Monthly Archives: July 2008
Microsoft and Its Open-Source Plans
PORTLAND, Ore.-Once again, Microsoft has used the O'Reilly Open Source Convention as a venue to make a key announcement about the company's involvement with...
Spam King in Murder-Suicide
Convicted spam king Eddie Davidson has committed suicide after killing his wife and 3-year-old daughter, according to media reports. Just five days ago, Davidson,...
Gateway Goes Channel, Drops Online Sales
Gateway will be 100 percent channel, ending online and telephone sales of its desktops and notebooks, the company tells PC Magazine.The company is expected...
NIST Researchers Develop New Technique for Assessing Network Security
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new analysis technique to help IT administrators assess security risk.The patent-pending technique...
NebuAd ISP Partner Gets Grilled by House Subcommittee
A Kansas-based broadband provider received a lashing from members of a House subcommittee for an opt-out data-gathering operation during NebuAd hearings.Rep. Edward Markey, a...
Gartner’s Ray Valdes Chats about Facebook’s F8 Conference
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Meeting the -Three C’s’ of Space Planning
Business intelligence technology vendor SAS is launching version 5.11 of its Space Planning application.Announced July 22, Space Planning 5.11 features 3-D graphics and provides...
Eqos Upgrades Sourcing Solution
Eqos, which sells retail supply chain management technology, is rolling out the Eqos 4.2 global sourcing application.Enhancements in the latest version, announced July 22,...
Debian Linux Lenny Due in September
Open-source software developers have only a few more days to package any applications that they want to be included in the next release of...
Microsoft Flashes Its Ruby Bling
PORTLAND, Ore.-Microsoft officials are continuing to push their open-source IronRuby effort to deliver an implementation of Ruby that runs on the .Net Framework, making...