Year: 2005

  • Tech Hiring Increases, At Least at the High End

    Tech Hiring Increases, At Least at the High End

    John Moore

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    Headlines over the past few days trumpeted the news that the number of people receiving unemployment benefits has hit a four-year low. The number of displaced workers receiving benefits averaged 2.58 million during the four-week period ending the week of August 15—the lowest average since March 2001, according to Department of Labor numbers. Is this… Read more

  • Intel Inside and Out: Fall 2005 IDF

    Intel Inside and Out: Fall 2005 IDF

    Victor Loh

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    Our new tech analyst, Victor Loh, spent some time in the weeds of Intel Developer Conference sessions last week. These sessions are the real meat of IDF, so check out his reports on the various topics that will enable new features and affect performance in the upcoming year. Development Tools: Multicore and Mac OS X… Read more

  • Dog Days Are for Catch-Up, Not Cat Naps

    Elliot Markowitz

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    With Labor Day about a week and half away, we are effectively entering what we fondly like to call the “mean season.” Summer is all but gone. It’s time to put the cover back on the pool, break out your NFL team garb and get back to business. Business always ratchets up in the third… Read more

  • More Issues Found With PHP

    More Issues Found With PHP

    Larry Loeb

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    The Hardened-PHP Project of Germany is at it again. They found a bug in XML-RPC for PHP and PEAR XML_RPC. The project was looking for these kinds of problems in the libraries in a security audit they conducted because of previous flaws that had been found in these same PHP libraries earlier in the year.… Read more

  • HP’s ProCurve Sale Rumors Leave VARs Wary

    HP’s ProCurve Sale Rumors Leave VARs Wary

    John Hazard

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    Since rumors hit the channel that Hewlett-Packard was seeking buyers for ProCurve, its Ethernet switching unit, resellers of the solution have been taking a wait-and-see approach. Hewlett-Packard Co. declined to comment on the reported sale, word of which first surfaced in the Aug. 16 issue of BusinessWeek magazine, but channel partners of the Palo Alto,… Read more

  • IM Popularity Creates Security Risk

    IM Popularity Creates Security Risk

    John Hazard

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    For some, instant messaging offers a convenient alternative to running between cubicles or floors; for others, it can provide a vital connection with customers; and for others it can be a nifty office socializing method. Regardless of the reason, IM (instant messaging) has become a common method of communications in businesses nationwide. With its proliferation,… Read more