Monthly Archives: August 2008
Is the Microkernel Making a Slow Return to Microsoft?
The news is full of talk about Microsoft's Midori, a research project to make Windows more distributable and reliable. But Microsoft has many other...
Google Insights for Search Keeps Yahoo, Microsoft at Bay
Google Aug. 6 released Google Insights for Search, a neat little tool that can help advertisers better engage with their audiences.Good customer engagement will...
Google Search Appliance Indexes 10M Documents to Pace Microsoft Fast
Google isn't waiting for Microsoft to scramble to improve its Fast enterprise search software.Google has retooled the architecture of its GSA (Google Search Appliance),...
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Ready for RTM
After delays and speculation, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is being released to manufacturing Aug. 6.Microsoft officials did not give a definitive general availability date,...
What’s on Tap at Black Hat
As Chuck D, an expert wise enough to retain his own personal security force (S1W) at all times, once famously said: "Here we go...
Pivot3 Touts ‘Serverless Computing’ at LinuxWorld
SAN FRANCISCO -- Congratulations to Pivot3, a startup that makes something called "High-Definition Storage." It won this year's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Best Virtualization...
Google to Serve Video Ads in Microsoft Silverlight
Google's DoubleClick ad-serving unit, the group on which Google's video ad hopes hinge, said it can now serve video ads on video platforms forged...
Central Desktop to Challenge Microsoft SharePoint, Google Apps in Collaboration Software
Central Desktop, one of several Web collaboration software providers trying to compete with Microsoft SharePoint and Google Apps for a share of the SMB...
Yahoo, Google, Microsoft Draft China Code Of Conduct
Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and other Internet companies have reached an agreement in principle that would govern their actions in dealing with China and other...
ATandT Now Offering Cloud Computing Services
AT&T is launching its own cloud computing services that will put the phone carrier in direct competition with the likes of IBM, Google and...