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Microsoft Releases Another SQL Server 2008 CTP

BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft has released the third Community Technology Preview for SQL Server 2008, which includes new functionality and brings compatibility with Windows Vista and...

DoubleClick Serves Up Vast Malware Blitz

Rogue anti-spyware software that pushes fraudulent PC scans has found its way onto DoubleClick and legitimate sites, including CNN, The Economist, The Huffington Post...

Microsoft Talk About Modeling Triggers Deja Vu

When Microsoft laid out its plans to enable people to do modeling and model-driven development a couple of weeks ago, I got a sense...

VOIP to Be Used for Emergency Notifications

Unified communications technology is getting serious consideration in the wake of recent school shooting incidents."Its just another way of trying to get a message...

Hosting Without Borders

NEW YORK—Microsoft has gotten religion on hosting, and in a big way.Windows Server 2008, to be released Feb. 27, 2008, includes tools and features...

IBM Takes Top Supercomputer Honors Again

IBM and the Department of Energys Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., took top supercomputer honors … again. The IBM Blue Gene/L system installed...

AMR: Retail Software Sales to Top $10 Billion by 2011

A retail community with aging merchandising applications and the need to quickly strengthen merged channel technology will fuel a sharp growth in retail software...

Metro Group Expands Its RFID Trial

One of the more aggressive retail RFID backers in the world, Germanys Metro Group, announced Nov. 9 that it is moving its pilot to...

Google Android Developers: Start Your Coding

Developers got their first crack at Googles Android mobile platform Nov. 12 when Google and its Open Handset Alliance released the Android software development...

Patent Reform Stalling in Senate

While patent reform legislation stalls in Congress, infringement lawsuits continue to pile up like cordwood in the technology sector. Since the House approved a...