Monthly Archives: March 2007
Trojan Spreading Via Skype
A Trojan is using the free Skype VOIP service to spread to users' friends, family and colleagues, Websense Security Labs reported on March 22.The...
Closing Thoughts on Spring VON
Some closing thoughts on this year's Spring VON in San Jose. Coolest Product: Developed in partnership with Adobe, CommuniGate's Pronto is a Flash-based rich...
Should You Shutdown on Shutdown Day?
Tomorrow, March 24, is Shutdown Day. Just what is Shutdown Day? Well, to put it simply, Shutdown Day is an experiment to see how...
My 5 Favorite Gadgets at CeBIT
With more than 280,000 square meters of display space and more than 20 exhibition halls, one can easily drown in the information ocean that...
News Corp-NBC Plan Good for Business, Bad for Users
NBC and News Corp.'s newly-announced video distribution network is a good idea in theory and will succeed in putting pressure on Google. But even...
Red Hat Responds to Claims Its the Next Microsoft
Red Hat has responded to claims that it is acting like Microsoft in asserting its trademark rights over the use of the Hibernate name...
Arg! Google Wins Belgian Piracy Lawsuit
A Belgian court handed a victory to Google this week, declaring that the search engine was not liable for helping hackers find tools to...
Oracle to Buy Tangosol for Data Grid Help
LAS VEGAS— Amid the aggressive churn of the rumor mill, Oracle has announced that it is has entered into an agreement to acquire Tangosol,...
FCC Takes Another Stab at Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is launching an inquiry to determine how broadband providers are behaving in terms of providing access to the Internet to...
What Was Behind the Borders Web Reversal?
As Borders executives discussed the various reasons they severed their multi-year partnership with Amazon.com on Thursday, the most critical was the least expected: taxes.
As...