Monthly Archives: September 2010
Microsoft Releases Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
Microsoft released its Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 earlier this week. The HPC (high-performance computing) server is designed to help businesses, government and academia...
INSIDE MOBILE: What Intel Gets From Buying Infineon’s Wireless Solutions Business
Intel has been trying to promote its low-power x86 Atom processor for mobile devices. However, most mobile devices are utilizing ARM processors licensed through...
Google, Microsoft, IBM Vie for GSA Cloud Contract
Google, Microsoft and IBM have an important deadline coming up in their heated war for cloud computing contracts.The General Services Administration July 30 invited...
NetApp Gets New Analytics with ParAccel Partnership
NetApp and analytic database maker ParAccel have gone into business together. On Sept. 20, the two companies jointly announced that ParAccel's analytics engine has...
Inside PDF Malware Attacks
Malicious PDFs have become familiar features on the threat landscape, in no small part due to the popularity and ubiquity of Adobe Reader and...
Data Destruction
We’re disposing of around 20 outdated PCs from the eWEEK Labs test center in San Francisco and the question of “what to do with...
Google Transparency Report Replaces China Serviceability Chart
Not long after Google revolted against China after a Gmail hack, Google launched a service report Web page for mainland China.Reporters, including myself here...
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9: Better Than Google Chrome?
Analysts sometimes refer to Microsoft as the archetypical "fast follower," a company whose skill rests in recognizing an emerging trend and then adjusting strategy...
Microsoft Warns of ASP.NET Attacks
Microsoft is warning users it has seen "limited attacks" targeting an ASP.NET vulnerability that could potentially affect many Web applications.The issue, which was demonstrated...
Microsofts IE 9 Beta Offers Speed, Windows 7 Integration
Microsofts IE 9 Beta Offers Speed, Windows 7 Integration
by Nicholas Kolakowski
Stripped-Down UI
IE 9 offers a stripped-down user interface reminiscent of competing browsers. Microsoft claims...