Monthly Archives: May 2008
Microsoft Bringing VBA Back for Mac
Microsoft has announced a service pack for Office 2008 for Mac and said it is bringing back Visual Basic for Applications for the next...
Google and the Data Portability Dance
"Social is going mainstream. It used to be hard and proprietary; it's becoming easy and open."That's the confident proclamation Google Director of Product Engineering...
Software Developers Taking a Starting Salary Hit
With news of hiring freezes and budget cutbacks popping up everywhere, the job market is looking increasingly stormy for new graduates.A new report offers...
WildPackets Tackles Wireless VOIP Management
Taking aim at the spotty connectivity of wireless VOIP, network analysis software maker WildPackets claims it has found a way to capture and analyze...
Hershey Forms Social Network for Scientists
Social networks are increasingly being appropriated for sales groups within businesses, but so-called Enterprise 2.0 is also burbling up from other areas.For example, in...
Microsoft Rolls Out Patch for Jet Database Engine
Microsoft swatted a bug in its Jet Database Engine that attackers were exploiting.Microsoft officials confirmed in March that attackers were using a flaw affecting...
Can EDS Remain Vendor-Neutral Under HP’s Thumb?
Industry analysts contacted by eWEEK generally say they believe that Hewlett-Packard's forthcoming $13.9 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems-announced officially on May 13-is a...
Snagging Coders in the Mesh
Microsoft made quite a splash introducing its Live Mesh hybrid cloud-and-desktop software technology last month. But the Tuned-In Tabby keeps hearing no end of...
Powerset Holds Promise for Semantic Search
Semantic search startup Powerset launched its first product May 12, a search engine focused on finding articles on Wikipedia.The technology has wowed analysts, some...
Outsourcers Bargain-Hunting in the U.S.
When most people think of outsourcing, they imagine U.S. businesses sending work to far-flung places like India, Russia and parts of southeast Asia where...