A firm that holds patents for technology used in Internet voice calling is suing search giant Google Inc. for US$5 billion over its Google Talk instant-messaging client, according to court papers. In an e-mailed statement from Google spokesman Steve Langdon, the company said it believes the lawsuit is "without merit" and plans to fight it....
After more than 20 years of service as a tool to teach consumers what brand of chip to ask for inside a personal computer, Intel Corp. has decided it's out with the old "Intel Inside" campaign in favour of a new logo and tag line that includes the phrase "Leap ahead." The logo and tag line will be formally announced on Jan. 3. ...
Apart from performance, a primary benefit of hardware acceleration for x86 virtualization is that it will be far easier for developers to work with than the torturous software-only approaches required for current x86 architectures. If you're looking at anything less than ESX Server's full enterprise solution, we recommend that you wait until AMD and Intel bake virtualization into their CPUs. When the hardware's ready, download a trial and see why we think 2006 will be the year of the virtual x86....
A U.K. resident has won landmark legal case against a spamming company. Nigel Roberts used the European Union's E-Privacy Directive law to win £300 (US$500) in compensation from Falkirk-based Media Logistics (UK) Ltd., becoming the first person in the country to use European legislation to defeat spammers....
WMF flaw can't wait for Microsoft fix, researchers say
(02 Jan 2006)
Users of the Windows OS should install an unofficial security patch now, without waiting for Microsoft Corp. to make its move, security researchers at The SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC) advised....
NTT Communications Corp. has begun offering a consumer IPv6 (Internet protocol version 6) connection service that runs across any standard Internet access line and costs ¥300 (US$2.50) per month. The service, which was launched in Japan earlier this month, is the first of its kind in the world, according to the carrier....
The European Commission has given Microsoft Corp. five weeks to comply with its March 2004 antitrust ruling on workgroup server interoperability, or face daily fines of €2 million (US$2.4 million), a Commission spokesman said....
"The uniprocessor is dead," says Mike Splain, CTO and chief technologist, scalable sytems group, Sun Microsystems, in this interview with Joaquim P. Menezes, IT World Canada's Web editor. Listen to the audio, read the transcript.
Canada's advanced technology organizations have pooled their event calendars into a single online tool called "@CANADA". This is an advanced tool that can be searched by Region (city or province), by Interest (such as tax credits), by National view, and by Advanced Search of each specific organization across Canada, or by search words.
Converged devices are becoming a must-have for the businessperson on the go. IT World Canada recently tested two of the newer devices on the Canadian market, the PocketPC 6700 from UTStarcom and the Treo 650 from Palm.
This white paper covers what is needed for small and medium-sized businesses to successfully implement and maintain database applications - limitations of budget, time, and expertise. It also looks at such issues as ease of use, reliability, and manageability of relational databases.
Oracle Database 2 Day DBA is a database administration quick start guide that teaches you how to perform common day-to-day database administrative tasks. The goal of this tutorial is to give you adequate information to help you understand the concepts behind the Oracle Database. It teaches you how to perform all common administration tasks needed to keep the database operational, including how to perform basic troubleshooting and performance monitoring activities.
