Monthly Archives: June 2006
LiveOffice Adds Backup to E-Mail Storage System
Corporate e-mail storage vendor LiveOffice of Torrance, Calif. said June 21 that it has added fully integrated, Web-based mailbox management and business continuity features...
MIT Scientists Ask Biologists to Imitate Engineers
Biotechnology could enjoy more of the efficiency and innovation of high technology, say a group of experts working at the intersection of computation and...
Private Google Parts
Following a spate of trojan and worm attacks on Orkut and Page Creator that jeopardized users' financial information, Google has joined a group of...
Windows Vista Gets ActiveX Installer Service
Microsoft is adding a brand-new feature to Windows Vista to allow businesses to load ActiveX controls on systems running without admin privileges.
The new feature,...
Opera Officially Releases Opera 9 Browser
On June 20, Opera Software officially announced the release of Opera 9, the new browser that includes support for "widgets," adds a security tool...
Microsoft Sees Life Stirring in Robots
PITTSBURGH—Microsoft has robot dreams.
The company on June 20 released a community technical preview or beta of its Microsoft Robotics Studio.
The companys robotics software development...
Sun Helps Stanford Open New Earth Science Research Center
STANFORD, Calif.—Sun Microsystems may not have made a profit for nearly five years, but the struggling IT infrastructure giant isnt shying away from giving...
Cisco Introduces Stackable WLAN Controller
Cisco Systems on June 20 extended its wireless reach into new mobility services and for the first time integrated its WLAN technology into a...
Google Talk: Nothing New to See Here, Move Along
All's quiet on the Google Talk front, leaving Microsoft and Yahoo to bring in the big guns.Yesterday, Microsoft released its first Windows Live product...
eWEEK Daily News Podcast, June 20
In todays eWEEK Daily News Podcast: In todays eWEEK Daily News Podcast: Microsoft posts its zero-day flaw workaround; Google finds a worm in Orkut;...