eWeek articles from April 2007

eWeek archives from April 2007

Wireless Convergence at CTIA.(Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association )(Podcast)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Wireless Convergence at CTIA In this Wireless Wire, Wayne Rash reports on the CTIA convergence in Orlando, Florida, last week. The conference included a wide variety of wireless phones devoted to entertainment, would-be...

Launchpad.net: A New Approach to Develop Software.
April 2, 2007... Launchpad.net 1.0, a new collaborative Web site and service package designed to improve the flow of communication between developers on different software projects, began public beta testing April 2. Launchpad joins a well-established group...

This eWeek.
April 2, 2007... A colleague recently showed me a purchase he made for his office--a French press. Now, I love coffee to "Gilmore Girls" proportions, but it wasn't the thought of scoffing a nice cup of joe that had me paying attention; it was the name on the...

Xerox to Buy Global Imaging Systems for $1.5B.(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... NEW YORK--Xerox Corp. said on Monday it would acquire office technology products provider Global Imaging Systems Inc. for $1.5 billion. Stamford, Conn.-based Xerox said the deal values Global Imaging at $29 a share, almost a 50 percent...

Microsoft Changes Vista Licensing to Cover New Deployment Models.(Microsoft Windows Vista)
April 2, 2007... Microsoft has made changes to its licensing model for Windows Vista to meet the needs of enterprise customers in the finance and government sectors using bleeding-edge technologies. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant will announce...

BEA Systems Rolls Out WebLogic Server 10.(BEA Systems Inc.)
April 2, 2007... BEA Systems Inc. has announced the general availability of WebLogic Server 10, the latest release of its application server, which is compatible with the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5. WebLogic Server 10 supports both Java...

Agassi Leaves SAP over CEO Rift.(Shai Agassi)(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... Shai Agassi, once seen as a front-runner to replace Henning Kagermann as CEO of SAP, resigned from the software maker March 28, setting off an executive shake-up at the company. Agassi, president of SAP's product and technology group, is...

SOA Software Teams with JBoss for Open-Source SOA.(teamed up with JBoss division Red Hat Inc. for service oriented architecture )
April 2, 2007... SOA Software Inc. has announced that it is partnering with Red Hat Inc. to promote the shift to simple, open and affordable service-oriented architecture solutions for the enterprise. Los Angeles-based SOA Software, a provider of SOA and...

Entry-Level Workers Head into a Mixed Market.
April 2, 2007... Signifying a confident incoming workforce, 89 percent of prospective graduates said that they expect to receive at least one job offer when they graduate, while 74 percent expect two or more offers, which is 10 percent more than last year,...

Flaw Fixed in Unix-like Systems.(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... A buffer overflow vulnerability caused by an integer underflow in the file_printf function in Unix-like operating systems has been patched. The flaw is contained within the file program and could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Arbor Networks Upgrades Peakflow X Platform.
April 2, 2007... Arbor Networks on April 2 announced a new version of Arbor Peakflow X, featuring an extended audit trail for compliance reporting and other enhancements. Peakflow X 3.7 includes integration of data gathered by Arbor's ATLAS (Active Threat...

AMD Offers First Embedded Chip Set.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc. introduced 690G and the 690V chipsets )
April 2, 2007... Advanced Micro Devices is increasing its embedded offerings with the launch of a new chip set, which includes technology from ATI. At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif. on April 2, AMD is planning to introduce the M690T...

BEA's Grand Plan for SOA.(BEA Systems Inc., service oriented architecture)
April 2, 2007... BEA Systems has developed a strategy detailing its view on the high priorities involved in implementing service-oriented architecture and next-generation composite applications. The guidance comes out of BEA's Office of the Chief Technology...

EMI Launches DRM-free Music Downloads.(EMI Group PLC contracts with Apple Computer Inc. iTunes Music Stores offering digital rights management free online music)
April 2, 2007... LONDON/NEW YORK--EMI said it was making its digital music catalog available without the anti-piracy measure known as digital rights management (DRM), with Apple Inc.'s iTunes as its first retail outlet. "The new higher quality DRM-free...

Xerox Buys Global Imaging Systems.
April 2, 2007... Xerox will acquire Global Imaging Systems for a total of $1.5 billion, the two companies announced April 2. In the deal, which is expected to close in mid-May, Xerox will pay $29 a share for Global Imaging, and Xerox executives said they...

Dell, the Linux Desktop and Timing.(Brief article)
April 2, 2007... Dell may have picked the perfect time to begin offering Linux-powered desktops. Why? Because, the next generation of Windows, Vista, has just sprung its first major security leak: the .ANI vulnerability. "ANI" stands for Animated Cursor...

Informatica Awarded $25M in Patent Judgment.(Informatica Corp. (Los Angeles, California) accused Business Objects S.A. (San Jose, California) and Acta Technology Inc.)
April 2, 2007... Nearly five years after the original lawsuit was filed, data integrator Informatica was awarded $25 million April 2 by a jury in the San Francisco federal court against a Business Objects subsidiary, Acta. The award was based on the finding...

Infor Snags Workbrain for Work Force Management.
April 2, 2007... Infor, a company that's built itself into the world's third largest enterprise resource planning software company through acquisitions, announced April 2 that it has acquired another company: Workbrain. Under the terms of the deal, Infor...

AJAX Apps Ripe Targets for JavaScript Hijacking.(Asynchronous JavaScript and Extensible Markup Language )
April 2, 2007... Fortify Software has documented what the security firm is calling a "pervasive and critical" vulnerability in Web 2.0 applications--specifically, in the ability of an attacker to use a JavaScript vulnerability to steal critical data by...

IBM Fixes Flaw in Tivoli Provisioning Manager.(Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment )(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... IBM has patched multiple flaws in its Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment that allowed attackers to crash the service or execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM priviledges. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment is a network...

New Apps Bolster Cisco VOIP System for SMBs.(IPcelerate introduced IPsmartSuite for small and medium business enterprises)
April 3, 2007... LAS VEGAS--IPcelerate will bolster Cisco Systems' new UC 500 small-business IP telephony system when it launches four VOIP application packages aimed at specific small vertical businesses. The new IPsmartSuite packages are designed to...

Oracle Gets Partner Religion.(Sierra Atlantic Inc.)(Podcast)(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Oracle Gets Partner Religion In this Changing Channels, Mike Vizard talks with Raju Reddy, CEO and Founder of solution provider and global systems integrator Sierra Atlantic, about life as a partner in the Oracle economy. ...

Qualcomm Files New Patent Suits Against Nokia.(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... NEW YORK--Qualcomm Inc. said on Tuesday it had filed two new lawsuits in the United States against Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, alleging infringement of five patents. The suits are the latest in a series of legal wrangles...

CodeGear Names New CEO.(Jim Douglas)
April 3, 2007... Borland Software's CodeGear development tools unit has changed leadership, naming Jim Douglas, a veteran of the high-tech industry, to the position of chief executive officer. Douglas succeeds Ben Smith, who was named CodeGear's CEO when...

First 802.11g-Based Wireless USB 2.0 Hub?(Icron Technologies Corp. introduced WiRanger, universal serial bus hub)(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... Icron Technologies claims to have created the industry's first wireless USB 2.0 hub based on the 802.11g WiFi standard. The WiRanger 4-port hub-and-dongle set brings seamless plug-and-play connectivity to multiple USB devices up to 30 meters...

CIO Interview: Key Project Management Challenges.(Transition Partners's Tom Pettibone managed information technology operations)(Podcast)(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... EVIDEOembedSWF(); Sponsored by: CIO Interview: Key Project Management Challenges Veteran CIO Tom Pettibone, managing partner at the strategic management consultancy Transition Partners, says the most difficult challenges companies face in...

Startup Launches Fixed-Cost PC Support for SMBs.(PC-VIP)(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... PC-VIP, a new PC support company that will cater specifically to small and medium businesses, officially began offering its services here in San Francisco and 10 other cities across the country on April 2. The company, which claims to be...

EU Charges Record Companies, Apple on Record Sales.
April 3, 2007... BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO--The European Commission has sent formal charges to major record companies and Apple Inc., alleging they are restricting music sales in Europe, a Commission spokesman said on Monday. European Commission spokesman...

iRobot Releases Create Platform.
April 3, 2007... BURLINGTON, Mass.--iRobot has taken a major step in encouraging the development of autonomous household robots with its Create device. The Create includes the chassis and brains of an iRobot Roomba, along with an interface device that...

Texas Sues RadioShack After Retailer Dumps Thousands of Customer Records.
April 3, 2007... Texas is suing RadioShack after the retailer's employees dumped thousands of customer records in garbage bins behind a store near Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 21. The records contained Social Security numbers, credit and debit card...

Microsoft's Open XML Format Advances in ISO.(International Organization for Standardization)
April 3, 2007... Microsoft's Office Open XML format moved a step closer to becoming an ISO standard on April 2, when it was opened up for five months of technical review and balloting, which ends Sept. 2. This is the latest in a string of developments over...

Are SMBs Ready for Cisco's Swiss Army Knife of Connectivity?(Cisco Systems Inc. introduced Smart Business Communications System for small and medium size enterprises)
April 3, 2007... LAS VEGAS--Cisco Systems made its strongest bid yet to market integrated voice, data and wireless technologies to small businesses--outside the hosted services arena--with the launch of its new Smart Business Communications System. But...

FSF Releases New Draft of LGPLv3.(Linux General Public License version 3)(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... On the heels of releasing the latest draft of the GPLv3 (General Public License version 3), the Free Software Foundation on April 3 released a new draft of the LGPLv3. The LGPL was first released as Version 2.1 in February of 1999. It was...

Middle Class Workers Feeling the Valley's Squeeze.
April 3, 2007... Not only did the middle class of Silicon Valley weather the toughest times during the dot-com bust, they've also had the hardest time recovering, finds a report issued Mar. 29 by Working Partnerships USA, an economic research and public policy...

Intel's Embedded Portfolio Goes Quad-core.
April 3, 2007... Intel is preparing to add a pair of quad-core Xeon processors to its embedded lineup. At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif., on April 3, Intel plans to announce that it will start selling quad-core processors to OEMs and...

Al Gore: Embedded Tech Can Help Heal the Earth.(Albert Gore Jr.)(Brief article)
April 3, 2007... Former Vice President Al Gore told Embedded Systems Conference keynote attendees in San Jose, Calif. today that energy-efficient IT systems of the future--many containing embedded processors--will be a major factor in helping overcome the...

Xerox Releases Latest Enterprise Printer.(Phaser 4510)
April 3, 2007... Xerox has released its black and white Xerox Phaser 4510, its newest printer designed for enterprises, the company announced on April 3. The Phaser 4510 is built on the Phaser 4500 printer platform, but includes additional features such as...

Cisco Goes After SMBs with VOIP Plug and Play.(Cisco Systems Inc. introduced Cisco Smart Business Communication System)
April 3, 2007... LAS VEGAS--Cisco Systems, with the help of channel partners, on April 3 sought to extend its voice over IP reach to the smallest businesses with a new integrated IP telephony and networking offering. At its Cisco Partner Summit, the San...

Firefox Still Sitting Duck for ANI Exploits.
April 4, 2007... Firefox browsers are still vulnerable to attacks exploiting the animated cursor flaw that caused Microsoft to rush out a patch on April 3. Alexander Sotirov, the security researcher at Determina who first discovered the ANI flaw and...

Silicon Valley's 'Best Brains' Work on Energy.
April 4, 2007... MENLO PARK, Calif.--Venture capitalists in Silicon Valley have been searching for the next big thing in high-tech for years, but now many have switched to greener pursuits--finding technology to help cut global warming. Although commercial...

Nokia Siemens Networks to Host Blyk Mobile Network.(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... HELSINKI--Nokia Siemens Networks said on April 4 it had agreed to host the full core network of virtual mobile operator Blyk. Nokia Siemens Networks will supply, build and host Blyk's core network as it offers free, advertiser-funded mobile...

Dude, You're Getting Probed!(Dell Inc. accused for accounting fraud)(Podcast)(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Dude, You're Getting Probed! In this week's Top 5, Spencer counts down the Top 5 reasons for Dell's accounting woes. Host: Spencer F. Katt Length: 00:01:14 var subjectLine=top.document.title; var bodyText= 'You...

Bribery in the Beltway.(Randall Cunningham )
April 4, 2007... On March 3, 2006, Randall "Duke" Cunningham was sentenced to eight years and four months in federal prison. Cunningham, who in March 2005 resigned in disgrace from Congress, had admitted taking at least $2.4 million in bribes from...

Apple Unveils Eight-Core Mac Pro.
April 4, 2007... With little fanfare, Apple revealed April 4 that its Mac Pro desktop model can now be configured with two, quad-core Intel Xeon processors. On its Web site, the Cupertino, Calif., company is now advertising a Mac Pro, which will feature...

Quantum Upgrades StorNext Software.(StorNext 3.0)
April 4, 2007... Quantum Corp. has launched a new version of the StorNext data management software to help customers construct an infrastructure for consolidating resources to cut costs and improve workflow operations. Slated to ship in the second quarter...

Onaro's Storage Software Gets Support from NetApp.(Network Appliance Inc.)
April 4, 2007... Storage service management provider Onaro, and Network Appliance announced April 4 that Onaro's storage area network screen storage service management software will support NetApp's fabric-attached storage systems. Onaro's SANscreen is a...

A First Look at SimplyMEPIS 6.5.(oprerating system)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... I have a nomination for the "Worst possible situation for reviewing an operating system" award. Review it, SimplyMEPIS 6.5 Release Candidate 2, while stuck in a hotel room 2,000 miles from home, with food poisoning. Trust me, in a...

The Linux Foundation Boosts Its Membership.
April 4, 2007... The Linux Foundation, which was created in January 2007 out of the merger between the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group, has signed up three new members: Marvell, Nokia and VirtualLogix. This brings current...

AMD Launches 3.0GHz Opteron Processors.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc. introduced Opteron 2222 SE and Opteron 8222 SE models)
April 4, 2007... Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out some additions to its Opteron family of dual-core processors that will now run at a clock speed of 3.0GHz. On April 4, AMD launched the Opteron 2222 SE model for two-way systems and the 8222 SE model...

Study: There Is No Shortage of U.S. Engineers.
April 4, 2007... A commonly heard defense in the arguments that surround U.S. companies that offshore high-tech and engineering jobs is that the U.S. math and science education system is not producing a sufficient number of engineers to fill a corporation's...

Enterprise SOA Adoption to Double in Next Two Years.(service oriented architecture )
April 4, 2007... According to a new Evans Data Corp. study, enterprise adoption of service-oriented architecture is expected to double over the next two years. Evans Data's recently released Corporate Development Issues Survey showed that nearly one-fourth...

InFocus Launches New Business Projectors.(InFocus Work Big IN24+, Work Big IN26+ and Work Big IN36)
April 4, 2007... InFocus has made available its latest projectors, the InFocus Work Big IN24+, Work Big IN26+ and Work Big IN36, all designed to help small and midsize businesses enhance their presentations, the company announced on April 3. Built off the...

ACID Scans Web for Pirated Multimedia.(Automatic Copyright Infringement Detect)
April 4, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--Broadcasters, movie producers and media publishers of all types have access to a new search technology that can scan the Internet to discover Web sites that are illegally distributing copyrighted video and images. ACID...

Year's Supply of H-1B Visas Tapped Out on Day One.
April 4, 2007... Breaking yet another record of H-1B visa depletion, the entire supply of specialized-occupation temporary worker visas for the 2008 fiscal year were exhausted the first day they were available, the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...

CIO Interview: Atti Riazi, Senior Partner and Worldwide CIO, Ogilvy & Mather.(Podcast)(Brief article)
April 4, 2007... EVIDEOembedSWF(); Sponsored by: CIO Interview: Atti Riazi, Senior Partner and Worldwide CIO, Ogilvy & Mather Perhaps no industry is changing more rapidly today than advertising, as the triple threats of evolving consumers, technological...

How Can We Take Domains Down Faster?
April 5, 2007... Shortly before the revelation of the .ANI bug and the inevitable development of attack sites that it engendered, a prescient discussion was beginning about better ways to bring these sites down. Veteran botnet hunter Gadi Evron took his...

UCSF Joins List of Schools Affected by Breaches.(University of California (San Francisco))(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... Some 46,000 University of California, San Francisco, students, faculty and staff are being cautioned to stay on the lookout for identity theft after the school reported a possible data breach. In late March, UCSF determined that there may...

Software AG Buys WebMethods for $546M.(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... Software AG has announced that it will acquire WebMethods in a deal worth $546 million. Software AG is Europe's largest systems software and SOA (service-oriented architecture) software provider; WebMethods also focuses on SOA and...

Intel Readies Core 2 Duo Processors for Ultramobile PCs.(Core 2 Duo U7600 and U7500 )
April 5, 2007... Intel is bringing its Core 2 Duo microarchitecture to the ultramobile PC market. On April 5, the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker will introduce a pair of Core 2 Duo processors designed for ultramobile PCs. The Core 2 Duo U7600 and...

Take-Two Says It is Under SEC Investigation.(Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... NEW YORK--Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said it was under formal investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting for stock-options grants. The video game publisher said in a filing with the SEC late on...

Dx3 Design Conference Canceled.
April 5, 2007... The Dx3 Conference & Expo slated for May 15-18 in Boston has been canceled. Dx3 conference organizers contacted speakers earlier this week to tell them the conference had been canceled. The Dx3 Conference, with Dx3 standing for...

AT&T Open to Italian Partners in Torn Telecom.(Telecom Italia S.p.A)
April 5, 2007... MILAN--AT&T says it is open to Italian partners in Telecom Italia as it aims to buy a controlling interest in Italy's biggest telecoms operator, where investors are at loggerheads over the sacking of its chairman. The head of corporate...

Google Lets Users Create Own Maps.(MyMaps)
April 5, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Google Inc. is out to make map-making simpler, giving away tools for ordinary users to pinpoint locations, draw routes and attach photos or video to existing online maps, the company said on Wednesday. The Web...

Yahoo Patches IM Vulnerability.(instant messaging software Yahoo Messenger )(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... Yahoo has patched a buffer overflow vulnerability in its instant-messaging tool that would have enabled attackers to potentially execute code on a compromised machine. The flaw exists in an ActiveX control that is part of the Yahoo...

CallWave Unveils Text Messaging Tool for Google Desktop.
April 5, 2007... Mobile application provider CallWave launched the beta version of its Free Text Messaging gadget for Google Desktop, a desktop-based application that allows mobile consumers to send text messages to anyone straight from their desktop. ...

ACT Warns of Legal Risk with Latest GPL Draft.(Association for Competitive Technology, General Public License)
April 5, 2007... The third discussion draft of the GNU General Public License Version 3, particularly the provisions designed to block patent cooperation agreements like the one between Novell and Microsoft, could potentially expose those developing and using...

Cisco's Chambers Ruminates on the Future.(Cisco Systems Inc.'s John Chambers )
April 5, 2007... LAS VEGAS--Cisco CEO John Chambers spent some time with reporters at Cisco's Partner Summit here to answer questions and learn from their questions. There were several interesting nuggets that came out of the sessions. Among them was an...

The Final 'Final' Nail in WEP's Coffin?(Wired Equivalent Privacy)
April 5, 2007... Researchers have discovered a new way of attacking Wired Equivalent Privacy that requires an amount of data "more than an order of magnitude" less than the best known key-recovery attacks. In effect, the cracking can be done within a minute, as...

SUSE Linux Now Available on Sun x64 Workstations.(Novell Inc. partnering with Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... It sounds unlikely, but Novell and Sun Microsystems have partnered to bring SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 to Sun's Ultra Workstations: the Sun Ultra 20, Ultra 20 M2, Ultra 40, and Ultra 40 M2. These workstations are powered by AMD...

iSuppli: Acer Gains on HP, Dell in Laptop Shipments.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)
April 5, 2007... Acer is proving that its notebooks can hold their own against the likes of Hewlett-Packard and Dell. The Taiwan-based PC maker outpaced all other vendors in the fourth quarter of 2006, as its worldwide shipment of notebooks increased by...

AMD Takes Direct Approach to Channel.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)(Podcast)(Brief article)
April 5, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); AMD Takes Direct Approach to Channel In this Changing Channels, Mike Vizard talks with Stephen DiFranco, corporate vice president for channel marketing at AMD, about the chip maker's new strategy regarding solution providers....

Will Enterprise Rights Management Learn from DRM?(digital rights management)
April 5, 2007... Ding dong! The witch is dead! Digital Rights Management has taken shot after shot, and the recent agreement between Apple and EMI is the killing blow. Like a villain in an old-time western, DRM is down on one knee, saying, "You got me,...

Radiant Data Launches 64-bit Linux HA Replicating File System.(PeerFS 4.0)
April 6, 2007... If you need your data to be available in all your offices--even if the central office goes up in smoke one day--Radiant Data's new PeerFS 4.0, which now supports multiple 64-bit Linuxes, might be just what you need. Available since 2003...

Compiz and Beryl 3D Projects Merge.(Brief article)
April 6, 2007... Several months after parting ways, the leaders of the two leading 3D compositing Linux desktop projects, Compiz and Beryl, have agreed to come back together. Quinn Storm, one of Beryl's creators, wrote last September that "it at least...

VMware Launches Third Fusion Beta for Macs.
April 6, 2007... VMware has released a new beta of its Fusion virtualization software for Macs. Now officially called VMware Fusion, the latest beta version of the software adds several additional features and improved performance, the Palo Alto, Calif.,...

'Electronic Paper' Edging Toward Reality.(E Ink Corp.providing technology to information industry)
April 6, 2007... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--"Electronic paper" has long been hyped as the future of newspapers and books, but products like e-books have been slow to take off. That may soon change, say executives involved in the pioneering technology. While...

Porn Could Be the Key to Next-Generation DVD War.
April 6, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--In the battle over next generation DVDs, pornography could prove to be the XXX factor that helps determine a winner. Thirty years ago, VHS toppled Betamax in part because of the adult film industry, and now some see blue...

Poll: BlackBerrys, Laptops Blur Work-Home Balance.(Brief article)
April 6, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Staying in touch constantly by using laptops, BlackBerrys and other wireless devices has blurred the line between a person's professional and personal life, according to a new survey. Seventy five percent of people...

Banks Eye Two Ways to Keep the Italia in Telecom.(Telecom Italia S.p.A.)
April 6, 2007... MILAN, April 6 (Reuters)--Attempts to keep Telecom Italia, the country's biggest telecoms firm, in Italian control are exploring two paths, newspapers reported on Friday, after one of Italy's biggest banks said it was working on a domestic...

Intel Gets More Time to Explain Lost E-Mails in Antitrust Case.
April 6, 2007... Intel, the world's largest microprocessor maker, has been granted a few more days to explain how it is trying to locate a long list of missing e-mails in the legal discovery phase of a 2-year-old court battle initiated by its major competitor,...

More Power to Google.
April 6, 2007... NEW YORK--Google is seeking the optimal energy efficiency for its large data centers, and it is counting on its top engineers to help deliver it. Luiz Barroso, a distinguished engineer at Google, discussed the company's projects to reach...

IT Workers Less Confident About Jobs, Finances.
April 6, 2007... Anticipating a hiring slow-down and expressing malcontent in their work, IT worker confidence slipped in March, finds an index released April 4 by New York-based staffing company Hudson. Hudson's IT worker confidence index came in at 109.7...

Latest GPL Draft Is a Step in the Right Direction.(General Public License)
April 6, 2007... After a few months' delay--during which the Free Software Foundation mulled over how to make the world safe for GNU-manity in the face of Microsoft and Novell's patent, collaboration and baby-seal-clubbing accord--there's a new draft of the GNU...

Sprint Will Not Protest Loss of U.S. Govt Contract.(Sprint Nextel Corp. will not protest against General Services Administration's Networx Universal)(Brief article)
April 6, 2007... WASHINGTON (Reuters)--Sprint Nextel Corp. said on Friday it will not protest the U.S. government's decision to pass the company over for the largest-ever federal telecommunications contract. Sprint, which has provided telecommunications...