Monthly Archives: March 2008
Smart Card Alliance Disputes Security Threat Reports
The Smart Card Alliance is disputing a news report tying the successful hacking of a radio frequency-enabled chip used primarily in transit cards to...
Jeers, Not Beers, for Molson IT
Beer maker Molson Brewing will cut nearly 400 IT, HR and finance jobs, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The jobs will be outsourced to...
IBM identifies enterprise single sign-on in Encentuate
IBM announced its acquisition of enterprise single-sign-on vendor Encentuate on March 12. Ian Yip has interesting analysis of the deal here.I've been following Passlogix...
AOL-Bebo Marriage Leaves Yahoo at the Altar
With AOL picking up Bebo today for $850 million, I have to believe any potential deal to combine Yahoo and AOL are dead, if...
Hulu Brings Free, and Legal, Movies and TV to the Web
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Watching TV and movies over the Web took a big step forward this week with the launch of Hulu.com, a...
PC Shipments Will Increase in 2008, Regardless of Economy
Despite growing concerns about the overall health of the U.S. economy and IT spending, PC shipments are expected to grow more than 12 percent...
AOL to Buy Social Network Bebo For $850M
AOL, which has been struggling to reposition itself as an Internet company, agreed to buy London-based Bebo for $850 million in cash.Bebo ranks third...
SAAS Package Combines CDP with Data Security, Risk Management
IRVINE, Calif. -Data protection service provider Datacastle March 12 announced the availability of what it claims to be the first software-as-a-service package for midmarket...
The Secret China-U.S. Hacking War
Is the United States under attack again?Recent reports have the U.S. military not quite blaming the Chinese military for a long string of cyber-attacks...
Microsoft GM Gives Peek at Platform-as-a-Service Strategy
ORLANDO, Fla.-At Microsoft's annual Convergence Dynamics user conference here this week, Brad Wilson, general manager for customer relationship management at Microsoft, sat down with...