17/05/2007

Oracle's Agile Buy Could Boost PLM

With Oracle's intended $495 million acquisition of software maker Agile Software, product lifecycle management may finally have its day.

Serious Samba Problems

Three critical bugs in the popular open-source program allow for system compromise.

Will Windows Home Server Be the Next 'Me Too' Market?

Windows Home Server is Microsoft's bridge between the home PC and the server market. Maybe it's not surprising, then, that its partners and customers may see it as a way to extend into new markets, too.

Microsoft Highlights Changes to the Windows Kernel

At WinHEC, Microsoft technical fellow Mark Russinovich discussed, among other things, how uniprocessor kernel variants were now gone from Windows Server 2008, which reduces the need for downtime.

Up Close with MIT's Huggable Robot

The high-tech stuffed animal robot dubbed Huggable uses Microsoft software to connect with kids and medical patients.

Transferring spin polarization from a gas to a solid

Some time ago, scientists learned to polarize noble gases so that when they were inhaled, an MRI machine could take pictures of the lungs. But if other types of elements could be polarized as well, the potential benefits ...

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