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Major storage software developers are gearing up for a spring launch of second-generation storage resource management products, finally delivering on much of the functionality that was promised for the technology a year ago. New SRM suites, which offer management based on application and user priorities, will be announced this week from Fujitsu Software Technology Corp., […]

Computer Maker Osborne Dies Adam Osborne, who set the early standard for highflying, fast-crashing high-tech companies, died earlier this month at 64. The father of the Osborne-1 computer coined the term “hypergrowth,” which described his companys rise in 1981 with the debut of a 23-pound luggable computer. The company had $5.8 million in sales of […]

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Copyrights Critics of the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act said Friday that they were disturbed by proposals for similar laws at the state level. Quietly, opponents said, state legislators are considering bills that would be even broader than the controversial DMCA, which restricts bypassing copy-protection measures. The movie industry however, says DMCA opponents are overreacting. […]

U.S. Representative Pushes CDMA in Iraq Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent letters to U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the Pentagon, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and various legislators asking them to support rival CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology, pioneered by Qualcomm, for a new Iraqi cell phone system. Qualcomm is based in […]

The Danger Inc.-designed T-Mobile Sidekick has won praise for its gimmicky twist screen and integrated applications, but has been overlooked for breaking both with conventional PDA and phone design. Thats because while processors get faster, memory gets cheaper, and screens get bigger and brighter, input relies on that aspect of the human-computer interaction that evolves […]

Innovation on the recovery side of the backup/recovery industry has been red-hot recently, but RenewData Corp.s upcoming software spotlights extreme cases of getting back the oldest and most relevant information. ActiveVault Enterprise, debuting from the drive recovery service and electronic evidence company this summer, will let users quickly sort tape archives for e-mail, attachments and […]

Internet Robert Beck suspended his distrust of online auctions and went for a top-of-the-line speaker system. He cast a winning bid of $1,900, paid by credit card and waited for his first eBay purchase. The speakers never arrived. Last week, detectives confirmed to the 25-year-old engineer that the sellers, an Arizona couple, had cashed out […]

Citadel Security Software Inc. on Monday will announce the latest version of its vulnerability remediation software, which gives users more flexibility and control over when and how flaws are fixed. Using a new feature in Hercules 2.0, administrators are able to write custom signatures and fixes for vulnerabilities, enabling them to remediate flaws found in […]

Enterprise Storage IBM Overhauls Tivoli Storage Tools IBM in April plans to release three revamped Tivoli software products that will include wider support for various storage hardware and improved system monitoring tools. Big Blue will roll out version 5.2 of the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and Version 1.2 of both the Tivoli Storage Area Network […]

Enterprise Storage Veritas Consolidates Backup and Recovery Software Veritas Software this week offered a new, more tightly integrated version of its backup and recovery software. Veritas Global Data Manager, which previously managed NetBackup but not Backup Exec, now lets administrators view several data protection processes in Backup Exec and NetBackup domains at once through a […]

Apple Releases Airport 3.0 Apple updated its AirPort software to version 3.0, which supports both AirPort Extreme and legacy AirPort products. There are two versions available: one for Mac OS X 10.1.5 and one for Mac OS X 10.2 and higher. AirPort 3.0 improves printing support, administration abilities, and options for extending the range of […]