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A Year Is Not Enough for Tech Predictions

Those who dare to make year-ahead predictions should remember Bill Gates accurate 1997 observation: "There is a tendency to overestimate how much technology will...

Tools Block Code-Busting Crooks

The concept of adding security to the coding phase of application development is catching on, with new companies delivering tools to help developers test...

Microsoft and Sun: Détente Takes Time

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. officials said they have reached a number of significant milestones since announcing their landmark settlement and technical collaboration...

CA Joins Eclipse Foundation

Computer Associates International Inc. Monday announced that the company has joined the Eclipse Foundation and will begin contributing code and talent to the open-source...

MySQL Lures Open-Source Newbies with Consulting Deals

MySQL AB is offering consulting packages and GUI tools for those who want to jump into open-source technology but lack in-house gurus and are...

Microsoft Releases New Visual Studio Preview

Microsoft Corp. has made available a new build of its Visual Studio 2005 integrated development environment. The Redmond, Wash., software giant released the latest version...

Every Machine Needs an Off Switch

Remember Robert McCloskey’s story of Homer Price and the doughnut machine? The thing made doughnuts beautifully, but they couldn’t figure out how to turn...

Plan to Survive Retirements

At many large IT organizations in the public and private sectors, senior development and system staff members will be retiring in large numbers over...

Service Economy Brings New Technology Demands

Information technology has a well-hyped reputation for exponential rates of improvement, but productivity growth in delivering IT-enabled services has fallen short of whats been...

An Applications View on Security

When information warfare experts want to set the proper base line for whats "secure," they point out that the only completely protected machine is...