Monthly Archives: October 2006
IBM Unveils Energy-Efficient PowerPC Chips
IBM is rolling out new PowerPC processors aimed at the embedded space that are designed to improve performance while consuming less power than their...
FSF Targets Apple Stores in Anti-DRM Protests
The Free Software Foundation is wading ever more deeply into the controversial waters of digital rights management, with members of its DefectiveByDesign.org campaign set...
Rob Scoble’s Life After Microsoft
CIO Insight has an interesting interview with Robert Scoble, the former Microsoft tech evangelist and blogger of note,in which he discusses what he learned...
Inside Google: Notes and Photos from Media Day at Google’s Manhattan Office
Google hosted a small open house at their new Manhattan offices today. They were kind enough to invite me, so I lugged along my...
Phishing for Trouble
A recent study tested several popular browser-based tools for helping to protect users from phishing Web sites designed to steal their personal data. Since...
ClearCube Drops Cost of PC Blades
One of the knocks against the idea of bladed PCs has been the high costs. ClearCube Technology may finally have that solved.The Austin, Texas,...
Juniper Expands Security Gateway Lineup
Juniper Networks introduced three new security appliances on Oct. 2, adding unified threat management tools to its existing hardware in an effort to market...
Google’s Gmail Improves Spam Detection, MSN Hotmail Lags Behind
Only 3% of of opt-in e-mails were treated as spam by Gmail, according to a new report from Lyris, a maker of e-mail marketing...
The Buzz
Oracle vs. SAPWord War IIIWhats better than delivering a strong fiscal first quarter and pushing your shares to a 52-week high? Poking a competitor...
What It Means to Be Lean
Like model years in Detroit, it seems as if the new year for book publishers starts in the fall. I just received a new...