Monthly Archives: February 2008
Gates Calls Yahoo Offer ‘Fair’
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told two wire media services the company is standing by its offer to purchase rival Yahoo for $31...
Microsoft Gives Software to Students
Microsoft plans to arm students with the company's developer and design tools for free to help them fulfill their creative goals now and to...
Behind the Scenes at Microsoft’s Secure Windows Initiative
Microsoft's Secure Windows Initiative unit has emerged from the shadows, promising a new level of transparency, as well as details of software vulnerabilities and...
Real Estate Brokers Call ATT Utility Boxes a Fire Hazard
A group of real estate brokers filed complaints Feb. 15 with five states urging an investigation into incidents involving explosions and fires in AT&T...
Oracle Extends Access Certification for Compliance
Oracle is expanding its user provisioning software to include new capabilities around attestation and reporting.The latest edition of Oracle Identity Manager, the company's IAM...
eWeek Newsbreak, Feb. 19, 2008
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Unisys Moving Deeper into Services, Software
Unisys, which has been mainly regarded as a hardware company that produces its own line of x86 servers and mainframes, is moving away from...
Sun Taps Taiwan Semi for Chip Partnership
Sun Microsystems is turning to a new partner to help build its next generation of UltraSPARC microprocessors.The Santa Clara, Calif., company announced Feb. 19...
Automated SAN Finds Lost Storage Space
Compellent released on Feb. 19 a new version of its storage area network that is able to find and utilize orphaned storage space all...
Hacker DVD Jon Unveils Media Sharing Platform
Hacker Jon Lech Johansen (aka DVD Jon for anti-DRM exploits) has launched a new social media-type startup.The 24-year-old Norwegian, who became famous around the...