Software developers are ill-prepared for the multicore processor era, according to a Microsoft executive.
“I come from the world of software, and we need to talk,” said Herb Sutter, a software architect with Microsoft, in his opening remarks to a hardware-heavy audience today ... [read more]
April 30th, 2007
By October 2006, the U.S. government will require nearly all of the passports it issues to include a computer chip containing the passport holder’s personal information, according to regulations published this week.
Starting in early 2006, the U.S. Department of State will begin iss ... [read more]
April 30th, 2007
Microsoft will retire Exchange Server 5.5–along with support for the product–at the end of this year, it said today. The company recommends that users upgrade to the latest version.
Microsoft urges customers who are still running Exchange 5.5 to upgrade to Exchange Server 2003 ... [read more]
April 30th, 2007
An industry-wide shortage of a key flash memory chips will hit the availability of some models of MP3 player during the upcoming holiday shopping period, the head of Creative Technology’s U.S. unit said Wednesday.
“One of the key challenges we face in our MP3 business is an i ... [read more]
April 30th, 2007
Dell has added a new inexpensive notebook to its premium XPS product line just a few weeks after it introduced the new brand, and also will offer a desktop PC with backup technology, the company is expected to announce Wednesday.
The XPS M140 will become the second XPS notebook in Dell&# ... [read more]
April 30th, 2007
Microsoft’s MSN division plans to digitize and index for search copies of books and other printed material, and is joining an industry coalition to help them with this strategy, the company plans to reveal Wednesday.
The move comes as competitor Google is embroiled in a legal battl ... [read more]
April 30th, 2007
Three models of Memory Stick Pro memory card recently launched by Sony and one to be released Friday won’t work with some of the company’s Vaio desktop computers, Sony says.
The announcement is the second admission within a week from the company that a new version of one of i ... [read more]
April 30th, 2007
Microsoft has revealed some of the security changes to the upcoming Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista–changes that could cause trouble for some Web sites.
One key change is that Explorer will disable SSLv2, an older version of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. SSL is use ... [read more]
April 30th, 2007
