Monthly Archives: June 2008
Sun Scales Down HPC
Sun Microsystems is offering a scaled-down version of its Constellation high-performance computer system, with a new, smaller switch and a blade based on quad-core...
Trend Micro Keeps Head in-the-Cloud With New Security Plans
In a manner of speaking, Trend Micro has kept its head in the cloud when it comes to security.During the past year, the company...
New Skype Beta Makes Video VOIP a Snap
Skype, the popular free VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protcol) unit of eBay, June 18 released a revamped platform that makes it easier for the...
Watchdogs Claim NebuAd Hijacking Sites
Two watchdog groups accused Silicon Valley startup NebuAd June 18 of hijacking Web sites and intercepting users' browsers. NebuAd is an online advertising company...
Intel Delves Deeper into ‘Nehalem’
Intel is offering a chance to peek under the hood of its new "Nehalem" microarchitecture and get a glimpse at some of the technologies...
Microsoft to Circle Back for Yahoo?
When Google and Yahoo struck their pact for search advertising last week, press and media opined on what that deal would do for the...
Alcatel Signs $1 Billion China Mobile Deal
China Mobile signed a $1 billion deal June 16 with France's Alcatel-Lucent to provide mobile communication equipment and services to the world's largest mobile...
Spam king loses MySpace beef
The price of spam just went through the roof.No, the spiraling cost of oil isn't weighing heavily on the international trade of faux ham.Rather,...
E-mail Distraction Costing $650B a Year
Has technology created a monster? E-mail--once a breakthrough in silent, speedy, low-cost communication technology that so seamlessly fits into the information worker's day it...
Proximic Opens Google Killing Ad Platform
Proximic, whose contextual advertising platform was deemed a Google killer by press and analysts when the company introduced it last October, has opened its...