Monthly Archives: March 2008
Sony Taking Crapware Abuse to New Levels
(See update note below)Sony sells a configure-to-order laptop.Sony preinstalls crapware (trial software, games, etc.) on that computer.Sony wants you to pay $49.99 to remove...
What to Do with a Terabyte of RAM
OK, so we're not there yet. Well, none of us who isn't running supercomputers or one heck of a cluster is there yet, anyway....
Vendors Build on Eclipse
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Vendors are introducing offerings to help Java developers build better graphical user interfaces, enhance code quality and integrate with Microsoft technology.At EclipseCon...
Making the Food Supply Chain Safer
Lawson Software is rolling out the first global version of its Trace Engine food supply chain application.Announced March 17 at the 2008 Lawson CUE...
Freeware Helps Businesses Limit User Rights
When it comes to user rights, less is more, according to officials at BeyondTrust.With that in mind, the company has launched a piece of...
Windows Is Caught Between Mac and Linux
For the first time in ages, the sale of new PCs with Windows as a percentage of the PC market is declining sharply. The...
Tech Exec Picked for Top Cyber-Security Post
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rod Beckstrom, best known for founding Twiki.net and for his book on the power of decentralized organizations, has been tapped by...
Can You Trust TRUSTe?
TRUSTe is a nonprofit organization set up to help Internet users determine who is worthy of their trust, in commerce or other areas on...
Invest in the Entire Cycle
Wall Street was the gold standard of technology investment. The computing systems on Wall Street had to crunch the most numbers, handle the most...
Channel Exec Shake Up at Intel?
Intel may be losing four of its top channel executives, according to published reports.The executives are reportedly taking retirement packages as part of Intel's...