Monthly Archives: February 2008
Microsoft ‘Wasn’t Pressured’ into Becoming More Open
Microsoft was not reacting to pressure from the European Commission or anyone else when it decided to commit to a set of interoperability principles...
‘Wiki Moments’ Lead to Better Collaboration
In the course of covering the evolution of collaboration software, some bloggers are tracking "wiki moments," ideas that start as seeds and germinate into...
VMWare Claims Virtual Environments Remain Safe App Testbed
A vulnerability uncovered by security researchers at CoreLabs does not prove that virtual environments are no longer viable testing grounds for malicious code, according...
Novell Acquires PlateSpin for $205M
Novell announced Feb. 25 that it will acquire Toronto-based virtualization management software and services provider PlateSpin Ltd. for $205 million in cash.It was the...
Changing Channels, Video Edition: Dell’s Greg Davis
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Computer Financing Firm Hit With $5M Fine
Consumers who took the bait for BlueHippo's with "less than perfect credit, bad credit, no credit" pitch to finance computer purchases appear also to...
Appro Offering AMD’s Opteron for HPC
Appro is rolling out a new system that uses the latest quad-core Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices, part of an effort to expand...
Five-Year Security Review
Where does all the time go? It's been five years since I began writing these columns. I thought it would be interesting to look...
Yahoo Feels Shareholders’ Wrath in Rebuking Microsoft
In rejecting Microsoft's $44.6 billion purchase offer, Yahoo has drawn the ire of investors who feel the company isn't doing right by them.Two Detroit...
Programmers at Work, 22 Years Later
In 1986, Microsoft Press editor Susan Lammers assembled a collection of interviews with software pioneers into a book titled Programmers at Work. It was...