Monthly Archives: August 2006
Updates From the Live Side of the House
For those keeping tabs on all things Microsoft-Live-related, the LiveSide folks have a few interesting updates. Microsoft launched on August 29 an official (U.S.-only)...
CDC Unveils the FluChip
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a microchip-based test that distinguishes between flu strains...
Intel vPro Promises IT Managers Less Needy Desktops
Intel aims to change the corporate desktop landscape with its vPro platform.
The business desktop chip platform, which incorporates Intels recently introduced Core 2 Duo...
Cingular Offers BlackBerry Connect for Palm
Cingular Wireless has begun providing the BlackBerry Connect service to customers using Palms Treo 650 as of Aug. 30.
The new service, which is designed...
IT Pros Say They Cant Stop Data Breaches
In the wake of widely publicized security compromises at AOL and AT&T, a study released Aug. 28 by the Elk Rapids, Mich.-based privacy management...
Tandberg Data to Acquire Exabyte for $28M
Digital tape storage manufacturer Tandberg Data announced Aug. 30 that it is acquiring a competitor, U.S. data storage company Exabyte, for $28 million in...
The End of the Worm Era
Jose Nazario, blogmaster of the Worm Blog, noticed something interesting about the recent MS06-040 vulnerability.
This was one of those very worst kinds of vulnerabilities:...
Building a Path for Linux Applications
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New Site Confronts MacBook Shutdown Issues
If your MacBook shuts down without warning, a new Web site says that you may not be alone.
The site, macbookrandomshutdown.com, is dedicated to the...
Google’s CEO Joins Apple’s Board, Gets Closer to Entertainment Industry
Yesterday Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined Apple's board of directors. As several folks have pointed out, the appointment is ostensibly bad news for Microsoft,...