HIGHLIGHTS
News: Four critical Windows fixes coming next week
News: Germany adds digital fingerprints to passports
News: U.S. agency bars some Qualcomm imports
News: Symantec to test major revamp of corporate AV client
News: Linksys ramps up SMB channel plans
Computex Roundup: Ultramobiles are pricey, power hungry, AMD says
Computex Roundup: Intel's rumored graphics chip a no-show
Computex Roundup: Chipsets to survive integration with CPU
Computex Roundup: Flash guys show certified ReadyBoost drives
Computex Roundup: Ubuntu mobilizes tablet software
Green IT: Fujitsu Siemens wraps sales pitch in green paper
Green IT: The green, green grass of Dell
ITWhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
NEWS UPDATES
Four critical Windows fixes coming next week
Microsoft Corp. will release six sets of security patches next Tuesday, four of which will fix critical flaws in the Windows operating system.
Germany adds digital fingerprints to passports
Germany will store digital fingerprints in addition to digital photos in passports as one of several biometric security measures planned to fight organized crime and international terrorism.
U.S. agency bars some Qualcomm imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission barred the import of future models of phones using Qualcomm Inc. third generation chips, marking a blow to the vendor in its ongoing intellectual property battle with Broadcom Corp.
Symantec to test major revamp of corporate AV client
Symantec Corp. will kick off its annual Symantec Vision conference next week with the first public release of its next-generation corporate antivirus software, called Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.
Linksys ramps up SMB channel plans
Cisco subsidiary, Linksys, has introduced a tiered partner program and specialization across its product lines. It coincides with the launch of a raft of new SMB products and services under the Linksys Connected Office platform.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which started Tuesday, offers a clear view of what we can expect in new computer systems over the next year. Considered an important barometer of hardware trends, this is where some of the largest companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by HP, Dell, and others show off their latest and greatest products. This week's ITworld.com Daily Newsletters will highlight news coming out of the show.
COMPUTEX: Ultramobiles are pricey, power hungry, AMD says
Ultramobile PCs, the new product category developed by Microsoft Corp., have been unsuccessful so far because they're too expensive and their batteries don't last long enough, a top Advanced Micro Devices Inc. executive said Friday.
COMPUTEX: Intel's rumored graphics chip a no-show
One of the biggest rumors to come out of Computex this week is that Intel Corp. is developing a new high-end graphics processor, which it will begin sampling to graphics cards makers in Taiwan in the next year or two. Graphics card makers at the show said they've seen no signs of it, however.
COMPUTEX: Chipsets to survive integration with CPU
Computers are getting smaller and functions that once required multiple chips will increasingly be combined or move to the processor. But Intel Corp. said one component is going to survive these changes: the chipset.
COMPUTEX: Flash guys show certified ReadyBoost drives
Flash memory stick makers are showing off USB (Universal Serial Bus) drives at Computex that have been certified to work with Windows Vista's ReadyBoot and ReadyBoost functions, which improve boot-up times and the software start-up speeds in PCs.
COMPUTEX: Ubuntu mobilizes tablet software
Canonical, the corporate sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has revealed the specs for a mobile version of its software, due in October.
GREEN IT
Fujitsu Siemens wraps sales pitch in green paper
Fujitsu Siemens Computers says it can cut the energy costs, operating costs and space footprint of U.K. data centers by at least 40 percent -- and promises to pay ten thousand pounds to a charity every time it fails to hit that target -- but is the offer as green as it looks?
The green, green grass of Dell
Dell is making a bid to become the greenest IT company by reducing its greenhouse emissions, but has set itself easier targets than its rivals.
ITWHIRLED
Geek Comic of the Week: The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
Tired of having to choose between gripping medical drama and exciting ninja action? Now you don't have to? Dr. McNinja is a ninja with an M.D., and his adventures both medical and swashbuckling unfold in artfully drawn black and white.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Oracle to launch 11g database on July 11
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Oracle to launch 11g database on July 11
News: Microsoft fixes Windows Mobile synch problem
News: Latest storage sales numbers show HP-IBM tie
News: HP, VMware each launch new virtualization options
News: JavaScript opens up more browser woes
Computex Roundup: Solid-state disks coming on strong
Computex Roundup: Intel shows more advanced ultraportable
Computex Roundup: Asus, MSI laptops double as HD players
Computex Roundup: AMD keeps Barcelona specs under wraps
Go Figure: Study: U.S. government still lacking data protection
ITWhirled: Buy real estate now, enjoy it in the year A.D. 12,000
NEWS UPDATES
Oracle to launch 11g database on July 11
Oracle Corp. has finally committed to a launch date for the next major release of its database. Appropriately enough, the vendor plans to unveil Oracle Database 11g on July 11.
Microsoft fixes Windows Mobile synch problem
Microsoft Corp. has fixed a problem that made it difficult for users of the most recent Windows Mobile devices to synch with PCs running Vista.
Latest storage sales numbers show HP-IBM tie
If the competition between IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. in the computer storage business were a horse race, you'd need a photo to determine how they finished the first quarter. But it would only be for the second place ribbon.
HP, VMware each launch new virtualization options
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is upgrading its virtualization software offerings to help data center managers better manage their virtual environments, while VMware Inc., is offering a virtualization capability for Web hosting companies.
JavaScript opens up more browser woes
A prominent security researcher has disclosed serious, unpatched flaws in the way fully up-to-date Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers handle JavaScript.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which started today, offers a clear view of what we can expect in new computer systems over the next year. Considered an important barometer of hardware trends, this is where some of the largest companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by HP, Dell, and others show off their latest and greatest products. This week's ITworld.com Daily Newsletters will highlight news coming out of the show.
COMPUTEX: Solid-state disks coming on strong
If you're in any doubt that flash memory-based solid-state disks are on a course to quickly replace hard-disk drives in laptop computers, just take a look along the aisles of this year's Computex trade show.
COMPUTEX: Intel shows more advanced ultraportable
Just two months after Intel Corp. unveiled a package of chips codenamed McCaslin for ultramobile computers, the company rolled out a prototype device running McCaslin's successor, Menlow, at Computex.
COMPUTEX: Asus, MSI laptops double as HD players
Two Taiwanese companies are making laptop PCs users can hook up to their high definition (HD) TVs to make more use of the laptops' internal high definition optical drives, either Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD.
COMPUTEX: AMD keeps Barcelona specs under wraps
Some of the first servers based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) upcoming Barcelona quad-core chip are on display at Computex, but details of the chips are being kept tightly under wraps.
GO FIGURE
13%
The share of government agencies that do not add encryption software to new laptops issued to federal employees, even after a Veterans Administration laptop and hard drive containing the private information of 26.5 million military veterans and family members were stolen from an employee's home in 2006, according to a survey by the Telework Exchange.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
Buy real estate now, enjoy it in the year A.D. 12,000
Right now, you can buy waterfront property on Lo'ihi in Hawaii for the insanely low price of $39.95. What's the catch? Well, Lo'ihi is technically still underwater -- and won't break the surface for another 10,000 years, give or take.
News: Oracle to launch 11g database on July 11
News: Microsoft fixes Windows Mobile synch problem
News: Latest storage sales numbers show HP-IBM tie
News: HP, VMware each launch new virtualization options
News: JavaScript opens up more browser woes
Computex Roundup: Solid-state disks coming on strong
Computex Roundup: Intel shows more advanced ultraportable
Computex Roundup: Asus, MSI laptops double as HD players
Computex Roundup: AMD keeps Barcelona specs under wraps
Go Figure: Study: U.S. government still lacking data protection
ITWhirled: Buy real estate now, enjoy it in the year A.D. 12,000
NEWS UPDATES
Oracle to launch 11g database on July 11
Oracle Corp. has finally committed to a launch date for the next major release of its database. Appropriately enough, the vendor plans to unveil Oracle Database 11g on July 11.
Microsoft fixes Windows Mobile synch problem
Microsoft Corp. has fixed a problem that made it difficult for users of the most recent Windows Mobile devices to synch with PCs running Vista.
Latest storage sales numbers show HP-IBM tie
If the competition between IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. in the computer storage business were a horse race, you'd need a photo to determine how they finished the first quarter. But it would only be for the second place ribbon.
HP, VMware each launch new virtualization options
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is upgrading its virtualization software offerings to help data center managers better manage their virtual environments, while VMware Inc., is offering a virtualization capability for Web hosting companies.
JavaScript opens up more browser woes
A prominent security researcher has disclosed serious, unpatched flaws in the way fully up-to-date Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers handle JavaScript.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which started today, offers a clear view of what we can expect in new computer systems over the next year. Considered an important barometer of hardware trends, this is where some of the largest companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by HP, Dell, and others show off their latest and greatest products. This week's ITworld.com Daily Newsletters will highlight news coming out of the show.
COMPUTEX: Solid-state disks coming on strong
If you're in any doubt that flash memory-based solid-state disks are on a course to quickly replace hard-disk drives in laptop computers, just take a look along the aisles of this year's Computex trade show.
COMPUTEX: Intel shows more advanced ultraportable
Just two months after Intel Corp. unveiled a package of chips codenamed McCaslin for ultramobile computers, the company rolled out a prototype device running McCaslin's successor, Menlow, at Computex.
COMPUTEX: Asus, MSI laptops double as HD players
Two Taiwanese companies are making laptop PCs users can hook up to their high definition (HD) TVs to make more use of the laptops' internal high definition optical drives, either Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD.
COMPUTEX: AMD keeps Barcelona specs under wraps
Some of the first servers based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) upcoming Barcelona quad-core chip are on display at Computex, but details of the chips are being kept tightly under wraps.
GO FIGURE
13%
The share of government agencies that do not add encryption software to new laptops issued to federal employees, even after a Veterans Administration laptop and hard drive containing the private information of 26.5 million military veterans and family members were stolen from an employee's home in 2006, according to a survey by the Telework Exchange.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
Buy real estate now, enjoy it in the year A.D. 12,000
Right now, you can buy waterfront property on Lo'ihi in Hawaii for the insanely low price of $39.95. What's the catch? Well, Lo'ihi is technically still underwater -- and won't break the surface for another 10,000 years, give or take.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Sun launches first blades from new Intel deal
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Sun launches first blades from new Intel deal
News: APC shows off fuel cells for the data center
News: Microsoft sued by French TV company over Vista name
News: Adobe, FedEx Kinko's pair up to ease document printing
News: Vendors seek unity on identity protocols
News: Businesses slow to adopt e-discovery rules
News: TECH ED: Tools aim to ease Vista deployment pains
Computex Roundup: IPhone to ignite smartphone use, Arm chief says
Computex Roundup: Via CEO promises even smaller motherboards
Computex Roundup: Hands on with Asustek's $199 Eee PC
Go Figure: McAfee: Search results can be dangerous
Related Reading: Google at odds with the locked-down enterprise
ITWhirled: Top 10 worst portrayals of technology in film
NEWS UPDATES
Sun launches first blades from new Intel deal
Sun Microsystems Inc. is reaching for a larger share of the blade server market with Wednesday's launch of new models, including the first-ever Sun blades from its new alliance with chip maker Intel Corp.
APC shows off fuel cells for the data center
APC has demonstrated a fuel cell unit that fits into a standard data center rack, aimed at displacing traditional diesel generators whose job is to supply backup power. The fuel cell is aimed at installations where environmental concerns outweigh cost. It could also be a pointer for future, greener data centers.
Microsoft sued by French TV company over Vista name
French television presenter Philippe Gildas has sued Microsoft Corp. for "violation of intellectual property," accusing the software publisher of illegally using the trademark "Vista."
Adobe, FedEx Kinko's pair up to ease document printing
A Web services partnership will allow U.S. users of Adobe Systems Inc. software to send documents via the Internet to FedEx Kinko's centers for printing.
Vendors seek unity on identity protocols
Microsoft Corp. will participate in a meeting later this month with vendors and organizations that are backing several different identity management systems, an indication that cooperation between the software giant and its peers is improving.
Businesses slow to adopt e-discovery rules
Six months after new federal e-discovery rules took effect in the U.S., some businesses are still unclear on what they have to do to comply.
TECH ED: Tools aim to ease Vista deployment pains
Microsoft Corp. released tools to help companies deploy Windows Vista, acknowledging that there are deployment and application-compatibility pains enterprise IT managers face when updating business desktops to the new OS.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which started today, offers a clear view of what we can expect in new computer systems over the next year. Considered an important barometer of hardware trends, this is where some of the largest companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by HP, Dell, and others show off their latest and greatest products. This week's ITworld.com Daily Newsletters will highlight news coming out of the show.
COMPUTEX: IPhone to ignite smartphone use, Arm chief says
The iPhone is about to do for smartphones what the iPod did for digital music players: put one in everyone's pocket.
COMPUTEX: Via CEO promises even smaller motherboards
Via Technologies Inc. plans to develop PC motherboards that are even smaller than the business card-sized Mobile ITX product it announced on Tuesday.
COMPUTEX: Hands on with Asustek's $199 Eee PC
Asustek Computer Inc.'s US$199 Eee PC is turning out to be one of the stars at Computex 2007, grabbing attention for its small size and even smaller price.
GO FIGURE
4%
The share of search engine results that are likely to link you to unsafe Web sites, ranging from sites that try to run attack code on your PC to sites associated with spam, according toa new study by McAfee Inc. The riskiest keyword searches are for terms related to digital music and tech toys; those searches return risky links nearly 20 percent of the time.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
Related Reading: Google at odds with the locked-down enterprise
Security has been a bit of a black art at Google Inc. Unlike rival Microsoft Corp., which publishes detailed information on its monthly patches and has openly evangelized the steps it takes to secure software, Google has generally been quiet when it comes to talking about security and it has kept the team that keeps Google's Web sites secure under wraps.
ITWHIRLED
She's a 10
Top 10 funniest gadgets ... Top 10 worst portrayals of technology in film
News: Sun launches first blades from new Intel deal
News: APC shows off fuel cells for the data center
News: Microsoft sued by French TV company over Vista name
News: Adobe, FedEx Kinko's pair up to ease document printing
News: Vendors seek unity on identity protocols
News: Businesses slow to adopt e-discovery rules
News: TECH ED: Tools aim to ease Vista deployment pains
Computex Roundup: IPhone to ignite smartphone use, Arm chief says
Computex Roundup: Via CEO promises even smaller motherboards
Computex Roundup: Hands on with Asustek's $199 Eee PC
Go Figure: McAfee: Search results can be dangerous
Related Reading: Google at odds with the locked-down enterprise
ITWhirled: Top 10 worst portrayals of technology in film
NEWS UPDATES
Sun launches first blades from new Intel deal
Sun Microsystems Inc. is reaching for a larger share of the blade server market with Wednesday's launch of new models, including the first-ever Sun blades from its new alliance with chip maker Intel Corp.
APC shows off fuel cells for the data center
APC has demonstrated a fuel cell unit that fits into a standard data center rack, aimed at displacing traditional diesel generators whose job is to supply backup power. The fuel cell is aimed at installations where environmental concerns outweigh cost. It could also be a pointer for future, greener data centers.
Microsoft sued by French TV company over Vista name
French television presenter Philippe Gildas has sued Microsoft Corp. for "violation of intellectual property," accusing the software publisher of illegally using the trademark "Vista."
Adobe, FedEx Kinko's pair up to ease document printing
A Web services partnership will allow U.S. users of Adobe Systems Inc. software to send documents via the Internet to FedEx Kinko's centers for printing.
Vendors seek unity on identity protocols
Microsoft Corp. will participate in a meeting later this month with vendors and organizations that are backing several different identity management systems, an indication that cooperation between the software giant and its peers is improving.
Businesses slow to adopt e-discovery rules
Six months after new federal e-discovery rules took effect in the U.S., some businesses are still unclear on what they have to do to comply.
TECH ED: Tools aim to ease Vista deployment pains
Microsoft Corp. released tools to help companies deploy Windows Vista, acknowledging that there are deployment and application-compatibility pains enterprise IT managers face when updating business desktops to the new OS.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which started today, offers a clear view of what we can expect in new computer systems over the next year. Considered an important barometer of hardware trends, this is where some of the largest companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by HP, Dell, and others show off their latest and greatest products. This week's ITworld.com Daily Newsletters will highlight news coming out of the show.
COMPUTEX: IPhone to ignite smartphone use, Arm chief says
The iPhone is about to do for smartphones what the iPod did for digital music players: put one in everyone's pocket.
COMPUTEX: Via CEO promises even smaller motherboards
Via Technologies Inc. plans to develop PC motherboards that are even smaller than the business card-sized Mobile ITX product it announced on Tuesday.
COMPUTEX: Hands on with Asustek's $199 Eee PC
Asustek Computer Inc.'s US$199 Eee PC is turning out to be one of the stars at Computex 2007, grabbing attention for its small size and even smaller price.
GO FIGURE
4%
The share of search engine results that are likely to link you to unsafe Web sites, ranging from sites that try to run attack code on your PC to sites associated with spam, according toa new study by McAfee Inc. The riskiest keyword searches are for terms related to digital music and tech toys; those searches return risky links nearly 20 percent of the time.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
Related Reading: Google at odds with the locked-down enterprise
Security has been a bit of a black art at Google Inc. Unlike rival Microsoft Corp., which publishes detailed information on its monthly patches and has openly evangelized the steps it takes to secure software, Google has generally been quiet when it comes to talking about security and it has kept the team that keeps Google's Web sites secure under wraps.
ITWHIRLED
She's a 10
Top 10 funniest gadgets ... Top 10 worst portrayals of technology in film
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
HTC launches Microsoft-based iPhone rival
HIGHLIGHTS
News: HTC launches Microsoft-based iPhone rival
News: TECH ED: Microsoft to update Web conferencing service
News: Salesforce.com, Google release first joint product
News: Ask.com revamps search engine
News: Software more art than science, says Microsoft's Mundie
Computex Roundup: Via NanoBook takes aim at ultramobile market
Computex Roundup: Via develops namecard-sized PC board
Computex Roundup: Bearlake chipsets hit the market
Computex Roundup: Acer wheels out Ferrari PDA
Computex Roundup: Asustek and Intel working on $199 laptop
Computex Roundup: Server makers show first Barcelona systems
ITWhirled: Cell phone slows bullet, saves amputee
NEWS UPDATES
HTC launches Microsoft-based iPhone rival
High Tech Computer Corp. announced the HTC Touch, a Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS device designed with one-touch screen features giving users instant access to emails, contacts and appointments.
TECH ED: Microsoft to update Web conferencing service
Microsoft Corp. plans to offer a few more details Tuesday on the upcoming version of its hosted Web conferencing offering, Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007.
Salesforce.com, Google release first joint product
Salesforce.com Inc. and Google Inc. announced a strategic global partnership Tuesday, but it wasn't the widely expected tight integration between Google Apps and Salesforce.com's hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software. Instead, the two vendors brought out their first jointly developed and co-marketed product combining Google AdWords with Salesforce on-demand CRM.
Ask.com revamps search engine
Ask.com is making another major attempt to attract more people to its search engine, as its years-long, unsuccessful struggle to boost its usage market share continues.
Software more art than science, says Microsoft's Mundie
Ever wondered why Microsoft software needs continually to be patched and updated? Microsoft Corp.'s Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie believes it's because software development is still more an art than a science.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which started today, offers a clear view of what we can expect in new computer systems over the next year. Considered an important barometer of hardware trends, this is where some of the largest companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by HP, Dell, and others show off their latest and greatest products. This week's ITworld.com Daily Newsletters will highlight news coming out of the show.
COMPUTEX: Via NanoBook takes aim at ultramobile market
Via Technologies Inc. has developed an ultraportable notebook reference design that will soon hit European markets.
COMPUTEX: Via develops namecard-sized PC board
Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. has a knack for making motherboards smaller, and its latest design pushes the boundary of what's possible further than ever before.
COMPUTEX: Bearlake chipsets hit the market
Motherboards that use Intel Corp.'s 3-series chipsets, codenamed Bearlake, seem to be everywhere at the Computex exhibition -- signalling they will soon find their way to store shelves and hardware makers around the world.
COMPUTEX: Acer wheels out Ferrari PDA
Acer Inc. plans to start selling a Ferrari PDA (personal digital assistant), adding to a line of Ferrari-branded computer gear that already includes notebook PCs and a monitor.
COMPUTEX: Asustek and Intel working on $199 laptop
Taiwanese hardware maker Asustek Computer Inc. is working with Intel Corp. on a line of notebook PCs priced as low as US$199, according to one of the chipmaker's top executives.
COMPUTEX: Server makers show first Barcelona systems
Server makers are showing their first systems based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s upcoming quad-core Opteron chip, known as Barcelona.
ITWHIRLED
Cell phone slows bullet, saves amputee
If you had to bet in a battle between an armed burglar and a recent amputee whose only weapon was his crutch, you'd probably put your money on the guy with the gun. But that calculus doesn't take the amputee's faithful cell phone into account. Roger Baxter survived the fight because his cell phone slowed the burglar's bullet before it entered his body. "I just got it programmed," Baxter lamented.
News: HTC launches Microsoft-based iPhone rival
News: TECH ED: Microsoft to update Web conferencing service
News: Salesforce.com, Google release first joint product
News: Ask.com revamps search engine
News: Software more art than science, says Microsoft's Mundie
Computex Roundup: Via NanoBook takes aim at ultramobile market
Computex Roundup: Via develops namecard-sized PC board
Computex Roundup: Bearlake chipsets hit the market
Computex Roundup: Acer wheels out Ferrari PDA
Computex Roundup: Asustek and Intel working on $199 laptop
Computex Roundup: Server makers show first Barcelona systems
ITWhirled: Cell phone slows bullet, saves amputee
NEWS UPDATES
HTC launches Microsoft-based iPhone rival
High Tech Computer Corp. announced the HTC Touch, a Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS device designed with one-touch screen features giving users instant access to emails, contacts and appointments.
TECH ED: Microsoft to update Web conferencing service
Microsoft Corp. plans to offer a few more details Tuesday on the upcoming version of its hosted Web conferencing offering, Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007.
Salesforce.com, Google release first joint product
Salesforce.com Inc. and Google Inc. announced a strategic global partnership Tuesday, but it wasn't the widely expected tight integration between Google Apps and Salesforce.com's hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software. Instead, the two vendors brought out their first jointly developed and co-marketed product combining Google AdWords with Salesforce on-demand CRM.
Ask.com revamps search engine
Ask.com is making another major attempt to attract more people to its search engine, as its years-long, unsuccessful struggle to boost its usage market share continues.
Software more art than science, says Microsoft's Mundie
Ever wondered why Microsoft software needs continually to be patched and updated? Microsoft Corp.'s Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie believes it's because software development is still more an art than a science.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which started today, offers a clear view of what we can expect in new computer systems over the next year. Considered an important barometer of hardware trends, this is where some of the largest companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by HP, Dell, and others show off their latest and greatest products. This week's ITworld.com Daily Newsletters will highlight news coming out of the show.
COMPUTEX: Via NanoBook takes aim at ultramobile market
Via Technologies Inc. has developed an ultraportable notebook reference design that will soon hit European markets.
COMPUTEX: Via develops namecard-sized PC board
Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. has a knack for making motherboards smaller, and its latest design pushes the boundary of what's possible further than ever before.
COMPUTEX: Bearlake chipsets hit the market
Motherboards that use Intel Corp.'s 3-series chipsets, codenamed Bearlake, seem to be everywhere at the Computex exhibition -- signalling they will soon find their way to store shelves and hardware makers around the world.
COMPUTEX: Acer wheels out Ferrari PDA
Acer Inc. plans to start selling a Ferrari PDA (personal digital assistant), adding to a line of Ferrari-branded computer gear that already includes notebook PCs and a monitor.
COMPUTEX: Asustek and Intel working on $199 laptop
Taiwanese hardware maker Asustek Computer Inc. is working with Intel Corp. on a line of notebook PCs priced as low as US$199, according to one of the chipmaker's top executives.
COMPUTEX: Server makers show first Barcelona systems
Server makers are showing their first systems based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s upcoming quad-core Opteron chip, known as Barcelona.
ITWHIRLED
Cell phone slows bullet, saves amputee
If you had to bet in a battle between an armed burglar and a recent amputee whose only weapon was his crutch, you'd probably put your money on the guy with the gun. But that calculus doesn't take the amputee's faithful cell phone into account. Roger Baxter survived the fight because his cell phone slowed the burglar's bullet before it entered his body. "I just got it programmed," Baxter lamented.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Apple's iPhone coming on June 29
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Apple's iPhone coming on June 29
News: Stealthy attack serves malicious code only once
News: Firefox flaws raise Mozilla security doubts
News: IDC: Open source rakes in $1.8 billion
News: LANDesk offers free software trial through Lenovo
News: Palm gets bailout from Bono's private-equity firm
Computex Roundup: Hardware makers prepare for Taipei showdown
Computex Roundup: Taiwan's FIC to debut ultraportable PC
Computex Roundup: Asustek previews Net radio, overclocking laptop
Computex Roundup: Toshiba develops laptop HD DVD-RW drive
ITWhirled: UFO 'proof' finally forthcoming
NEWS UPDATES
Apple's iPhone coming on June 29
Apple Inc. will launch its iPhone in the U.S. on June 29, it said in TV commercials that began airing on Sunday.
Stealthy attack serves malicious code only once
A new hacking method is causing concern for the lengths it goes to avoid detection by security software and researchers.
Firefox flaws raise Mozilla security doubts
The Mozilla Foundation said last week it has patched several serious security flaws in the popular Firefox browser, bugs that also affect the SeaMonkey browser and the Thunderbird email application.
IDC: Open source rakes in $1.8 billion
A new IDC study has said that the growth in adoption of stand-alone open source software is accelerating and that the total market will be worth US$5.8 billion in 2011.
LANDesk offers free software trial through Lenovo
IT managers in search of software for managing their computer systems, especially those from Lenovo Group Ltd., might want to check out a trial version of LANDesk Management Suite for ThinkVantage.
Palm gets bailout from Bono's private-equity firm
Palm Inc.'s financial future looked a little more secure Monday as private-equity firm Elevation Partners said it will pump US$325 million into the mobile device manufacturer.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which kicks off on Tuesday, is where many of the world's largest hardware makers show off their newest and most advanced products. The show is an important barometer of hardware trends; Taiwan is home to many of the companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc., and others. Thus the support of Taiwanese companies -- or lack of it -- can make or break a new technology. This week's ITworld Daily Newsletter will bring you the big hardware announcements that come out of the show.
Hardware makers prepare for Taipei showdown
Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will square off this week at the annual Computex exhibition in Taipei, where many of the world's largest hardware makers will be showing off products slated for release later this year.
Taiwan's FIC to debut ultraportable PC
Taiwan's First International Computer Inc. will unveil an ultraportable PC at the Computex show that begins on Tuesday in Taipei.
Asustek previews Net radio, overclocking laptop
If the Internet radio with iPod port and laptop PC built for microprocessor overclocking that Asustek Computer Inc. showed off on Monday are any indication of things to come at the Computex Taipei 2007 trade show, then be prepared for a few surprises.
Toshiba develops laptop HD DVD-RW drive
Toshiba Corp. will unveil in Taipei on Tuesday a slim HD DVD rewriter suitable for use in laptop computers.
ITWHIRLED
UFO 'proof' finally forthcoming
For everyone who wants to believe, there's finally a promise of proof of human contact with alien beings. The Flatwoods Monster 55th Anniversary and Flying Saucer Extravaganza will be meeting in Charlston, West Virginia this September, and promoter Larry Bailey insists that "You're going to see some hard evidence ... That's a promise. That's not just promotional talk." Big words from someone who's event bills itself as an "extravaganza."
News: Apple's iPhone coming on June 29
News: Stealthy attack serves malicious code only once
News: Firefox flaws raise Mozilla security doubts
News: IDC: Open source rakes in $1.8 billion
News: LANDesk offers free software trial through Lenovo
News: Palm gets bailout from Bono's private-equity firm
Computex Roundup: Hardware makers prepare for Taipei showdown
Computex Roundup: Taiwan's FIC to debut ultraportable PC
Computex Roundup: Asustek previews Net radio, overclocking laptop
Computex Roundup: Toshiba develops laptop HD DVD-RW drive
ITWhirled: UFO 'proof' finally forthcoming
NEWS UPDATES
Apple's iPhone coming on June 29
Apple Inc. will launch its iPhone in the U.S. on June 29, it said in TV commercials that began airing on Sunday.
Stealthy attack serves malicious code only once
A new hacking method is causing concern for the lengths it goes to avoid detection by security software and researchers.
Firefox flaws raise Mozilla security doubts
The Mozilla Foundation said last week it has patched several serious security flaws in the popular Firefox browser, bugs that also affect the SeaMonkey browser and the Thunderbird email application.
IDC: Open source rakes in $1.8 billion
A new IDC study has said that the growth in adoption of stand-alone open source software is accelerating and that the total market will be worth US$5.8 billion in 2011.
LANDesk offers free software trial through Lenovo
IT managers in search of software for managing their computer systems, especially those from Lenovo Group Ltd., might want to check out a trial version of LANDesk Management Suite for ThinkVantage.
Palm gets bailout from Bono's private-equity firm
Palm Inc.'s financial future looked a little more secure Monday as private-equity firm Elevation Partners said it will pump US$325 million into the mobile device manufacturer.
COMPUTEX ROUNDUP
The annual Computex exhibition in Taiwan, which kicks off on Tuesday, is where many of the world's largest hardware makers show off their newest and most advanced products. The show is an important barometer of hardware trends; Taiwan is home to many of the companies that manufacture and supply many of the components and finished computers sold by Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc., and others. Thus the support of Taiwanese companies -- or lack of it -- can make or break a new technology. This week's ITworld Daily Newsletter will bring you the big hardware announcements that come out of the show.
Hardware makers prepare for Taipei showdown
Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will square off this week at the annual Computex exhibition in Taipei, where many of the world's largest hardware makers will be showing off products slated for release later this year.
Taiwan's FIC to debut ultraportable PC
Taiwan's First International Computer Inc. will unveil an ultraportable PC at the Computex show that begins on Tuesday in Taipei.
Asustek previews Net radio, overclocking laptop
If the Internet radio with iPod port and laptop PC built for microprocessor overclocking that Asustek Computer Inc. showed off on Monday are any indication of things to come at the Computex Taipei 2007 trade show, then be prepared for a few surprises.
Toshiba develops laptop HD DVD-RW drive
Toshiba Corp. will unveil in Taipei on Tuesday a slim HD DVD rewriter suitable for use in laptop computers.
ITWHIRLED
UFO 'proof' finally forthcoming
For everyone who wants to believe, there's finally a promise of proof of human contact with alien beings. The Flatwoods Monster 55th Anniversary and Flying Saucer Extravaganza will be meeting in Charlston, West Virginia this September, and promoter Larry Bailey insists that "You're going to see some hard evidence ... That's a promise. That's not just promotional talk." Big words from someone who's event bills itself as an "extravaganza."
Friday, June 01, 2007
Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
News: Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard
News: Software AG outlines plans for webMethods products
News: Ballmer translates 'software and service'
News: E-mail scammers hiding malware in fake IRS notices
News: FSF issues 'last-call' GPLv3, encourages adoption
News: Microsoft tests more Windows Live services
News: Developer Day shows Google's software side
News: Spectrum debate moves into presidential politics
News: Google, Salesforce.com to announce deal on Tuesday
Go Figure: IM attacks jump 73 percent
ITWhirled: Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills
NEWS UPDATES
Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google Inc.'s Firefox toolbar could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop.
Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard
A Taiwanese research institute has produced a new global memory card standard, the miCard (Multiple Interface card) designed to work in smaller consumer gadgets such as digital cameras, mobile phones as well as any device with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) plug, which are common on PCs.
Software AG outlines plans for webMethods products
Software AG will adopt the webMethods name for its Crossvision range of SOA (services oriented architecture) products, executives said Friday, outlining how they will integrate staff and products following the company's acquisition of webMethods Inc.
Ballmer translates 'software and service'
Speaking at a lunch meeting in Seattle on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer tried to explain the difference between the words "as" and "and" when placed between the words "software" and "service."
E-mail scammers hiding malware in fake IRS notices
If you get an e-mail telling you that you're under investigation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, take a breath before calling your lawyer. It's a scam.
FSF issues 'last-call' GPLv3, encourages adoption
The Free Software Foundation has released the fourth or "last-call" draft of the third version of its GNU general public license, set a date for its official publication, and laid out reasons why the free and open-source software community should adopt GPLv3 sooner rather than later.
Microsoft tests more Windows Live services
Microsoft Corp. continues to test updates to its Windows Live online services, including a service launched last year that allows users to submit blog posts simultaneously to more than one blogging platform.
Developer Day shows Google's software side
Google Inc. is hosting events for software developers in 10 cities around the world on Thursday, promoting the use of its tools and services to build Web-based applications.
Spectrum debate moves into presidential politics
Debate over upcoming auctions of wireless spectrum in the U.S. has reached new heights -- the U.S. presidential campaign.
Google, Salesforce.com to announce deal on Tuesday
Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. will announce a partnership on Tuesday, a source close to the company in Europe said Thursday.
GO FIGURE
170
The number of instant messaging threats detected so far this year, according to security vendor Akonix Systems; that adds up to a 73 percent increase over the same period last year.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
She's a 10
Top ten books not to read on the subway ... Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills
News: Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
News: Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard
News: Software AG outlines plans for webMethods products
News: Ballmer translates 'software and service'
News: E-mail scammers hiding malware in fake IRS notices
News: FSF issues 'last-call' GPLv3, encourages adoption
News: Microsoft tests more Windows Live services
News: Developer Day shows Google's software side
News: Spectrum debate moves into presidential politics
News: Google, Salesforce.com to announce deal on Tuesday
Go Figure: IM attacks jump 73 percent
ITWhirled: Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills
NEWS UPDATES
Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google Inc.'s Firefox toolbar could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop.
Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard
A Taiwanese research institute has produced a new global memory card standard, the miCard (Multiple Interface card) designed to work in smaller consumer gadgets such as digital cameras, mobile phones as well as any device with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) plug, which are common on PCs.
Software AG outlines plans for webMethods products
Software AG will adopt the webMethods name for its Crossvision range of SOA (services oriented architecture) products, executives said Friday, outlining how they will integrate staff and products following the company's acquisition of webMethods Inc.
Ballmer translates 'software and service'
Speaking at a lunch meeting in Seattle on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer tried to explain the difference between the words "as" and "and" when placed between the words "software" and "service."
E-mail scammers hiding malware in fake IRS notices
If you get an e-mail telling you that you're under investigation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, take a breath before calling your lawyer. It's a scam.
FSF issues 'last-call' GPLv3, encourages adoption
The Free Software Foundation has released the fourth or "last-call" draft of the third version of its GNU general public license, set a date for its official publication, and laid out reasons why the free and open-source software community should adopt GPLv3 sooner rather than later.
Microsoft tests more Windows Live services
Microsoft Corp. continues to test updates to its Windows Live online services, including a service launched last year that allows users to submit blog posts simultaneously to more than one blogging platform.
Developer Day shows Google's software side
Google Inc. is hosting events for software developers in 10 cities around the world on Thursday, promoting the use of its tools and services to build Web-based applications.
Spectrum debate moves into presidential politics
Debate over upcoming auctions of wireless spectrum in the U.S. has reached new heights -- the U.S. presidential campaign.
Google, Salesforce.com to announce deal on Tuesday
Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. will announce a partnership on Tuesday, a source close to the company in Europe said Thursday.
GO FIGURE
170
The number of instant messaging threats detected so far this year, according to security vendor Akonix Systems; that adds up to a 73 percent increase over the same period last year.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
She's a 10
Top ten books not to read on the subway ... Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills
Thursday, May 31, 2007
TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
HIGHLIGHTS
News: TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
News: Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar
News: Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion
News: Google gears up offline access for Web apps
Related Reading: Google digs in against malware with acquisition
News: F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities
News: Indian vendors reply to US senators' H-1B inquiry
News: Cell phones to warn of earthquakes in Japan
ITWhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Man-Man!
NEWS UPDATES
TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
The TurboLinux Wizpy, a multimedia media player that contains a PC-bootable version of the Linux operating system, will go on sale worldwide in June.
Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar
Makers of some of the most popular extension software used by the Firefox browser are not doing enough to secure their software, a security researcher said Wednesday.
Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion
Despite consumers' cool reaction to ultramobile PCs Palm Inc. will launch a handheld computer called Foleo with a full keyboard and 10-inch screen.
Google gears up offline access for Web apps
Google Inc. will tackle offline access, one of the thorniest problems facing Web-hosted applications, when it releases an early-stage browser extension called Gears to developers worldwide on Wednesday.
Related Reading: Google digs in against malware with acquisition
Google Inc.'s acquisition of security company GreenBorder Technologies Inc. is a sign the search giant wants to bolster confidence in its browser-delivered applications amid growing threats from malicious software on the Internet.
F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities
F-Secure Corp. has patched several vulnerabilities in its security products, the most critical of which could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer.
Indian vendors reply to US senators' H-1B inquiry
Putting new restrictions on H-1B visas in the U.S. would be a barrier to trade, the president of a large Indian trade association said Wednesday. The remarks come in response to an inquiry by two U.S. senators into alleged misuse of the visas.
Cell phones to warn of earthquakes in Japan
Cell phones in Japan could soon provide a vital warning seconds ahead of a major earthquake.
ITWHIRLED
Geek Comic of the Week: Man-Man!
Imagine a man bitten by a radioactive ... man, who gains the proportionate strength and other powers of a man! Follow his adventures with his fellow inhabitants of Man-Mansion, sidekick Paul and butler Frenchie (who's actually Belgian).
News: TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
News: Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar
News: Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion
News: Google gears up offline access for Web apps
Related Reading: Google digs in against malware with acquisition
News: F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities
News: Indian vendors reply to US senators' H-1B inquiry
News: Cell phones to warn of earthquakes in Japan
ITWhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Man-Man!
NEWS UPDATES
TurboLinux Wizpy launching worldwide in June
The TurboLinux Wizpy, a multimedia media player that contains a PC-bootable version of the Linux operating system, will go on sale worldwide in June.
Researcher: Don't trust Google Toolbar
Makers of some of the most popular extension software used by the Firefox browser are not doing enough to secure their software, a security researcher said Wednesday.
Palm unveils Foleo PC as smartphone companion
Despite consumers' cool reaction to ultramobile PCs Palm Inc. will launch a handheld computer called Foleo with a full keyboard and 10-inch screen.
Google gears up offline access for Web apps
Google Inc. will tackle offline access, one of the thorniest problems facing Web-hosted applications, when it releases an early-stage browser extension called Gears to developers worldwide on Wednesday.
Related Reading: Google digs in against malware with acquisition
Google Inc.'s acquisition of security company GreenBorder Technologies Inc. is a sign the search giant wants to bolster confidence in its browser-delivered applications amid growing threats from malicious software on the Internet.
F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities
F-Secure Corp. has patched several vulnerabilities in its security products, the most critical of which could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer.
Indian vendors reply to US senators' H-1B inquiry
Putting new restrictions on H-1B visas in the U.S. would be a barrier to trade, the president of a large Indian trade association said Wednesday. The remarks come in response to an inquiry by two U.S. senators into alleged misuse of the visas.
Cell phones to warn of earthquakes in Japan
Cell phones in Japan could soon provide a vital warning seconds ahead of a major earthquake.
ITWHIRLED
Geek Comic of the Week: Man-Man!
Imagine a man bitten by a radioactive ... man, who gains the proportionate strength and other powers of a man! Follow his adventures with his fellow inhabitants of Man-Mansion, sidekick Paul and butler Frenchie (who's actually Belgian).
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
News: More details emerge on Toshiba's AMD-based laptops
News: Symantec mobile security client delayed
News: Palm to launch new mobile device
News: Extremely small firewall to repel malware
News: GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor
News: Engineer discovers new security technology
Go Figure: IT admins read private e-mail
ITWhirled: Finger length predicts SAT performance
NEWS UPDATES
Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
Microsoft Corp. has chosen what it sees as the next-generation in PC form factors -- a computer the size and shape of a coffee table with a flat, touchscreen display -- as the third major product it has designed and is branding for the consumer electronics market.
More details emerge on Toshiba's AMD-based laptops
A little more detail is known about the new laptops from Toshiba Corp. that will use processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Symantec mobile security client delayed
Symantec Corp. has delayed the release of its first security suite for Windows Mobile devices.
Palm to launch new mobile device
Palm Inc. plans to announce a new type of mobile device on Wednesday, as it continues its product-line transition from simple personal digital assistants (PDAs) to more advanced smartphones.
Extremely small firewall to repel malware
Israeli startup Yoggie Security Systems has announced the is allegedly the world's smallest hardware firewall, fitting a suite of firewall applications on a tiny USB stick device.
GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor
Domain name registrar GoDaddy.com Inc. will take over more than 850,000 domain names from RegisterFly, a company involved in a dispute regarding its rights to register names.
Engineer discovers new security technology
A U.S. engineer has devised a seemingly foolproof and cheap way to encrypt messages using the natural noise caused by electrons flowing along a wire.
GO FIGURE
1 in 3
The share of IT administrators who routinely read your personal email, peek at your HR files and rifle through other confidential documents, according to a survey by Cyber-Ark Software.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
Finger length predicts SAT performance
Forget those expensive SAT prep course: the key to your scores on that life-defining standardized test lie in your fingers -- or, really, what your fingers say about the amount of testosterone and estrogen you were exposed to in utero. Kids whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers tend to do better on the math test than the verbal test, and vice versa.
News: Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
News: More details emerge on Toshiba's AMD-based laptops
News: Symantec mobile security client delayed
News: Palm to launch new mobile device
News: Extremely small firewall to repel malware
News: GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor
News: Engineer discovers new security technology
Go Figure: IT admins read private e-mail
ITWhirled: Finger length predicts SAT performance
NEWS UPDATES
Microsoft unveils table-top 'Milan' computer
Microsoft Corp. has chosen what it sees as the next-generation in PC form factors -- a computer the size and shape of a coffee table with a flat, touchscreen display -- as the third major product it has designed and is branding for the consumer electronics market.
More details emerge on Toshiba's AMD-based laptops
A little more detail is known about the new laptops from Toshiba Corp. that will use processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Symantec mobile security client delayed
Symantec Corp. has delayed the release of its first security suite for Windows Mobile devices.
Palm to launch new mobile device
Palm Inc. plans to announce a new type of mobile device on Wednesday, as it continues its product-line transition from simple personal digital assistants (PDAs) to more advanced smartphones.
Extremely small firewall to repel malware
Israeli startup Yoggie Security Systems has announced the is allegedly the world's smallest hardware firewall, fitting a suite of firewall applications on a tiny USB stick device.
GoDaddy picks up domains of struggling competitor
Domain name registrar GoDaddy.com Inc. will take over more than 850,000 domain names from RegisterFly, a company involved in a dispute regarding its rights to register names.
Engineer discovers new security technology
A U.S. engineer has devised a seemingly foolproof and cheap way to encrypt messages using the natural noise caused by electrons flowing along a wire.
GO FIGURE
1 in 3
The share of IT administrators who routinely read your personal email, peek at your HR files and rifle through other confidential documents, according to a survey by Cyber-Ark Software.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
Finger length predicts SAT performance
Forget those expensive SAT prep course: the key to your scores on that life-defining standardized test lie in your fingers -- or, really, what your fingers say about the amount of testosterone and estrogen you were exposed to in utero. Kids whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers tend to do better on the math test than the verbal test, and vice versa.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
News: Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
News: Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
News: Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
Feature: Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Feature: IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
ITWhirled: Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
NEWS UPDATES
Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin said Microsoft's recent patent claim against Linux and the open source community is a delaying tactic to merely help protect its profits, according to a column penned May 25 in BusinessWeek.
Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
After a break of several years Toshiba Corp. is about to introduce a laptop computer powered by an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processor.
Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
Microsoft Corp. has beaten its goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report.
Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Google Inc.'s proposed US$3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., according to news reports Tuesday.
FEATURES
Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Enterprise desktop phones face growing competition from wireless handsets, but they aren't going the way of the typewriter just yet.
IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
IBM was the first company in the world to present a magnetic disk for storing data. That was in 1956, and the capacity of the RAMAC 350 was about 5 Mbytes. That was enough to store all William Shakespeare's works.
ITWHIRLED
Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
It's not exactly Jean Valjean stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, but maybe you can feel sorry for the guy: someone stole a Wyoming woman's credit card and used it to buy a laptop and a subscription to an Internet dating service.
News: Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
News: Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
News: Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
News: Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
Feature: Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Feature: IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
ITWhirled: Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
NEWS UPDATES
Linux Foundation: Microsoft tactics protecting profits
Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin said Microsoft's recent patent claim against Linux and the open source community is a delaying tactic to merely help protect its profits, according to a column penned May 25 in BusinessWeek.
Toshiba to use AMD chip in entry-level laptop
After a break of several years Toshiba Corp. is about to introduce a laptop computer powered by an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processor.
Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes
Microsoft Corp. has beaten its goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report.
Report: FTC investigating Google-DoubleClick deal
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Google Inc.'s proposed US$3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., according to news reports Tuesday.
FEATURES
Will enterprises hang up on desk phones?
Enterprise desktop phones face growing competition from wireless handsets, but they aren't going the way of the typewriter just yet.
IBM storage chief has EMC in his sights
IBM was the first company in the world to present a magnetic disk for storing data. That was in 1956, and the capacity of the RAMAC 350 was about 5 Mbytes. That was enough to store all William Shakespeare's works.
ITWHIRLED
Thief steals credit card info so as to steal hearts
It's not exactly Jean Valjean stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, but maybe you can feel sorry for the guy: someone stole a Wyoming woman's credit card and used it to buy a laptop and a subscription to an Internet dating service.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
News: Users upset over Google Analytics outage
News: Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate
News: IBM hints at blade servers for small firms
News: Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
Related Reading: Coalition pushes for US broadband plan
Q&A: Google hearts IT managers
ITWhirled: Download this free virus!
Happy Memorial Day!
NEWS UPDATES
Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
Novell Inc. has published details of its landmark November 2006 partnership agreements with Microsoft Corp.
Users upset over Google Analytics outage
The Google Analytics Web site monitoring service suffered an outage that affected some users for more than 24 hours this week, prompting many to vent on blogs and forums their frustration with the situation and with what they perceived as unresponsiveness on Google Inc.'s part.
Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate
An antispyware bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed this week earned praise from cybersecurity groups, but faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
IBM hints at blade servers for small firms
IBM said Thursday that it plans to build a blade server system for small to medium-sized businesses (SMB). For IBM, that means customers with fewer than 1,000 employees.
Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reconsider what bandwidth rates qualify as broadband, a move that won praise from some groups that call current broadband penetration statistics misleading.
Related Reading: Coalition pushes for US broadband plan
Fifty-four organizations, including Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and TiVO Inc., have called on the U.S. government to create a national broadband policy, saying there's no plan now in place focused on providing affordable access for all residents.
Q&A
Google hearts IT managers
With the launch of the Google Apps suite last year, Google Inc. became a provider of hosted collaboration and communication software for small and medium-size organizations, and it made clear its aspirations to lure large-company IT managers and CIOs with the suite's Premier Edition, introduced in February. This move, which puts it in direct competition with software heavyweights like Microsoft Corp., builds on Google's first steps as an enterprise vendor years ago when it launched its first enterprise search product.
ITWHIRLED
Download this free virus!
Would you willingly download a virus to your computer? Well, what if it were free? A researcher bought a Google AdWords ad urging Web surfers to do just that, and 409 did just that. "Some must have been curious or stupid," said one security expert.
News: Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
News: Users upset over Google Analytics outage
News: Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate
News: IBM hints at blade servers for small firms
News: Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
Related Reading: Coalition pushes for US broadband plan
Q&A: Google hearts IT managers
ITWhirled: Download this free virus!
Happy Memorial Day!
NEWS UPDATES
Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
Novell Inc. has published details of its landmark November 2006 partnership agreements with Microsoft Corp.
Users upset over Google Analytics outage
The Google Analytics Web site monitoring service suffered an outage that affected some users for more than 24 hours this week, prompting many to vent on blogs and forums their frustration with the situation and with what they perceived as unresponsiveness on Google Inc.'s part.
Spyware bill's chances uncertain in U.S. Senate
An antispyware bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed this week earned praise from cybersecurity groups, but faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
IBM hints at blade servers for small firms
IBM said Thursday that it plans to build a blade server system for small to medium-sized businesses (SMB). For IBM, that means customers with fewer than 1,000 employees.
Groups praise U.S. broadband data bill
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would require the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reconsider what bandwidth rates qualify as broadband, a move that won praise from some groups that call current broadband penetration statistics misleading.
Related Reading: Coalition pushes for US broadband plan
Fifty-four organizations, including Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and TiVO Inc., have called on the U.S. government to create a national broadband policy, saying there's no plan now in place focused on providing affordable access for all residents.
Q&A
Google hearts IT managers
With the launch of the Google Apps suite last year, Google Inc. became a provider of hosted collaboration and communication software for small and medium-size organizations, and it made clear its aspirations to lure large-company IT managers and CIOs with the suite's Premier Edition, introduced in February. This move, which puts it in direct competition with software heavyweights like Microsoft Corp., builds on Google's first steps as an enterprise vendor years ago when it launched its first enterprise search product.
ITWHIRLED
Download this free virus!
Would you willingly download a virus to your computer? Well, what if it were free? A researcher bought a Google AdWords ad urging Web surfers to do just that, and 409 did just that. "Some must have been curious or stupid," said one security expert.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Malicious software plays on legal fears
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Malicious software plays on legal fears
News: Google offers mobile access to calendar service
News: Microsoft Zune team invited to give up iPods
News: EarthLink to build out Philadelphia Wi-Fi network
News: RIM plans Wi-Fi/cellphone BlackBerry
News: VA Software drops software, becomes Sourceforge Inc.
News: Trade group forges e-waste proposal
News: Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
News: 'Harmless' worm hops past OpenOffice security
News: NetSuite goes wireless with help from its friends
News: Dell moves beyond direct sales with Wal-Mart deal
News: Netgear to ship Infrant desktop NAS
News: IBM busts the remote 3D graphics barrier
ITWhirled: Crime inspires math
NEWS UPDATES
Malicious software plays on legal fears
Hackers are trying to play on business' fear of legal action from customers to trick them into downloading a harmful program distributed through e-mail.
Google offers mobile access to calendar service
Users of Google Calendar can now access their schedules from their mobile phones.
Microsoft Zune team invited to give up iPods
In what can be seen as either a joke or a real attempt to get employees to give up Apple iPods in favor of the Zune MP3 player, the team at Microsoft Corp. that builds Zune has set up a bin at its headquarters so employees can drop in iPods they don't want to use anymore.
EarthLink to build out Philadelphia Wi-Fi network
The sun came out for EarthLink Inc.'s Philadelphia Wi-Fi network on Thursday even as prospects for its San Francisco project remain shrouded in fog.
RIM plans Wi-Fi/cellphone BlackBerry
Research In Motion Ltd. expects to start selling a BlackBerry with both cellular and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, the company's CEO said Wednesday.
VA Software drops software, becomes Sourceforge Inc.
One of the survivors of the early days of Linux has changed its name and folded its software division in favor of doing business entirely on the Web.
Trade group forges e-waste proposal
The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), a trade group representing manufacturers of tech products, has come up with a recycling agreement supported by both television and computer hardware makers, it said Thursday.
Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
A new variant of the Stration worm, which has been plaguing Windows users for the past year, has made the jump from Skype to the ICQ and MSN Messenger networks.
'Harmless' worm hops past OpenOffice security
The first cross-platform worm specifically tailored for the open-source OpenOffice.org and StarOffice productivity suites has raised a few hackles in open source circles, since it appears to tarnish the suite's reputation for security.
NetSuite goes wireless with help from its friends
NetSuite Inc. announced Thursday that three of its partners now provide extensions to the vendor's hosted midmarket applications suite so that the software will run on mobile devices.
Dell moves beyond direct sales with Wal-Mart deal
Dell Inc. will begin selling two models of its desktop PCs at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on June 10, fulfilling a series of recent hints from CEO Michael Dell that the company would move beyond the direct sales model that once made it the world's largest PC vendor.
Netgear to ship Infrant desktop NAS
Netgear will ship Infrant's desktop and rackmount NAS systems next week, following its recent acquisition of the company.
IBM busts the remote 3D graphics barrier
IBM is promising high performance 3D graphics from a new, blade-format workstation that's remotely accessed by a thin client. Thin clients, whether in this format or as virtual machines, have previously been unable to reproduce 3D graphics or real-time video for remote viewing with the performance of a fat client workstation.
ITWHIRLED
Crime inspires math
A bold gang of Germans followed the motto "think big" when they planned their crime: they stole more than 4 km of disused railway line, amounting to more than 500 tons of metal, to sell for scrap. The heist has become so notorious that the local schools are using it as a basis for math problems, asking students to compute the weight, volume and value of the stolen steel.
News: Malicious software plays on legal fears
News: Google offers mobile access to calendar service
News: Microsoft Zune team invited to give up iPods
News: EarthLink to build out Philadelphia Wi-Fi network
News: RIM plans Wi-Fi/cellphone BlackBerry
News: VA Software drops software, becomes Sourceforge Inc.
News: Trade group forges e-waste proposal
News: Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
News: 'Harmless' worm hops past OpenOffice security
News: NetSuite goes wireless with help from its friends
News: Dell moves beyond direct sales with Wal-Mart deal
News: Netgear to ship Infrant desktop NAS
News: IBM busts the remote 3D graphics barrier
ITWhirled: Crime inspires math
NEWS UPDATES
Malicious software plays on legal fears
Hackers are trying to play on business' fear of legal action from customers to trick them into downloading a harmful program distributed through e-mail.
Google offers mobile access to calendar service
Users of Google Calendar can now access their schedules from their mobile phones.
Microsoft Zune team invited to give up iPods
In what can be seen as either a joke or a real attempt to get employees to give up Apple iPods in favor of the Zune MP3 player, the team at Microsoft Corp. that builds Zune has set up a bin at its headquarters so employees can drop in iPods they don't want to use anymore.
EarthLink to build out Philadelphia Wi-Fi network
The sun came out for EarthLink Inc.'s Philadelphia Wi-Fi network on Thursday even as prospects for its San Francisco project remain shrouded in fog.
RIM plans Wi-Fi/cellphone BlackBerry
Research In Motion Ltd. expects to start selling a BlackBerry with both cellular and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, the company's CEO said Wednesday.
VA Software drops software, becomes Sourceforge Inc.
One of the survivors of the early days of Linux has changed its name and folded its software division in favor of doing business entirely on the Web.
Trade group forges e-waste proposal
The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), a trade group representing manufacturers of tech products, has come up with a recycling agreement supported by both television and computer hardware makers, it said Thursday.
Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN too
A new variant of the Stration worm, which has been plaguing Windows users for the past year, has made the jump from Skype to the ICQ and MSN Messenger networks.
'Harmless' worm hops past OpenOffice security
The first cross-platform worm specifically tailored for the open-source OpenOffice.org and StarOffice productivity suites has raised a few hackles in open source circles, since it appears to tarnish the suite's reputation for security.
NetSuite goes wireless with help from its friends
NetSuite Inc. announced Thursday that three of its partners now provide extensions to the vendor's hosted midmarket applications suite so that the software will run on mobile devices.
Dell moves beyond direct sales with Wal-Mart deal
Dell Inc. will begin selling two models of its desktop PCs at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on June 10, fulfilling a series of recent hints from CEO Michael Dell that the company would move beyond the direct sales model that once made it the world's largest PC vendor.
Netgear to ship Infrant desktop NAS
Netgear will ship Infrant's desktop and rackmount NAS systems next week, following its recent acquisition of the company.
IBM busts the remote 3D graphics barrier
IBM is promising high performance 3D graphics from a new, blade-format workstation that's remotely accessed by a thin client. Thin clients, whether in this format or as virtual machines, have previously been unable to reproduce 3D graphics or real-time video for remote viewing with the performance of a fat client workstation.
ITWHIRLED
Crime inspires math
A bold gang of Germans followed the motto "think big" when they planned their crime: they stole more than 4 km of disused railway line, amounting to more than 500 tons of metal, to sell for scrap. The heist has become so notorious that the local schools are using it as a basis for math problems, asking students to compute the weight, volume and value of the stolen steel.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Dell launches three Ubuntu Linux PCs
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Dell launches three Ubuntu Linux PCs
Related Reading: Dell gives Ubuntu details
News: Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone
News: New tree for every phone handed in for recycling
News: INTEROP: Microsoft says licensing protects customers
News: Researcher: RSA 1024-bit encryption not enough
News: Microsoft funds new open-source digital ID projects
News: Toshiba's terabit per square inch technology
News: 3Com offers cheap IPS gateways
News: INTEROP: Cisco says wait for 802.11n
News: Ubuntu founder: Microsoft is our patent pal
News: Stratus offers green backup option
Go Figure: Study: Resolved calls in contact centers falling
ITWhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Breakfast of the Gods
NEWS UPDATES
Dell launches three Ubuntu Linux PCs
Dell Inc. will officially launch its first three consumer PCs running the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux OS on Thursday, two desktops and an Inspiron E1505n notebook PC.
Related Reading: Dell gives Ubuntu details
Dell has published on its blog the first details of what users can expect for some of its forthcoming Ubuntu Linux systems, even though the company remains coy on many specifics.
Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone
If you thought developers were running out of new applications to squeeze into mobile phones, think again. Nokia Corp. hopes someday to add a new feature to its phones that could warn users of imminent lighting strikes.
New tree for every phone handed in for recycling
The official recycling program of Australia's mobile phone industry, MobileMuster, has launched a new environmental campaign in partnership with Landcare Australia.
Researcher: RSA 1024-bit encryption not enough
The strength of the encryption used now to protect banking and e-commerce transactions on many Web sites may not be effective in as few as five years, a cryptography expert has warned after completing a new distributing-computing achievement.
Microsoft funds new open-source digital ID projects
As part of its plan to promote identity management across multiple platforms, Microsoft Corp. is funding several new projects to develop open-source versions of its digital-identity technology for information cards.
Toshiba's terabit per square inch technology
Toshiba and Tohoku University researchers have found a read head drive technology that could increase areal density five hundred percent. It could mean a 5TB 3.5-inch drive or a 1TB 2-5-inch drive, both by 2013. The highest areal density of any shipping disk drive product is 178.8Gbit/sq inch. The new technology could push this to 1Tbit/sq inch and beyond.
3Com offers cheap IPS gateways
3Com is jumping into the unified security business, with branch office and SMB gateways that include enterprise-grade security technology from its TippingPoint subsidiary.
Ubuntu founder: Microsoft is our patent pal
Microsoft is not the real patent threat Linux and open source developers should be worried about, said Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth. In fact, the software giant will itself be fighting against the software patents system within a few years, Shuttleworth predicted.
Stratus offers green backup option
Fault-tolerant server supplier, Stratus Technologies, has announced green fault-tolerant storage for its servers. The ftScalable Storage product does away with battery backup for its continuous availability feature. It is designed to offer fully-redundant, fault-tolerant storage to organizations that want the same level of reliability across both their storage and servers and have a green agenda.
INTEROP ROUND-UP
INTEROP: Microsoft says licensing protects customers
A top Microsoft executive promoted the company's licensing of network security protocols at the Interop trade show on Wednesday, but not before taking time out during a keynote address to defend the company's patent licensing program for open-source software.
INTEROP: Cisco says wait for 802.11n
Cisco has added location sensing to its wireless LAN and allowed it to scale up -- but it has stopped short of launching faster 802.11n Wi-Fi access points, with a set of announcements at the Interop event in Las Vegas.
GO FIGURE
69.8%
The share of customer service calls, worldwide, that were resolved by the first agent in 2007; that's a drop of 12.3 percent from 82.1 percent in 2005, according to a survey of 400 call centers in 42 countries by Datacraft and Dimension Data Group.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
Geek Comic of the Week: Breakfast of the Gods
This one's for everyone who's ever eaten too much sugary cereal before bedtime: a totally unauthorized and very detailed imagining of a battle between good and evil, as personified by breakfast cereal mascots. Can the forces of righteousness, led by Tony the Tiger and Captain Crunch, defeat the sinister Count Chocula?
News: Dell launches three Ubuntu Linux PCs
Related Reading: Dell gives Ubuntu details
News: Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone
News: New tree for every phone handed in for recycling
News: INTEROP: Microsoft says licensing protects customers
News: Researcher: RSA 1024-bit encryption not enough
News: Microsoft funds new open-source digital ID projects
News: Toshiba's terabit per square inch technology
News: 3Com offers cheap IPS gateways
News: INTEROP: Cisco says wait for 802.11n
News: Ubuntu founder: Microsoft is our patent pal
News: Stratus offers green backup option
Go Figure: Study: Resolved calls in contact centers falling
ITWhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Breakfast of the Gods
NEWS UPDATES
Dell launches three Ubuntu Linux PCs
Dell Inc. will officially launch its first three consumer PCs running the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux OS on Thursday, two desktops and an Inspiron E1505n notebook PC.
Related Reading: Dell gives Ubuntu details
Dell has published on its blog the first details of what users can expect for some of its forthcoming Ubuntu Linux systems, even though the company remains coy on many specifics.
Nokia to add lightning detector to mobile phone
If you thought developers were running out of new applications to squeeze into mobile phones, think again. Nokia Corp. hopes someday to add a new feature to its phones that could warn users of imminent lighting strikes.
New tree for every phone handed in for recycling
The official recycling program of Australia's mobile phone industry, MobileMuster, has launched a new environmental campaign in partnership with Landcare Australia.
Researcher: RSA 1024-bit encryption not enough
The strength of the encryption used now to protect banking and e-commerce transactions on many Web sites may not be effective in as few as five years, a cryptography expert has warned after completing a new distributing-computing achievement.
Microsoft funds new open-source digital ID projects
As part of its plan to promote identity management across multiple platforms, Microsoft Corp. is funding several new projects to develop open-source versions of its digital-identity technology for information cards.
Toshiba's terabit per square inch technology
Toshiba and Tohoku University researchers have found a read head drive technology that could increase areal density five hundred percent. It could mean a 5TB 3.5-inch drive or a 1TB 2-5-inch drive, both by 2013. The highest areal density of any shipping disk drive product is 178.8Gbit/sq inch. The new technology could push this to 1Tbit/sq inch and beyond.
3Com offers cheap IPS gateways
3Com is jumping into the unified security business, with branch office and SMB gateways that include enterprise-grade security technology from its TippingPoint subsidiary.
Ubuntu founder: Microsoft is our patent pal
Microsoft is not the real patent threat Linux and open source developers should be worried about, said Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth. In fact, the software giant will itself be fighting against the software patents system within a few years, Shuttleworth predicted.
Stratus offers green backup option
Fault-tolerant server supplier, Stratus Technologies, has announced green fault-tolerant storage for its servers. The ftScalable Storage product does away with battery backup for its continuous availability feature. It is designed to offer fully-redundant, fault-tolerant storage to organizations that want the same level of reliability across both their storage and servers and have a green agenda.
INTEROP ROUND-UP
INTEROP: Microsoft says licensing protects customers
A top Microsoft executive promoted the company's licensing of network security protocols at the Interop trade show on Wednesday, but not before taking time out during a keynote address to defend the company's patent licensing program for open-source software.
INTEROP: Cisco says wait for 802.11n
Cisco has added location sensing to its wireless LAN and allowed it to scale up -- but it has stopped short of launching faster 802.11n Wi-Fi access points, with a set of announcements at the Interop event in Las Vegas.
GO FIGURE
69.8%
The share of customer service calls, worldwide, that were resolved by the first agent in 2007; that's a drop of 12.3 percent from 82.1 percent in 2005, according to a survey of 400 call centers in 42 countries by Datacraft and Dimension Data Group.
SOURCE: IDG News Service
ITWHIRLED
Geek Comic of the Week: Breakfast of the Gods
This one's for everyone who's ever eaten too much sugary cereal before bedtime: a totally unauthorized and very detailed imagining of a battle between good and evil, as personified by breakfast cereal mascots. Can the forces of righteousness, led by Tony the Tiger and Captain Crunch, defeat the sinister Count Chocula?
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
GPL author: Google must share code
HIGHLIGHTS
News: GPL author: Google must share code
News: Moore's Law meets Gore's Law at processor forum
Related Reading: Intel shakes the lead out of its chips
News: Spyware bill passes House
News: Google e-mail confuses paying Apps customers
News: Gartner: IBM, HP lead server market thanks to x86 sales
News: Open-source firms MuleSource, Zmanda net extra funding
News: Business Objects buys Inxight, upgrades EPM
Related Reading: Business Objects to go on demand all the way
News: INTEROP: Samsung to aim WiMax at SMB networking
News: INTEROP: Cisco's Chambers pushes video, Web 2.0
Feature: WORLDBEAT: Taxi, follow that satellite...
ITWhirled: Washable technology
NEWS UPDATES
GPL author: Google must share code
Companies like Google Inc. that build their business on software such as Linux have a moral imperative to contribute back to the free software community, a prominent open-source advocate said Tuesday.
Moore's Law meets Gore's Law at processor forum
Microprocessor makers say they can meet demand for greater processing power and energy efficiency with research aired at an industry conference Tuesday in San Jose, California.
Related Reading: Intel shakes the lead out of its chips
Intel Corp. will stop using lead in its upcoming microprocessors, eliminating one of the most toxic components used in semiconductors from its product line.
Spyware bill passes House
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an antispyware bill Tuesday on a voice vote.
Google e-mail confuses paying Apps customers
Google Inc. recently confused administrators of Google Apps Premier Edition with an e-mail that misstated the number of accounts they will be billed for.
Gartner: IBM, HP lead server market thanks to x86 sales
IBM Corp. edged out Hewlett-Packard Co. in first-quarter server revenue, as both companies relied on a rebound in sales of x86-based computers, according to a market report released Tuesday.
Open-source firms MuleSource, Zmanda net extra funding
Two open-source companies had reason to celebrate Tuesday as each announced more venture capital funding to grow their businesses.
Business Objects buys Inxight, upgrades EPM
Broadening its portfolio of business intelligence software offerings, Business Objects SA has agreed to buy technology for analyzing unstructured data, added enhancements to its financial performance application and begun testing an on-demand market information service, the company announced Tuesday at customer event in Berlin.
Related Reading: Business Objects to go on demand all the way
Responding to growing customer demand for hosted services, Business Objects SA plans to offer its entire range of products via on-demand subscriptions, according to a company executive.
INTEROP ROUNDUP
INTEROP: Samsung to aim WiMax at SMB networking
WiMax will face a test as an enterprise network technology with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s entry into the U.S. business market Tuesday at the Interop trade show in Las Vegas.
INTEROP: Cisco's Chambers pushes video, Web 2.0
John Chambers has found a technology that can keep up with his fast-talking style, and it's at the core of Cisco Systems Inc.'s push to bring Web 2.0 technology into enterprises.
FEATURE
WORLDBEAT: Taxi, follow that satellite...
San Francisco cabbies aren't especially famous for their sense of direction, but it's a small city so learning your way around isn't hard to do. Thanks to GPS (global positioning system) the job is getting a whole lot easier. And if the city's mayor gets his way, taxi drivers won't have to know their way around at all.
ITWHIRLED
She's a 10
Free Photoshop plug-ins ... washable technology ... things not to do on your Mac.
News: GPL author: Google must share code
News: Moore's Law meets Gore's Law at processor forum
Related Reading: Intel shakes the lead out of its chips
News: Spyware bill passes House
News: Google e-mail confuses paying Apps customers
News: Gartner: IBM, HP lead server market thanks to x86 sales
News: Open-source firms MuleSource, Zmanda net extra funding
News: Business Objects buys Inxight, upgrades EPM
Related Reading: Business Objects to go on demand all the way
News: INTEROP: Samsung to aim WiMax at SMB networking
News: INTEROP: Cisco's Chambers pushes video, Web 2.0
Feature: WORLDBEAT: Taxi, follow that satellite...
ITWhirled: Washable technology
NEWS UPDATES
GPL author: Google must share code
Companies like Google Inc. that build their business on software such as Linux have a moral imperative to contribute back to the free software community, a prominent open-source advocate said Tuesday.
Moore's Law meets Gore's Law at processor forum
Microprocessor makers say they can meet demand for greater processing power and energy efficiency with research aired at an industry conference Tuesday in San Jose, California.
Related Reading: Intel shakes the lead out of its chips
Intel Corp. will stop using lead in its upcoming microprocessors, eliminating one of the most toxic components used in semiconductors from its product line.
Spyware bill passes House
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an antispyware bill Tuesday on a voice vote.
Google e-mail confuses paying Apps customers
Google Inc. recently confused administrators of Google Apps Premier Edition with an e-mail that misstated the number of accounts they will be billed for.
Gartner: IBM, HP lead server market thanks to x86 sales
IBM Corp. edged out Hewlett-Packard Co. in first-quarter server revenue, as both companies relied on a rebound in sales of x86-based computers, according to a market report released Tuesday.
Open-source firms MuleSource, Zmanda net extra funding
Two open-source companies had reason to celebrate Tuesday as each announced more venture capital funding to grow their businesses.
Business Objects buys Inxight, upgrades EPM
Broadening its portfolio of business intelligence software offerings, Business Objects SA has agreed to buy technology for analyzing unstructured data, added enhancements to its financial performance application and begun testing an on-demand market information service, the company announced Tuesday at customer event in Berlin.
Related Reading: Business Objects to go on demand all the way
Responding to growing customer demand for hosted services, Business Objects SA plans to offer its entire range of products via on-demand subscriptions, according to a company executive.
INTEROP ROUNDUP
INTEROP: Samsung to aim WiMax at SMB networking
WiMax will face a test as an enterprise network technology with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s entry into the U.S. business market Tuesday at the Interop trade show in Las Vegas.
INTEROP: Cisco's Chambers pushes video, Web 2.0
John Chambers has found a technology that can keep up with his fast-talking style, and it's at the core of Cisco Systems Inc.'s push to bring Web 2.0 technology into enterprises.
FEATURE
WORLDBEAT: Taxi, follow that satellite...
San Francisco cabbies aren't especially famous for their sense of direction, but it's a small city so learning your way around isn't hard to do. Thanks to GPS (global positioning system) the job is getting a whole lot easier. And if the city's mayor gets his way, taxi drivers won't have to know their way around at all.
ITWHIRLED
She's a 10
Free Photoshop plug-ins ... washable technology ... things not to do on your Mac.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Linux users say 'Sue me first, Microsoft'
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Linux users say 'Sue me first, Microsoft'
News: INTEROP: Cisco, Nortel, Meru WLANs smarten up
News: Microsoft tools keep bad Office files at bay
News: INTEROP: Telephony vendors line up behind Microsoft
News: Cisco agrees to buy BroadWare for video security
News: HP says SOA is ready for prime time
News: Networking trouble caused nuke plant to shut down
News: Do Google and Salesforce fear becoming rivals?
News: Norton smartphone suite to ship next week
News: INTEROP: Network show blooms, thinks green
News: MySpace to turn over sex offender data to AGs
ITWhirled: Moon-dirt competitors don't dig deeply enough
NEWS UPDATES
Linux users say 'Sue me first, Microsoft'
In an unconventional request, some users of Linux and other open-source software are inviting Microsoft Corp. to sue them.
Microsoft tools keep bad Office files at bay
Microsoft Corp. released a pair of tools on Monday that help protect computers from Office 2003 files containing malicious software code.
Cisco agrees to buy BroadWare for video security
Cisco Systems Inc. announced an agreement to buy software maker BroadWare Technologies Inc. in a bid to improve its video surveillance offerings, the company said.
HP says SOA is ready for prime time
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) said service-oriented architecture (SOA) for more efficient development of IT services is ready to move from the testing phase into production.
Networking trouble caused nuke plant to shut down
Water pumps need firewalls too. That's what operators of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant discovered last August when they were forced to manually shut down one of their plant's two reactors after networking problems caused two water pumps to fail and threatened the stability of the plant itself.
Do Google and Salesforce fear becoming rivals?
Reports that Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. are discussing partnership options should come as no surprise, considering the companies have collaborated in the past and firmly believe in the market for hosted business applications.
Norton smartphone suite to ship next week
Next week, Symantec Corp. will broaden its mobile security product line by shipping new products designed for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile devices.
MySpace to turn over sex offender data to AGs
MySpace will provide attorneys general offices in all U.S. states with information it has gathered on convicted sex offenders who have used its social networking site, the most popular of its kind.
INTEROP ROUND-UP
INTEROP: Network show blooms, thinks green
The Interop networking trade show is growing bigger by getting broader.
INTEROP: Cisco, Nortel, Meru WLANs smarten up
Vendors are adding bells and whistles to their wireless LAN products at Interop this week as the industry awaits a new generation of gear that may replace wired LANs entirely.
INTEROP: Telephony vendors line up behind Microsoft
If Microsoft Corp. is muscling in on enterprise telephony vendors' turf, most of those companies right now are just trying to get along.
ITWHIRLED
Moon-dirt competitors don't dig deeply enough
NASA thought an X-Prize-style competition might net them an automated excavating machine that could serve on a future moon mission. But none of the competing robots managed to deposit 330 pounds of dirt into a container in 30 minutes, and so nobody walked home with the $250,000 prize money. Only one of the machines even managed to go for a full half-hour without breaking down.
News: Linux users say 'Sue me first, Microsoft'
News: INTEROP: Cisco, Nortel, Meru WLANs smarten up
News: Microsoft tools keep bad Office files at bay
News: INTEROP: Telephony vendors line up behind Microsoft
News: Cisco agrees to buy BroadWare for video security
News: HP says SOA is ready for prime time
News: Networking trouble caused nuke plant to shut down
News: Do Google and Salesforce fear becoming rivals?
News: Norton smartphone suite to ship next week
News: INTEROP: Network show blooms, thinks green
News: MySpace to turn over sex offender data to AGs
ITWhirled: Moon-dirt competitors don't dig deeply enough
NEWS UPDATES
Linux users say 'Sue me first, Microsoft'
In an unconventional request, some users of Linux and other open-source software are inviting Microsoft Corp. to sue them.
Microsoft tools keep bad Office files at bay
Microsoft Corp. released a pair of tools on Monday that help protect computers from Office 2003 files containing malicious software code.
Cisco agrees to buy BroadWare for video security
Cisco Systems Inc. announced an agreement to buy software maker BroadWare Technologies Inc. in a bid to improve its video surveillance offerings, the company said.
HP says SOA is ready for prime time
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) said service-oriented architecture (SOA) for more efficient development of IT services is ready to move from the testing phase into production.
Networking trouble caused nuke plant to shut down
Water pumps need firewalls too. That's what operators of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant discovered last August when they were forced to manually shut down one of their plant's two reactors after networking problems caused two water pumps to fail and threatened the stability of the plant itself.
Do Google and Salesforce fear becoming rivals?
Reports that Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. are discussing partnership options should come as no surprise, considering the companies have collaborated in the past and firmly believe in the market for hosted business applications.
Norton smartphone suite to ship next week
Next week, Symantec Corp. will broaden its mobile security product line by shipping new products designed for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile devices.
MySpace to turn over sex offender data to AGs
MySpace will provide attorneys general offices in all U.S. states with information it has gathered on convicted sex offenders who have used its social networking site, the most popular of its kind.
INTEROP ROUND-UP
INTEROP: Network show blooms, thinks green
The Interop networking trade show is growing bigger by getting broader.
INTEROP: Cisco, Nortel, Meru WLANs smarten up
Vendors are adding bells and whistles to their wireless LAN products at Interop this week as the industry awaits a new generation of gear that may replace wired LANs entirely.
INTEROP: Telephony vendors line up behind Microsoft
If Microsoft Corp. is muscling in on enterprise telephony vendors' turf, most of those companies right now are just trying to get along.
ITWHIRLED
Moon-dirt competitors don't dig deeply enough
NASA thought an X-Prize-style competition might net them an automated excavating machine that could serve on a future moon mission. But none of the competing robots managed to deposit 330 pounds of dirt into a container in 30 minutes, and so nobody walked home with the $250,000 prize money. Only one of the machines even managed to go for a full half-hour without breaking down.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Dell to launch convertible tablet PC this year
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Dell to launch convertible tablet PC this year
News: Motorola's solar LCD promises to charge your cell phone
News: Mobile provider Alltel agrees to US$27.5B buyout
News: AusCERT: Beware the RFID mark of the beast
News: Report: Google, Salesforce.com discussing alliance
News: Mobile marketing deal could generate more ads
News: Chinese XML format will get Microsoft converter
ITWhirled: 'We can make her better than she was. Better...stronger...faster.'
NEWS UPDATES
Dell to launch convertible tablet PC this year
Dell Inc. is planning to sell its first convertible tablet PC later this year.
Motorola's solar LCD promises to charge your cell phone
Motorola Inc. has patented a way of keeping your mobile phone charged using only sunlight.
Mobile provider Alltel agrees to US$27.5B buyout
Mobile phone and wireless services provider Alltel Corp. on Sunday agreed to a US$27.5 billion buyout, a deal likely to spur more such acquisitions in North America.
AusCERT: Beware the RFID mark of the beast
Technology is advancing so fast that consumers now live in a somewhat disturbing age where their underwear can track their movements and let others know what they are doing.
Report: Google, Salesforce.com discussing alliance
Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. are discussing an alliance that could see the two bundle Web-based applications, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Mobile marketing deal could generate more ads
Advertisements could start popping up on your mobile phone soon, if a deal between Acuity Mobile and Acxiom Corp., expected to be announced on Monday, takes off.
Chinese XML format will get Microsoft converter
Microsoft Corp. will collaborate with the Chinese government and universities to make a plug-in that will let users read and save documents written in two different XML (Extensible Markup Language) file formats.
ITWHIRLED
'We can make her better than she was. Better...stronger...faster.'
OK, so Patsy Brisendine was injured when she fell off a stepladder, not when she crashed her experimental spacecraft. But that hasn't stopped her doctor for from touting her as the "bionic woman." Her new artificial knee is built with a new metal foam to which her ligaments and tendons can attach, thus stabilizing the knee. Supervision will apparently have to wait, however.
News: Dell to launch convertible tablet PC this year
News: Motorola's solar LCD promises to charge your cell phone
News: Mobile provider Alltel agrees to US$27.5B buyout
News: AusCERT: Beware the RFID mark of the beast
News: Report: Google, Salesforce.com discussing alliance
News: Mobile marketing deal could generate more ads
News: Chinese XML format will get Microsoft converter
ITWhirled: 'We can make her better than she was. Better...stronger...faster.'
NEWS UPDATES
Dell to launch convertible tablet PC this year
Dell Inc. is planning to sell its first convertible tablet PC later this year.
Motorola's solar LCD promises to charge your cell phone
Motorola Inc. has patented a way of keeping your mobile phone charged using only sunlight.
Mobile provider Alltel agrees to US$27.5B buyout
Mobile phone and wireless services provider Alltel Corp. on Sunday agreed to a US$27.5 billion buyout, a deal likely to spur more such acquisitions in North America.
AusCERT: Beware the RFID mark of the beast
Technology is advancing so fast that consumers now live in a somewhat disturbing age where their underwear can track their movements and let others know what they are doing.
Report: Google, Salesforce.com discussing alliance
Google Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. are discussing an alliance that could see the two bundle Web-based applications, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Mobile marketing deal could generate more ads
Advertisements could start popping up on your mobile phone soon, if a deal between Acuity Mobile and Acxiom Corp., expected to be announced on Monday, takes off.
Chinese XML format will get Microsoft converter
Microsoft Corp. will collaborate with the Chinese government and universities to make a plug-in that will let users read and save documents written in two different XML (Extensible Markup Language) file formats.
ITWHIRLED
'We can make her better than she was. Better...stronger...faster.'
OK, so Patsy Brisendine was injured when she fell off a stepladder, not when she crashed her experimental spacecraft. But that hasn't stopped her doctor for from touting her as the "bionic woman." Her new artificial knee is built with a new metal foam to which her ligaments and tendons can attach, thus stabilizing the knee. Supervision will apparently have to wait, however.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Patent infringement probe won't delay Acer launch
HIGHLIGHTS
News: Patent infringement probe won't delay Acer launch
News: AMD strikes back at Intel with Puma notebooks
News: Zango sues antispyware vendor PC Tools
News: FCC approves iPhone
News: Dell sharpens market approach to match HP, IBM
News: Microsoft, Clinton develop emissions tracking software
News: Wall Street Beat: HP, Dell underscore confidence
News: Hilf: Microsoft won't sue over Linux, for now
Related Reading: Microsoft's patent claims jar open-source backers
Related Reading: Microsoft backs adding ODF to ANSI standards
Related Reading: Microsoft asserts patents, wants weaker system
News: Nanoscale researchers work on hard drive replacement
News: Oracle looks to raise PLM profile with Agile purchase
ITWhirled: Lame technology mascots
NEWS UPDATES
Patent infringement probe won't delay Acer launch
An investigation into patent infringement allegations against computer maker Acer Inc. won't delay the launch of new notebook models, an Acer executive said Thursday.
AMD strikes back at Intel with Puma notebooks
Hustling to keep up with Intel Corp.'s "Santa Rosa" notebook PC system, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) said Friday it planned to launch its own new bundle of mobile processors and chipsets, code-named "Puma."
Zango sues antispyware vendor PC Tools
Adware maker Zango Inc. has sued PC Tools Pty Ltd., makers of the popular Spyware Doctor software, in a dispute over the way the antispyware program flags and removes Zango's technology.
FCC approves iPhone
The Federal Communications Commission approved Apple Inc.'s iPhone, clearing the way for the combined phone and music player to hit the shelves. Apple expects to begin selling the phones in late June.
Dell sharpens market approach to match HP, IBM
Dell Inc. will try to shake its reputation as a simple pusher of computer boxes with a new program for enterprise customers that combines hardware, software and services, as well as a focus on energy efficiency and virtualization.
Microsoft, Clinton develop emissions tracking software
Microsoft Corp. will work with the Clinton Foundation to develop free Web-based software and services that cities around the world can use to monitor their carbon emissions and share ideas about environmental protection.
Wall Street Beat: HP, Dell underscore confidence
What's wrong with this picture: Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) reports great sales, and its share price immediately drops, while beleaguered Dell Inc. gets hit with a New York state fraud lawsuit, and shares go up?
Hilf: Microsoft won't sue over Linux, for now
Microsoft ignited hostility following its assertion in Fortune magazine on Monday that Linux and other open-source software infringe on 235 of the company's patents. The software giant, which signed a controversial patent cross-licensing deal with Novell Inc. last November, is encouraging other companies to reach licensing agreements to resolve intellectual property claims. It has made companies nervous about whether they could eventually be targeted by lawsuits from Microsoft.
Related Reading: Microsoft's patent claims jar open-source backers
Microsoft Corp.'s bold patent claims against Linux could complicate the company's efforts to get along better with the open-source community and develop more interoperable products.
Related Reading: Microsoft backs adding ODF to ANSI standards
Days after declaring its intention to aggressively collect patent royalties from open-source distributors, Microsoft Corp. backed adding ODF, the document file format used widely in open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office, to a list of business standards.
Related Reading: Microsoft asserts patents, wants weaker system
To some observers, Microsoft Corp. seemed to have an odd sense of timing when it complained recently that open-source projects have allegedly violated 235 of its patents.
Nanoscale researchers work on hard drive replacement
Scientific researchers claim to have discovered a storage technology that could combine solid state size, speed and reliability with hard drive capacity but without spinning hard drive mechanisms. The technique is experimental and depends upon almost perfect material consistencies at the nanoscale level. Don't sell your Seagate stock though; it isn't going to happen any time soon.
Oracle looks to raise PLM profile with Agile purchase
Oracle Corp. is wagering serious money that PLM (product lifecycle management) software will become more critical to all kinds of IT customers with its US$495 million bid this week for PLM specialist Agile Software Corp.
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News: Hilf: Microsoft won't sue over Linux, for now
Related Reading: Microsoft's patent claims jar open-source backers
Related Reading: Microsoft backs adding ODF to ANSI standards
Related Reading: Microsoft asserts patents, wants weaker system
News: Nanoscale researchers work on hard drive replacement
News: Oracle looks to raise PLM profile with Agile purchase
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Patent infringement probe won't delay Acer launch
An investigation into patent infringement allegations against computer maker Acer Inc. won't delay the launch of new notebook models, an Acer executive said Thursday.
AMD strikes back at Intel with Puma notebooks
Hustling to keep up with Intel Corp.'s "Santa Rosa" notebook PC system, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) said Friday it planned to launch its own new bundle of mobile processors and chipsets, code-named "Puma."
Zango sues antispyware vendor PC Tools
Adware maker Zango Inc. has sued PC Tools Pty Ltd., makers of the popular Spyware Doctor software, in a dispute over the way the antispyware program flags and removes Zango's technology.
FCC approves iPhone
The Federal Communications Commission approved Apple Inc.'s iPhone, clearing the way for the combined phone and music player to hit the shelves. Apple expects to begin selling the phones in late June.
Dell sharpens market approach to match HP, IBM
Dell Inc. will try to shake its reputation as a simple pusher of computer boxes with a new program for enterprise customers that combines hardware, software and services, as well as a focus on energy efficiency and virtualization.
Microsoft, Clinton develop emissions tracking software
Microsoft Corp. will work with the Clinton Foundation to develop free Web-based software and services that cities around the world can use to monitor their carbon emissions and share ideas about environmental protection.
Wall Street Beat: HP, Dell underscore confidence
What's wrong with this picture: Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) reports great sales, and its share price immediately drops, while beleaguered Dell Inc. gets hit with a New York state fraud lawsuit, and shares go up?
Hilf: Microsoft won't sue over Linux, for now
Microsoft ignited hostility following its assertion in Fortune magazine on Monday that Linux and other open-source software infringe on 235 of the company's patents. The software giant, which signed a controversial patent cross-licensing deal with Novell Inc. last November, is encouraging other companies to reach licensing agreements to resolve intellectual property claims. It has made companies nervous about whether they could eventually be targeted by lawsuits from Microsoft.
Related Reading: Microsoft's patent claims jar open-source backers
Microsoft Corp.'s bold patent claims against Linux could complicate the company's efforts to get along better with the open-source community and develop more interoperable products.
Related Reading: Microsoft backs adding ODF to ANSI standards
Days after declaring its intention to aggressively collect patent royalties from open-source distributors, Microsoft Corp. backed adding ODF, the document file format used widely in open-source alternatives to Microsoft Office, to a list of business standards.
Related Reading: Microsoft asserts patents, wants weaker system
To some observers, Microsoft Corp. seemed to have an odd sense of timing when it complained recently that open-source projects have allegedly violated 235 of its patents.
Nanoscale researchers work on hard drive replacement
Scientific researchers claim to have discovered a storage technology that could combine solid state size, speed and reliability with hard drive capacity but without spinning hard drive mechanisms. The technique is experimental and depends upon almost perfect material consistencies at the nanoscale level. Don't sell your Seagate stock though; it isn't going to happen any time soon.
Oracle looks to raise PLM profile with Agile purchase
Oracle Corp. is wagering serious money that PLM (product lifecycle management) software will become more critical to all kinds of IT customers with its US$495 million bid this week for PLM specialist Agile Software Corp.
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