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From Wi-Fi to Cellular—and Back Again

A new phone system may herald a more seamless wireless communications experience for users, although the technology has a way to go before its...

VMware Adds OS, Storage Support for Lab Manager

VMware is adding support for 64-bit operating systems, such as Sun Microsystems Solaris 10 and Microsofts Windows Vista, to its Lab Manager virtualization testing...

Microsoft to Pitch Software Plus Services to Partners

DENVER—The big-picture message Microsoft executives will try to convey at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference that kicks off here July 10 is that software...

The 10 Weirdest Webcams

Webcams are mini-video cameras that are used to send images or continuous frames to a computer screen. Thats the somewhat technical explanation. Whats more...

Bringing Open Source to SOAs

Although large commercial vendors made early strides into the market for SOA software, open-source components are rapidly finding their way into the picture. Vendors such...

Java EE 6 Is Back and on Track

The Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 specification is back, and with it will be a lot of flexibility for developers. A Sun Microsystems-led group initially...

Google to Buy Security Firm Postini for $625M

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,...

IT Security Specialists See Salaries Rise in First Half

Demand for highly trained and certified IT security professionals is forcing CIOs and IT managers to shell out higher salaries, and to adjust their...

AMD Announces Another Round of Desktop CPU Price Cuts

As with last Aprils reductions, cuts on July 9 were applied to the companys dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processors, all of which now fall...

Samba Officially Adopts GPLv3 for Future Releases

In a note from leading Samba developer Jeremy Allison, The Samba Group announced that it is keeping its promise to move its code base...