Microsoft Vista SP1 beta on the way
Microsoft Wednesday finally assigned a shipment date to Vista Service Pack 1 and also said it would release the third service pack for Windows XP next year.
Higher education IT spending shifts in wake of campus slayings
Shootings at colleges and universities have shifted IT spending priorities, with institutions investing heavily in upgrading their emergency communications systems, according to a new report from a higher education IT group.
ISPs to rural U.S.: Live with dial-up
You can’t get there from here. That old New England saw is an apt metaphor for the state of high-speed rural broadband. While many telecommunications …
Power Wi-Fi using the sun, says startup
A small U.S. startup has announced technology for running Wi-Fi routers in remote places using only the power of the sun.
Data breaches hurt corporate image but don’t necessarily drive customers away
Data breaches where stores and others confess to losing sensitive customer information because of hackers or just plain carelessness has a strong emotional impact on consumers, but doesn’t always lead them to abandon the company as a customer.
Open source court ruling impacts debated
A recent federal court ruling pertaining to open-source software in model railroads could derail enforcement of open-source licenses altogether, …
Body heat touted as power source
German scientists claimed to have a developed a procedure that harnesses body heat in order to generate power, which in the future may be used to power …
