Year: 2006
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IBM Rolls Out Lotus Notes for Mac OS X
Categories: News and TrendsIBM’s Lotus Software division is taking a bigger bite of Apple’s Mac OS X. The Armonk, N.Y. company on Dec. 28 formally rolled out the latest version of its Lotus messaging software package, dubbed Notes 7.0.2, which will include e-mail, calendar management tools and instant messaging that is specifically designed for Mac OS X users.… Read more
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HDD Storage Expert Receives IEEE’s Highest Award
Categories: News and TrendsThe IEEE, the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology, named Mason L. Williams on Dec. 27 as the recipient of its 2007 Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award. The international award recognizes Williams’ contributions to the modeling and design of high-density magnetic recording technology in areas such as disk properties,… Read more
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Robots: Surgeons’ Little Helpers
Categories: News and TrendsResearchers at Johns Hopkins have unveiled a snakelike robot that might, one day, slither in patients’ throats to make incisions and tie off sutures. Another tiny robot could inject drugs into blood vessels in patients’ eyes, a procedure now stymied because surgeons’ hands tremor slightly. Right now, the steady-hand and snake robots for surgeries are… Read more
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VMware Unleashes Fusion Beta for the Mac
Categories: News and TrendsVMware, a virtualization software maker, has released the beta version of its desktop product, which will allow Microsoft’s Windows operating system to run on a Macintosh. The Palo Alto, Calif., company first announced it would offer a desktop version of its virtualization software for Macs at Apple Computer’s Worldwide Developers Conference in August. The actual… Read more
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Level 3 Communications to Buy SAVVIS CDN Division
Categories: News and TrendsLevel 3 Communications has announced plans to purchase the Content Delivery Network services business of SAVVIS for $135 million in cash, a move meant to enable the company to provide more rich media services via the Web. SAVVIS’s CDN business, which has approximately 50 employees, made about $15 million in revenue in 2006, as of… Read more
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VOIP Use in U.S. Households Is on the Rise
Categories: PartnersIn-Stat, a technology research company, released a report on Dec. 20 that noted an increase in voice-over-IP use in U.S. households. The Scottsdale, Ariz., company’s newly launched residential VOIP tracker service showed more 9 nine million households have at least one active VOIP user while other households use more than one VOIP service. According to… Read more