Monthly Archives: September 2006
FSF Clarifies Inaccurate Information About GPLv3
The Free Software Foundation has moved to clarify what it says is inaccurate information being presented about the second discussion draft of the next...
IBM Celebrates 10 Years of AlphaWorks, Introduces New Services
SAN FRANCISCO—IBM gave its online cutting-edge ideas department, AlphaWorks.com, a 10-year birthday party here Sept. 25, and at the same time introduced AlphaWorks Services,...
Report: Tech Industry Job Growth Soars
In numbers that havent been matched since 2001, the U.S. tech industry added 140,000 jobs in the first half of 2006, according to a...
Windows PowerShell RC2 Released
Microsoft has made the second release candidate for Windows PowerShell available for download from its Web site. PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting...
Intel Sharpens Focus on Ultramobile PC
SAN FRANCISCO—Intel wants to put the mobile in ultramobile PC.
The chip maker believes it can hit goals, set out earlier in 2006, of cutting...
FCC Opens Bureau of Public Safety and Homeland Security
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is creating a new bureau that will be responsible for a collection of security and public safety functions that had...
Microsofts Out-of-Band IE Patch: A Little Too Late?
Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle Internet Explorer update to fix a critical—and widely exploited—vulnerability exploiting the Vector Markup Language, but theres a general feeling...
Intel CTO Demos Hybrid Silicon Laser for First Time
SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner gave about 2,000 software developers a glimpse of the future of data centers—and perhaps of all IT...
Compuware Seeks to Help Doctors Connect
A group of 1,700 independent doctors in Michigan has turned to Compuware Covisint to share and access patient health information.
The move marks Covisints entry...
Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack Beta
Microsoft released the beta version of the upgrade to its developer tools platform, Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1, on its Microsoft Connect Web...