Monthly Archives: September 2006
Cybertrust Pitches Partner Security Tools
Cybertrust launched a new program on Sept. 26 that aims to help companies improve their network and applications security by further testing the electronic...
Platform Computing to Ease Grid Deployment
Platform Computing is looking to make it easier for businesses to create a high-performance computing cluster by offering an integrated reference software stack that...
Because Google Brain Needs Smaller Batteries. Duh.
Google is asking the computer industry to create a simpler and more efficient power supply standard.According to an articlein today's New York Times, two...
All Your Christmas Are Belong to Google Base
Is that headline joke old yet? Just in time for the holiday season, Google plans to extend its product search capabilities by helping users...
Symbol Marches Forward with RFID
NEW YORK—On Sept. 19 Motorola announced its plans to acquire enterprise mobility company Symbol Technologies for $3.9 billion. While it was rumored that there...
Open-Source Guru Eric Raymond Joins Freespire Board
In a move that some may have sensed was coming, Eric S. Raymond—one of the co-founders of the open-source movement—will become the newest member...
Microsoft Research Demos Some Technologies of the Future
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Research demonstrated a number of cutting-edge technologies that are under development at an event here Sept. 26, including a transparent display that...
Cisco Ties Video Streaming to the Network
Cisco Systems will bring its heft and credibility to the video streaming and video-on-demand market on Sept. 26 when it launches its digital media...
Greenspan: Dump SarbOx
BOSTON—The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is doing more harm than good and must be overhauled, Alan Greenspan told a technology audience here."One good thing: Sarbox requires...
Peirce Colleges Laptop Labs Give Students Servers to Go
Standing in line for a workstation at the computer lab is as much a part of the college experience as all-night study sessions and...