Monthly Archives: June 2007
Broadcom, Qualcomm Promise Further Legal Action
Broadcom will ask a federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., to permanently enjoin Qualcomm from infringing on patents it holds.
A federal jury found on...
New Switch Expands HP Blade Server Options
Blade Network Technologies on June 5 will take the wraps off the first 10 Gigabit Ethernet-capable blade server switch for Hewlett-Packards HP BladeSystem c-Class...
Google Buys Photo Service Panoramio
Google announced May 31 that it has acquired Spain-based Panoramio, a Web site that links photographs to the exact geographical location where they were...
Highly Flexible Fedora 7 Linux Arrives
On May 31, Red Hats sponsored and community-supported open-source Fedora Project released the latest version of its distribution: Fedora 7. Besides being a cutting-edge...
Mac Coming into Focus As Attack Target
Compared with Windows, the Macintosh platform is still largely untouched by vulnerability exploits. But the prompt release of exploit code for a vulnerability detailed...
Why Is the Mac OS More Secure than Windows?
Certainly, we can all agree that Mac users hate Windows. On the other hand, most Windows users hate the Macintosh and, moreover, Mac users....
Growing Data Breaches Mean Opportunity for VARs
More than 85 percent of organizations in a recent study reported they had experienced a data-breach event—a statistic that represents great pain for businesses...
Final GPLv3 Draft Provisions Good for Novell Customers
Novell has welcomed the provisions of the fourth, and final, draft of the upcoming GNU General Public License 3.0, which allow it to include...
Report: Security Certifications Boost Pay
Though the pay value of the vast majority of IT certifications has been on the decline for more than two years, pay premiums for...
Gartner: The 40-Hour Workweek Era Is Ending
By 2015, there will be more workers who interact with technology, but theyll be working a whole lot less hours each week, finds a...