Monthly Archives: July 2006
Curse of the Google Software Distributors
First an exploding Dell laptop, then overheating Lexar flash drives. Are Google software distributors going up in flames?Dell, which distributes the Google Toolbar, made...
eWEEK Daily News Podcast, July 7
Britain will extradite hacker; HP will merge hundreds of facilities into a few central operations; AMD lowers earnings estimates; and Microsoft ODF translation effort...
Storage Startup Exanet Pitches Replication for NAS Clusters
High-performance networked storage vendor Exanet will expand its clustered NAS software solution with new data replication and recovery capabilities.
The company said it expects the...
What the Military Can Learn from Google
On one level, Google's mission and the military's mission are the same: organize all the world's data.The results are a bit different. Google drops...
Dell Puts New Wireless Setup into Laptops
Dell is replacing Microsofts wireless setup wizard in its laptops and mobile workstations with one from a smaller vendor that officials say offers improved...
Inter-Tel Prepares Next-Gen SIP Softswitch
Telephony pioneer Inter-Tel will release a next-generation voice over IP switch in August aimed at 21st century applications.
The 27-year-old company, which focuses on the...
OMG Adopts Systems Modeling Language
The Object Management Group has announced the adoption of the OMG Systems Modeling Language as a standard.The Needham, Mass.-based OMG and the International Council...
Intels Montecito Finally on the Launch Pad
Intel is preparing to launch its long-awaited dual-core Itanium 2 processor, dubbed "Montecito," in July, the latest attempt by the giant chip maker to...
Microsoft Fetes Partners
In his commentary, Peter Coffee says its smart to prepare for the expected as well as the unexpected; Spencer F. Katt lists the top...
BitDefender Ships Anti-Rootkit Beta
BitDefender has joined a growing list of security vendors testing tools for rootkit detection and cleanup.
The anti-virus vendor, a division of Softwin based in...