Monthly Archives: August 2006
Debian Linux Adds OpenVZ Virtualization Software
The free Debian Linux operating system has added the OpenVZ virtualization software to its "unstable," or development, distribution, known as Sid.
That operating-system-level server virtualization...
eWEEK Daily News Podcast, Aug. 3
In this eWEEK Daily News Podcast: The FTC shoots itself in the foot by threatening U.S. corporations while asking for their help; the FBI...
Microsoft Sways Black Hatters with Vista Security Pledge
LAS VEGAS—When Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative in 2002, many industry watchers doubted the seriousness of the software giants pledge to improve the...
IBM Snaps Up MRO in Latest Software Buyout
IBM in its continuing march of software acquisitions on Aug. 3 announced its plans to acquire industrial and IT asset management provider MRO Software...
Gateway Desktop Has Designs on High End
Gateway is getting to the core of business PCs.
The Irvine, Calif., PC maker on Aug. 3 rolled out the E-Series 6610, a high-end business...
Yeah Baby! Google in a Three-Way
Google, maker of fine search products, and RealNetworks, maker of a loathsome yet inexplicably popular media player, have extended their deal to promote Google...
Experts Point to Weaknesses in NAC Security
LAS VEGAS—While Network Admission Control technologies are being heralded as a major step forward in helping to secure corporate IT infrastructures, security researchers contend...
Online Office Apps Fall Short for Enterprise
When Microsoft releases Office 2007 later in 2006, the major overhaul of the venerable office productivity suite is likely to spur an examination of...
Google to Revamp Google News
Update: Includes response from Google.Google confirmed yesterday that the company is paying the Associated Press (AP) for its content and that content will be...
Google Joins Band of Click Fraud Brothers
Trick clicks are about to get standardized.Two media industry associations announced yesterday that they are forming an industrywide group to standardize how click fraud...