Monthly Archives: February 2009
Report: SMBs Add Employees, Cut Salaries in January
Despite a worsening economic outlook and massive layoffs at enterprise-level organizations, small and midsize businesses managed to add new employees in January, based on...
Wozniak Is Back: Chief Scientist of Storage Startup Fusion-io
UPDATED: The Woz is back in the game.Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and one of the most revered technologists of his time, announced...
MySQL Founder Monty Widenius Leaves Sun Microsystems – For Real This Time
MySQL founder Monty Widenius has packed his bags. No, really this time.Widenius, who came over to Sun Microsystems when the company acquired MySQL AB...
Opera Preps Super-Fast JavaScript Engine
Opera Software has announced it is at work on a new JavaScript engine named Carakan (pronounced Tsharakan) that is two-and-a-half times faster than the...
Green Grid Publishes Data Center Efficiency Metrics
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The Green Grid, a mere toddler at age 2, is beginning to put its permanent imprint on the IT industry.No other corporate...
Malware Scam Parks Itself on Cars
We've heard a lot about savvy attackers marrying both physical and online tactics as part of their efforts to increase the levels of social...
Intel Tweaking Itanium Design, Delays ‘Tukwila’ Chip Launch
Intel is tweaking the design of its upcoming quad-core Itanium processor, so the new high-end microprocessor code-named Tukwila will hit the market later than...
Oracle Acquires Leader in Application Configuration Management
Despite the economic doldrums seizing most of the IT industry, the Oracle acquisition machine is alive and well. The company's purchase of mValent, a...
Intridea Takes Blogging App to Windows Mobile, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android
Intridea, a Web 2.0 development firm, has taken its enterprise blogging application, Present.ly, mobile with native clients for Windows Mobile, the Apple iPhone, BlackBerry...
From iTouch to iPhone with a Download
The difference between Apple's iPhone and its iPod Touch used to be a pretty bright line: One is a telephone and the other is...