Monthly Archives: June 2006
New Xandros Linux Desktop Arrives
Xandros 4.0, the first new version of Xandros Inc.s desktop Linux distribution in a year and a half, arrived on June 20. Xandros 4...
AirTran Systems Upgrade Hits Turbulence
Discount airline AirTran Airways says a "preplanned outage" to update its reservations and check-in systems early this week turned into all-day unplanned outage on...
eWEEK Daily News Podcast, June 21
In this eWEEK Daily News Podcast: Unpatched software on corporate user desks is a greater threat than major application bugs; theres another major zero-day...
Tech Standards Could Be Robotics Road Map to Success
PITTSBURGH—Robotics industry executives, in an effort to grow their nascent market, are hoping to borrow some experience from the PC business.
Several executives, speaking to...
NeoScale Beefs Up Tape Security Appliance
Backup security vendor NeoScale Systems on June 21 released a software upgrade to its CryptoStor Tape appliance. While giving the system a performance boost,...
Sun Adds New Features to Mustang Version of Java
Sun Microsystems has enhanced the second beta version of Java Platform Standard Edition 6 with new database and graphical user interface design technology.
The Santa...
Microsoft, CareerBuilder.com Team to Help Job Seekers
Microsoft and CareerBuilder.com have joined forces to help people find work in the Web and application development areas.
The two companies are collaborating to help...
FCC Adds VOIP to Universal Service Fund
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on June 21 approved two changes in Universal Service Fund charges for carriers.
The first was to change the "Safe...
Intel, VMware Offer Virtualization ASAP Program
VMware and Intel are combining forces in a program designed to encourage software developers to build their applications for virtualized environments on Intels Xeon...
Veteran Xbox, Media Center Exec Leaves the Microsoft Fold
In the past week, the count of high-profile Microsoft veterans who are either leaving the Redmond software coop (or being pushed involuntarily) has been...