Archive for February, 2008
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Xerox Corporation’s document management prescription is helping healthcare organizations win the paperwork battle. By streamlining document-driven business processes, healthcare providers are achieving cost savings, ensuring regulatory compliance and realizing productivity gains.
WaveMaker to ship upgrade to AJAX apps framework (InfoWorld)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008WaveMaker Software will offer on Wednesday version 3.1.1 of WaveMaker Visual AJAX Studio, a framework for building database-driven AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web applications. Featured in the upgrade is automatic form generation. “We can now take the time it takes to create an online Web form and really reduce it to a few seconds,” said Rick Saletta, WaveMaker director of …
MTI shows methanol fuel cell prototypes (InfoWorld)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008MTI Micro has unveiled prototype DMFCs (Direct Methanol Fuel Cells) that can keep portable electronics products running for longer than conventional batteries and make recharging much easier. The fuel cell prototypes, which are based on several years of development work at the company, include a sleek model fitted to the back of a Samsung BlackJack smart phone and one packed into a …
Take out the tech trash; it’s free (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Lots of people in Washington County and elsewhere are recycling old TVs, computers and other electronics thanks to a new state law that requires manufacturers to cover the cost.
Hewlett Packard storage array set to simplify midsize company life (InfoWorld)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008As more medium-size companies consolidate their storage, Hewlett-Packard seized an opportunity on Tuesday with a disk array it says is easier to work with than large-enterprise gear, but delivers more capabilities than entry-level storage. Pursuing the efficiency of virtualization or just greater uptime, medium-size organizations are bringing storage out of their servers and into SANs. …
50 ways to make your software do more (IT World)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Stuck with a boring browser? Wish that Word could handle more tasks? Feel hemmed in by Photoshop? You don’t have to toss (or upgrade) your existing software to get new features and tools. Sometimes a plug-in, an add-on, or even a simple tweak can enable your computer to do tricks you never even thought of before. We rounded up more than 50 of our favorite tools and tips for unlocking extra value …
EMC plans to release on the web services software after Pi purchase (InfoWorld)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008EMC will roll out software for online services this year from its acquisition of Pi , aimed at boosting its cloud computing strategy, Pi CEO Paul Maritz said Tuesday. The products, Pi Worx and Smart Desktops, are being beta tested with Amazon.com’s Simple Storage Service and will be components of EMC’s cloud computing initiative to offer storage and other applications as services over …
SoftMaker Office 2008 beta brings PowerPoint functionality to Pocket PCs (ZDNet)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008I am in the process of working on a full review of SoftMaker Office 2006 for Pocket PCs in my qwest to turn the HTC Advantage into a full blown portable computer. However, I’ll have to adjust my review now since I just received a note that the public beta…
Update: Sun’s CEO speaks up buy as MySQL deal closes (InfoWorld)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Sun announced Tuesday that its $1 billion deal to buy open-source database vendor MySQL has closed, and with the news came a bold proclamation from Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz. “In my view, this is the most important acquisition in Sun’s history, and the most important in the modern software industry,” Schwartz said during a conference call. MySQL’s CEO, Marten Mickos, is now senior …
Network Solutions sued over domain name policy (InfoWorld)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008A class-action lawsuit filed on Monday against Network Solutions alleges the company has unfairly profited from its domain name registration business. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, takes issue with a policy Network Solutions implemented in December. The company says the policy is intended to protect people trying to reserve a domain …
IBM launches z10 mainframe (InfoWorld)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008IBM Tuesday is set to launch the System z10, its next-generation mainframe, featuring quad-core processors and aimed at computing-intensive tasks. Compared to its predecessor, the z9, the new mainframe has a lot more horsepower. Every box can be fitted with up to 64 cores for running applications, improving processor performance by 50 percent, according to IBM. The support for …
Equitrac and Ricoh Publish Availability of ESA-Embedded Resolution for Legal Cost Recovery and … (ThomasNet)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Award-Winning Equitrac Professional 5 Solution Now Available with Direct Front-Panel Access on Ricoh Aficio MFPs NEW YORK, Feb. 5 / — LEGALTECH NY — Equitrac Corporation, the leader in intelligent cost recovery and print management solutions worldwide, and Ricoh Americas Corporation announced here today the integration of the popular award-winning Equitrac Professional 5 print management and …
Monotype Imaging Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results (Centre Daily Times)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: TYPE), a leading global provider of text imaging solutions, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007.
Lenovo unveils ultrathin ThinkPad X300 laptop (InfoWorld)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Lenovo on Monday launched the much-anticipated ThinkPad X300 ultraportable, challenging Apple’s MacBook Air as the lightest and thinnest notebook available today. Weighing started at 2.93 pounds (1.33 kilograms). Lenovo claims ThinkPad X300 is more feature-rich than Apple’s 3-pound MacBook Air. Lenovo has included three USB drives and an ultrathin DVD burner, while MacBook Air has only …
Even though Prices of Printer Consumables Have Dipped in the Past Years, Most Suppliers Will Raise Their Export Prices in … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008DUBLIN, Ireland—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of China Sourcing Report: Printer Consumables 2008 to their offering.
Even though Prices of Printer Consumables Have Dipped in the Past Years, Most Suppliers Will Raise Their Export Prices in … (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c84091) has announced the addition of China Sourcing Report: Printer Consumables 2008 to their offering.
FFTA Presents 2008 Regional Workshop Tour (Packaging OnLine)
Monday, February 25th, 2008The Foundation of Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA) will officially kick off its 2008 Regional Workshop tour March 5, at Arizona State University (ASU), Mesa, Ariz., as it hosts the 2008 Flexo Productivity & Quality Workshop. The seminar is chaired by Howard Nelson, ASU and Joe Tuccitto, FFTA.
SOA spend up despite unclear benefits (InfoWorld)
Monday, February 25th, 2008The number of companies investing in service-oriented architecture (SOA) has doubled over the past year in every part of the world, with a typical annual spend of nearly $1.4 million, according to a new research report from the analyst firm AMR Research that surveyed 405 companies in the U.S., Germany and China. And SOA is used in a variety of industries 59 percent of retailers have …
OKI Printing Solutions’ Groundbreaking LED Technology is Recognized in Japanese Industry AwardOKI Printing Solutions’ … (Broadcast Newsroom)
Monday, February 25th, 2008TOKYO, BUSINESS WIRE — OKI Printing Solutions today announced that its revolutionary Epi Film Bonding (EFB) technology has been awarded the most prestigious New Machinery Promotion Award by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan.
Covad deal revives Silicon Valley wireless plan (InfoWorld)
Monday, February 25th, 2008Covad Communications has jump-started a stalled public wireless project in Silicon Valley with a plan to target businesses first. The competitive broadband provider will build a long-delayed Wi-Fi test network in one local city with an eye to a commercial rollout that might include other technologies and partnerships with incumbent mobile operators. But the initial concept is far more …
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