Monthly Archives: May 2007
Microsoft Buys Stake in CareerBuilder.com
In a deal valued at nearly half a billion dollars, Microsoft announced on May 9 that it has bought a minority equity stake in...
Want to Know the Real Leaders in Laptop Sales?
On Wednesday, an analyst group released the market share held by laptop manufacturers during 2006 – not OEMs like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, or Toshiba, but...
Red Hats New Global Desktop Is Ready to Run
SAN DIEGO—Red Hat announced its upcoming new client product, the Red Hat Global Desktop, at its annual summit here on May 9.
The global desktop...
802.11n Places Increased Demands on Wireless Networks
As the first enterprise-class 802.11n wireless products trickle into the marketplace, wireless administrators should take a hard look at their existing implementations to assess...
Microsofts Next-Gen SQL Server Katmai Due in 08
Microsoft officials are planning to give attendees of its Business Intelligence Conference a birds eye view into the next generation of SQL Server.
Code-named "Katmai,"...
Vendors Roll Out New Centrino Notebooks
It did not take long for PC vendors to jump on Intels Centrino Pro and Duo bandwagon.
Starting May 9, several top-tier OEMs announced new...
Red Hat to Build a Virtual Appliance OS
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Open-source solution provider Red Hat will use its annual summit to share its vision of a new paradigm for business PCs, which...
Opening the Door to Emerging Technology
When it comes to information technology workers, there's one thing we definitely need to survive. And that's new emerging technologies.For IT, emerging technologies are...
Whats a Linux Guy Doing at Sun?
SAN FRANCISCO—Whats a Linux guy doing at Sun?
Thats the question Ian Murdock, chief open source platform strategist at Sun Microsystems Inc., posed in a...
Turning the Windows Aircraft Carrier
When a company gets as big and important as Microsoft, everyone has legitimate gripes against it. To some degree its like dealing with the...