Monthly Archives: June 2006
Google: What’s New, Mr. Magoo?
In a fit of visual irony, Google is testing out new video ads on, among others, a cartoon about a blind man's follies.Google announced...
eWEEK Daily News Podcast, June 23
In todays eWEEK Daily News Podcast: Harvard study confirms IT does matter; Senate commmittee chair wants "net neutrality" out of telecom bill; AT&T gets...
Blue Coat Gets VC Money, Makes Acquisition
Security appliance maker Blue Coat Systems had a big day June 23, announcing a $42 million investment by venture capital firms Francisco Partners and...
Supernova Panel: Search Far from Mature
SAN FRANCISCO—In spite of the phenomenal growth in usage of Web search, the technology is still at a very early stage and has a...
Readers: Thumbs Up and Down For Vistas Flash Speed-Up
Is the market really ready for instant memory expansion with USB flash "drives" or the forthcoming "hybrid" hard disk drives that incorporate flash memory?...
Google and Its Continuing Dark Fiber Mystery
The market is still guessing about Googles continued purchases of "dark fiber" and what that will mean to the Internet. Yet another explanation was...
U.S. Navy: Data Breach Affects 28,000
Five spreadsheet files with personal data on approximately 28,000 sailors and family members were found on an open Web site, the U.S. Navy announced...
IBM Cranks Up Compute Centers Power
IBM is adding more than 15 teraflops of computing power to its three supercomputing-on-demand centers as the company adjusts to growing demands on the...
AMD Turion 64 X2 Drives Down HP Compaq nx6325 Price
As the first business laptop to feature AMDs 64-bit Turion 64 X2 mobile CPU, the HP Compaq nx6325 offers road warriors performance at a...
AMD to Build Factory in New York
Advanced Micro Devices on June 23 announced plans to build a new chip manufacturing plant in New York state.
The chip maker, which has seen...