Monthly Archives: December 2007
House Passes SAFE Act
Legislation passed by the House Dec. 5 would triple the penalties for ISPs that knowingly fail to report child pornography on their service and...
MIT Frees Up Learning
MIT just got a whole lot less exclusive.MIT celebrated a milestone Nov. 28 in its efforts to open its course content to the public--the...
DrunkenData.com author Spices Up Storage Conference
Have you ever heard Jon Toigo, founder of the Green Data Project and author of DrunkenData.com blog, speak? Now there's an analyst/consultant who's not...
Spread the Holiday Cheer with a Laptop
The holiday season is finally here (though based on some of my neighbors' decorations its actually been here for several weeks now) and for...
Facebook Lets Users Darken Beacon
Facebook has agreed to let its users turn off its controversial Beacon advertising system, the latest back-pedal from a company seeking to generate more...
Windows Server 2008 RC1 Released for Testing
Microsoft has hit a new milestone with Windows Server 2008 and is making Release Candidate 1 available for customers and partners to download Dec....
2007’s Tech on the cutting edge
While most of the emerging technologies discussed in this special report found their way into products and business implementations this year, many cutting-edge technologies...
Analysts: Dell Channel Program a ‘Marathon, Not a Sprint’
Analysts are taking much the same wait-and-see attitude toward Dell's new channel program as the VARs Dell is trying to attract."The measure of Dell's...
VARs Give Cautious Welcome to Dell
VARs have given a cautious welcome to Dell's channel announcements Dec. 5, with most saying it will be a wait-and-see scenario.The vendor, which has...
TomTom Gets New Directions From Google
TomTom, the Dutch-based navigation device maker, said Dec. 5 it is teaming with Google to allow users to send business addresses directly from the...