Monthly Archives: May 2009
Google Lunar X Prize Draws Another Competitor
An international team based in the Netherlands has entered the Google Lunar X Prize, a $30 million competition to successfully launch, land and operate...
Pirated Windows 7 Builds Botnet with Trojan
Attackers pushing pirated, malware-laced copies of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system have been actively trying to build a botnet.According to researchers at Damballa,...
Rackable Retains SGI Name
The SGI name will live on, even though Rackable Systems bought the venerable Silicon Valley pioneer.After completing the $42.5 million deal to acquire SGI...
Entourage Is the Big Pothole on the Road to the Mac
I locked it in a drawer. I left it in the lab. I tried to give it back to IT. But at the end...
SAP Boosts Business Data Search
SAP will roll out SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, designed to give workers within an organization near-instant access to business data via a user-friendly search interface....
Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC
Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC
The MBR/Sinowal/Mebroot/Torpig rootkit—Stealthiest Rootkit in the Wild?
A recent update from the hackers enabled it to hook...
Dell Introduces Colorful Inspiron Netbook, Laptop and Desktops
Dell is announcing colorful new Inspiron netbook, laptop and desktop updates.The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, released just this February, to compete against the...
AirTran Equips Entire Fleet With Wi-Fi
AirTran Airways announced May 12 it will become the first major airline to offer passengers Wi-Fi broadband Internet access on every flight across its...
Cisco Offers Cloud Computing Infrastructure for Service Providers
Cisco Systems is pulling together key pieces of its data center and networking portfolios to create a blueprint for building a cloud computing infrastructure...
Microsoft Readies ‘Madison’ Data Warehouse Appliance CTP
Microsoft plans to release its first community technology preview for "Project Madison" in early July.Project Madison is the code name for Microsoft's new data...