Tuesday - March 18, 2008
Larry Augustin strives for collaboration. Augustin and James Vera launched VA Research in 1993 with the hope of providing a Linux-based operating system for personal computers. After the company bought out its biggest rival -- Linux Hardware Solutions -- the company changed its name to VA Linux Systems and went public. After several tumultuous years and the purchase of Andover.net, the company's focus morphed into a worldwide, open source software development network.
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Saturday - March 1, 2008
Some people see baldness as a big issue. Not Bill Gates, and not because he has hair. "Malaria kills 1 million people a year; baldness hasn't killed anyone yet," he said last week, telling the young minds at the University of Chicago that our priorities need a fresh look. "Less than 10 percent of the money spent on curing baldness is spent on fighting malaria."
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Tuesday - January 22, 2008
If Meg Whitman validates media reports that she is exiting the CEO post at eBay, she will depart with the glow of having finished a masterful job of transforming an obscure San Jose, Calif.-based auction site into an archetypal business model with yearly global sales of nearly $6 billion.
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Friday - December 28, 2007
Considering the speed at which technology evolves, predicting even a year in advance can be a dicey proposition. Still, given key tech sector developments during 2007 and the outlook for 2008, some trends are unmistakable. It's a safe bet that social networking and Web 2.0 overall will remain a closely watched sector and that mobile marketing and payments will see dramatic advances.
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Tuesday - October 30, 2007
Vinton Cerf, known by many as one of the founding fathers of the Internet, will be stepping down at the end of this week as chairman of the board of ICANN. Cerf, who is also Google's vice president and chief Internet evangelist, has served for three consecutive terms as chairman of ICANN, which is the maximum allowed by ICANN rules.
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Monday - October 15, 2007
"Free software" is a term that's often used interchangeably with "open source," and often understood simply to mean software that is obtained without charge. However, the idea of free software is neither about openness nor about price; it is a matter of freedom, and its implications extend into the political, philosophical and ethical realms.
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Tuesday - September 25, 2007
Computer security company FireEye announced on Monday a new strategy for fighting the worsening threat to consumers and businesses posed by botnets. The company announced its new Botwall appliance, linked to a worldwide intelligence network coupled to local botnet analysis designed to thwart attacks.
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Friday - September 21, 2007
Once again, technology entrepreneurs played a prominent role in the Forbes 400, the annual list of the wealthiest Americans, with Google's cofounders breaking the top 10 for the first time, though the arrival of several hedge fund billionaires helped dilute the impact of tech. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates remained at the top of the list, with a net worth of $59 billion.
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Tuesday - August 21, 2007
As colleges and universities nationwide began installing broadband access to their dorm rooms and apartments years ago, they gave students convenient, at-home access to unprecedented amounts of information. The trend also played a significant role in opening the door to peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, which were and are often used as a means to freely trade copyrighted material like music and movies.
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Wednesday - August 15, 2007
The face of the Internet is rapidly changing. For instance, Web maps are no longer about finding your house online. A few years ago, map-making power remained in the hands of specialists. Today, map-making power is within everyone's grasp. In the past two years, Web giants like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have created tools that let anyone with access to the Internet layer their own geographic landmarks.
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Tuesday - August 14, 2007
Virtualization rootkits, Web application security and Voice over IP attack vectors topped Gerhard Eschelbeck's list of the top three biggest issues at this month's Black Hat USA conference, held Aug. 1 and 2 in Las Vegas. Eschelbeck is chief technology officer and senior vice president of security vendor Webroot.
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