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Developers Seeing SPOTs
The runaway success of nintendos motion-sensitive Wii game controller, with December sales of nearly 1 million units, turned out to be merely a prequel...
Nortel-Microsoft Alliance Gets Real
Microsoft and Nortel Networks, which have been talking about their Unified Communications Alliance since it was introduced last summer, are now beginning to put...
SharePoint Is Jack of All Trades
When a product attempts to combine the functionality of many applications into one overarching platform, its inevitable that clichés about kitchen sinks and Swiss...
The 25 Killer Apps of All Time
A "killer app" is not always an especially good application. What a killer app needs to be is the right product, at the right...
Is the Hybrid Model Done?
Its tempting to say the issue of whether you should mix a reselling and distribution model is settled, in light of solution provider Agilysys...
Just Another Data Theft
Just another data theft? The news on Jan. 18 that retailer TJX Companies fell victim to a security breach that could involve millions of...
Vista Takes Aim at Social Engineering
Microsoft officials say that the Windows operating system is not the weakest link in desktop security and that Windows Vista will help limit the...
Linux Distros Rival Vista
While the eyes of the IT world have spent years squinting to see Microsofts slowly unfolding vistas, the companies and individuals that drive open...
Ubuntu 6.10
While the eyes of the IT world have spent years squinting to see Microsofts slowly unfolding vistas, the companies and individuals that drive open...
A Little Information for Our Files
Partisans of object-oriented programming, often including myself, often say that the only proper programming model is one of data structures with bundles of associated...