Monthly Archives: July 2008
Symantec Steals Distributor Deals
Symantec plans to drop distributors from its largest partner transactions and send the business through its largest resellers, Platinum Partners.
Symantec expects dropping distributors from...
Centrino 2 Wi-Fi Problems?
eWEEK Channel Insider's Frank Ohlhorst came across a strange problem while testing new notebooks from both Fujitsu and Lenovo and connecting to a Linksys...
Sans Microsoft, White Spaces Field Trials Begin
The Federal Communications Commission began field-testing July 14 several white spaces devices that the tech industry hopes will eventually lead to a new wireless...
UPS-Themed E-mails Deliver… Malware
Malware distributors have moved to a new vehicle (think big brown vans) for delivering their wares, tapping into the popularity of overnight giant UPS'...
Twitter Buys Summize to Boost Search
Update: Twitter, the microblogging site loved for its social networking savoir faire and despised for its lack of reliability, has bought search software maker...
Tips on Keeping SCADA Safe
Following on some interesting vulnerability research in the area by vendors who shall go unnamed for the purpose of avoiding conflicts of interest (ahem...)...
Google-Yahoo Antitrust Hearings Come Up Tilt
Google and Yahoo went two heavyweight rounds with Microsoft July 15 as both the U.S. House and Senate waded into the proposed advertising partnership...
Google, Yahoo Search Ad Hearings Commence with Discord
The Googlehoo hearings have begun on Capitol Hill and, true to the course of events that started with Microsoft's Feb. 1 offer to buy...
iPhone 2.0 Makes a Virtue out of Lockdown Vice
Back in March, when Apple unveiled the details of its eventual iPhone 2.0 upgrade, I opined that the company was on its way to...
PC Vendors Ready New Intel-Based Notebooks
PC vendors are lining up to offer new notebooks based on Intel's Centrino 2 mobile platform.In the hours following Intel's debut of the Centrino...