Monthly Archives: January 2007
Sophos Buys NAC Compliance Vendor Endforce
Security software maker Sophos announced on Jan. 11 that it has acquired privately held Endforce, a maker of network compliance software.
Sophos, which maintains its...
Lenovo Acknowledges Delays in ThinkPad Tablet Shipments
If you wanted to be one of the first to try out Lenovos new ThinkPad X60 Tablet PC, you might have to wait a...
AMD Pushes New Motherboard Format
LAS VEGAS—Small-form-factor PCs are becoming a mainstay for desktop PCs.
Even high-end gamers have gravitated to smaller-form-factor PCs, which typically take up less room and...
SharePoint Server 2007 Is an (Able) Jack of All Trades
When a product attempts to combine the functionality of many applications into one overarching platform, its inevitable that clichés about kitchen sinks and Swiss...
See ASIMO Run
LAS VEGAS—I have seen the future and its running away from me…and to me…and sometimes in circles around me. Im talking about Hondas updated...
The Ever More Diversified Face of IT
Just how diverse is IT in the United States today? It depends on who you ask.
Some will say, "More than ever," and tell you...
Info Thieves Take Aim at the Enterprise
Among the long list of bills reintroduced with the opening of the U.S. Congress on Jan. 5 were two filed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein,...
Oracle Borrows Security Notice Method from Microsoft
Borrowing a page directly from Microsofts playbook, Oracle has implemented an advance notice mechanism for its quarterly release of security patches.
Beginning with the first...
Apple Scoffs at Cisco Trademark Lawsuit, Says It Will Prevail
The calm discussion between Apple and Cisco Systems over the product name iPhone that started in 2001 may turn into an unpleasant legal tussle...
First Mac Tablet Arrives—and Its Not from Apple
SAN FRANCISCO – Long-time Apple reseller Other World Computing and Axiotron, a manufacturing contractor, announced what it called "the One and Only Mac Tablet"...