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White House Admits Recycling E-Mail Backup Tapes

In a last-minute filing in federal court, the White House admitted Jan. 15 that it had recycled computer backup tapes containing millions of missing...

What to Make of Sun Buying MySQL

The rumors had been flying for a while that MySQL was looking for a buyer and Sun Microsystems was interested in purchasing the open-source...

BEA Timeline

BEA Timeline BEA is founded by Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang--all of whom left Sun Microsystems to start the company by acquiring Information...

New Storage, Security Products Debut at Macworld

There's a lot going on in data storage and security--more than one might imagine--this week at the Macworld Expo 2008 here in foggy San...

Apple Plugs QuickTime, iPhone Security Holes

Here's something that may be buried in the crazy Macworld news cycle: Apple has shipped two high-priority (critical) security patches for the QuickTime, iPhone...

Skyhook’s iPhone Possibilities

The news that most caught my attention during Steve Jobs' Apple keynote today was not the MacBook Air, but rather the announcement that the...

Macbook Air: Weighing the Pros and Cons

Apple's subnotebook wunder-machine is nigh. I've been waiting for an ultralight Web and writing machine for a long time now. So, should I run...

$20,000 Bounty Placed on Windows Flaws, Exploits

A private company has placed a $20,000 bounty on exploitable vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Windows operating system, a move that significantly raises the value of...

Clearwire to Offer Google Apps, Search

Practically duplicating a deal it made with Sprint last summer, Google inked a pact Jan. 15 to let wireless broadband provider Clearwire offer certain...

EMC Breaks New Ground with SSDs in Storage Arrays

EMC surprised the data storage industry with a move Jan. 14 that wasn't expected until perhaps the second half of this year.The company, based...