Monthly Archives: April 2006
Gadget Merges Telecommuting with Listening to Tunes
Nothing gives away an at-home worker more than dialing them up on the phone, and hearing their music cranking on the stereo in the...
Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—In a rare discussion about the severity of the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said businesses should consider investing...
Power.org Member Rapport, IBM Unveil Low-Power Cell Processor
Chip maker Rapport Technologies and IBM have developed the Kilocore1025, a new breed of cell processor technology both companies claim will bring disruptive technologies...
Sendmail Sets Sights on Open Source
BOSTON—Messaging company Sendmail is looking at open-sourcing more of its technologies, including its commercial administration tool, Sendmail Switch MTA, and its Sendmail Mailstream Manager.
"We...
Study: It Behooves IT Staff to Sharpen Business Skills
A study released last week by SIM (the Society for Information Management), a professional society of IT executives, identified business capabilities as five of...
Microsoft Readies BitVault Self-Healing Data Store
Microsoft is working to commercialize "BitVault," a Microsoft Research technology designed to store large volumes of seldom-changing information—the kind of material that overwhelms enterprises...
Readers Respond: Microsoft Shuts Windows on New PC Firmware
I read John G. Spooners article on UEFI ("Microsoft Shuts Windows on New PC Firmware," March 20) with great interest because my future as...
EnterpriseDB Picks Up PostgreSQL Super-Developers
BOSTON—EnterpriseDB has scooped up Bruce Momjian, a leading PostgreSQL developer and member of the open-source databases Core Team, to serve as senior database architect,...
Platform Computing Looks to ISVs to Open Enterprise Doors
Platform Computing is looking to partnerships with software vendors as a way of getting its grid computing products into enterprises.
Enterprises tend to be more...
Linux Leaps Toward KDE/GNOME Compatibility
The Open Source Development Labs, the consortium dedicated to the adoption of Linux, and freedesktop.org, the open-source project focused on interoperability for X Window...