eWEEK EDITORS

Microsoft has decided on an official name—”Windows XP Starter Edition”—for the stripped-down, cut-rate version of Windows that it first began offering in Thailand last summer. The NeoWin Windows enthusiast site mentioned the new name in a Web posting Wednesday. Microsoft confirmed that Windows XP Starter Edition is indeed the new name for the Windows portion […]

Make backup and recovery a priority. Set privileges on data files. Read everything. Trust nothing. Those are some of the tips from Robert Freeman, author of “Oracle9i New Features,” “Oracle 9i RMAN Backup & Recovery” and an upcoming book about Oracle 10G. For the rest of the 10 job-saving tips, read the full story at […]

On Monday morning, it looked as if Microsoft Corp. had done yet another about-face by extending NT 4.0 support past the rapidly approaching support-cut-off deadlines—despite repeated claims that it had no intentions of doing so. But by Monday evening, Microsoft was working overtime to correct any misunderstandings caused by its vaguely worded press release about […]

Ive just seen a dispatch from the front lines of the FUD wars, Huw Lyness report from one of Microsofts Get The Facts roadshow in Great Britain. Its a fascinating read, especially when considered in context with Halloween VII and more recent leaks out of Microsoft. The outlines of the next stage in Microsofts anti-open-source […]

On Tuesday, the Digital Home Living Alliance (the group formerly known as the Digital Home Working Group) finalized its guidelines for interoperability and commenced plugfests designed to make sure that PC and consumer-electronic devices can work better together. Microsoft is one of the 145 members, as are Intel, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu and other household names. […]

Our chums at ActiveWin have posted (with Microsofts blessing) a link to this teaser for a new product due to be announced July 8. We smell a mouse—or a handful of them, to be precise. In orange, blue, crimson and cobalt, perhaps? For now, guess well have to wait and see what the stork brings […]

Cisco Systems Inc. on Monday unveiled routers and other software products that support an effort launched last year to build features that combat security threats such as viruses into network infrastructure. Ciscos Network Admission Control (NAC) functionality gives customers the ability to restrict network access from devices such as PCs, servers and PDAs that are […]

BAE Systems has developed wallpaper that will keep Wi-Fi traffic within a companys walls, but let other radio and mobile phone traffic get through. The UK-based defense contractors FSS (Frequency Selective Surface) panels can be applied to most surfaces including glass. There is no timescale for its commercial availability. Read the full story at Silicon.com […]

A story from CRN reports that the Network Associates Technology Inc. could be for sale–with Microsoft rumored to be the buyer. Wall Street sources and channel partners said a public announcement concerning either the pending or closed sale of the company to a buyer could come as early as July 1 when Network Associates also […]

A U.S. House bill that would require that consumers receive a clear and conspicuous notice prior to installing applications that contain spyware passed a House subcommittee last week. A companion bill in the U.S. Senate is currently being considered by the Senate Commerce Committee. Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) associate director Chris Hoofnagle said Congress […]

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies this week announced plans to invest up to $500 million to create a manufacturing center in China. The facility will perform final assembly of disk drives using existing component manufacturing in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong. The company expects to start producing 3.5-inch disk drives in the new facility in the […]

Chief executive Joe Tucci is transforming EMC Corp. from a successful storage hardware maker to a developer of software that manages the data sitting in those disk arrays. At the EMC Analyst Day event in New York this month, Tucci predicted his Hopkinton, Mass., company would reach $8.1 billion in revenue this year, with much […]