Year: 2005

  • Intel Trickles Out Dual-Core Servers

    Intel Trickles Out Dual-Core Servers

    John G. Spooner

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    Intel Corp. says its chips are better together when it comes to servers. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant has begun pitching new server platforms, which bundle processors such as its forthcoming dual-core Xeons, with other silicon bits and add special features such as virtualization, to businesses early. As expected, the chip maker got the… Read more

  • Gates Touts Advances in Security Tools

    Gates Touts Advances in Security Tools

    Darryl K. Taft

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    REDMOND, Wash.—Security remains one of the biggest concerns for Microsoft over the coming year and beyond. Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie, a Microsoft chief technology officer, spoke on a wide range of issues, but they singled out security as among the key focuses of the company. The two spoke… Read more

  • Microsoft’s Sights Set on New Windows, Office Versions

    Microsoft’s Sights Set on New Windows, Office Versions

    Peter Galli

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    REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp. plans to introduce a number of new versions for Windows and Office, including an enterprise version of the upcoming Windows Vista and a premium version of Office 12, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at the company’s annual financial analyst meeting here on Thursday. Read more here about the first beta of Windows… Read more

  • IBM Shortens Staffing List; Wipro Gets into Embedded Linux

    John Moore

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    Analysts International on Tuesday said that it has captured a staff augmentation contract from IBM, two weeks after Keane Inc. announced a decision to drop its staff augmentation work at IBM. A spokesperson for Minneapolis-based Analysts International said the company will provide staffing in a broad range of technical areas. The company believes that its… Read more

  • Microsoft Gives Avalon, Indigo Official Names

    Microsoft Gives Avalon, Indigo Official Names

    Darryl K. Taft

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    Microsoft Corp. Wednesday announced the release of the first beta release of its Windows Vista client operating system, and with it the company also announced official names for the operating system’s presentation and communication subsystems, formerly known by the code names “Avalon” and “Indigo,” respectively. According to sources, Microsoft will officially name Avalon the Windows… Read more

  • Beta Testers Get First Look at Windows Vista

    Beta Testers Get First Look at Windows Vista

    Peter Galli

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    The long-awaited first beta for the Windows Vista client release, which was formerly known as Longhorn, officially goes live Wednesday, hitting some 20,000 technical beta testers. Microsoft also Wednesday released the first beta of the as-yet un-renamed Windows “Longhorn” Server to a limited number of participants in the technical beta program, including hardware manufacturers, OEMs,… Read more