Monthly Archives: January 2007
Microsoft Offers Indirect Partners an Incentive to Preinstall Office
Microsoft is trying to incentivize its largest indirect hardware partners and system builders to preinstall Office 2007 on their systems, before these are sold...
Demo Products Aim to Empower Individuals
PALM DESERT, Calif.—The Demo conference kicked off today with products ranging from inkless printing technology to a thin-client computing solution that delivers a rich...
Intel to Create Technologies for Elderly Health in Ireland
Intel and the Industrial Development Agency of Ireland are teaming up to create technologies that help seniors live at home. The three-year, $30 million...
Linux Hackers Offer to Create Device Drivers for Free
Ask Linux users what they find most annoying about Linux, and many will complain about device drivers. While the vast majority of PC components...
TomTom Pulls Windows Malware into Autos
The long-running joke about cars breaking down and getting infected by viruses if they ran on Microsoft software appears to have grown closer to...
Rollins Out; Michael Dell Returns as CEO
Dell, which has watched as rival Hewlett-Packard has drained away its once dominant market share, announced late on Jan. 31 that its namesake founder...
Sonus Releases Updated Security Platform for IP Networks
Sonus Networks announced Jan. 31 that it has released its updated Network Border Switch platform, a security offering designed to help network operators protect...
IBM to Build Three New Supercomputers
Want to know about the weather forecast tomorrow?
Ask IBM.
The Armonk, N.Y., IT giant announced Jan. 31 that it has completed the construction of two...
NetQoS Buffs Up Network Performance-Management Suite
NetQoS, the small but profitable network performance management vendor, on Jan. 30 updated its highly scalable NetQoS Performance Center suite to allow for greater...
Hardware Wars
Editors Note: If you missed the earlier parts of the series, read them here: Part One and Part Two.
When last we left my exploration...