Monthly Archives: March 2008
As I was saying
On The Gang this Friday, Dan Farber asked me what I was doing in this new gig - a column or a blog? No...
Adobe Bid Would Be Out of Character for Google
The talks between Microsoft and Yahoo this week have ratcheted up speculation about what Google might do to answer such a deal.Should Google buy...
At Last, a Techie in the House
Winning a special election in the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, Democrat Bill Foster March 8 became a U.S. Representative who is a certified...
Dialcom’s U.S. Unified Communications Gamble
Dialcom will begin selling its Spontania software suite to enterprises in the United States March 17 and expects it can make a dent in...
Microsoft’s Rapt on Google
One day after Google launched a test flight of a free ad-serving tool, Microsoft agreed to acquire Rapt, which makes advertising yield management software...
Motorola Hopes N Is in Sight
Motorola joined the 802.11n parade March 11 with the release of WLAN switches to support the company's vision of an all-wireless enterprise.The 802.11n standard,...
IT Planner: 5 Steps to Secure Development
Experts agree that although absolute application security is nearly impossible, there are key steps you should take to mitigate risk.Step 1: Define the processThe...
New Role for Social Networks
There are social networks, and then there is the real world. Where the two meet is the next emerging technology business.The problem with social...
Bills Would Double, Triple H-1B Cap
Bill Gates' visit to Washington to lobby lawmakers for improved access to foreign workers March 12 appears to have gotten through to at least...
Zend Eyes New Version of PHP Framework
Zend Technologies will on March 17 deliver version 1.5 of Zend Framework, its open-source PHP development framework. Andi Gutmans, Zend's co-founder and chief technology...