pro Now Available as 17-inch
When the 15-inch MacBook Pro was first introduced, we took a huge roller coaster ride in terms of actual ship dates. Well, hopefully this...
Google Wins, MSN Loses in March
Nearly one in two Internet searches now takes place using a Google search engine, according to a new report from audience measurement firm Nielsen//NetRatings.
In...
Former CA Exec Kumar Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Sanjay Kumar, former head of IT management firm CA, pled guilty April 24 to a number of financial fraud charges resulting from a $2.2...
Microsoft Bringing Genuine Advantage Authentication to Office
Windows Genuine Advantage has worked so well that Microsoft is planning to introduce a version of the anti-piracy authentication program targeted at its Office...
Government-Funded Startup Blasts Rootkits
A startup funded by the U.S. governments Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is ready to emerge from stealth mode with hardware and software-based technologies...
Goodbye, Mr. McNealy
In 1982, Scott McNealy founded Sun Microsystems with three graduate student friends—Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy and Vinod Khosla from Stanford University.
I doubt they knew...
McNealy: Schwartz Ready to Take Over as CEO
According to Scott McNealy, his decision to step down as CEO of Sun Microsystems after 22 years was driven by a combination of seeing...
HDS Unveils Diskless NSC55 Controller
Harnessing the capabilities of its TagmaStore storage virtualization engine into a downsized offering targeted at the midrange enterprise audience, Hitachi Data Systems on April...