Monthly Archives: July 2008
Google Wants to Make the Web More Lively
Three-dimensional virtual-reality-based social networking! Just saying it can make you want to cringe. Didn't we already go through this with "Second Life" and its...
Sun Bringing Python to NetBeans
Sun Microsystems' NetBeans' open-source integrated development environment will support the Python language.At the EuroPython 2008 conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 8, Ted Leung,...
Microsoft Office Under Attack Again
Microsoft officials once again are battling reports of attacks on their software.The company is now investigating reports of targeted attacks being launched against Microsoft...
Google Gives Virtual Reality a Second Life
When it comes to Google, nothing is shocking when the search company enters new territory. That is why I didn't fall out of my...
Sun ‘Opens Up’ More Storage
Sun Microsystems July 9 added to its self-styled "open storage" portfolio by launching a new line of storage arrays for the midmarket and a...
Examining Disk Storage Reliability Specs
Computers are all about information: creating it, manipulating it, retrieving it and, above all, storing it. That makes storage, and more particularly hard disks,...
Microsoft’s Ballmer Opens Up to Partners
HOUSTON-In a wide-ranging interview following his keynote at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference here, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer fielded questions about Bill Gates' departure,...
Intel Ready with Centrino 2 Laptop Platform
The Intel Centrino 2 laptop platform is ready for its prime time debut July 14.After a delay of more than a month due to...
Elfiq Looks to Virtualize Bandwidth
With workers becoming increasing mobile, enterprises are relying more on virtual private networks and other point-to-point technologies to give employees access to their networks.VPNs...
Movies, Security Drive Demand for Video Storage
DreamWorks, Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic are officially on notice: New challengers to those well-known U.S. companies in the field of computer-generated filmmaking...