Monthly Archives: May 2006
AMD Adds Second Core to Turion Notebook Chip
On May 17, Advanced Micro Devices launched a dual-core version of its mobile Turion chip, bringing its brand of dual-core technology to thin-and-light notebooks....
Gates Memo: Beyond Business Intelligence
An executive e-mail penned by Bill Gates, Microsofts chairman and chief software architect, will be sent out to customers and partners on May 17...
Suns Tooling Strategy to Focus More on Scripting
SAN FRANCISCO—As NetBeans goes so goes Sun Microsystems. And with that being the case, Sun is moving toward broader support for scripting languages.
That is...
As Crucial as Coffee: Web Surfing at Work
A new study of Web surfing behaviors at work finds that on any given day, an employee might check out porn, fall for a...
Treo 700p Goes Back to Palm OS Roots
The Treo 700p marks a welcome return to Palms handheld operating system and adds EvDO network support, allowing Palm OS fans to get broadband-like...
Lotus Introduces Applications for BlackBerry
IBM has begun making Lotus applications available for BlackBerry device users, allowing companies that have developed applications for other Lotus platforms with Notes and...
Research Says Cisco, Microsoft Lead Security Spending
The continued push into the security sector by IT leaders Cisco Systems and Microsoft is making hay with chief security officers, as a new...
Tech CTOs, Venture Capitalists Predict the Future at FIRE
SAN DIEGO—The annual Future in Review conference is an anomaly.
Other executive-level conferences seem to be as much about the socializing outside the sessions as...
Unisys Signs Pact to Distribute MySQL Products, Services
Unisys, not known for being active in the open-source community, hooked up with a key global open-source partner May 16 by announcing a worldwide...
Sun Aims for Speed and Control with Real-Time App Server
SAN FRANCISCO—James Gosling, the father of Java, has been working on some innovative technologies to address unique needs, such as real-time application servers and...