Monthly Archives: April 2006
Google Searches for More Government Work
New job postings by Google show that the search company plans to add more sales muscle to its Washington offices, suggesting that it has...
Muglia Opens Kimono on New Management Wares
San Diego, Calif.—Microsofts Bob Muglia in his keynote speech at the Microsoft Management Summit opened the kimono on a couple of new developments in...
Oracle Unlimited Applications Program Stretches Beyond Fusion
Nashville—At the annual Oracle Application User Group conference here—an event that typically draws tons of users but few Oracle executives—Oracle president Charles Phillips announced...
Can the Windows Live Team Reverse the Microsoft Brain Drain?
Another day, another Microsoft defector.
At least thats the public perception. Over the past couple of years, Microsoft brain drain has been a hot topic,...
Microsoft Refreshes, Broadens IE 7 Beta
On April 25, at 12:01 a.m. EST, Microsoft will open the Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 floodgates—and the phone support lines.
Microsoft is set to...
Google’s Cell Phone Sex Problem
Some new research concludes that Google Internet search requests via cell phone are mostly to find porn, and at a rate twice what Google...
In Montreal, Google Tracks the Eyeball
Google plans to release the findings from the first-ever large-scale study of its mobile users' habits, plus eyeball tracking experiences and other Google research...
Iona Says Artix Is Interoperable with Microsofts Indigo
Iona Technologies has announced that Artix, the companys Enterprise Service Bus, has successfully demonstrated reliable and transactional interoperability with Microsofts Windows Communication Foundation using...
Intel Goes Pro with Business Brand
Intel wants to reinvent the business desktop, and it has named a new candidate to do it.
The chip maker on April 24 revealed vPro,...
VMware-Led Alliance Promotes Virtual Desktops
Software maker VMware is envisioning an IT world where desktops arent deployed—theyre hosted on a server.
To that end, the company on April 24 announced...