Monthly Archives: June 2008
WiMax Hits the Patent Pool
WiMax took another tentative step forward June 9 with the formation of the Open Patent Alliance, creating a patent pool to help companies obtain...
Serena, IBM Zero In on Enterprise 2.0
Serena software plans to announce a new version of its Serena Mashup Composer at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston on June 10.The new...
Disillusionment in the IT Ranks
On the heels of a survey of released in May by the IT Job Board that found that three-quarters of IT professionals surveyed said...
CTIA Invokes the Great Satan
The cellular industry has reacted with great indignity over just the notion of the government selling off some spectrum to be dedicated for free...
Icahn Proposes Safe Search Deal for Google-Yahoo
So, I've stayed away from the new little back and forth between Yahoo and investor-cum-market-manipulator Carl Icahn. You know ... The one where Icahn...
Measuring Office Format Fidelity with Acrobat 9
When considering alternatives to Microsoft's Office productivity suite, one of the most important issues to evaluate is that of the success with which Office...
DMTF Adds VMware to Board
The chief cat herder of systems management, the DMTF (Distributed Managed Task Force) added CA, Oracle and VMware to its board on June 3.Adding...
Measuring Office Format Compatibility with Acrobat 9
Measuring Office Format Compatibility with Acrobat 9
By Jason BrooksCompare DocumentsAcrobat's new Compare Documents feature analyzes two PDF documents and identifies all of the inconsistencies...
Google Tests New Gmail Features
Calling Google's millions of Gmail users: Google needs your help.The company June 5 began rolling out Gmail Labs, a test for possible new Gmail...
The Big Bullseye On Adobe
It's not news that Adobe and their products are a major target of vulnerability research and malicious hackers. This is a trend that will...