eWeek articles from January 2007

eWeek archives from January 2007

OpenVZ Project Software Comes to Sun.(SWsoft's open-source virtualization software)(Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T1 processors)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... The OpenVZ Project's operating system-level server virtualization software is now available for users of Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T1 processors. The Herndon, Va. organization announced Jan. 2 that it would start offering its...

Survey: Consumers Not Confident About Internet Security.
January 2, 2007... Trend Micro announced Jan. 2 that it has released the findings from its new research study that measures what consumers think of their Internet security. Trend Micro, a security software provider based in Cupertino, Calif., released the...

CheckFree to Acquire Carreker for $206M.(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... CheckFree announced Jan. 2 that it has expanded its software division with the acquisition of Carreker for $206 million. The deal is expected to close by March 31. Together, CheckFree, the Atlanta, Ga. developer of financial electronic...

Paper: Apple Options Probe Spotlights Ex-Officials.(Apple Computer Inc., stock options investigation)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--The spotlight in Apple Computer Inc.'s stock options investigation is falling on two former company executives, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The company has not...

Survey: Talent Management a Top Concern.(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... Finding, developing and keeping talent are among the top concerns for HR executives for 2007, according to a survey released by ORC Worldwide, a New York-based provider of human resource management consulting and data services. Nearly 62...

Linux Group to Simplify Software Installation.
January 2, 2007... Installing a new application on Linux can be challenging, even for experts. Now, the LSB (Linux Standard Base) project and its parent organization, the FSG (Free Standards Group), have a plan for how to make it easier for both users and...

Month of Apple Bugs, Meet Month of Patches.(Apple Computer's Mac operating system)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... It's officially a cat-and-mouse race to exploit--and fix--security vulnerabilities affecting Apple Computer's Mac operating system. Less than 24 hours after the release of working exploits for two critical media player flaws--QuickTime and...

EIA Promotes the Latest in Recycling: Electronics.(Electronic Industries Alliance)
January 2, 2007... When consumers are done with their electronic products, most of them will either throw the particular device away or put it in a storage room in their house where it will most likely never be touched again. To give consumers more options...

OSIsoft Unveils High Availability Data History System.
January 2, 2007... Enterprise storage management software provider OSIsoft unveiled Jan. 2 an update to its High Availability PI System, the company's flagship real-time data historian platform. The new platform provides improved data protection through...

McAfee Amends Options Amid Backdating Scandal.
January 2, 2007... McAfee announced amendments to its stock option granting process on Jan. 2 in an effort to clear up internal finances after firing its president and chief executive in late 2006 over a share price backdating scandal . The security software...

Inside eBay's Innovation Machine.
January 2, 2007... Business is steady on an early December afternoon at the iSold It consignment store on Skeet Club Road in High Point, N.C., as customers drop off items to be sold on eBay. Bikes, electronics, power tools--a steady flow of stuff, forming a...

Biometrics in the Enterprise.(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... EVIDEOembedSWF(); Sponsored by: Biometrics in the Enterprise Few things are more important to the integrity of enterprise information systems, as well as the operations and relationships that those systems support, than user...

Five Hackers Who Left a Mark on 2006.(Mark Russinovich, Jon Ellch, David Maynor, H.D. Moore and Joanna Rutkowska)
January 2, 2007... In the security year that was 2006, zero-day attacks and exploits dominated the headlines. However, the year will be best remembered for the work of members of the hacking--er, security research--community who discovered and disclosed...

Organization of SMB Solution Providers Looks to Grow.(small and medium businesses, Mobitech)
January 2, 2007... A growing community of small and midsize business owners has no plans to slow down in 2007. Armed with a new Web-based membership portal, the leaders of the Mobilize SMB Private Services Network are hoping to expand the group's ranks in the new...

Research: IM Malware Attacks on the Rise.(Instant messaging)
January 2, 2007... With 41 new attacks carried out during the month of December alone, 2006 proved to be a significant growth year for threats distributed over instant messaging systems. According to a new research report produced by security software maker...

Botnet Basics.(botnet infestations method)(Brief article)
January 2, 2007... EVIDEOembedSWF(); Sponsored by: Botnet Basics Bots are software applications that run automated tasks over the Internet. A network of bots working under a central command and control center is a botnet. This eVideo seminar looks at the...

Programmers to Blame for Hard-to-Use Software.
January 2, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Retired microbiologist Diana Westmoreland is no stranger to technology--except when it comes to computers. "The programs are intimidating. The language that's used is a foreign one to me," said Westmoreland, who lives...

Tandberg Completes Exabyte Acquisition, Joins Tape Storage Alliance.(Tandberg Data, VXA Alliance)
January 3, 2007... Digital tape storage maker Tandberg Data finalized its $28 million acquisition of Exabyte Jan. 3 and announced that it has integrated its former competitor's VXA-2, VXA-172 and VXA-320 products into its tape drive and tape automation portfolio....

New Year Finds Nervous IT Work Force.(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... IT worker confidence slid in December, with a growing number of tech professionals anticipating layoffs, according to a report released Jan. 3 by Hudson, a staffing firm based in New York. Decrease in job satisfaction and a substantial rise...

Nuance's Speech Technology Powers Directory Assistance Service.(AT&T Inc. contracts Nuance Communications)
January 3, 2007... Nuance Communications, the world's leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, announced Jan. 3 that AT&T, the largest telecommunications company in the United States and one of the largest in the world, has selected speech technology...

Kodak Sets Licensing with Sony, Ends Patent Fight.(Eastman Kodak Co., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB)(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Eastman Kodak Co. on Wednesday said it signed a licensing pact with Sony Corp. that settles a dispute over digital camera and imaging technology patents, and grants each company access to the other's patents. Kodak also...

Seagate to Extend Its Recovery Services to Channel Partners.(Seagate Technology L.L.C.)
January 3, 2007... Seagate Technology announced Jan. 3 that it will extend its Seagate Recovery Services programs to a network of 14,000 channel partners in North America. This extension will allow channel partners to share revenues at various tiers when...

Source: Intel's Core 2 Quad to Debut at CES.(Consumer Electronics Show 2007)
January 3, 2007... Looking to capitalize on its first-to-market quad-core processors, Intel plans to announce its Core 2 Quad for commercial PCs at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, an industry source told eWEEK. The latest quad-core...

Report: Specialized Skill Shortages to Swell IT Salaries.
January 3, 2007... Driving up salaries for workers with the right mix of specialized skills, technology-based industries are expect to continue to face shortages of talent this year, according to market analysis released Jan. 3 by Philadelphia-based Yoh, a...

Credant to Encrypt GSA's Laptops.(Credant Technologies Inc., General Services Administration)
January 3, 2007... Security software maker Credant announced Jan. 3 that it has won a deal to provide full-disk encryption technology for all laptops controlled by the U.S. General Services Administration, which could give the firm a leg-up in negotiations with...

HP, Tandberg to Team on Video Conferencing.(Hewlett-Packard Co., Tandberg Data ASA)
January 3, 2007... Hewlett-Packard and Tandberg announced Jan. 3 that they have partnered up to bring users video conference platforms. With the announced alliance, users will be able to use HP's Halo Collaboration Studios, which simulates face-to-face...

Amsterdam Mulls the Linux Desktop.(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... Amsterdam has decided to give the Linux desktop and OpenOffice a try. In late December, the city--previously a Microsoft-only operation--announced plans to spend 300,000 Euros (roughly $400,000) on testing Linux and other open-source software...

Analyst Predicts Eightfold Increase in New Storage Capacity by 2013.(Storage Visions conference)
January 3, 2007... Data storage analyst and consultant Coughlin Associates will reveal a survey report Jan. 6 at the Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas that predicts an eightfold increase in new digital storage capacity and the doubling of storage-related...

States Hope to Reap Rewards from Wireless Contract.
January 3, 2007... The Western States Contracting Alliance has put into place a wireless purchasing contract designed to save money for states and localities across the United States. In a new contract that went into effect Jan. 1, WSCA has developed a...

Microsoft's 'Enchanted Office' Comic Touts Ribbon.(Microsoft Office 2007)
January 3, 2007... Microsoft is using a Web-based comic strip to try to reach a broad set of consumers and convince them that they can benefit from the new Ribbon-based user interface found in Office 2007. While much of the hype leading up to the consumer...

DVS to Use Xyratex's Storage Technology.(Digital Video Systems)(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... Storage subsystems provider Xyratex announced Jan. 3 that its F5402E FC-SAS /SATA RAID system will support Digital Video Systems' selected products from its film/HD Post Production product line. Hampshire, England-based Xyratex's F5402E...

Nuance Bolsters Speech Services with MobileVoiceControl Acquisition.(Nuance Communications)
January 3, 2007... Nuance Communications announced Jan. 3 that it has completed its acquisition of MobileVoiceControl, bolstering its speech-enabled services. The Burlington, Mass., provider of speech and imaging platforms, Nuance's finalized acquisition...

VA Project Combines Electronic Health Records with Genetic Data.(Department of Veterans Affairs)
January 3, 2007... In an effort to advance genetic medicine, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a project that links a patient's genetic information with the medical history stored in his or her electronic health record, according to Government...

Microsoft Hosts Mix for Web Developers, Designers.
January 3, 2007... Microsoft has opened registration for its Mix07 conference, which is aimed at bringing Web developers, designers and the advertising community together to look at new business opportunities around Microsoft's next-generation Web technologies....

U.S. Group Sues Nokia, Samsung over Bluetooth.(Washington Research Foundation)(Brief article)
January 3, 2007... AMSTERDAM (Reuters)--The Washington Research Foundation has sued mobile phone makers Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Matsushita-owned Panasonic for infringing on a patent for wireless Bluetooth technology. "Defendants have manufactured,...

Cisco to Buy Security Software Maker for $830 Million.(Cisco Systems Inc., IronPort Systems Inc.)
January 4, 2007... There is an updated version of this story available. For the most recent version, click here [link omitted]. NEW YORK (Reuters)--Top U.S. network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. said on Thursday it will buy Web messaging and e-mail...

Google, China Mobile Cooperate on Search Services.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... SHANGHAI (Reuters)--Google Inc., the world's top search engine, on Thursday said it is cooperating with China's top mobile carrier to provide mobile and Internet search services in the world's second-largest online market. Google will...

Patch Tuesday: Critical MS Office Fixes Coming.(Microsoft plans to release software patches for Microsoft Office)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... Microsoft's security response team has announced plans to release eight security bulletins Jan. 9 with patches for a slew of Windows and Office vulnerabilities. Four of the bulletins will deal directly with the Microsoft Office desktop...

Lattix Releases New Software Architecture Management System.(Lattix LDM 3.0, application development software)
January 4, 2007... Lattix has announced Lattix LDM 3.0, which lets managers, architects and developers visualize, specify and maintain the architecture of a complex enterprise software system through models. With its LDM (Lightweight Dependency Model)...

RIM Licenses Kodiak's Push-to-Talk for BlackBerry.(Research In Motion, Kodiak Networks)
January 4, 2007... Kodiak Networks announced Jan. 4 that it has signed a global licensing agreement with Research In Motion to feature several mobile applications, including push-to-talk, on BlackBerry handsets. Under the agreement, RIM will integrate a Java...

Cisco Buys E-mail Security Specialist IronPort.(Cisco Systems Inc., IronPort Systems Inc.)
January 4, 2007... Cisco Systems announced on Jan. 4 that it has agreed to buy IronPort, a provider of messaging and Web security appliances, for approximately $830 million. The San Jose, Calif.-based networking giant reported that the deal will consist of a...

Adobe's Video Post-Production Suite Goes Cross-Platform.(Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Production Studio)
January 4, 2007... Adobe Systems announced on Jan. 4 that the next version of Adobe Production Studio, the company's integrated video and audio post-production tool set, will be available for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The new version of Adobe...

Multichannel E-Commerce Inefficiency Can No Longer Be Ignored.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... Few have argued that multichannel marketing isn't attractive and most probably essential, and fewer still have questioned the maddening inefficiency of such a system. An upcoming report from the Retail Systems Alert Group predicts that...

Brazil Court Orders YouTube Shut on Celeb Sex Video.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... SAO PAULO, Brazil, (Reuters)--A Brazilian court ordered the popular video sharing service YouTube, a unit of Internet search provider Google Inc., to be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video from its site, a judicial clerk said...

Paper: DoCoMo to Upgrade 3G Network at Low Cost.(NTT DoCoMo Inc.)
January 4, 2007... TOKYO (Reuters)--Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc. will upgrade its 3G network for less than one-tenth of what it cost to roll out the existing infrastructure, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday, sending shares in the telecommunications giant...

Amazon's New Site Pushes Shipping.
January 4, 2007... Amazon.com shook up the e-commerce world Jan. 3, unveiling a new site that offers free overnight shipping for all purchases. The new site--called Endless.com--is focused on the highly competitive footwear and handbag sector, where sites...

Top 4 Reasons Windows Wins and Linux Loses.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Here are my top four reasons why Windows wins and Linux...

What Scares Me About Security in 2007.
January 4, 2007... I'm always annoyed when it comes to the end-of-year retrospectives and predictions, especially the predictions. "More of the same" is never an acceptable answer, even if it's true, because it's boring. But I do think that the security landscape...

New SpectraLink Wi-Fi Phones Work on A, B and G Networks.
January 4, 2007... SpectraLink, a manufacturer of enterprise-class wireless phones, has introduced a new series of 802.11 wireless IP phones. According to the company, the new NetLink 8000 Series phones will support 802.11a, b and g. There will initially be...

Microsoft Word Comes of Age.
January 4, 2007... Microsoft's ubiquitous word processing program, Microsoft Word, celebrates its 18th birthday in 2007, having successfully wended its way through the growing pains of childhood and challenges of adolescence. Word essentially started as a...

Compliance Purists Stare Down AV Threat.(anti-virus)
January 4, 2007... As enterprises wait to see whether the newly elected Congress will soften regulatory guidelines such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2007 and alleviate the strain placed on businesses, anti-virus vendors including McAfee continue to push...

Analysts: Expect iTV, Leopard News at Macworld.(Macworld Expo, Apple Computer Inc.)
January 4, 2007... Each year, in the weeks leading to Apple Computer's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, the rumors and speculation begin circulating about what CEO Steve Jobs and his team will unveil during the major keynote address. This year is no...

SanDisk Ships New Solid State Drive.(SanDisk 32GB)
January 4, 2007... Solid state drive and memory-card maker SanDisk on Jan. 4 introduced a 32GB, 1.8-inch solid state drive that can be used as a drop-in replacement for a standard spinning-disk hard drive. Initially aimed at OEMs for enterprise users as the...

No GPLv3 for MySQL... Yet.(General Public License)(MySQL has changed its license to GPL 2)(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... Kaj Arno, MySQL vice president of community relations, quietly revealed on his blog before Christmas that MySQL has changed its license to "GPL2 Only." This does not mean, however, that MySQL, the well-known open-source DBMS vendor, is...

Novell to Buy XenSource? Altiris?(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... Matt Asay, formerly the man in charge of Novell's Linux and open-source strategy, thinks that Novell may be getting ready to buy up Altiris or XenSource sometime soon. In his blog, AC/OS, Asay wrote on Jan. 3 that "Word on the street is...

Can Apple Overcome Latest Security Backlash?(Apple Computer Inc.)
January 4, 2007... A pair of renegade hackers has launched a project aimed at embarrassing Apple Computer into fixing software vulnerabilities in a timelier manner, prompting new calls for the Cupertino, Calif. company to hire a security czar to head off a...

CompTIA Agenda: Innovative, Competitive IT.(Computing Technology Industry Association)
January 4, 2007... Promoting U.S. tech innovation, keeping the work force globally competitive and advancing broadband Internet are three of the seven priorities CompTIA, a Washington-based group representing the business interests of the IT industry, encourages...

IT Recruitment Takes a Sizable Year-End Hit.(Brief article)
January 4, 2007... IT recruitment took a hit in December, as demand for computer and mathematical occupations plunged 15 points in an employment index released monthly by Monster Worldwide, the New York-based online recruitment site. The 15-point drop was...

Security Flaws Haunt PDF, OpenOffice Users.(Portable document software)
January 4, 2007... Serious security vulnerabilities in two desktop applications could allow malicious hackers to plant malicious code on millions of computers, according to warnings from the U.S. government's computer emergency response team. The more...

IronPort Buyout May Open New Doors for Cisco.(Cisco Systems Inc., IronPort Systems Inc.)
January 5, 2007... While some industry watchers were surprised by the $830 million price tag that Cisco Systems agreed to pay for messaging security specialists IronPort, most analysts agree that the deal opens a range of new opportunities for the networking...

On-Demand CRM Vendor RightNow Stumbles in Q4.(RightNow Technologies, customer relationship management)
January 5, 2007... On-demand customer relationship management vendor RightNow Technologies stumbled badly in its fourth quarter. The company issued a warning late in the afternoon of Jan. 4 that its fourth-quarter 2006 revenues would see a shortfall, as will its...

AT&T-BellSouth Merger May Be Good for Business.
January 5, 2007... Within minutes of final FCC approval of the merger between telecom giants AT&T and BellSouth, the wheels of change began turning to create a 22-state communications company that takes a big step in reassembling the old Ma Bell of decades past....

Hitachi Heralds 1TB Hard Drive.(Hitachi Global Storage Technologies)
January 5, 2007... Hitachi Global Storage Technologies on Jan. 5 unveiled what it says is the industry's first 1TB hard drive. The Deskstar 7K1000 offers users a high storage capacity that allows them to store their games, home movies, photos and music while...

VMware Slices Up Mac OS X.(VMware Fusion, virtualization software)(Product/service evaluation)
January 5, 2007... eWEEK Labs recently tested a beta release of VMware's "Fusion," a desktop virtualization product for Mac OS X that's comparable in function to VMware Workstation but with a distinctively Apple-flavored appearance. When Fusion comes out of...

Oakland A's GM Joins NetSuite Board.(Netsuite Development Corp. appointed Billy Beane)
January 5, 2007... Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A's, is now in the software game, with NetSuite's Jan. 4 announcement that it has appointed Beane to its board of directors. NetSuite develops on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning)...

Study: Leading Retail Sites Slow to Adopt AJAX.
January 5, 2007... According to a recent survey of more than 200 online retailers, less than 20 percent of them are using Asynchronous JavaScript and XML techniques to build out their sites, and only about 6 percent use advanced AJAX techniques. The survey,...

Torture Testing Security Products.
January 5, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Torture Testing Security Products In this TestRun podcast, Cameron Sturdevant, eWEEK Labs West Coast Technical Director talks about his initial experience with the Mu-4000, a tool that torture tests security products, with...

Spencer's Top 5: Virtual Politics.
January 5, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Spencer's Top 5: Virtual Politics In this week's Top 5, Spencer counts down what to expect if politicians embrace Second Life. Host: Spencer F. Katt Length: 00:01:57 var subjectLine=top.document.title; var...

New Perspectives On UML.(Unified Modeling Language)(Telelogic's high-powered planning tools, "Telelogic Modeler")(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); New Perspectives On UML In this InfraSpectrum: Unified Modeling Language, the core of high-powered planning tools that often come at a price to match, becomes more accessible with Telelogic's release this month of its...

Toshiba Ships New Portable HDDs with Automated Backup.(hard disk drives)
January 5, 2007... Mobile storage provider Toshiba Storage Device Division launched Jan. 4 a new line of 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable external hard drives in 100GB, 120GB and 160GB capacities with automated backup capability. Toshiba's new HDDs feature automatic...

Intel to Announce Quad-Core Processors for Servers at CES.(Consumer Electronics Show 2007)
January 5, 2007... Amid all the consumer products that will be on display at the International CES expo, Intel is planning to offer something new for its enterprise customers as well. The Santa Clara, Calif. chip maker, in addition to rolling out its Core 2...

Layoffs Laid Low in 2006.(Brief article)
January 5, 2007... Planned job cuts totaled 839,822 jobs in 2006, 232,000 less than in 2005, according to a report released Jan. 4 by the New York-based Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a global outplacement consultancy. Overall, 2006 job cuts were 22 percent...

Ingram's Stegner Looks Back, Forward.
January 5, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Ingram's Stegner Looks Back, Forward In this Changing Channels podcast, Mike Vizard talks with outgoing Ingram Micro executive Bob Stegner about trends in the channel and what are the top issues for resellers in 2007. ...

Lenovo Scores with Wide-Screen Business Laptop.(Lenovo ThinkPad T60)(Product/service evaluation)
January 5, 2007... The latest addition to Lenovo's T-series family introduces a wide-screen format to the venerable business notebook line. The ThinkPad T60 Widescreen, which was released in late November, measures 14 by 10 by 1.1 inches and can be configured...

Labor Market Closes Out Year on an Upswing.
January 5, 2007... Despite a slowdown in the economy, the job market showed strength in December, with nonfarm employment increasing by 167,000 in December and the unemployment rate remaining unchanged at 4.5 percent, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics...

Week in Review: Cisco, More Storage, Passings.(Cisco Systems Inc. plans for to evolve into a true platform company, acquired IronPort Systems Inc.)(Hitachi and Seagate developing disk drives capable of holding 1 terabyte storage capacity)(Sam Starr, president and chief executive officer of Sterling Commerce died)
January 5, 2007... Good: What's good for Cisco is good for Cisco. Cisco's $830 million of the spam and e-mail filtering company was a much needed move for Cisco's plans to evolve into a true platform company. Spam and e-mail abuse has moved from being rare,...

Verizon to Offer TV Shows on Cell Phones: NY Times.(Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO USA)(Brief article)
January 6, 2007... NEW YORK--Verizon Wireless is expected to announce on Sunday that it will offer full-length programing to its cellular subscribers from major U.S. television networks, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Citing "people apprised of the...

Intel Adds 3 Quad-core Chips to the Mix.(Xeon 3200)
January 8, 2007... Taking advantage of the attention lavished on the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel is scheduled to roll out three new quad-core processors on Jan. 8. Although CES, which will run from Jan. 8 to Jan. 11, is a...

I'm Not at CES: Day 1.(Consumer Electronics Show)(Column)
January 8, 2007... This is great. Not only is this year's Consumer Electronics Show being reported, blogged and pod/video cast in extremis, even the vendors and keynoters are cooperating in my desire to cover the show this week without being there by the...

ViewSonic 'Displays' at CES.(ViewSonic Corp. introducing projectors, high definition television and liquid crystal displays at Consumer Electronics Show)
January 8, 2007... ViewSonic was in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 8 to display its newest projectors, HDTVs and widescreen LCDs, designed for both the consumer and business professional. While at the CES, the Walnut, Calif.-based provider...

Live From CES 2007.(Consumer Electronics Show)(Podcast)
January 8, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Live From CES Microsoft Watch Editor Joe Wilcox talks with eWeek Editor Scot Petersen live from this year's Consumer Electronics Show about the Bill Gate's keynote and about new products and innovations that Scot has seen at...

Seagate, Microsoft Team to Promote Storage Products.(Seagate Technology L.L.C)
January 8, 2007... For all the growth in computer usage in the past two decades, research by Harris Interactive shows 46 percent of all adults never make backup copies of crucial data on external devices--even as 43 percent said they had lost important computer...

Electronic Arts Bets iPod Good for Video Games.
January 8, 2007... LOS ANGELES (Reuters)--Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod has conquered the portable music market, is making inroads in video, and may turn out to be a video game player as well, game maker Electronic Arts Inc. is betting. Many potential gamers...

Sterling Starts '07 with Good News and Bad News.(Sterling Commerce Inc.'s Samuel Starr died and it completes the acquisition of Comergent Technologies Inc.)
January 8, 2007... Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T, has marked two significant events in this first month of the new year. The company's president and CEO, Samuel Starr, died Dec. 31 of an undisclosed illness, and on Jan. 8, the company completed its $155...