Monthly Archives: May 2007
IBM Moves to Make Data Centers More Energy-Efficient
IBM on May 11 introduced its energy-efficiency deployment strategy, where the company will invest $1 billion per year to help businesses increase their level...
U.S. Rep. Sounds IT Wake-Up Call
In an article in the Spring issue of Issues in Science and Technology, Congressman Bart Gordon, chair of the house Committee on Science and...
HP Beefs Up Blade Services
Hewlett-Packard is moving to show its blade customers that theres more to its service offerings than hardware repairs.
Starting May 11, the Palo Alto, Calif.,...
For Mothers Day, Try Some Spam
Mothers Day is bringing an unwanted gift—spam.
According to researchers at security vendor Sophos, spammers have been trying to sell items like flowers, chocolates and...
China Trying to Upgrade Its Made in China Image
Those who control the image strings for government and business interests in China, the worlds largest single market, are trying hard to bury the...
Trojan Piggybacks on Windows Updater
At least one Trojan virus writer is now using an integral part of the Windows operating system—BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)—to download files to...
RIM Announces PBX Integration, Wi-Fi
ORLANDO, Fla.—Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry devices, has begun the process of integrating its devices with corporate PBXes, with the BlackBerry Mobile Voice...
Linux CD Lets Users Try OpenVZ
Linux virtualization is hotter than hot. VMware is offering better native Linux virtualization support; the Linux kernel, starting with 2.6.20, is incorporating KVM virtualization;...
Whats What in Dells Linux Deals
The Linux world rejoiced when Dell announced that it was going to pre-install Ubuntu Linux on some of its consumer desktops. But then the...
HP Expands into IT Governance Space
When Hewlett-Packard bought Mercury Interactive for $4.5 billion in July 2006, company officials had their sights set squarely on the IT governance space.The purchase...