Monthly Archives: September 2006
Microsofts Zune Set to Make First Appearance
Microsofts highly-anticipated "Zune" portable media device is set to make its first official appearance at an invite-only press event Sept. 14.
The unveiling will follow...
Sending a Dunn-ing Reminder
The impending demotion of Hewlett-Packard board chair Patricia Dunn, wholl step down from that post in January (although shell remain on the board), ought...
Simulated IT Attacks Reveal Response Flaws
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the results of its Cyber Storm exercise on Sept. 13, highlighting areas where the government and private...
How Big Is the Click Fraud Problem?
Why would a company need to point out that its philosophy is anti-evil? Google seems to be overcompensating in this statement, especially in as...
Microsoft: Promises, Promises
Microsoft has issued what it's calling "The Open Specification Promise" in order to insure customers and developers interested in implementing 35 Web services specs...
Microsoft’s Home of the Future Goes to Disneyland
Microsoft has signed a deal with Disney to install a replica of the Microsoft Home of the Future at Disneyland,LonghornBlogs discovered. The installation will...
Building the Vista Dream Machine
ExtremeTech builds a PC optimized for Windows Vista, component-by-component. Their total price: A steep $2,525 (in hardware only – not including the cost of...
SAP Announces Enterprise Search
LAS VEGAS—After a lot of media hype and speculation, SAP has finally announced its namesake Enterprise Search, an application that allows SAP users to...
Satyam, Analysts Cast Wary Eye at World Economy
NEW YORK—Just how a global economic slowdown might affect high-flying Indian outsourcer Satyam was top-of-mind at the companys Analyst Day gathering, held here Sept....
Microsoft Building Security Language for Grids
WASHINGTON—Microsoft is working on delivering a new language that will help to make grid environments more secure by providing decentralized authorization policies, among other...