Monthly Archives: August 2006
Oracle Acquires Sigma Dynamics
Oracle quietly announced Aug. 23 that it acquired the intellectual property assets of Sigma Dynamics, a company that develops predictive analytics technology.
The terms of...
Toshiba to Launch Ultra-High-Speed SD Card Series
Toshiba revealed on Aug. 24 that it will launch two new series of secure digital, or SD, flash memory cards this fall that offer...
Mass. Back on Track for ODF Implementation
The State of Massachusetts has reaffirmed its commitment to begin using the OpenDocument Format by Jan. 1, 2007, a move that has been welcomed...
Microsoft Zaps eEye from IE Flaw Credits
Microsoft on Aug. 24 re-released its MS06-042 bulletin to provide patches for a code execution Internet Explorer flaw that was introduced by the original...
Groups Standard Aims to Extinguish Fears over Notebook Fires
PC makers, including Dell, are getting to work on notebook fire prevention.
Executives from companies, including Apple Computer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo Group, all members...
Apple Recalls 1.8 Million iBook, PowerBook Batteries
Apple is recalling 1.8 million notebook battery packs, which contain cells manufactured by Sony.The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker is recalling the packs, shipped with...
Editors Choice Contest: Win a $250 Gift Card – 2
Enter the Editors Choice ContestWin $250 Gift Card!Share your point of view with us as we determine the five most influential stories published during...
Hot Flash: Flashtops Take On the Memory Market
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Flash memory continues to evolve quickly and grow more usable. The solid-state, rewritable silicon memory chips, which hold content without requiring power,...
Cyber-Czar to Be Named Soon
WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security will be naming a new Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Telecommunications in the very near future, a DHS spokesperson...
No More Plain Vanilla Windows XP in South Korea
Microsoft is said to be readying a total of four new versions of Windows XP for the South Korean market, in order to comply...