eWeek articles from December 2006

eWeek archives from December 2006

What's on Tap for IT Pros in 2007?(IT professionals forecast for job market)
December 1, 2006... The themes of the 2006 IT professional world could be summed up as the following: H-1B visas, certifications, a job market that either rocked or was awful; and the Baby Boomer-Generation Y gap in the workplace. Not bad for a year's work,...

LiveOffice Offers 'Sale' on E-Mail Compliance Package.
December 1, 2006... Message archiving and compliance provider LiveOffice revealed Dec. 1 that it will offer what is in effect "sale pricing" through Dec. 29 for its e-mail compliance package to organizations preparing for the new amendments to the FRCP (Federal...

Reaction to ICANN-VeriSign Deal Mixed.(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers )
December 1, 2006... News of the U.S. Department of Commerce's approval Nov. 30 of the deal between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and VeriSign was met with both jubilation and disdain by those in the computer industry. The deal will...

Judge Rules Against SCO; Stock Drops.(The SCO Group Inc. case against International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... SCO took big hits this week--both in the courts, and in the stock market. Regardless of what SCO's management decides to do, the company's stockholders seem to have finally had enough of the troubled company. First, on Nov. 29, U.S....

Outlook 2007: VOIP.(voice over IP)
December 1, 2006... Particularly for small businesses, 2006 brought forth an explosion of choice in the voice over IP market, as a flood of companies introduced IP PBX services and appliances, particularly from networking companies targeted toward the low end of...

Outlook 2007: Linux and Open Source.
December 1, 2006... In the year to come, we expect to see Linux maintain its torrid development pace, with major new enterprise releases from Red Hat, which is set to ship Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in January, and Novell, which will also ship an update to its...

Wireless Providers to Push Smart-Phone Apps, Content in 2007.
December 1, 2006... Wireless providers are expected in 2007 to look for ways to reduce churn, gain customer loyalty and offer a wider variety of services. In the process, the major wireless companies are reaching parity in their offerings to their customers,...

Software Turns Kids into Weather Forecasters.
December 1, 2006... John Graydon Smith, president and CEO of the Children's Museum of Science and Technology in Troy, N.Y., came to the museum in the summer of 2006 hoping that he could make exhibits more interactive for kids. To meet the technological needs...

Vista: CIOs' First Impressions.(chief information officers evalutating Microsoft Windows Vista)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The enterprise version of Windows Vista is now available, but many companies will not immediately discard XP and upgrade to Microsoft's latest operating system. That's the consensus of chief information officers and consultants who have...

Experts Unconcerned Over Non-Release of Vista AV.(Windows Vista anti-virus)
December 1, 2006... Industry analysts were not surprised to see that many leading security vendors did not choose to roll out their new Windows Vista anti-virus products when the much-awaited Microsoft operating system launched on Nov. 30. While McAfee is...

Red Hat: From 'Cuddly Penguin' to Public Enemy No. 1.(Marc Fleury)(Interview)
December 1, 2006... BERLIN--Marc Fleury, senior vice president of Red Hat's JBoss division, sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft at the JBoss World conference here Nov. 20-22 and discussed a variety of subjects including increasing the Red Hat...

Apple Patent Hints at iPhone.(Apple Computer Inc.)
December 1, 2006... Apple Computer's long-rumored cell phone may have moved one step closer to reality. On Nov. 30, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published an application from the Cupertino, Calif., company for the patent on a handheld computing...

HP Calls Claims of Insider Trading Baseless.(Hewlett-Packard Co., shareholder lawsuit)
December 1, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO--Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday that a shareholder lawsuit accusing its chief executive and several directors of insider trading related to its board room leak probe was "baseless." The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in state...

VeriSign Wins US Approval for '.Com' Deal; Shares Up.(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a deal that allows Verisign Inc. to continue running the lucrative ".com" Internet registry through 2012, the company said Thursday. The company's shares were up nearly...

Financial Firms Warned of Qaeda Cyber Attack.
December 1, 2006... WASHINGTON (Reuters)--The U.S. government warned American private financial services on Thursday of an al Qaeda call for a cyber attack against online stock trading and banking Web sites beginning on Friday, a source said. The source, a...

Codian Mixes Standard- and High-Definition Conferencing.(high definition video )
December 4, 2006... Video conferencing vendor Codian on Dec. 4 sought to raise the bar on the quality of conferences for mixed standard and high definition conferences. Recognizing that participants are often on different types of equipment and use different...

Iona Delivers on Open-Source SOA Strategy.(Iona Technologies, service-oriented architecture)
December 4, 2006... Iona Technologies, which makes SOA infrastructure software for enterprise users, on Dec. 4 announced the availability of Celtix Enterprise, the company's open-source Enterprise Service Bus. Iona, based in Dublin, Ireland, with U.S....

Sage Targets Financial Services with VerticalFalls Buy.(Sage Software acquired VerticalFalls Software)
December 4, 2006... Sage Software announced Dec. 4 that it has obtained property from VerticalFalls Software, which will allow Sage Software to provide the financial software services industry with its compliance and document tracking solution, ACT industry...

Tangosol, Interface21 Team to Grid-enable Spring Apps.(coherence data grid infrastructure software)
December 4, 2006... Interface21 Ltd., the provider of the open-source Spring application framework, and Tangosol, maker of data grid infrastructure software, have teamed up to deliver Coherence Data Grid for Spring, which brings enterprise-class data availability...

Intel Offers Xeon Processors for Telecoms.(Intel Xeon LV 5128, Xeon LV5138)
December 4, 2006... Intel wants a bigger part of the telecommunications market. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker announced Dec. 4 that it is offering two new dual-core processors that are specifically designed to handle more rugged and hostile telecom...

Trusted Networks Updates Access and Audit Software.(Trusted Network Technologies Inc., Identity 3.0 )
December 4, 2006... Trusted Network Technologies rolled out a revamped version of its flagship network access and security auditing software on Dec. 4, and said the Identity 3.0 release of the product provides greater systems protection than many NAC technologies....

CA Rolls Out ID Management Package.(Computer Associates Inc.)(Identity and Access Management software)
December 4, 2006... CA introduced its latest Identity and Access Management software package on Dec. 4, boasting increased automation, new standards support and more tightly integrated controls for helping enterprises strengthen and streamline their IT...

Onaro Reveals Closer View of Storage Management.("SANscreen Foundation 3.5", network storage management software )
December 4, 2006... Data storage management software provider Onaro introduced on Dec. 4 a new version of its flagship product, SANscreen Foundation version 3.5, which offers a more detailed view of the storage system's role in an enterprise system. The new...

Check Point to Release Eventia Suite.(Check Point Software Technologies Inc., network security software)
December 4, 2006... Internet security company Check Point Software Technologies announced Dec. 4 plans to release Eventia Suite, a comprehensive security information and event management solution that seeks to allow for more in-depth forensic investigation, by the...

IBM Lends a Hand to Telecoms with New Blade.(International Business Machines Corp. launched blade server)("BladeCenter HT system")
December 4, 2006... IBM is gearing up to offer new blade servers and switches that the company said will improve the ability for the telecommunications industry to offer voice over IP, Internet protocol TV and security. The Armonk, N.Y., company announced Dec....

Colubris Networks Expands into SME.(small and midsize enterprises)
December 4, 2006... Colubris Networks, a Waltham, Mass., maker of wireless equipment for the hospitality and service provider industries is moving into wireless markets for small and midsize enterprises. Previously, Colubris has focused its efforts on large...

LSI Logic to Buy Agere for About $4 Billion.(Agere Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... NEW YORK (Reuters)--LSI Logic Corp., a maker of chips found in DVD recorders and hard drives, said Monday it would buy Agere Systems Inc. for about $4 billion in stock, broadening LSI's reach into the market for mobile phone chips. The...

Is Online Banking Too Dangerous?
December 4, 2006... Every holiday season we get stories about the dangers of e-commerce and pitches from vendors about how they address those dangers. It appears that many experts are on the side of recommending against e-commerce altogether. Just too...

Microsoft Unveils Expression Studio Design Tools Suite, 'Flash Killer'.(multimedia software)
December 4, 2006... Microsoft has announced an integrated suite of tools for designers, as well as a new preview of the company's "Flash killer" technology, putting Microsoft squarely into competition with Adobe. Microsoft on Dec. 4 announced its Expression...

Qualcomm Buys Two Chip Businesses.(Airgo Networks Inc. and RF Micro Devices Inc.)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Wireless technology firm Qualcomm Inc. said on Monday it was buying two micro-chip businesses to boost its core wireless technology product offerings. Qualcomm said the combined effect of the acquisitions on its...

LPI Modifies Linux Recertification Policy.(Linux Professional Institute)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... The Linux Professional Institute, the leading vendor-neutral Linux certification organization, is updating its recertification policy to ensure that Linux professionals' skills and knowledge are still up to date and relevant. People who...

Stopping Cyber-Terrorism.(Sandia National Laboratories Red Teams plans is to anticipate cyber-terrorism)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... EVIDEOembedSWF(); Sponsored by: Stopping Cyber-Terrorism Is it possible for a cyber-terrorist to hack into a city's water distribution system and poison thousands? Or disrupt air traffic communications to cause two airplanes to collide? Or...

Device Squad.(Sybase's RFID Anywhere 3.0 software)(Robust Framework for Intelligent Devices)
December 4, 2006... The only real problem I have with Sybase iAnywhere's December 4 announcement of its RFID Anywhere 3.0 is that the product's name is much narrower than its true scope. In a conversation that I had last week with Martyn Mallick, the company's...

Microsoft Takes Web Development Leap.("Microsoft Expression Web", web authoring software)
December 4, 2006... In the wake of the massive releases of Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007, it will be easy for people to overlook the release of a Microsoft product with an unfamiliar name. But in the modern world, where Web applications and...

Layoffs at OSDL?(Open Source Development Labs)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... According to sources, the Open Source Development Labs has laid off a significant chunk of its engineering staff. Sources said the OSDL--the sponsor of Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, and other key developers--on Dec. 4...

Hitachi America Unveils XBRL Solution.(eXtensible Business Reporting Language )
December 4, 2006... Hitachi America has introduced Xinba 2.0 Reader and Analyzer, a desktop-based Microsoft Excel add-in that allows users to import, open and manipulate eXtensible Business Reporting Language financial information directly in Excel. According...

Novell Adds Microsoft's Open XML to OpenOffice.
December 4, 2006... The first fruit of the recently announced Novell/Microsoft interoperability agreement arrived on Dec. 4, with Novell's announcement that its version of the OpenOffice productivity suite will now support the Microsoft Office Open XML format. ...

Azul Rolls Out Vega 2.(Azul Systems launched its Vega 2 processors)
December 4, 2006... Azul Systems is rolling out its latest offering for Java and Java 2 Enterprise Edition applications. The Mountain View, Calif., company on Dec. 4 launched its Vega 2 processors, which power its Compute Appliance devices and address...

Expression Blend Keeps Flash Designers in Mind.(Microsoft Expression Blend, multimedia software)
December 4, 2006... Along with the release Dec. 4 of Expression Web, Microsoft is also releasing a beta of another component of the Expression Suite. Called Expression Blend, the application was originally announced under the code name "Sparkle" and then was...

McAfee Updates Enterprise Security Package.(McAfee Total Protection for Enterprise 2.0)
December 4, 2006... McAfee launched its latest enterprise threat protection software on Dec. 4, adding new tools for fighting sophisticated malware and integrating with NAC systems. With the introduction of McAfee Total Protection for Enterprise 2.0, the...

IBM and Narus Offer Telecom Security Package.(International Business Machines Corp., )
December 4, 2006... Seeking to tap into the growing movement among telecommunications companies and ISPs to offer managed security services to users, IBM introduced on Dec. 4 a package of technologies aimed at helping carriers get their programs off the ground....

OSDL Shifts Focus, Cuts Staff.(Open Source Development Labs )
December 4, 2006... The Open Source Development Labs has laid off a significant chunk of its engineering staff and has moved to shift its focus. The OSDL--the sponsor of Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, and other key developers--on Dec. 4 laid...

Study: Anorexics, Bulimics Learn Methods Online.
December 4, 2006... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Young sufferers of anorexia and bulimia who try to hide their eating problems from their parents and doctors are turning to a growing number of Internet chat rooms dedicated to perpetuating their illness. A pilot study...

German High-Tech Sky Sail May Cut Costs, Emissions.
December 4, 2006... BREMEN, Germany (Reuters)--Putting a harness on ocean winds, a German shipping company plans to unfurl a giant high-tech kite over a cargo ship next year to boost the vessel's propulsion and to conserve fuel. The "SkySail," a 160...

Baidu to Enter Japan's Web Search Market.(Baidu.com Inc.)
December 4, 2006... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Chinese Internet search leader Baidu.com said on Monday it would enter Japan's search market in 2007, prompting a 2 percent rise in its shares, but analysts questioned whether the expansion would succeed. The company...

Security Solutions on Tap at Cenzic.(launched network security software "Hailstorm Starter" and "Hailstorm Core")
December 4, 2006... With Web applications increasingly under attack by hackers, Cenzic is providing small and midsized businesses a way to fight back in the form of two new products unveiled Dec. 4. Hailstorm Starter and Hailstorm Core are designed to deliver...

Phishers Attack MySpace with QuickTime Exploit Worm.(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... Identity thieves are manipulating a feature in Apple Computer's embedded QuickTime player to launch phishing attacks on the popular MySpace.com social networking portal. According to a warning by San Diego-based Websense Security Labs, a...

Opalis Aims for Greater Automation, Integration.(Opalis Software Inc. launched data center management software)(Opalis Integration Server 5.3)
December 4, 2006... Opalis Software is rolling out a host of new features in the latest release of Opalis Integration Server, a product designed to help enterprises automate the processes within their data centers. The company on Dec. 4 launched version 5.3 of...

Juniper Broadens SSL Endpoint Support.(Juniper Networks launched network operating system "Instant Virtual Extranet 5.4")(secure sockets layer)
December 4, 2006... Juniper Networks on Dec. 4 launched a new operating software release for its SSL VPN appliances that further broadens the range of end user devices that it supports. Juniper's new IVE (Instant Virtual Extranet) version 5.4 release extends...

Technology M&As to Keep Booming in 2007.(mergers and acquisitions)(Brief article)
December 4, 2006... Technology mergers and acquisitions are forecast to jump 40 percent next year, as private equity companies flush with cash increase their activities in the sector. That increase would follow this year's projected increase of 50 percent,...

Whaleback Updates PBX Service for SMBs.(Whaleback Systems, private branch exchanges)(small and midsize businesses )
December 5, 2006... Whaleback Systems announced Dec. 5 the second release of its CrystalBlue Voice Service, which will offer small and midsize businesses new telephony calling features, hosted applications and other features. The Portsmouth, N.H. provider of...

Study: Most Companies Unprepared for Disasters.
December 5, 2006... According to the World Heath Organization, the number of cases of avian flu have nearly tripled since 2005 and with February's flu season peak edging closer, many organizations are playing the "what if" game this time of year. Yet a new survey...

Nvidia Launches New Graphics Chip for Workstations.(Nvidia Quadro FX 3500M)
December 5, 2006... Nvidia, one of the world's largest makers of graphics chips for PCs and game consoles, is rolling out a new graphics processor specifically aimed at workstations. The Santa Clara, Calif., company announced Dec. 5 that its new Quadro FX...

Cisco Defends NAC Territory.(network access control )
December 5, 2006... Largely credited for creating the burgeoning market for network access control technologies, used primarily for protecting IT operations from external threats, Cisco now finds itself in the familiar position of defending its home turf. ...

IBM Snaps Up Compliance Specialist Consul.(International Business Machines Corp. acquired Consul Risk Management Inc.)
December 5, 2006... IBM announced on Dec. 5 that it has agreed to buy Consul Risk Management, a privately held software company specializing in compliance automation, for an undisclosed sum. Officials at IBM said Consul, which is based in Delft, Netherlands,...

Exponentia, NHL Bring Interactive Mobile Game to Fans.(Exponentia Communications, National Hockey League)("PlayAction" mobile game)(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... Exponentia Communications and the National Hockey League announced Dec. 5 that they have signed a multi-year rights deal to bring NHL fans a live mobile game known as PlayAction. Exponentia is a mobile games provider and its PlayAction game...

Terracotta Goes Open Source.(its Java clustering technology )
December 5, 2006... Terracotta on Dec. 4 announced plans to open-source its Java clustering technology to accelerate adoption by developers using open-source frameworks. Ari Zilka, founder and chief technology officer at San Francisco-based Terracotta, said...

Half of American Business PCs Can't Run Vista.(Microsoft Windows Vista)
December 5, 2006... About half of the average business PCs in North America are unable to meet the minimum requirements for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, while 94 percent do not meet the system requirements for Vista Premium. Within these...

Britney Spears Tops Yahoo's Searches.
December 5, 2006... LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)--Bereft of any new music to promote, Britney Spears was nevertheless the hottest thing on the Internet this year, judging from Yahoo's annual list of popular search terms. Of course, a surge in online...

Nintendo May Beat Targets for Earnings, DS Sales.(Nintendo Company Ltd., DS handheld games device)
December 5, 2006... KYOTO, Japan (Reuters)--Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. Ltd. said it may beat its earnings forecasts for the year to March as well as its sales target for the DS handheld games device. In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday,...

EMC Sees More Investments in Israel.
December 5, 2006... TEL AVIV (Reuters)--EMC Corp., the world's largest computer storage company, plans to be more active in Israel following a spate of acquisitions of Israeli companies, a senior executive said on Tuesday. "We want to be more proactive in...

E911 Still Struggling After 10 Years.(emergency reporting systems)(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... There's a 16 percent chance your wireless 911 call won't go through. And if it does go through, there's one chance in eight that the 911 center will know where you are. It gets worse. According to a study released Dec. 4 by Consumer...

iSuppli: AMD, Hynix to Gain Share in 2006.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hynix Semiconductor Inc.)(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... TOKYO (Reuters)--Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. are poised to join the ranks of the world's top 10 chip makers this year, research firm iSuppli said on Tuesday. Advanced Micro's semiconductor revenues for 2006 are...

Analyst: Apple 'Almost Certain' to Start iPhone Production in Jan.(Apple Computer Inc.)
December 5, 2006... It is "almost certain" that Apple Computer will begin production of its long-anticipated iPhone in January, and the company will unveil improvements to its iTV and the iPod at the same time, according to one Wall Street analyst. In his...

MessageOne E-Mail Continuity Service Integrates with Outlook, BlackBerry.(Email Management Services)
December 5, 2006... E-mail management provider MessageOne introduced a new version of its flagship e-mail continuity product Dec. 5 that features integration with Microsoft Outlook and enables users to continue sending and receiving e-mail without interruption in...

AT&T Says It Won't Need Fiber-to-the-Home Network.(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Top phone company AT&T shrugged off concerns on Tuesday that it would need to build a more expensive, all-fiber network to handle an expected surge in high-speed Internet and video traffic. AT&T is currently upgrading...

NASA Plans Base on the Moon.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
December 5, 2006... Just days before a joint U.S.-Russia spaceflight, NASA officials Dec. 4 announced plans to build a space station on the moon. The lunar outpost would be a staging point for a journey to Mars and enable NASA to conduct a wide range of...

Motorola Purchases Mobile Complete.
December 5, 2006... Motorola announced Dec.5 that it has made a financial investment in Mobile Complete via Motorola Ventures, the company's strategic venture capital branch. Mobile Complete, a mobile application provider that creates, tests and sets up...

MySpace to Offer Technology to Block Sex Offenders.(contracts with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp.)(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... NEW YORK (Reuters)--News Corp.'s MySpace said on Tuesday it will offer in the next 30 days a technology to identify and block convicted sex offenders from the popular online social network. The top online social network, which has a large...

LSI Logic Launches New SMB Storage Systems for OEMs.(small and medium businesses, original equipment manufacturers)
December 5, 2006... It's only Tuesday, yet it's already been quite a week for LSI Logic. The Milpitas, Calif.-based maker of data storage systems and hard-drive processors Dec. 4 acquired a company and then Dec. 5 introduced new storage system technology...

Another Day, Another Knockout Punch Aimed at SCO.(Novell Inc. filed case against SCO Group Inc.)(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... Last week saw the end of most of The SCO Group's claims that IBM contributed Unix code to Linux. Now, Novell has filed a motion that undercuts all of SCO's contract claims against IBM, based on a "silver bullet" clause in the original sale...

Spare Backup, CA Team on Security Software for SMBs.(Spare Backup Internet Security and Spare Backup Antivirus software)(Computer Associates Inc., small and midsize businesses)
December 5, 2006... Spare Backup announced Dec.5 that it has worked with CA, an information technology management software company, to launch two new security suites for small and midsize businesses. The two new security suites, Spare Backup Internet Security...

3PAR Utility Storage Offers Scalable Architecture for HP-UX Clusters.(3PARdata Inc. launched database servers "3PAR InServ")(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... Storage vendor 3PARdata announced Dec. 5 its 3PAR InServ Storage Servers will support HP Serviceguard, a high-availability software platform from HP that provides automatic failover capabilities for clustered HP-UX servers. "3PAR...

Verizon to Provide Online Backup to SMBs.(Verizon Communications Inc., small and midsize businesses )
December 5, 2006... Verizon Communications announced on Dec.5 the launching of Verizon Online Backup, a broadband product that will allow small and midsize businesses to protect company and customer information. Verizon Online Backup allows business users to...

Novell Posts Profit vs. Year-Earlier Loss.(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... BOSTON (Reuters)--Business software maker Novell Inc. posted a preliminary quarterly profit on Tuesday, bouncing back from a year-earlier loss when it took a $38 million restructuring charge. It reported net income available to common...

Microsoft Eases Vista Deployment.(Microsoft Windows Vista)
December 5, 2006... Deployment tools for Microsoft's Windows Vista are barely out of the oven--heck, Vista itself is still cooling--but eWEEK Labs donned some fireproof mitts and used these tools to put the OS on our systems. eWEEK Labs' tests of new...

Qualcomm Jumps on China 3G Expectations.(Brief article)
December 5, 2006... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Qualcomm Inc. shares jumped more than 4 percent on Tuesday after China said it may grant a license for a next-generation cellphone network that would boost royalties to the wireless technology and chip supplier. ...

Virtual Tradeshow to Highlight Disk-to-Disk Backup, Recovery.
December 5, 2006... Ziff Davis Media, parent company of eWEEK, will present a virtual trade show titled "Disk-to-Disk Backup and Recovery," to be held Dec. 6 at Internet-enabled computers. Doors "open" online at 9 a.m. EST, and opening remarks begin at 10...

DMTF Completes Server Management Standard.(Distributed Management Task Force Inc.)
December 5, 2006... The Distributed Management Task Force on Dec. 4 completed its work on developing a framework for managing heterogeneous servers in a data center. The full suite of specifications for the Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware,...

Microsoft Issues Word Zero-Day Attack Alert.(Microsoft Word)
December 5, 2006... Microsoft on Dec. 5 warned that an unpatched vulnerability in its Word software program is being used in targeted, zero-day attacks. A security advisory from the Redmond, Wash., company said the flaw can be exploited if a user simply opens...

Sage Targets SMBs with HR Management Software.(Sage Software Inc., human resource management software)
December 6, 2006... Sage Software announced Dec. 6 that it has released Sage Accpac HRMS, a human resource management system for Sage Accpac ERP and Sage Pro enterprise resource planning. The new human resource management software designed for SMBs (small and...

ARC Wireless Unveils New Cell Phone 'Freedom Antenna'.(ARC Wireless Solutions Inc.)(Brief article)
December 6, 2006... The Wireless Communications Solutions Division of ARC Wireless Solutions is introducing the new Freedom Antenna designed to offer cellular phone users a stronger, more durable signal. The Freedom Antenna is a portable personal antenna with...

Microsoft to Ship over 10 Million Xbox 360 Units.(Brief article)
December 6, 2006... LOS ANGELES (Reuters)--Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said it expects to have shipped more than 10 million units of its new Xbox 360 video game console to retailers by the end of this holiday season. "This holiday, we expect to have sold in...

Low Layoff Rate Lifts IT Confidence.(Brief article)
December 6, 2006... A record low number of layoffs led to a surge in IT worker confidence in November, according an index released by Hudson, a New York-based staffing and outsourcing company. The increase in tech worker confidence--up 6.2 Index points to...