Stories about: ARS

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How Intel cut internal IT costs 09 December, 2009 06:44

IT managers waiting around for that special day when they get budget relief and use it to fix all their problems are setting themselves up for disappointment, according to internal IT at Intel Corp.
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Cisco MARS shuts out new third-party security devices 07 November, 2009 06:56

Cisco has finally publicly acknowledged it won't add support for new third-party devices to its security information and event monitoring appliance, ending months of speculation about the future of its Monitoring, Analysis and Response System. Some claim it's the beginning of the end for MARS as a multi-vendor SIEM device.
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Online job ads slump 50% 04 May, 2009 12:34

There are now half as many job advertisements as there was this time last year, according to new figures released by the Olivier Group.
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Highly anticipated open-source releases coming in '09 01 April, 2009 09:34

When big companies release new software, they launch it with lots of hoopla: press tours, technical conferences, free T-shirts. Open-source projects, even the well-known ones, generally release their major new versions with a lot less fanfare. The FOSS (free and open-source software) community is often too busy coding and testing to bother with marketing, even when the new "point release" of the software is really remarkable.
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Guilty by Google 19 March, 2009 08:44

A judge enters a courtroom.
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Multimedia projects dominate ATUG awards 13 March, 2009 16:31

The Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation, Pollution Response Unit, has beaten its government agency peers and taken out an Australian Telecommunications User Group (ATUG) award for the best use of broadband.
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Microsoft: Forget ZunePhone, we're aiming for Zune (on) TVs 27 February, 2009 07:45

Rather than building a Zune-branded smartphone, Microsoft plans to take the software and online store it built for its Zune media player and bring them to your television set in the hopes of emulating Apple's phenomenally successful iTunes Store. But it still plans to deviate from iTunes in strategy.
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Near-final Vista SP2 reaches testers, set for mid-May debut 23 February, 2009 08:30

Microsoft has wrapped up work on a release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 2, according to reports on the Web, corroborating a schedule disclosed last month that slated final delivery of SP2 by mid-May.
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What will Macs be like in 25 years? 17 January, 2009 05:48

The Mac has been the flagship product for Apple since it was introduced in 1984 and continues to be so today, despite the fawning over the iPhone platform. From the time the Apple IIGS died out in the early '90s until the introduction of the iPod in 2001, the Mac was the one product line that Apple kept running.
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Google API allows creating apps that can track laptops 23 October, 2008 08:58

Google has enhanced its Google Gears Geolocation API so that developers can build applications that can track the location of laptop users within 200 meters.
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MySpace launches iTunes competitor with 5 million artists 26 September, 2008 07:53

Social network MySpace lobbed a shot across the bow of Apple iTunes last night with the launch of MySpace Music, a new site that offers free on-demand music streaming along with MP3 downloads for sale to US users.