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SC05 - Microsoft to talk up Windows for clusters
Microsoft Corp. will tout its version of Windows for high-performance computing at the Supercomputing 2005 show next week in Seattle, but observers said the company faces a considerable challenge in selling the OS for compute-intensive environments already dominated by Unix.
November 11, 4:18 p.m. PST
Microsoft offers workflow software for Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft this week made available an updated beta release of its Windows Workflow Foundation technology. The beta version is built to work with the general release of the Visual Studio 2005 toolset, which was unveiled Monday.
November 11, 2:35 p.m. PST
Sony stops shipping controversial DRM code
One day after hackers released malicious software that used controversial Sony BMG Music Entertainment copy-protection software to attack computers, Sony has decided to stop shipping the product, the company said Friday.
November 11, 1:15 p.m. PST
Data breach bills unlikely to pass before 2006
After a series of data breaches earlier this year, members of the U.S. Congress raged about the irresponsibility of breached companies and introduced a flurry of bills requiring companies to notify affected customers when data is lost.
November 11, 11:45 a.m. PST
EBay adds RSS to stores, introduces research tool
EBay has rolled out RSS-based content syndication capabilities to all eBay Stores, letting buyers subscribe to feeds from specific stores and that way receive new information about items for sale, the San Jose, California, company announced this week.
November 11, 9:24 a.m. PST
In Brief: Compuware offers DevPartner products for Visual Studio 2005
Compuware has announced Compuware DevPartner Studio 8.0 and Compuware DevPartner Fault Simulator 1.5, both of which offer full integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
November 11, 7:55 a.m. PST
Update: Private equity firm to buy Serena Software
Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm, will acquire Serena Software in a $1.2 billion deal, the two announced Friday.
November 11, 6:49 a.m. PST
Hong Kong startup plans free PC program in India
After announcing a program last month to offer free PCs to lower income people in developing markets, Asiatotal.net said Friday it plans to add India to its list of targeted countries.
November 11, 5:05 a.m. PST
Via puts PadLock on Java applications
Via Technologies released on Thursday a free software add-on that allows Java software to draw on the hardware encryption capabilities of its C7 and C7-M processors.
November 11, 4:24 a.m. PST
Wall Street Beat
Dell lived down to its gloomy financial forecast from last week when it released its third-quarter earnings on Thursday, showing lower earnings than in last year's third quarter and revenue that is growing, but not as quickly as previously projected. Dell missed its revenue target for the second straight quarter. The company, once adored by Wall Street, is struggling with intense competition and with product-quality problems.
November 11, 4:12 a.m. PST
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