Monthly Archives: September 2006
Cingular Lands $150M Military Contract
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Army, the Air Force and the Defense Telecommunications Service - Washington have teamed up to award a huge new contract for wireless...
IBM Technology Fuels HPC for Financial Services
NEW YORK—IBM is helping financial services customers take high-performance computing into the financial services sector.
At the High Performance on Wall Street 2006 conference here,...
AT&T to Bring Back Customer Support Staff
AT&T will bring back 2,000 in-house technical support jobs that had been handled by outsourcing providers.Half had been located in the United States, while...
Nokia to Offer Microsofts Live Search
Nokia, the worlds largest mobile phone maker, announced Sept. 21 that it would begin offering Microsofts Live Search for its Mobile Search platform.
Nokia, based...
Data Center Provisioning Goes Open Source
Qlusters on Sept. 25 will try to tackle the thorny issue of server provisioning when it introduces its open source-based data center provisioning tool.
The...
Apples Boot Camp and the Myth of Mac Software Availability
Since its beginnings, the Mac has been discounted—saddled with the claim that theres a lack of native software when compared to the X86 PC...
Interim Health IT Czar Announced
In a brief statement on Sept. 20, Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt announced that Robert Kolodner is the interim health IT...
Business Travel Tips for Wireless Safety
In this global and increasingly fast-paced business world, traveling for work is a way of life for many.
Making the most out of your time...
The Four Tiers of Vista’s UI
Just in case you didn't already know this, Windows Vista is shipping with four tiers of user interface experience, from the new Aero Glass...
Googling for ATM Master Passwords
Using clues obtained from a YouTube video and a simple four-word Google search engine query, a criminal can find step-by-step instructions for how to...