Monthly Archives: February 2008
Federal IT Spending to Rise
Federal IT spending will rise by more than $4 billion over 2008, but with a lame-duck president in an election year, it's unlikely that...
House Cancels Microsoft-Yahoo Hearing
Congress' headlong rush to investigate the privacy and antitrust implications of Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion for Yahoo hit a bump Feb. 7 when the...
Sony Ericsson to Introduce Windows Mobile Smart Phone
Microsoft has scored a coup versus rivals Apple and Symbian in the mobile space, getting Sony Ericsson to make smart phones that run the...
Thick Is In
Scanning large-format original documents makes it easier for companies to edit and distribute electronic copies, as well as save them to digital archives --...
OS/2 Feature in Linux Desktops?
Get over it. We are never going to see OS/2 open-sourced. If you want to run OS/2 today, the closest you're going to get...
Playing Fast and Loose with Scanner Specs
Specsmanship is a time-honored game that marketing departments like to play. But there are times when they take the game so far that the...
Yahoo Tempts SMBs with All-You-Can-Eat Hosting Buffet
Yahoo has sweetened the pot for small and midsize businesses with an all-you-can-eat plan.On Feb. 6, Yahoo introduced a flat-rate Web hosting plan called...
How 1-800-FLOWERS Uses IT to Sustain Its Rapid Growth
Outside of See's Candies, FTD and Victoria 's Secret, perhaps no other company is more affiliated with Valentine's Day than 1-800-FLOWERS, whose telephone-order service...
HP User Groups Looking to Consolidate
A trio of Hewlett-Packard user groups are looking to consolidate into one organization.In April, the membership of Encompass, the largest of the three, HP...
Cable Cuts Put Indian Outsourcers’ Business Continuity Plans to Test
Despite the recent cable cuts affecting Internet traffic to several Middle East countries, including India, major Indian outsourcers claimed they saw minimal disruption to...