Cisco expands collaboration with 61 new products
Cisco Systems massively expanded its portfolio of collaboration technologies today, announcing 61 products, including a corporate-grade hosted e-mail system called Cisco WebEx Mail as well as a social networking application and a video system to help groups securely share video content and search capabilities.
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Microsoft releases security guidelines for Agile development
Microsoft will release on Tuesday guidelines for developers building online applications and for those utilizing the Agile code-development process.
The Agile guidelines apply principles from Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) to Agile, an umbrella term for a development model frequently used for Web-based applications released under short deadlines, called "sprints."
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Update: Microsoft touts Exchange 2010 money-saving features
Microsoft is emphasizing the potentially money-saving features of Exchange 2010, the latest revamp of its e-mail application officially released Monday at its TechEd European customer conference in Berlin.
With Exchange 2010, Microsoft is trying to entice CIOs in a tough economic environment to upgrade, contending that Exchange 2010's new features let companies buy cheaper storage systems, eliminate their voice-mail systems, and drop licenses for separate e-mail archiving software.
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Intel readies 2.3GHz, 3.5GHz WiMax support with Kilmer Peak chipset
After keeping operators and users alike waiting for nearly a year, Intel has begun production of a wireless chipset, called Kilmer Peak, that will support three versions of WiMax, 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, and 3.5GHz.
Intel's current WiMax chipsets only support the 2.5GHz version of WiMax, which is used markets like Japan, the U.S., and Taiwan. The company doesn't yet support the 2.3GHz profile, which is used by operators in South Korea and Malaysia, or the 3.5GHz version used in Pakistan. That will change with Kilmer Peak.
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Android smartphone pioneer hits turbulence in Q3
High Tech Computer (HTC), which developed the first smartphone based on Google's Android mobile operating system, saw revenue decline in the third quarter due to increased competition and weak sales in Europe.
The company's revenue fell 10 percent year on year to NT$34.01 billion (US$1.05 billion) and its net profit dropped to NT$5.70 billion from NT$6.99 billion, the company said Monday.
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Microprocessor sales reach record levels
Intel's Atom processor, which is used in netbooks, helped PC microprocessor makers sell record numbers of chips during the third quarter, although the overall value of the market fell, according to market researcher IDC.
The PC processor market has made a remarkable recovery since the start of the year, IDC said.
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Microsoft buys bridge between Java and .Net developers
Microsoft plans to acquire technology that has enabled Microsoft's TFS (Team Foundation Server) software to be an ALM (application lifecycle management) server for different software development platforms. The company will purchase Teamprise-related assets from SourceGear. Teamprise software lets Java developers using Eclipse-based IDEs or developers leveraging operating systems including Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X build applications via Visual Studio TFS.
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Mozilla fixes Firefox crash bug
Just a week after it last updated Firefox, Mozilla has rushed out a new version of its browser to fix a crash bug that programmers inadvertently introduced.
Firefox 3.5.5, which Mozilla posted for download late Thursday, fixes a small number of what the company called "stability issues" in the release notes that accompanied the update. Unlike almost all interim updates that Mozilla issues about once every six weeks, version 3.5.5 did not patch any security vulnerabilities.
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