Monthly Archives: February 2010
Space Shuttle Endeavour Readies for ISS Docking
After inspecting their spacecraft for any launch damage, the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour began Feb. 9 to prepare for an early Feb....
Websense Unifies Cloud, On-Premises Security Management
As security vendors have added cloud-based services to their portfolios, there have been ongoing discussions about how best to combine these services with on-premises...
15 Ways Oracle Can Make Java Better (and Improve Its Stance with Developers)
15 Ways Oracle Can Make Java Better (and Improve Its Stance with Developers)
by Darryl K. Taft
Preserve JavaOne as a Separate Developer Event
Bring back a...
Google Buzz Socializes Gmail, Challenging Facebook, Twitter
Google Feb. 9 made its most aggressive move against Facebook and Twitter yet, launching Google Buzz, which lets users post status updates and share...
Smartphones, Video Driving Unprecedented Mobile Spectrum Demands
The Pentagon and broadcast networks can expect continuing pressure to turn over some of their spectrum to make more airwaves available to the private...
Apple Releases Aperture 3, with GPS and Face-Finding Features
Apple released Aperture 3, the newest version of its photograph-editing software platform, on Feb. 9. New features include "Places," which leverages GPS data to...
IBM Unveils New Power7 Systems for the Smarter Planet
IBM Unveils New Power7 Systems for the Smarter Planet
by Darryl K. Taft
IBM Power7 300mm wafer
A finished 300mm Power7 processor wafer ready for testing.
IBM Test...
Nvidia Offers Optimus Technology for Notebooks
Semiconductor giant Nvidia announced Optimus, a technology designed for notebook PCs that chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application and automatically...
Rambus Comes Up With Speedy New SSD Memory Design
Somebody should think about staging an actual I/O race among some of the solid-state disk companies, because almost all of them claim to have...
Oracle Patches Dangerous WebLogic Server Flaw
Oracle has released an emergency patch for a security flaw in WebLogic Server in response to the discovery of a vulnerability that leaves users...