Microsoft feared Mac vs. Vista comparison in '05, insider e-mails show

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE / more stories...

Ingres updates open-source database
Ingres has shipped a big update for its open-source database.

Google Analytics now tracking Adobe Flash content
Google and Adobe Systems have agreed to collaborate to make it easier for users of the Google Analytics tool to track Flash content.

CAREERS / more stories...

Look for managed network services to grow as economy tanks, industry experts say
Managed network services are expected to grow at a healthy pace, even as the economy tanks, according to an analyst and IT industry executives participating in a Cisco webcast.

Google's Schmidt: Innovation must come first
Google CEO Eric Schmidt calls for new government spending to improve broadband and encourage alternative energies.

DEVELOPMENT / more stories...

Ruby on Rails rolls into the enterprise
At the Professional Ruby Conference in Boston this week, Ruby on Rails users explained how the open-source Web application framework can be used in a number of ways.

Researcher: Self-driving cars could save U.S. auto industry
The director of Stanford's artificial intelligence lab says that U.S. automakers must make better use of robotics to stay in business.

GOVERNMENT / more stories...

Google's Schmidt: Innovation must come first
Google CEO Eric Schmidt calls for new government spending to improve broadband and encourage alternative energies.

Court halts sale of spyware program
A federal court has ordered a software company to stop selling a program that secretly records keystrokes on a person's PC, the FTC said.

HARDWARE / more stories...

Thanks to gamers, the desktop supercomputer arrives
Nvidia today released the Tesla Personal Supercomputer, which sports 960 cores, delivers almost 4 teraflops of performance and costs less than $9,995.

Researcher: Self-driving cars could save U.S. auto industry
The director of Stanford's artificial intelligence lab says that U.S. automakers must make better use of robotics to stay in business.

MANAGEMENT / more stories...

Microsoft feared Mac vs. Vista comparison in '05, insider e-mails show
More than a year before Windows Vista was released, Microsoft officials were worried about comparisons with Mac OS X, insider e-mails disclosed in a court case reveal.

Look for managed network services to grow as economy tanks, industry experts say
Managed network services are expected to grow at a healthy pace, even as the economy tanks, according to an analyst and IT industry executives participating in a Cisco webcast.

MOBILE AND WIRELESS / more stories...

Husband blames iPhone for lewd picture in e-mail account
The iPhone does many things well. But this probably isn't one of them.

Amazon debuts content delivery network service
Amazon has launched a hosted content-delivery network (CDN) service that it first announced in a preliminary test version two months ago.

NETWORKING AND INTERNET / more stories...

Microsoft Exchange's challenges: partners, the cloud, and (still) Lotus Notes
After twelve years of steady success, Microsoft's Exchange entered a new era on Monday with Exchange Online's official debut.

CA unveils simplified suite, SaaS portfolio
At its user conference in Las Vegas, CA introduced a bundled package of its IT service desk management tools and a SaaS version of its project management software.

OPERATING SYSTEMS / more stories...

Microsoft feared Mac vs. Vista comparison in '05, insider e-mails show
More than a year before Windows Vista was released, Microsoft officials were worried about comparisons with Mac OS X, insider e-mails disclosed in a court case reveal.

The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal two years later
Both vendors paint a rosy picture, but others believe Novell made too big a concession to Microsoft regarding intellectual property issues and Linux.

SECURITY / more stories...

Microsoft feared Mac vs. Vista comparison in '05, insider e-mails show
More than a year before Windows Vista was released, Microsoft officials were worried about comparisons with Mac OS X, insider e-mails disclosed in a court case reveal.

Hosting firm takedown bags 500,000 bots
The shutdown last week of Web hosting company McColo crippled more than half a million bots, which can no longer receive commands from criminals, a security researcher said today.

SERVERS AND DATA CENTER / more stories...

Thanks to gamers, the desktop supercomputer arrives
Nvidia today released the Tesla Personal Supercomputer, which sports 960 cores, delivers almost 4 teraflops of performance and costs less than $9,995.

CA unveils simplified suite, SaaS portfolio
At its user conference in Las Vegas, CA introduced a bundled package of its IT service desk management tools and a SaaS version of its project management software.

SOFTWARE / more stories...

Ruby on Rails rolls into the enterprise
At the Professional Ruby Conference in Boston this week, Ruby on Rails users explained how the open-source Web application framework can be used in a number of ways.

Microsoft Exchange's challenges: partners, the cloud, and (still) Lotus Notes
After twelve years of steady success, Microsoft's Exchange entered a new era on Monday with Exchange Online's official debut.

STORAGE / more stories...

CA to offer 'Mainframe 2.0' to ease Big Iron management
CA this week is launching a product and services push dubbed Mainframe 2.0.

EMC updates storage management software
Among other announcements, EMC's NetWorker, enterprise backup and recovery software, will now support Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization system.