Staff Reports

Former Debian project leader Martin Michlmayr has released a “debian-installer” package for devices based on Marvell’s Feroceon architecture. Initially supporting the Qnap Systems TS-109 (pictured at left) and TS-209 network-attached storage (NAS) devices, the “developer’s release” installs a 2.6.25 kernel and Debian unstable, Michlmayr said. The port to the TS-1090/TS-209, which Michlmayer says was done […]

The editorial staffs of eWEEK and sister publications CIO Insight and Baseline put their heads together to name the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT. To come up with this year’s list, we looked for people who not only had a tangible track record of IT success, but also have far-reaching influence, the ability […]

Google announced July 9 that it has agreed to buy software security firm Postini for $625 million in cash. Postini, which provides message security, archiving, encryption and policy enforcement services for hosted software, will become a division of Google Apps. Google Apps consists of Gmail, Google Docs, Google Talk, Calendar and several other hosted applications. […]

Google extended its lead over competitors Yahoo and Microsoft in April and now accounts for 67 percent of all search queries worldwide, according to a report released by ComScore. Sixty-seven percent of queries worldwide went through Google in April, up from 66.3 percent the previous month. Yahoo slipped to 18.8 percent from 19.2 percent. Microsofts […]

Samsung disclosed May 17 that the first of its new solid-state hybrid hard drives, a next-generation drive for laptop and desktop computers that combines Flash memory with traditional rotating magnetic storage, is ready for prime time. Samsung says these new drives, announced at WinHEC 2005, will save eight to 25 seconds in booting up and […]

Apple Inc. sued Burst.com Inc., an audio and video delivery technology company, in U.S. District Court in San Francisco yesterday for declaratory relief, alleging patent invalidity or non-infringement, according to a report on macdailynews.com. /zimages/4/28571.gifMicrosoft reaches antitrust settlement with Burst.com. Click here to read more. The two companies were negotiating the issuance of a license […]

Has it really been 20 years? Two decades since Microsoft unleashed its graphical operating environment on what was arguably an unsuspecting industry? Say what you will about Windows, its impact has been huge. As eWEEK recognizes the operating systems china anniversary, each of the Labs analysts examines the effects of Windows technology—both positive and negative—in […]

Windows 3.0 Windows [3.0] also looks, correctly, as if it was designed to run multiple programs at once, unlike the Macintosh, whose system was originally single-tasking.—PC WEEK, Oct. 1, 1990 Looking back at my reviews of Windows 3.0, Im reminded of the cumbersome transition it represented from DOS. The process of installing an application and […]