Monthly Archives: October 2006
Do We Really Need Bigger Hard Disks?
Creating bigger—that is, higher-capacity—hard disks is usually the story of the industry, particularly in this year commemorating the invention of rotating storage. And with...
Reports Differ on Self-Checkout Value
A report due out Oct. 17 from the IHL Consulting Group sees grocers aggressively moving to upgrade to self-checkout systems, even before they replace...
Understanding the Basics of EPCglobal
LOS ANGELES—About 200 people left home a day early to attended a pre-conference event held here in the western wing of the LA Convention...
Neoware Offers Its First Thin-Client Notebook
Thin-client maker Neoware on Oct. 17 announced its first-ever line of notebooks, which the company hopes will appeal to security-conscious professionals.
The company, based in...
Microsoft Removes Obstacle to Adoption of Its VHD Spec
Microsoft has decided to make its Virtual Hard Disk image format specification available to users at no cost and with the guarantee that it...
Push-to-Talk Pushes Out
Sprints announcement Oct. 16 that it had started work on using its EV-DO Rev. A network as the basis for a new, enhanced, push-to-talk...
EMC Revenue Growing, but Margins Falling
EMC, the world leader in several data storage markets and the worlds sixth-largest software company, is being forced to tighten its belt and lose...
Medicare Explores How to Pay Doctors for More Effective Care
Under a new program from the Centers of Medicaid and Medicare, doctors in solo and small medical practices will soon be eligible for up...
Vitriol Rootkit to Demo at MS BlueHat Hacker Summit
Microsofts twice-yearly BlueHat hacker summit, running Oct. 19-20, will kick off later this week with a demo of a virtual machine rootkit that can...
Security Suite Smackdown, Part I
Fall and winter are a great time for malware purveyors. All those pure, innocent, uncorrupted new PCs being unboxed, set up and connected to...