eWeek articles from November 2007

eWeek archives from November 2007

Sprint in Talks with Google on Mobile Apps.(Sprint Nextel Corp.)
November 1, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Sprint Nextel Corp, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, is in talks to put applications from Web search leader Google Inc on its cell phones, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Google is in talks with some...

Vista Is Hitting Its Stride.(dialogue with Kevin Johnson of Microsoft Corp.)(Interview)
November 1, 2007... SEATTLE (Reuters)--Microsoft Corp's Windows Vista is starting to see mass adoption from businesses nearly a year after it was released, the company said while predicting a strong first holiday season for the product. "We feel like we are...

Verio Targets the Midmarket.
November 1, 2007... With the introduction of a new suite of products aimed at the midmarket, Verio is continuing its transformation from a generalized Web and application hosting provider to one focusing squarely on companies with fewer than 1,000 users. The...

Senators Question Telco Domestic Spying Immunity.
November 1, 2007... U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D.-Vt., questioned on Oct. 31 whether an "after-the-fact free pass" is in order for telecommunications carriers that cooperated with the Bush administration's domestic spying program of telephone wiretapping and e-mail...

HP Releases Multi-level Security Services for RHEL5.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... There is security, and then there is Security. HP, with its new multi-level security services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now offering Common Criteria certified level security for this Linux on its server and desktops. Common...

VMware Virtualization Software Eyes Chinese Reality.(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... BEIJING (Reuters)--VMware Inc, a global leader in virtualization software, said on Thursday it hopes to expand rapidly in China, a market where it has only recently established a toehold. VMware has built 35-person research and development...

Fast-Growing SP Offers Peek at Acquisition Formula.(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... CDW may have been the poster child for reseller mergers and acquisitions in 2007, but plenty of other small and midsize VARs and solution providers have been eyeing mergers and acquisitions, too. And while interest in these transactions is...

Demystifying VOIP for VARs.
November 1, 2007... EVIDEOembedSWF(); Sponsored by: document.write(''); Demystifying VOIP for VARs eWeek Channel Insider Executive Technology Editor Frank Ohlhorst explains several reasons why VARs should reconsider VOIP deployments as a new growth...

Lenovo Nearly Triples Q2 Sales.(Lenovo Group Ltd.)(second quarter)(Financial report)
November 1, 2007... HONG KONG--Lenovo, battling Acer for the mantle of world's No. 3 PC maker, smashed expectations with a near-tripling in quarterly earnings thanks to robust PC demand and market share gains. Though the fiscal second quarter marked its...

Chinese Fraudsters Fake Drug Watchdog Web Site.(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... BEIJING--China's battle against fake and substandard drugs has taken an unusual twist with the discovery of a Web site masquerading as that of the country's food and drug watchdog. The site was apparently set up to promote a diabetes...

Free and Easy Web Conferencing From dimdim.(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... For many information and white collar workers, attending meetings and presentations remotely through Web-based conferencing applications is a weekly if not daily ritual. And while Web conferencing has improved since its early days, it can...

Fortress Mac Is Gone.
November 1, 2007... Several pornography sites are loading a Trojan disguised as a video codec required to view content on Macs--the first Mac-targeted malware exploit to be spotted in the wild and validation of security researchers' long-maintained prediction...

IBM to Spend $1.5B on Data Security.(International Business Machines Corp.)
November 1, 2007... IBM touched off a major push for security that will include spending $1.5 billion on security-related efforts in 2008 to help businesses protect data and manage risk. Company officials said the money will be spent on developing security...

Comcast Hit with FCC Network Neutrality Complaint.(Federal Communications Commission)
November 1, 2007... Public advocacy groups and legal scholars from Yale, Harvard and Stanford filed a network neutrality complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against cable giant Comcast Nov. 1. The complaint sets the stage for the first major test...

IBM Services to Aid PCI Compliance.(payment card industry)
November 1, 2007... IBM has launched a new program Nov. 1 for companies pursuing compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard in conjunction with a sweeping data security standard. The comprehensive program is designed to take companies...

Cisco Acquires Securent for $100 Million.(Cisco Systems Inc.)
November 1, 2007... Cisco Systems on November 1 announced its 125th acquisition with an agreement to acquire policy management software provider Securent. The acquisition, valued at about $100 million, brings to Cisco technology that allows customers to...

CA Earnings Skyrocket.(Financial report)
November 1, 2007... CA's profit soared 153 percent and revenue rose 8 percent year-to-year, the company reported Nov. 1 in an account of its second-quarter 2008 performance. The software firm continued to put its financial struggles behind it, drawing a net...

Al Qaeda Rumored to Prep e-Jihad for Nov. 11.
November 1, 2007... Al Qaeda plans to launch an electronic Jihad on Nov. 11, attacking Western, Jewish, Israeli, Muslim apostate and Shiite Web sites, according to an unconfirmed report. The report comes from DEBKAfile, an Israeli an online military...

Sun Debuts OpenSolaris Developer Preview.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)
November 1, 2007... Sun Microsystems and the OpenSolaris community have released a developer preview of the binary distribution for OpenSolaris, which is targeted at those who want to develop and test the distribution. While Sun is shooting to make the full...

MySpace Joins Google.(MySpace.com Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO--Web search leader Google has signed on MySpace, the world's largest social network, to its platform for allowing outside developers to write programs for social Web sites. The addition of MySpace gives the Google platform...

Five ACS Board Members Resign After Feud with Chairman.(Affiliated Computer Services Inc.)
November 2, 2007... Affiliated Computer Services, caught in a bitter battle between members of the company's board and its chairman, said in a statement Nov. 1 that five board members had resigned after initially refusing to do so. Darwin Deason, chairman and...

EDS Q2 Profit Rises 80 Percent.(Electronic Data Systems Corp.)(second quarter)(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 2, 2007... There is an updated version of this story available. For the most recent version, click here [link omitted]. NEW YORK--Electronic Data Systems, the world's No. 2 technology services company, reported an 80 percent increase in quarterly...

Symantec's Mobile Security Suite Misses Mark.(Symantec's Mobile Security Suite 5.0 proviedes features to the Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0)
November 2, 2007... Symantec's Mobile Security Suite 5.0 provides a good mix of security features for devices based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0, but the product ultimately misses the mark due to clumsy management tools and a complete lack of integrated...

Acquisitions Heating Up.(Acquisitions and mergers)
November 2, 2007... Oracle's takeover bid for BEA Systems was just the latest example of what is shaping up as a historic stretch of mergers and acquisitions in the technology industry. Despite a recent slowdown in the credit markets that left private equity...

Apple Stealthily Updates Laptops.(Apple Inc.)(Brief article)
November 2, 2007... These things usually happen on Tuesdays, but Apple quietly refreshed its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptop lines Nov. 1. So quietly, in fact, that the company didn't even bother to post a press release about it on its Web site. The new...

IBM Poised for System p Push.(International Business Machines Corp.)
November 2, 2007... IBM is ready to start making noise with its System p servers. In a year that saw its much-touted Power6 processor come to market, as well as two systems--the System p570 and the System i570--to support the new chip, IBM has remained low-key...

Mobile Assembly.
November 2, 2007... As the power of mobile devices continues to increase, so, too, does companies' desire to increase the number of applications running on them. Developers, in turn, are looking for the best platforms on which to build these applications in a...

Moving Targets.
November 2, 2007... Microsoft's recent announcement of its new System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 should be a galvanizing moment for the mobile security industry. While the market still has not opened up as much as expected--largely due to a threat landscape...

VARs: IT Ready for Fall Back.(VARs (Value added resellers))(Brief article)
November 2, 2007... While March's "spring forward" may have caught some by surprise, with many VARs and IT staff losing more than just one hour of sleep, when it's time to change the clocks on Nov. 4, everyone will be ready. Just last year the U.S. Congress...

Server OS Numbers at Issue.
November 2, 2007... During the past few fiscal quarters, Margaret Lewis has seen an interesting trend in the server space: Windows is garnering a greater share of the market, while growth in Linux systems appears to be slowing. Lewis, director of commercial...

Leveraging Web 2.0 to Recruit.(employee recruitment)
November 2, 2007... Historically, recruiting has not been a particularly transparent process. Organizations looking to hire put a job description out on a Web board such as Monster, CareerBuilder or Dice, and candidates apply on that limited information alone. The...

What's Behind the Linux Market Share Numbers?
November 2, 2007... PODCASTembedSWF(); What's Behind the Linux Market Share Numbers? In this Free Lunch podcast: Some recent market research data shows that Linux is losing ground to Microsoft Server installations, but the Free Lunch team says...

Microsoft Formalizes Enterprise Partner Planning.(Microsoft Corp.)(Brief article)
November 2, 2007... Microsoft is formalizing an approach for working with its 8,000 enterprise partners to add a sense of stability in what the vendor says is a dynamic and shifting marketplace. The approach comes from its best practices with the channel...

Web 2.0 'Changing Politics Forever'.
November 2, 2007... RESTON, Virginia--There was bipartisan agreement on display Thursday about the impact of Web 2.0 technology on politics. Joe Trippi, senior advisor to the John Edwards presidential campaign, and Cyrus Krohn, the director of the eCampaign...

Google Blurs Enterprise, Consumer Apps.(Matt Glotzbach of Google Inc.)(Interview)
November 2, 2007... Matt Glotzbach has a lot on his mind and in his hands these days. As the product management director for Google's Enterprise Division, Glotzbach is charged with helping the Mountain View, Calif., company extend the penetration of its search...

Sprint Considering Changing Course on WiMax.(Recording Industry Association of America)
November 2, 2007... Sprint Nextel's $5 billion WiMax plans appear to be in flux. After staking out a claim on WiMax as its technology of the future in August 2006, and announcing a tentative WiMax partnership with Clearwire a year later, Sprint is now...

Oracle Gets Competent.(Oracle Corp.is bringing its Competency Center )
November 2, 2007... Oracle is bringing its Competency Center training strategy to the United States, following roll out across Europe earlier this year. The vendor, which has admitted recently that shipments through the channel are down, said VARs were finding...

EDS Earnings Strong Despite Losing Verizon Deal.(Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc.)
November 2, 2007... Electronic Data Systems managed a profitable quarter, growing profit 80 percent in the third quarter of 2007 on government business, it reported Nov. 1, despite losing about $300 million from one customer loss, executives said. The company...

Will OpenSocial Open Wallets for Google?
November 2, 2007... Google's OpenSocial bonanza has consumed the high-tech media and blogosphere for the last few days. Since it was formally unveiled Nov. 1, the focus has been on what kinds of applications programmers will build from the 15 or so social networks...

Sources: Google to Unveil Mobile Strategy.
November 2, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Google Inc will unveil its mobile strategy on Monday, including a phone operating system and a broad alliance with multiple wireless service providers and handset vendors, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. ...

Analysts Question Whether Securent Ideal for Cisco.(Cisco Systems to acquire Securent)
November 2, 2007... Cisco Systems is making a major play for the access policy management market with the acquisition of Securent, but several analysts are questioning whether the merger will result in acrimony or marital bliss. The acquisition, valued at...

Handling Goofs Cause Many Data Leaks.
November 2, 2007... Since January 2005, there have been 167.7 million records containing sensitive personal information exposed by security breaches, according to a running total kept by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. The question is, How does this...

The Human Side of Software.
November 4, 2007... Untitled PODCASTembedSWF(); The Human Side of Software AMR Research president and CEO, Tony Friscia, and research director Christa Degnan Manning discuss best practices in human capital management and how the big vendors stack up in...

Pay By Touch Giving Up On Biometric POS?(Brief article)
November 4, 2007... Pay By Touch, which has made a major push in point of sale biometric payments, is backing off that business, according to a report in the current issue of The Nilson Report, a major payments newsletter. "Pay By Touch has shifted its focus...

Best Buy, Amazon Pushing Video Visions.
November 4, 2007... Creating what amounts to a private version of video-sharing site YouTube, Best Buy is launching a video sharing service the week of Nov. 5. It differs from YouTube in that customers have a much smaller audience and that they have to pay. ...

Red Hat Backs Sun's Open-Source Play.
November 5, 2007... Red Hat has plans to help Sun Microsystems advance the Java platform, particularly as it applies to open source. The Linux distributor announced Nov. 5 that it has signed Sun's broad contributor agreement, which covers participation in all...

Ricoh Reports InfoPrint as Subsidiary Is Succeeding.(Report)
November 5, 2007... Nearly six months after IBM's Printing Systems Division officially became InfoPrint Solutions Company, a subsidiary of Ricoh Americas Corporation, the Boulder, Colo.-based organization is reporting initial successes including new products,...

Google Signs Partners for Google Phone Push.
November 5, 2007... There is an updated version of this story available. For the most recent version, click here [link omitted]. NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--Google on Nov. 5 spelled out long-rumored plans to enter the mobile phone market in 2008 by...

Murder, Code and Hans Reiser.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Hans Reiser, well-known open-source developer, goes on trial Nov. 5 for the murder of his wife, Nina Reiser, in Alameda County Superior Court in California. Reiser is the founder of Namesys and creator and primary developer of the popular...

Microsoft Defends Facebook Stake.
November 5, 2007... MUMBAI (Reuters)--Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday his firm's acquisition of a 1.6 percent stake in socializing Web site Facebook for $240 million was an important investment, not a mistake. "We didn't make a...

Mu Security Launches Third Generation Security Analyzer.
November 5, 2007... Mu Security released a new version of its flagship appliance to help enterprises strengthen testing and share analysis templates throughout their organization. Version 3 of the Mu-4000 Security Analyzer includes Sharable Analysis...

Phoenix HyperSpace: Quick-Boot Your Laptop.(Phoenix Technologies Ltd.)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... On Nov. 5, Phoenix Technologies introduced a firmware product called HyperSpace, which allows PCs to run a number of applications separate from the operating system. What that means is that if you use a PC equipped with HyperSpace, you will be...

Dell Buying EqualLogic for $1.4B.
November 5, 2007... In a move that will help it expand its storage and virtualization offerings, Dell announced Nov. 5 that it will acquire storage startup EqualLogic for $1.4 billion. The acquisition, which is expected to close either by the end of 2007 or...

Microsoft Puts the 'F' in Functional.
November 5, 2007... MONTREAL--Microsoft is putting the "F" in functional programming with its F# language. F#--pronounced "F sharp"--is a functional programming language out of Microsoft Research that the company will productize to target developers dealing...

Boston Hospital Turns to Mi-Co for Data Capture.
November 5, 2007... When the Department of Diagnostic Audiology at Children's Hospital Boston decided to implement a wireless electronic data capture solution, officials knew they had a number of challenges to overcome. A key one was that some of the staff had...

The Evolution of the Data Center.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... EVIDEOembedSWF(); Sponsored by: document.write(''); The Evolution of the Data Center Georgia State's new data center, the heart of the university, runs everything, including the network, the host servers, and a new VOIP system, explains...

Google Phone Revealed, Code-Named 'Android'.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... NEW YORK--Google announced on Monday plans to unveil a mobile phone technology platform with support from more than 30 companies including wireless service providers and handset makers, as it looks to expand its dominance of desktop Web...

Jeeves More Alone Than Ever.(IAC/InterActiveCorp.)
November 5, 2007... NEW YORK (Reuters)--Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp will spin off four of its biggest divisions, including its HSN shopping network, and retain 30 of its fastest-growing businesses to better capitalize on the growth of Web services....

IBM Hit with Poaching Lawsuit.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... IBM is being sued for encouraging one staffing partner to entice employees from a former staffing partner. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 25 by AcctKnowledge, highlights the issues facing companies that are seeing their workers get lured away by...

No Phone Bills With ooma.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... So how much would it be worth to someone to completely do away with the monthly phone bill and never have to pay for phone calls ever again? According to a company called ooma, it's worth around $399. That's because ooma is offering a...

Microsoft Embarks on Lawsuit Rampage.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Microsoft has launched a stampede against solution providers who deal in counterfeit or infringing software by filing 20 lawsuits in 13 states. As part of its Genuine Software Initiative, the software giant said the lawsuits are part of...

RIM Intros Low-Maintenance Software.(Research in Motion Ltd.)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... TORONTO (Reuters)--BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd is rolling out a professional software package aimed at small and medium businesses with up to 30 wireless users, the company said on Monday. The BlackBerry software will let small...

BEA Offers Icahn Sneak Peek at Its Finances.
November 5, 2007... BEA Systems' financial team is under some serious pressure. The group, working alongside independent auditors from Ernst & Young, is trying to straighten out the company's financial picture as quickly as possible, a job that is further...

Canadian Firm Launches Patent Attack.(Hewlett-Packard Co.)
November 5, 2007... Wi-LAN, a Canadian patent licensing firm, filed patent infringement lawsuits Nov. 1 against 22 technology companies, including Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Intel. The lawsuits target chip suppliers, equipment vendors and electronic...

George Clooney, Identity and Access Management and You.
November 5, 2007... You may have more in common with George Clooney than you think. It's possible that your personal medical records are being seen by doctors, nurses and clinicians who have no part in your care, simply because many hospitals fail to implement...

Dell: EqualLogic Buy Validates Channel Commitment.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Dell's acquisition of EqualLogic, announced Nov. 5, is a validation of its commitment to expanding relationships with the indirect channel, according to Dell's channel chief. Greg Davis, head of North American Channels at Dell, said the...

Windows Users Getting Bitten by Macrovision Zero Day.
November 5, 2007... Microsoft is working with Macrovision to check out a flaw in a driver on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP that's being exploited in the wild, according to a Microsoft special security advisory released after business hours on Nov. 5. The...

Leopard App Casualty List Grows.
November 5, 2007... The list of applications that Apple's new Mac OS X Leopard operating system cripples or kills is growing. Heise Security--which on Oct. 29 warned that Leopard's firewall is deactivated upon installation--on Nov. 5 reported that maybe it's...

Canon Updates 3 imageRUNNER MFPs to Maintain No. 1 Market Spot.(Canon U.S.A. Inc.)(mulifunctional printers)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Canon U.S.A. announced three new color-enabled and black-and-white models of its imageRUNNER multifunctional product line Nov. 1, with its imageCHIP architecture that allows faster, simultaneous processing of multiple jobs in an attempt to keep...

Microsoft to Give Partners More Access to Orcas IDE Code.(integrated development environment)
November 5, 2007... Microsoft has committed to deliver the next version of its developer tool set and the underlying platform by the end of November. At the company's TechEd Developers 2007 conference in Barcelona, Spain, on Nov. 5, S. "Soma" Somasegar,...

Is Dell Creating Its Own New Storage Market?
November 5, 2007... Dell's announcement that it is investing a whopping $1.4 billion in cash to acquire EqualLogic is one of the more noteworthy storage news items in the last 12 months. EqualLogic is the largest independent iSCSI storage array maker,...

Google Programs Android as Next Mobile Operating System.
November 5, 2007... There is no Google phone, but what Google revealed Nov. 5 could be even bigger. Google unveiled a complete mobile phone stack under an open-source license as an alternative to proprietary platforms from Microsoft and Symbian. Aimed at...

Google, Allies in Open Linux Phone Initiative.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Google and 33 other companies have announced an ambitious industry alliance that will maintain a completely open-source mobile phone stack. The OHA (Open Handset Alliance) says phones based on its Linux-based "Android" stack will reach the...

Analysts: Google Android Faces an Uphill Adoption Battle.
November 5, 2007... Google's Android mobile platform is raising more eyebrows for what it isn't than what it is. For one, Android is not the elusive Google Phone that has been rumored for several weeks, but a Linux-based software stack, which includes an...

Symantec Finally Grabs Up Vontu.(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... After weeks of rumors, Symantec finally announced that it plans to acquire Vontu for $350 million. Symantec's move to buy up the San Francisco-based data loss prevention specialist comes after a busy month in the DLP space. Security rivals...

Does Android Dream of Domination?
November 6, 2007... Will people have a phone number assigned at birth? Will customers only pay for network services and not the phones themselves? The Android mobile phone software stack and the Open Handset Alliance announced Nov. 5 has given rise to...

Clock Ticks on "one-click".(Brief article)
November 6, 2007... Recently the Internet has started to seem like a lighter, happier place. Web pages have been clearer, graphics have looked snappier, Flash advertisements have seemed a tiny bit less annoying. It's almost as if a great darkness has begun to...

Managing IT Costs in Uncertain Times.
November 6, 2007... EVIDEOembedSWF(); Sponsored by: Managing IT Costs in Uncertain Times Uncertain economic times demand new thinking about IT budgets explains CIO Insight Executive Editor Allan Alter. Host: Allan Alter Length: 00:05:54 var...

Swarm of QuickTime Bugs Found.
November 6, 2007... Quick on the heels of QuickTime being given the dubious honor of being named one of the year's 12 scariest applications, Apple has posted security advisories for seven vulnerabilities in the media player, all of which could allow attackers to...

Leopard's Disappearing Data Spots.
November 6, 2007... Users, developers and Mac bloggers have confirmed a serious bug in Apple's recently released Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Moving folders or files between network volumes, or even between volumes on the same disk, can result in total data loss on...

Nokia Says Door Open to Google Alliance.(Nokia Inc. and Google Inc.)(Brief article)
November 6, 2007... HELSINKI (Reuters)--Nokia would not rule out taking part in Google Inc's new mobile software alliance, which is seen rivaling Nokia's own plans, a spokesman for the world's top mobile phone maker said on Tuesday. "It's not ruled out at...

Mash It Up With Microsoft Popfly.(Microsoft Corp.'s Popfly)(Brief article)
November 6, 2007... Every Web 2.0 technology has had its time at the top of the hype cycle, from RSS feeds to blogs to wikis to podcasts. Now, it seems, is the time for mashups to get the lion's share of the Web 2.0 attention, as plenty of technology titans, from...

Intel Offers SMB Storage Platform.(Intel Corp.offers storage platform to its small and midsize businesses)(Brief article)
November 6, 2007... Intel is rolling out a new storage platform through its channel partners designed for easy to use by small and midsize businesses. The Intel Entry Storage System SS4200x is being distributed in two models: the Intel Entry Storage System...

Rotten Apple: Leopard.(Apple Inc.'s Apple Mac OS X 10.5)
November 6, 2007... I have never heard so many complaints about a Mac OS upgrade. Back in 2000/2001 when Apple users were switching from its older System operating system to the BSD Unix-based Mac OS X, I also heard many a die-hard Mac user cursing at the changes....