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Google exec challenges Berners-Lee
News Director of Search Peter Norvig says the Net pioneer's vision of a Semantic Web could be hamstrung by incompetent Web masters.
PC companies roll out Intel's vPro chips
News Business PC customers have a new brand to get used to with the launch of Intel's vPro technology.
Tags: Desktops, Asset/resource/knowledge management
Start-up wins Compaq contract
News Compaq Computer has signed a deal to use software and services from start-up Storability as part of its plan to simplify customers' data-storage infrastructure.
Policy-Based Management in SQL Server 2008
Techguide New to SQL Server 2008 is Policy-Based Management, which gives administrators more control over their database procedures.
Tags: Servers, Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, Database, Policy, Database Table, stored procedure, DDL, Condition, Facet
Defining SQL Server 2008 policies
Techguide Learn how you can use SQL Server Management Studio to define your own policies.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Data Management, Microsoft SQL Server, Database, Policy, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, stored procedure, database engine, Condition, Facet
Rival browsers gain on Internet Explorer
News Firefox's gain is responsible for the bulk of IE's loss in the worldwide browser usage changes from July to August.
Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Web Application, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox, Web, Web browsers, HTML
RealNetworks continues to develop DVD-copying device
News Though a judge made decide to retain a ban on sales of Real's DVD-copying technology, the company continues to develop film-copying device.
Tags: DVD, RealNetworks Inc., DVD-copying, Sales, DVD, MPAA, job posting, job, Hollywood, industry
Get ready for virtualization to affect you, too
News VMware is pushing its software for use on PCs and mobile phones. There is plenty of room for expansion, but watch out for that cloud.
Tags: Virtualization, VMware Inc., computer, Server, Virtualization, PC
Ballmer: We need to be more disruptive in search
News Microsoft's CEO shares some ideas on how his company plans to take on search leader Google.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Live Search, Palo Alto, Google Inc., CEO, partnership, search business, Stanford
Microsoft crunches numbers on energy, carbon
News Part of an environmental sustainability push, Microsoft updates is Dynamics packaged applications for midsize companies to tally energy use and to calculate greenhouse gas emissions.
Tags: Green IT, Software, Microsoft Corp., Energy, Carbon Emission, Renewable Energy, electricity grid, Dynamics AX Application, Environment, energy efficiency
Microsoft announces participation in Cyberport
News Software giant Microsoft has announced its involvement in the Cyberport project, in which it will be an anchor tenant.
Microsoft launches 'Singularity' OS prototype
News At TechFest 2008, the software giant launched an operating system aimed at allowing researchers to develop new kinds of computer architecture.
Tags: Operating systems, R&D
Zimbra gives Yahoo Mail offline life
News Yahoo is trying to leapfrog Google's Gmail with its Zimbra Desktop software, which offers online documents and offline access.
Tags: E-mail clients, Microsoft Outlook, Zimbra, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Mac OS, Internet Connection, remote access, Yahoo! Mail, e-mail
Google, Amazon in a war of search words
News Google and Amazon.com are fighting for top computer scientists on Google's home turf: search results.
Ericsson sees mixed Asia Pacific nine month results
News Telecommunications giant Ericsson saw mixed results in the Asia Pacific region in its third quarter, with orders improving on lower sales during the year and Japan leading the way in new contracts.
