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From 'Phiber Optik' to security guru

Insight newsmaker The activities of Mark Abene aka "Phiber Optik" and his hacker friends, made him a media darling and inspired a book, but now he spends his time protecting computer networks.

Sunday, July 05 2009 10:32 PM

Tags: Data security, Hacking, Security Management, Security, motivation, Password, Digital Equipment Corp., computer, phone, CompuServe

Microsoft researcher stores digital life

Insight newsmaker Senior Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell has been recording his life for a decade. He talks about the ideas behind the project, what the future holds, and why he wants a database.

Sunday, February 15 2009 07:33 PM

Tags: Databases, Data Management, Storage software, Microsoft Corp., WinFS, Conference, File System, Database, Memory, Digital Equipment Corp.

McNealy--an engineer's witty patron

Insight Known as much for his wit as his business acumen, Sun's outgoing CEO backed his engineers until it hurt.

Tuesday, April 25 2006 10:16 AM

E-commerce sales: So far, not a disaster

News Online sales are keeping pace with last year--no small achievement considering the depth of the U.S. recession.

Monday, December 15 2008 08:52 AM

Tags: Search, Web browsers, Web sites, E-business, Sales, Digital Equipment Corp., CEO, recession, ComScore Networks Inc., Eric Schmidt

What Sun's Tremblay will do at Microsoft

News The longtime chip architect will work inside a group within Craig Mundie's unit and help set Microsoft's strategic direction relative to software and semiconductor tech.

Thursday, April 09 2009 11:27 AM

Tags: Human resources, Microsoft Corp., Semiconductor, Chip, Marc Tremblay, Digital Equipment Corp., Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., spell checker, CTO

After IBM, what now for Sun?

News news analysis The decision to end takeover talks with IBM leaves Sun Microsystems and its CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, with a complex problem.

Wednesday, April 08 2009 12:02 PM

Tags: Acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Stock, Sun Microsystems Inc., computer, Server, antitrust, computer company, corporate computing

Red Hat promotes engineering exec to CTO

News The new CTO, Brian Stevens, has a long resume in high-end computing.

Thursday, October 13 2005 10:51 AM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS, Open source, Executive recruiting

Compaq looks to spread its server vision

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Friday, June 01 2001 03:34 PM

IBM overhauls iSeries for the long haul

News Big Blue works to keep the long-running server line--remember the AS/400?--off the endangered species list, but challenges remain.

Tuesday, August 10 2004 09:39 AM

Tags: Servers

Cold feet and more at Sun's birth

News Co-founders recount the early days, including a balky Scott McNealy and close encounters of the Apple kind.

Friday, January 13 2006 08:56 AM

Tags: Personal Computers, Servers, Brand strategy, Sales strategy

Sun ponders Solaris for Power, Itanium

News Firm thinks move will mean more software partners, bigger foundation for future sales of upgrades, services and software.

Wednesday, July 21 2004 11:20 AM

Bartz as Yahoo CEO? New job, but strong resume

News Sure, selling software is different from selling ads. But Yahoo has more need for fresh eyes and new leadership than for media expertise.

Wednesday, January 14 2009 11:21 AM

Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Search, Internet advertising, Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CAD, Carol Bartz, software, chairman

HP to rejuvenate OpenVMS

News Hewlett-Packard plans to inject some new life into its venerable OpenVMS operating system.

Monday, January 17 2005 09:19 AM

Tags: Operating systems

The brains behind Apple's Rosetta: Transitive

News Company supplies the engine for Rosetta, a crucial bridge for enabling the move to Intel-based computers.

Thursday, June 09 2005 11:11 AM

Tags: Mac OS

Red Hat looks under Linux's hood

News Red Hat has created a team of 34 programmers to work on nothing, but next-generation software.

Wednesday, November 02 2005 12:03 PM

Tags: Open source