eWeek articles from May 2007

eWeek archives from May 2007

Dell and LANDesk Get a Little Closer.
May 1, 2007... Dell is looking to increase its ties to LANDesk, a provider of desktop, server and patch management software, as a way of offering more comprehensive enterprise administration tools for the vendor's line of PCs and servers. Dell, based in...

Xerox Updates DocuMate Scanner.(Xerox DocuMate 152)
May 1, 2007... Xerox announced May 1 that it has updated its DocuMate 152 duplex scanner by incorporating Visioneer OneTouch Driver and VirtualReScan technology from Kofax, enabling businesses to improve scanned images with new analysis, correction and color...

Four More Convicted in eBay Fraud Case.(Eric Neil Barber, Phillip Buchanan, Wendell Jay Davis and Craig J. Svetska)
May 1, 2007... Four more defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to selling more than $19 million in copyrighted software from Rockwell Automation over eBay, bringing the total number of convictions in the case to seven. Eric Neil Barber of...

Tech CEOs Predict Swelled Use of Offshore Talent.(chief executive officers)
May 1, 2007... Admitting that finding, hiring and retaining qualified employees is their biggest operational challenge, nearly half of fast-growth technology CEOs said they are tapping overseas markets for talent. This is a trend they expect to only...

Do Computer Pros Work Less Than Others?(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Among eight broad professional occupations tracked by the government, only one category--consisting of educators, trainers and librarians--average fewer hours at work each week. The occupation category comprising computer and mathematical...

TIBCO to Buy Spotfire for $195 Million.(TIBCO Software Inc.)
May 1, 2007... TIBCO Software has announced an agreement to acquire Spotfire in a deal worth $195 million. At TUCON (TIBCO User Conference) in San Francisco May 1, TIBCO unveiled its plans to acquire the privately held Somerville, Mass., company, which...

Ubuntu Linux 7.04 Feisty Fawn Review.(linux operating system)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... It's a tough thing when you're doing a review of a distribution that you want to like but end up having to pan it. The latest version of Ubuntu Linux is called Feisty Fawn, and about all I can see it being good for is venison. We found it to be...

Ray Ozzie Is Fully Clothed.(Microsoft Mix 07)
May 1, 2007... LAS VEGAS--Ray Ozzie has on a black suit and a light blue oxford button-down shirt, no tie. I saw it... with my own eyes. I say this because I've begun to hear more and more of my friends and colleagues murmur about Ray Ozzie being the...

What Dell's Desktop Linux Move Means.(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. In 2007, Dell, a top computer manufacturer, is introducing pre-installed Ubuntu Linux on its main PC lines. The worlds of baseball and the desktop will never be the same. In both cases,...

Report: Microsoft Eyes Web Ad Firm 24/7 Real Media.(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters)--Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, is a contender to buy Internet advertising firm 24/7 Real Media for as much as $1 billion, the New York Post reported on May 1. Shares in 24/7 Real Media surged more...

Trillian Vulnerabilities Open to Remote Exploitation.
May 1, 2007... Cerulean Studios has patched multiple vulnerabilities in its popular chat application that could have been exploited remotely by attackers. Cerulean Studios are the makers of Trillian, an instant messaging consolidation application that...

IBM Developing Blades for Server-Based Computing.(IBM and Devon IT developing blade server systems)
May 1, 2007... IBM wants to take client computing back to the data center. Along with Devon IT, IBM is developing a new BladeCenter system that will allow IT administrators to control and manage a fleet of thin client PCs from a back-end data center--a...

Gateway to Put Quad-core Desktop, Media Drive in Stores.(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Gateway will be one of the first PC makers to put quad-core desktops on retail shelves. The company announced April 30 deals with Best Buy, Circuit City Stores and CompUSA to sell its FX series at stores nationwide. The deal also includes...

Linux Vendors Welcome Dell's Prebundling Move.
May 1, 2007... Leading Linux distributors Red Hat and Novell's SUSE have welcomed the news that Dell is going to prebundle Ubuntu Linux on certain consumer machines, saying the move is good for society, customers and the industry. "It's great news that...

ISSI Data Moves Into Online Storage Business.(ISSI DataVault)
May 1, 2007... Storage management software maker ISSI Data on May 1 introduced a new online service aimed at small and midsize businesses that offers automated processes, end-to-end encryption and comprehensive reporting--in addition to tiered-storage and...

U.S. High Court Hands Tech Firms Patent Victories.(Microsoft Corp. case against AT&T Inc.)(Teleflex Inc. case against KSR International)
May 2, 2007... WASHINGTON--The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with software and technology companies in two major patent rulings that could leave them less vulnerable to infringement lawsuits. The high court moved to curb the liability of firms for...

Vonage Asks for Retrial of Key Patent Case.(Brief article)
May 2, 2007... WASHINGTON--Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. said on Tuesday it is seeking a retrial of a key patent infringement case against the company in light of a landmark patent ruling by the Supreme Court on April 30. Vonage said it...

Patent Ruling Makes Obvious Sense.(Supreme Court rules)(Microsoft Corp. vs. AT&T Inc.)
May 2, 2007... Some things just go together, like bread and butter or bacon and eggs or peanut butter and jelly. Everyone understands this because it's obvious. Now say you make some small change to these pairings. For example, bacon and eggs served on a...

New For Your Wallet, Secure Credit Cards With Displays and a Button.(developed by VeriSign Inc. and Innovative Card Technologies)(Editorial)
May 2, 2007... Two security firms have crafted a fully-functional credit card with a tiny monitor and button that will issue one-time passwords. But whether any banks will offer the expensive formfactor is another question. The firms--Verisign and...

Elastic Compute Cloud Stretches Resources.(a web service from Amazon.com Inc.)
May 2, 2007... In the recent crowd of interesting developments in the world of server virtualization, Amazon.com's Elastic Compute Cloud, or EC2, may be the most exciting. The service, which is currently in a limited beta period, lets companies or individuals...

Why Big IT Is a Different Place to Work.(Forrester Research report)
May 2, 2007... From the size of systems to the depth of resources, working at a big IT shop bears little resemblance to smaller counterparts, finds new analysis from Forrester Research. Defined in the Forrester report as organizations with more than...

SAP, Open Text Pen Reseller Agreement.
May 2, 2007... SAP and Open Text announced on May 2 that the companies have partnered up on a reseller agreement that will allow SAP to deliver enterprise content management software from Open Text to enterprises. SAP and Open Text have been partners for...

Commtouch: Malware Writers' Tactics Evolving.
May 2, 2007... A new report by security vendor Commtouch claims attackers are increasingly spreading server-side polymorphic malware via e-mail in a bid to circumvent anti-virus tools. According to the report, which focuses on the first four months of...

Intel Weighing Job Cuts at New Mexico Fab.
May 2, 2007... Intel is considering job cuts at one of its fabs in Rio Rancho, N.M. as the company looks to move away from some of its older microprocessor technology. On May 1, Intel executives met with employees at the Rio Rancho facility, known as Fab...

MS, SAP Tout New RFID Platform Capabilities.(Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2)(SAP Object Event Repository)(radio frequency identification)
May 2, 2007... Microsoft and SAP previewed new technology at the RFID Journal Live conference in Orlando from April 30 to May 2. While Microsoft took another baby step toward releasing its RFID platform with the first public beta of BizTalk Server 2006 R2,...

POS Vendors Now Targeted In Credit Card Receipt Error Case.(Charlotte Russe sued Computer Dynamics Inc.)(DataVantage Corp. accused by Shoe Pavilion Inc.)(point of sale systems)(Editorial)
May 2, 2007... Following lawsuits in February against some of the nation's largest retailers for allegedly revealing too much credit card information on printed receipts, two of those retailers are now suing their point-of-sale vendors. In the initial...

Cisco Partners Step on It.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Podcast)(Brief article)
May 2, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Cisco Partners Step on It In this week's Changing Channels, Jessica Davis talks to Edison Peres, vice president of worldwide channels at Cisco, about how Cisco is helping partners accelerate their growth plans. Host:...

esxRanger Ably Backs Up VMs.(esxRanger Professional 3.1)(virtual machines)(Product/service evaluation)
May 2, 2007... Server virtualization products can work some impressive tricks--such as helping feed a multitude of new server demand without requiring companies to buy more hardware. However, the magic of virtualization can't erase the need for traditional...

Enomalism Helps Manage Virtual Machines.(Product/service evaluation)
May 2, 2007... Enomaly's Enomalism Open Source Edition is a Web-based management console for the Xen hypervisor. Enomalism does not comprise a complete virtualization solution on its own; rather, it is meant to sit atop an existing Xen implementation, such as...

Designers Welcome Microsoft/Adobe Competition.(Microsoft Expression Studio)(Adobe Systems Inc.)
May 2, 2007... LAS VEGAS--Designers welcome Microsoft's foray into the design tools space and the software giant's competition with Adobe, because in the end the designers ultimately win, some design professionals said. Indeed, designers said the...

Nokia Sued in U.S. over a Technology Patent.(by Michael S Sutton Ltd. )(Brief article)
May 2, 2007... HELSINKI (Reuters)--New Zealand-based company Michael S Sutton Ltd. has filed a complaint against Nokia in the United States for infringing a data packaging technology patent and is seeking damages, court documents showed. The...

IBM to Cut 1,315 Jobs in U.S., Union Says.(Brief article)
May 2, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--IBM, the world's largest technology services company, is cutting 1,315 services-related jobs in the United States, a union trying to organize IBM workers said on May 1. The cuts affect employees in a variety of areas...

Next Target of Cell Phone Industry: Navigation.
May 2, 2007... HELSINKI (Reuters)--After hitting alarm clock makers and camera manufacturers, the cell phone industry has a new target--personal navigation device makers. Handset makers see navigation as one of the next major value-adding offerings and...

IBM to Launch Power6-Based Systems in Six Weeks.(System p servers )
May 2, 2007... IBM is planning to unveil the first systems that will use next-generation Power6 processors within the next six weeks. At IBM's ParterWorld Conference in St. Louis, Ross Mauri, the general manager for System p in IBM's Systems and...

Has Digg Dug a Legal Hole for Itself?(Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator)(Digg.com DVDs security issue)
May 3, 2007... Call it the Internet's version of a bloodless coup. A revolt by users of Digg.com led the administrators of the Web site to reverse a decision to remove stories containing code used to circumvent digital rights management for HD-DVDs. But...

Nokia to Launch 2 New Handsets for Business Users, Consumers.(Nokia 2630 and Nokia 2760)(Brief article)
May 3, 2007... Nokia announced May 3 that in the third quarter of 2007 it will launch two handsets, the Nokia 2630 and Nokia 2760, designed for both business users and consumers. The Nokia 2630 is 9.9mm thick and includes a camera and Bluetooth...

Sona Mobile Launches Media Platform Designed for BlackBerry Devices.(Brief article)
May 3, 2007... Sona Mobile Inc. announced May 3 that its Sona Media Platform, a media management system that will bring push media to BlackBerry Devices and enable users to receive media content ranging from news, video clips and highlights on their...

Intel Plans Push into Mobility, Emerging Markets.
May 3, 2007... At a gathering of analysts in New York, the world's largest chip maker unveiled plans to use its 45-nm technology to enter new markets, while increasing the number of processors and platforms for laptops and ultramobile devices. At a...

Best Practices in Security.
May 3, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Best Practices in Security In this Podcast, Rosenberger discusses "In-the-cloud" real-time protection and a Multi-layered, multi-pronged approach. Host: Jack Rosenberger Length: 00:07:04 var...

Protection: Common Pitfalls.
May 3, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Protection: Common Pitfalls In this Podcast, Sal Salamone discusses the belief that current protection is sufficient, traditional solutions protect only against known threats, performance requirements and the need for a...

Web Threats 101.
May 3, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Web Threats 101 What they are, how they differ from other threats and why they are so deadly. Host: Chris Yeich Length: 00:07:13 var subjectLine=top.document.title; var bodyText= 'You can listen to this ePodcast...

Channel Challenges.
May 3, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Channel Challenges In this week's Changing Channels, Mike Vizard talks Tiffani Bova, chief analyst for the channel at Gartner Group on the eve of Gartner's IT ChannelVision, about the business issues facing resellers today....

Microsoft Poised to Rule Entertainment, Devices World: Part 3.(Robbie Bach)(Interview)
May 3, 2007... LAS VEGAS--Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, spoke with eWEEK senior editor Darryl K. Taft at the Microsoft Mix conference here. This is Part 3 of the interview. Click here [link omitted] to read Part 1...

Court Denies Vonage Bid for Patent Case Retrial.(Verizon Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
May 3, 2007... WASHINGTON (Reuters)--A U.S. appeals court has denied a request by Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. that it order a retrial in the patent infringement case brought against it by Verizon Communications Inc. The U.S. Court of...

Recent Examples and Impacts of Web Threats.
May 3, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Recent Examples and Impacts of Web Threats Discussion addressing ZLOB, PE Looked, RINBOT and LINKOPTIM. Host: Eileen Feretic Length: 00:06:26 var subjectLine=top.document.title; var bodyText= 'You can listen to...

Microsoft Poised to Rule Entertainment, Devices World.(Interview)
May 3, 2007... LAS VEGAS--As president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, Robbie Bach drives the company's Connected Entertainment vision, offering consumers new and compelling, branded entertainment experiences across music, gaming, video and...

Texas Instruments Plans Philippines Plant: Sources.(Brief article)
May 3, 2007... MANILA--U.S.-based Texas Instruments Inc., the world's biggest maker of mobile phone chips, is planning a second production plant in the Philippines, industry sources in Manila said on May 3. The sources said a formal announcement on the...

Oracle, IBM, NEC to Market Linux in Japan.(Brief article)
May 3, 2007... TOKYO (Reuters)--Major information technology firms, including Oracle Corp., IBM Corp. and NEC Corp., will set up a consortium to sell servers and systems running the Linux operating system in Japan, a financial daily said on Thursday. It...

Apple Unveils Plans to Go Greener.(Brief article)
May 3, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Apple Inc., responding to criticism from environmental groups, unveiled plans on Wednesday that Chief Executive Steve Jobs claimed would make the company greener than most of its competitors. In a message titled, "A...

RIM Courts Broader Market with BlackBerry Curve.(Research in Motion Ltd. launched new smart phones)
May 3, 2007... TORONTO (Reuters)--Research In Motion Ltd. is rolling out the smallest and lightest full-keyboard BlackBerry smartphone yet, a new multimedia-laden device aimed at broadening the market that it seeks to conquer. Aside from all of the...

Microsoft to Acquire Mobile Ad Company ScreenTonic.(Brief article)
May 3, 2007... SEATTLE (Reuters)--Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it agreed to acquire European mobile phone advertising company ScreenTonic to gain a foothold in the rapidly growing business for placing ads on mobile phones. Microsoft, the world's...

IBM Uses Self-Assembling Material in Chip Advance.
May 3, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--IBM has developed a way to make microchips run up to one-third faster or use 15 percent less power by using an exotic material that "self-assembles" in a similar way to a seashell or snowflake. The computer...

Supreme Court Decision Challenges Software Patents.
May 3, 2007... When the Supreme Court of the United States ruled for KSR in the case of KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., it also served notice to the software industry that major changes may be afoot in both the granting and protecting of existing software...

AMD Hosts Preemptive Lunch Before Intel Launch.(mobile chips)(Brief article)
May 3, 2007... AMD made a strong preemptive statement on May 2, hosting a press and analyst luncheon to hype the company's strengths in mobile processing compared to the upcoming Intel mobile chip code-named Santa Rosa. "We believe that versus Santa...

Microsoft Poised to Rule Entertainment, Devices World: Part 2.(Interview)
May 3, 2007... LAS VEGAS--Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, spoke with eWEEK senior editor Darryl K. Taft at the Microsoft Mix conference here. This is Part 2 of the interview. For the first part of this interview,...

Unpacking the Digg-AACS Controversy.(Advanced Access Content System Licensing Administrator LLC.)(digital rights management)
May 3, 2007... By now the Digg user revolt story over DRM circumvention is so widespread that writing an analysis piece seems like an ironic exercise in meme replication. The story began with AACS LA's wish to keep their hex code secret, and ends with...

Shred It (In-House) or Regret It.(Service Employees International Union representatives took the documents from trash cans of J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. (New York, New York))(destroy of confidential documents)
May 4, 2007... JPMorgan Chase on May 4 confirmed that the papers pulled from its trash cans by Service Employees International Union representatives are legitimate bank documents. The documents taken from the trash by the SEIU included loan applications...

Intel Preparing Q3 Launch for 'Caneland'.(quad-core processors and chipsets)
May 4, 2007... Intel is steadily moving toward converting the last of its products to its Core microarchitecture. Following Intel's meeting with financial analysts on May 3, Thomas Kilroy, the vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital...

Akamai Gains Traction with Web App Acceleration Service.(Akamai Technologies)
May 4, 2007... Akamai Technologies on May 7 will launch a range of enhancements for its Akamai Web Application Accelerator designed to bolster the managed services offering as an alternative to in-house application acceleration deployments. Akamai, which...

Ubuntu Talks Dell.
May 4, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); Ubuntu Talks Dell In an exclusive interview, Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, talks with eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli about the news that Dell will ship Ubuntu Linux preinstalled on some of...

IPv6 Switch Will Be Onerous.(internet protocol)
May 4, 2007... June 2008 will be a milestone for IPv6 adoption. By that time, U.S. military and government agencies must source IPv6-capable hardware and software. For most IT managers, the switch to IPv6 will be an onerous transition involving extensive...

A Tale of Three Steves.(Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer)
May 4, 2007... "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night," howled the Don Pardo-like Puss, assuming the buzz that Apple legend Steve Wozniak and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin are planning to drive a hydrogen-powered Hummer to the South Pole had to be a...

Ubuntu Founder: No Emulation Software for Dell Systems.(Mark Shuttleworth)(Interview)
May 4, 2007... Dell will not include open-source software such as Wine, which lets users run Windows programs on Linux, with the PCs it plans to bundle with Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu and its commercial sponsor Canonical, said May...

Yahoo to Shut Down Yahoo Photos Service, Push Flickr.
May 4, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--Yahoo Inc. is shutting down Yahoo Photos, its first-generation photo storage site, and asking users to move instead to Yahoo's Web 2.0 photo sharing site, Flickr, a Yahoo official said on Thursday. In June, tens of millions...

Churchill Downs Lets It Ride on IT.(upgrade its information technology infrastructure)
May 4, 2007... LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- When Queen Elizabeth II lands here on May 5 to see the Kentucky Derby for the first time, one of the things she'll be able to do is bet on her favorite steed from the comfort of the royal box, using a handheld betting device....

Dell's Linux Plans Shine Light On Free Potential.
May 4, 2007... The small steps that Dell has taken toward offering desktop and notebook PCs preloaded with Ubuntu 7.04 could mean a giant leap forward for the viability of desktop Linux. Linux preloads from Dell would give computer buyers who aren't out...

RH0 Threats: Lesson Not Learned.(internet security threats)
May 4, 2007... Type 0 Routing Headers: We've long known they can be used in IPv4 to crazily bounce network packets back and forth between hops on their route, potentially causing denial of service. Why in the world, then, are we seeing them again in IPv6?...

5 Free Online Video Editing Sites Reviewed.(Brief article)
May 4, 2007... Some people would be surprised that you can edit photos online without locally installed software, but surely video editing is too resource-intensive to be done over the web, right? Wrong! We review five online services that let you do things...

Adobe to Acquire Media Delivery Service Provider.(Adobe Systems Inc. acquired Scene7 Inc.)(Brief article)
May 4, 2007... Adobe Systems announced May 3 that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Scene7, an on-demand media software company that provides businesses with on-demand platforms for imaging, cataloging and messaging. The acquisition,...

IPv6: Ready or Not.(Internet Protocol 6.0)
May 4, 2007... Way to go, vendors of low-end routers and intrusion detection and prevention systems--you're a stumbling block on Bechtel's path to the next-generation Internet. "We're doing 'both IPv4 and the next-generation IPv6 networks', and we...

New Worm Targets Portable Memory Drives.
May 4, 2007... Researchers from security vendor Sophos say a new worm targeting removable drives is an example of a potential security threat for businesses. The SillyFD-AA worm searches for removable drives such as floppy disks and USB memory sticks and...

IBM, HP Led World in Tape Storage Markets in 2006.
May 4, 2007... Researcher IDC reported May 3 that the worldwide branded tape-drive market in 2006 continued to be dominated by two of the usual suspects: IBM and Hewlett-Packard. According to the IDC year-end report, "IDC Worldwide Branded Tape...

What's Driving the IPv6 Impetus.
May 4, 2007... We've been hearing about IPv6 for a while now. So what's tipping the next-generation Internet protocol into top-of-mind territory now? As Senior Editor Lisa Vaas reports starting on Page 22, several forces are combining that will set the...

Nano Gets No More Damages from Canon in Panel Suit.(Nano-Proprietary Inc.)(Brief article)
May 5, 2007... TOKYO (Reuters)--A U.S. court has ruled Canon Inc. does not have to pay additional damages to Nano-Proprietary Inc. over the violation of a patent license used to develop a new kind of flat-panel display. The jury, in a verdict on Thursday,...

Premier League Soccer Sues YouTube over Copyright.
May 5, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Plaintiffs including English soccer's Premier League sued Google Inc.'s YouTube on Friday for copyright infringement, the second such legal challenge to the popular video site in two months. According to court...

Web Alarms, Mobile Alerts Aim to Make You Safer.(Total Computer Group developing security technologies for identifying criminals)
May 5, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--From emergency message networks that can reach 100,000 people within minutes, to alarm systems that allow you to monitor your home over the Web, new technologies are aiming to make U.S. consumers feel safer. While...

Yahoo Shares Rise on Reports of Microsoft Interest.
May 5, 2007... LOS ANGELES (Reuters)--Shares of Yahoo Inc. soared as much as 19 percent to their highest level in nearly a year on Friday after two newspaper reports said the company and Microsoft Corp. were in preliminary merger talks to take on common foe...

Running for IP Cover.(business enterprises plans for technology to secure electronic copies of intellectual property )
May 7, 2007... In the wake of incidents such as the TJX Companies' massive data breach, reported in January, it shouldn't come as a surprise to find that 90 percent of companies plan to plug in new technology to secure electronic copies of intellectual...

Can JBI 2 Succeed Where JBI 1 Did Not?(Java Business Integration 2.0)
May 7, 2007... As Java Business Integration 1.0 failed to become the success its supporters hoped for, Sun Microsystems and some partners are working to try again. Sun has proposed a new spec, Java Specification Request (JSR) 312, Java Business...

TJX Intruders Sought Any Wireless Port In A Storm.(TJX Companies Inc.)(Column)
May 7, 2007... Throughout the five-month public history of the TJX data breach fallout, the industry has repeatedly tried to simplify it, to label one cause as the explanation, whether it was incompetent IT execution, an inside job, an open wireless port or...

Dell to Partner with Microsoft, Novell on Interoperability.
May 7, 2007... Dell has joined Microsoft and Novell in their business collaboration that is designed to provide greater interoperability between Windows and SUSE Linux and give customers on both sides intellectual property assurance. Under the agreement...

Windows Live Hotmail Hits the Streets.(Microsoft will launch e-mail software)
May 7, 2007... After more than two years in development and testing by some 20 million beta testers globally, Microsoft will launch Windows Live Hotmail, the successor to MSN Hotmail, in 36 languages across the world May 7. Windows Live Hotmail customers...

Dell Joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux Pact.(Brief article)
May 7, 2007... NEW YORK--Microsoft Corp. said on May 7 Dell Inc. had joined a business collaboration it had with Novell Inc. to allow open-source Linux software to work with Windows. The move makes Dell the first major systems provider to join the...

Dell Continues Transformation.(Dell Inc. partnership with Canonical to preinstall Ubuntu Linux in Dell desktops)
May 7, 2007... Less than a year after announcing that it was finally ready to put chips from Advanced Micro Devices into its hardware, Dell is continuing to reinvent itself as it combats declining market share, disappointing financial results and image...