Monthly Archives: July 2006
On the Windows Live Watch
Another member of the Live family has gone Live. As noted over on LiveSide.net, the Windows Live Toolbar has moved from beta to final....
Startup Combines Identity Management, Access Control
Startup Apere hopes to carve out a place in the midsize enterprise with a unique security appliance that melds identity management with access control.
The...
Army Taps 3M for RFID Tracking of Medical Records
3M, the makers of Scotch Tape and Post-It Notes, announced July 25 its inked a three-year deal with the U.S. Army to develop and...
HP to Buy Mercury Interactive in $4.5B Deal
Hewlett Packard on July 25 advanced the consolidation trend in the management software space when it announced its plans to acquire Mercury Interactive for...
Sun Revenue Gains Dampened by Job Cut Charges
Sun Microsystems lurching financial recovery continued in its fiscal fourth quarter, as continued revenue growth was overshadowed by charges related to its restructuring plans,...
Fatter Flash Chips Offer PCs a Better Fit
IM Flash Technologies is boosting the capacity of its NAND flash memory chips, pushing the chips another step closer toward being able to take...
Work and Drive: Wireless E-Mail for Your Commute
What could be a distraction to some drivers may prove a useful tool to countless others.
Intelligent Mechatronic Systems, based in Waterloo, Ontario, has announced...
Tech Company Turnover Down in Q2
Tech companies have returned to normal hiring, though the overall turnover rate dropped slightly in this past quarter, according to a survey released July...
Second Symantec Report Criticizes Vista Code
Security researchers at Symantec have published the second of three reports calling out potential security issues in Microsofts next-generation Vista operating system, this time...
Readers Respond: U.S. Needs IT Makeover
In the July 10 editorial Stan Gibson states, "the number of foreign students on U.S. campuses is down, and the H-1B program continues...