Monthly Archives: December 2007
Four GPSes Get You Where You Want to Go–and More
GPS devices seem to be on everyone's holiday wish lists this year. And it's no wonder, as eWEEK Labs' tests show that today's global...
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server 2008 RC 1
eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Windows Server 2008 RC 1
I began my Windows Server 2008 RC 1 tests by installing the product on a VMware ESX...
Acquisitions Help Microsoft Make Up Lost Ground
Microsoft has a long history of buying technologies that it then integrates into its own products to make them more competitive, and 2007 was...
Dell Tablet News Leaks Out
It's hard to keep a secret in the IT business.After an article appeared on the Engadget Web site Dec. 6, a Dell spokesperson confirmed...
Top Linux Developer Joins Linux Foundation
Linux kernel developer Ted Ts'o will be joining the Linux Foundation for two years as a fellow and chief platform strategist.
There, Ts'o plans on...
IBM Acquires Its Own Online Storage Provider
IBM announced Dec. 6 that it will acquire 10-year-old Arsenal Digital Solutions USA, a privately held online storage services and data protection company, matching...
Oracle Buys Dutch Software Firm Moniforce
Oracle acquired a Dutch application performance management software vendor, Moniforce, it announced Dec. 6, and with it the ability to add tools that help...
Novell Delays Earnings Report
Novell stockholders were unpleasantly surprised on Dec. 5, when instead of hearing from Novell on how the Linux distributor had done over the last...
IBM Chips Look into the ‘Light’
IBM researchers are detailing a new microprocessor technology that will use light beams instead of wires to transmit data between processor cores, which could...
Yahoo, Google Get Chatty About IM
Yahoo and Google are making significant enhancements regarding instant messaging, reminding the industry that chat is not losing its luster as a popular mode...