Monthly Archives: June 2006
Readers Respond: Save Me from Cleverness
Peter Coffees May 15 Epicenters column, "Save Me from Cleverness," rightly criticizes elements of the C language. Why not follow to the logical...
Face It: Linux Is Insecure
Linux is insecure. Open source is insecure. Windows is insecure. All software is insecure. Deal with it.
People keep having this delusion that security is...
Accelerated Intel Roadmaps Spur New Mac Speculation
For the first time, talk about new Intel processors is raising the pulses of editors at Mac-centric Web sites.
This is a major change from...
Supercomputer Serves as Weapon in AIDS Fight
Researchers at Stony Brook Universitys Center for Structural Biology wanted to understand how an essential HIV protein switched between two known conformations.
They used computer...
Lenovo Still Loves Linux
A company executives recent statement that Lenovo Group would no longer support Linux on its ThinkPad line sparked disapproval among aficionados of the operating...
IBM Upgrades Ready for Rational Plan
ORLANDO, Fla.—IBM has announced the expansion of its Ready for Rational Software program to enable IBM developers, customers and business partners to create and...
Robots Clean Floors—and Save Lives, Panel Says
WASHINGTON—Calling robots a "disruptive technology," iRobot Chairman and Founder Helen Greiner said that robots made by her company have already saved the lives of...
IBM Rational Tool Set Gains Momentum
ORLANDO, Fla.—IBM ushers in its annual Rational Software Development Conference that began June 4 touting the momentum the company has made in reaching out...
Survey Shows Mobile App Gap
Wireless users in the United States are adopting advanced applications, but the level of adoption is far behind the rest of the world, according...
Intel to Shed Communications Chips?
Intel may sell off two communications processor product lines, exiting a major portion of its communications chip business, a published report says.
A San Jose...