Monthly Archives: May 2007
New Laptop Data Protection Comes in a USB Flash Card
Rover Technology Fusions, a small data security provider, based in Tampa, Fla., introduced on May 7 a new data backup product for laptops and...
Sun Tries to Outshine Silverlight, Flash; Targets Mobile
SAN FRANCISCO—Sun Microsystems previewed its JavaFX Script technology at the JavaOne show here on May 8.
JavaFX Script is Suns scripting language for creating rich...
Open-Source Batch Framework to Debut at JavaOne
Accenture and Interface21 will use the annual JavaOne show in San Francisco on May 8 to announce Spring Batch, an open-source framework for the...
Report: Russia Has Tools to Take Over Outsourcing
Citing stronger technical skills, lower staff attrition rates and a better cultural fit with the west, a white paper released by the IDC and...
MS Patch Tuesday Fires Off 14 Critical Updates
Microsoft has released patches for 19 vulnerabilities, 14 of which are critical, hitting at holes in Excel, Word, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer, cryptographic technology...
Sun Reveals a Slew of Moves at JavaOne
Sun Microsystems has announced the release of an open-source version of its Java Development Kit for Java Platform Standard Edition, the systems company and...
Oracle, RightNow Release New CRM Software
Both Oracle and RightNow Technologies released the next iterations of their respective customer relationship management suites May 8. And both companies, though hoping to...
Roxio Launches Video Converter
Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, announced May 8 that it has released its Roxio Crunch, a software application that converts computer-based video file...
Amazon, IBM Settle E-Commerce Patent Dispute
Amazon.com and IBM said May 8 that they had settled a long-running dispute over electronic commerce applications, resulting in Amazon paying an undisclosed sum...
TSA Misplaces 100,000 Employee Records
A hard drive containing 100,000 employee records has been lost or stolen from the Transportation Security Administration, the agency announced on May 7.The TSA...