Monthly Archives: May 2008
Municipal Wi-Fi Dying on the Vine
Yet another project -- Philadelphia Wi-Fi -- has shriveled and is about to die, as beleaguered EarthLink alerted customers it would terminate service June...
Google Optimizes Reader for the iPhone
Google continues to improve its applications for the iPhone. The latest perk is a new version of Google Reader designed for the iPhone and...
Microsoft Offers SMBs Bundled Solutions
Microsoft wants to help small companies run their businesses more efficiently. But that efficiency is going to come at a price.The software giant on...
IBM’s Latest Cell Blade Looks to Boost HPC
IBM is preparing to release a new BladeCenter system that uses an updated version of its Cell processor and looks to boost the company's...
Sun Latches on to AMD Opteron ‘Barcelona’
Sun Microsystems is now the latest vendor to use Advanced Micro Devices' quad-core Opteron chips in its rack-mount server and blade portfolios.Sun is offering...
Helping Convenience Stores
IBM and Retalix, which provides retail and distribution systems, are partnering to offer combined solutions to convenience and petroleum retailers.The two companies announced the...
Microsoft Delivers Upgrades in .Net 3.5 SP1 Beta
With much fanfare, Microsoft on May 12 released a beta of Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 that offers a...
Welcome Your New IP Masters
It's good to know that when our country is threatened that our lawmakers will jump into action to protect us, leveraging resources and spending...
Five Customer Reasons For and Five Customer Reasons Against the HP purchase of EDS
Five Customer Reasons For and Five Customer Reasons Against the HP purchase of EDSFor1. Customers want one stop responsibility for their purchases. HP with...
Microsoft Eyes SMB Security with OneCare for Server
Microsoft made some waves in the security industry when Windows Live OneCare made its debut two years ago. Roughly six months after the release...