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Return Path is a unique company that aims to bring order to the chaotic world of e-mail. Their business is focused on e-mail marketing that is sent with the permission and, ideally, enthusiasm of the recipient. Return Path only works with marketers who sign warranties that all the addresses they have were properly gathered, meaning […]

LAS VEGAS—In the final CES keynote Friday, Gary Forsee, chairman and CEO of Sprint Corp., said the company will focus on delivering integrated voice and data services on its wired and wireless networks and introduce 3D games and virtual meeting rooms for gamers. “An integrated experience means using useful innovation to connect people wherever they […]

LAS VEGAS—Microsoft Corp. wants to do more than make sure there are Windows-powered devices in every office, home, cell phone and car. The software giant also wants to make sure they are networked seamlessly. During his sixth consecutive kick-off keynote of the Consumer Electronics Show here, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates highlighted the ways that Microsoft […]

IDC predicts that U.S. IT spending in the coming year will be up 6 to 8 percent over 2003. What will CIOs be targeting? Security tops the list, followed by disaster recovery/business continuity, PC replacements, upgrades to existing applications and compliance with government regulations. To read the full story, go to SearchCIO.com.

Oracle 10g could make grid computing relevant to the enterprise, which would be a big shift away from what it is now: namely, a tool used primarily by the scientific and academic communities. To read the full story, go to Express Computer.

How do you assess the health of an older database—specifically, one that wasnt designed properly in the first place—and bring it on up on a sound basis? SearchDatabases technical team tells you how. Read the full story at SearchDatabase.

Query tables, check the status of servers, check error logs or run DBCC commands on a SQL Server box, all without having to lay a finger on the actual box: Thats the beauty of using e-mail to administer SQL Server. Read the full story at Database Journal.

As a DBA, do you spend too much time fighting fires or performance tuning, instead of devoting time to more-important activities such as monitoring? Now that the new years upon us, heres some resolutions you might want to consider when it comes to working smarter, streamlining operations, and taking charge of how your data gets […]

Via Technologies Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to allow IBM Microelectronics Inc. to manufacture its next-generation “Esther” processor. Vias decision is another feather in the cap of IBM, which will serve as a foundry for chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Nvidia Corp. and other chip vendors. IBM will handle Vias transition to 90nm […]

Microsoft has made available for download a tool for home users running Windows XP and/or Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 2 or higher) that will eradicate the Blaster worm from their systems. The Windows Blaster Worm Removal Tool is for customers who already downloaded the MS03-026 or MS03-039 Blaster patches last summer. The new tool […]

Macromedia Inc. Tuesday announced the appointment of Juha Christensen, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, to the position of vice president of the companys mobile and devices division. Christensen and Macromedia Vice President of Products Norm Meyrowitz spoke with eWEEK Senior Writer Darryl K. Taft about why Christensen came to Macromedia and the opportunity that lies […]

Cornice Inc., which has designed a stripped-down, compact 1.0-inch disk drive for consumer applications, said Monday that it will soon begin shipping a larger 2GB drive. The Cornice Storage Element eliminates many of the components needed for more conventional hard disk drives used in laptops and in desktop PCs, such as RAM and ROM memory […]