The sprawling electronics and media giant gets hit by poor exchange rates and financial problems, but that didn’t prevent a couple of its divisions from showing signs of life.
Regardless of whether they’re on XP or Vista, IT departments will have a lot to look forward to with Windows 7. Ars got to check out some of the new enterprise-friendly features to ship with Windows 7, including in-place imaging with a USB key, a problem recorder, remote access security and performance enhancements.
Google may be getting worried that the Department of Justice will be distracted by the presidential transition, and not get around to approving its deal with Yahoo in a timely manner. No one from the company has actually said this, of course, but it’s likely to be behind an uptick in rumors that the search giant is ready to walk away from talks.
Canadian researchers demonstrate that it’s possible to successfully hack a commercial quantum key distribution system. The efficacy of the attack is a real threat to quantum key distribution.
Microsoft has joined the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) Working Group in an attempt to help contribute toward the development of a powerful, interoperable messaging protocol for businesses. The company says that this is part of its latest interoperability push, although it’s not sure yet whether it will actually implement AMQP specifications.