Monthly Archives: September 2003
CDW Corporation today announced the company has completed the purchase of the operations of Micro Warehouse Canada Ltd., a Toronto-based reseller of computers, software and peripheral products. CDW, a leading supplier of technology products and services to business, government and education, closed the purchase September 23. Located in Toronto, the operation generated trailing twelve-month sales... Read More
Ottawa, Canada ≠ September 29, 2003 ≠ Corel today launched Corel Connected (www.corelconnected.com), a new portal serving the Company’s partners around the world. Corel Connected is a comprehensive, easy-to-use tool which equips Corel’s partners with a centralized source of information about the Company’s products, programs and services. The portal provides secure, tiered access for Corel... Read More
”Click here,” says my spamming mentor. Hovering over my chair, he points to the computer screen. ”Now click on that file of e-mail addresses there.” I have been invited by a master for an education in spamming, the practice of blasting millions of unsolicited e-mail messages into the Internet in order to advertise everything from... Read More
Is a blog still a blog if someone else edits it? A recent policy change at The Sacramento Bee has raised questions about whether taking an editor’s pen to a Web log before it is published detracts from very nature of Web logs, or “blogs,” as the online diaries are called. (full story) My spin:... Read More
Advanced Micro Devices has begun showing an updated reference design for a personal digital assistant running the Linux (news – web sites) operating system to hardware makers, according to a company executive. (full story) My spin:Why AMD would get into the PDA space is hard to understand. The market is so crowded already. But then... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – After a slow start, tablet personal computers are starting to take off, fueled by Microsoft Corp.’s release of its operating system Windows XP (news – web sites) Tablet PC and manufacturers rolling out a wider variety of easier-to-use devices. (full story) Read More
For IT professionals looking to advance their career or move into another specialty, tech certifications present a quandary. In these post-boom years, most IT professionals now know that certification does not equal employment and a high salary. All those tests and fees have become somewhat of a turnoff. Others discovered that chasing down the latest... Read More
Nov. 24 is supposed to be the day that cell phone users are freed from captivity by their wireless providers. Starting then, a new federal rule will let consumers keep the same number when they switch carriers. This one mandate could have a big impact, as customers who have been unwilling to endure the hassle... Read More
Microsoft’s Security Response Center in Redmond, Wash., is the computing equivalent of a hospital emergency ward. When a problem comes in the door the center’s director, Kevin Kean, and his staff must swiftly make an assessment: Is the security weakness detected in a Microsoft software product only minor? Or is it possibly so serious that,... Read More
