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Yahoo Search Security Beta Draws Complaints
Thu, 15 May 2008 20:27:58 -0400
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SEC to Propose XBRL Mandate
Thu, 15 May 2008 20:14:56 -0400
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Yahoo Allows Web Sites to Customize How Search Finds Them
Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:16 -0400
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Icahn Pledges Proxy Fight for Yahoo-Microsoft Merger
Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:02 -0400
Carl Icahn threatens Yahoo's board with a proxy fight even though Microsoft has walked away from the Internet company.... $250 K First Year Too Good To Be True? Maybe For You. Only Serious Will Be Mentored.
HP Fixing XP SP3 Problems
Thu, 15 May 2008 19:09:57 -0400
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Microsoft Windows finds a place on One Laptop Per Child machines
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:38:27 -0700
Microsoft and the One Laptop Per Child organization say the nonprofit's green-and-white "XO" computers now can run Windows in addition to their homegrown interface, which is built on the open Linux operating system.
Nordstrom profit sinks 24%, but better than analysts forecast
Thu, 15 May 2008 18:16:53 -0700
Luxury retailer Nordstrom said its profit fell 24 percent in the first quarter as recession rumblings in the U.S. crimped even wealthier consumers'...
SEC launches formal investigation of CellCyte
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:30:30 -0700
CellCyte, a Bothell-based biotechnology company, said Thursday the Securities and Exchange Commission has upgraded its probe of the company to a formal investigation.

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Yahoo’s Chairman Disputes Icahn’s Accusations
Fri, 16 May 2008 03:18:30 -0000
Yahoo’s chairman rejected accusations from the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn that the company’s board had acted irrationally in rejecting a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft.
CBS in Deal to Buy CNet to Increase Online Ads
Fri, 16 May 2008 03:35:00 -0000
At $1.8 billion, Thursday’s deal for CNet by CBS is the biggest by far in its recent Internet expansion, making the network bigger players in online media.
Microsoft Is Joining Low-Cost Laptop Project
Fri, 16 May 2008 03:18:30 -0000
After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child, have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization’s computers.

CNN.com - Technology

Teen alleging rape turns to YouTube
Thu, 15 May 2008 14:59:58 -0400
The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped. The teen is among dozens of young people who are turning to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to talk about sexual assault.
Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax
Thu, 15 May 2008 15:29:02 -0400
Read full story for latest details.
Robotic suit amplifies human strength
Thu, 15 May 2008 14:38:00 -0400
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NPR Topics: Technology

Investor Icahn Urges Yahoo-Microsoft Merger
Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:00 -0400
After Microsoft withdrew its bid for Yahoo, it's been reported that billionaire Carl Icahn bought 50 million shares of Yahoo. Apparently, he wants to see the two companies merge, and he has even launched a proxy contest to get rid of Yahoo's entire board of directors.
Gaming Your Way to Fitness
Thu, 15 May 2008 01:36:00 -0400
Video games designed to provide a workout are becoming big business. But do these games — such as the Wii Fit, which hits stores Monday — deliver on their fitness promises?
Study: Number of Wireless-Only U.S. Homes Grows
Wed, 14 May 2008 11:45:00 -0400
More Americans are cancelling their landlines and using only wireless phones, according to a new study from the National Center for Health Statistics. In the last half of 2007, the number of homes without landlines — 16 percent — had more than doubled from the same period in 2004.

BBC News | Technology | UK Edition

'$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP
Thu, 15 May 2008 23:07:16 -0000
Microsoft joins forces with the makers of the "$100 laptop" to make Windows XP available on the low-cost computers.
Investor launches Yahoo challenge
Thu, 15 May 2008 14:09:22 -0000
A billionaire investor announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.
US 'cyber-bully' mother indicted
Fri, 16 May 2008 02:15:25 -0000
A US woman who allegedly bullied a girl on MySpace who later committed suicide is indicted by a Grand Jury.

Reuters Video: Technology

Swiss man soars with jet wings
Thu, 15 May 2008 12:01:44 -0400
May 15 - A Swiss man stuns onlookers by flying a jet propelled wing for nearly ten minutes at a peak speed of 300 km/h (186 mph).
New NATO cyber defence centre
Thu, 15 May 2008 10:36:00 -0400
May 15 - Seven NATO nations back new measures against cyber war some see as an emerging security risk.
Reuters Quickcut: Flying man
Thu, 15 May 2008 07:27:24 -0400
May 14 - Known as 'Fusion Man', a former pilot has stunned crowds by flying a jet-propelled wing for nearly ten minutes at a peak speed of 300 km/h (186 mph).

AP Top Technology News At 11:26 p.m. EDT

Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case
By LINDA DEUTSCH Fri, 16 May 2008 03:26:23 -0000
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide....
Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Thu, 15 May 2008 23:32:49 -0000
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn....
Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era
By MARK JEWELL Thu, 15 May 2008 17:44:33 -0000
Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times....

CNET News.com

End of Intel, AMD duopoly near? Via readies Isaiah chip
Thu, 15 May 2008 18:15:00 -0700
Via Technologies is getting set to its higher-performance Isaiah processor that is targeted at mainstream computers.
RIAA defendant Jammie Thomas may get new trial
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:41:00 -0700
Federal judge who presided over first RIAA peer-to-peer trial says he may grant new trial because of possibly flawed jury instruction.
Google Translate speaks 10 new languages
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:17:00 -0700
The translation service adds Swedish, Hindi, Danish, seven other languages, and the ability to guess the language that text needs to be translated from.

 

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Apache JMeter - Graphical server performance testing tool, for both static and dynamic resources (files or CGI, Servlets, Perl scripts). It may be used to simulate a heavy load on a server or network to test its strength or to analyse overall performance under different load types. [Open Source, BSD-like]

Compuware PointForward - Load testing service that measures the reliability, integrity, scalability and performance of web sites using a global infrastructure.
Meta Description: [ Compuware offers lifecycle, technology and product solutions to help IT professionals develop, integrate, customize, test and maintain business-critical applications. ]

Facilita Forecast Applications - A suite of low footprint load testing tools for web, .NET and Java applications as well as for networks, databases and custom C, C++, .NET and Java APIs. [Commercial]
Meta Description: [ forecast test tool for load and performance testing of web servers, web services, application servers, databases, J2EE applications and networks ]

JBlitz - Web stress, load and performance testing tools for testing websites, web services and web enabled applications. By Clan Productions. [Commercial]
Meta Description: [ Web testing with JBlitz ]

Load Testing Tools Resources - Tools that can help a website or intranet application developer to ensure that it sustains the desired load.
Meta Description: [ All the tools that can help a website or intranet application developer to ensure it won't crash under load ]

500 LoadDriver - An Internet Explorer based, integrated load and functional test software that tests web sites with JavaScript, Java applets, Flash and ActiveX objects. By Inforsolution. [Commercial]
Meta Description: [ LoadDriver drives numerous instances of Internet Explorers to load test web site with unprecedented accuracy and usability. LoadDriver supports the load testing of JavaScript, Flash and the other ActiveX objects. ]

LoadeaTest - A stress test tool which offers to test performance from capturing to analyzing results. The application is available for Windows platforms equipped with the .NET runtime environment. [Commercial, free restricted version]
Meta Description: [ Loadea, stress testing tool ]

404 LoadManager - A tool for load, stress, stability and performance tests which supports HTTP(S), Sockets (TCP/IP), JMS, and RMI. It is fully integrated into Eclipse and runs on all platforms supported by Eclipse and Java. [Commercial]
Meta Description: [ Software, testing, telcom, banking and industrial solutions, testing tools, QA, project planning. ]

Neotys - Offers NeoLoad, a testing tool for web applications which provides monitors and results reports to pinpoint bottlenecks and performance issues, as well as application deployment services. [Commercial, trial version]
Meta Description: [ Test in 10 minutes the performance and robustness of your web application with NeoLoad. Easily use performance monitors to pinpoint performance issues and bottlenecks. Application deployment services. ]

OpenDemand Systems, Inc. - Web performance management software and services including stress testing, performance monitoring, and professional services.
Meta Description: [ IBM and Open Demand - simple, stress and load testing software for performance tuning of web sites and applications, including WebSphere, .NET, Oracle, WebLogic, ColdFusion and many more. ]

OpenSTA - Project to build a distributed Web load testing architecture based around CORBA. [Open Source]
Meta Description: [ Resource index site for the free HTTP performance test application OpenSTA. Web Load and stress testing for no cost; open source and GPL ]

PerfectLoad - A HTTP/Java load-testing tool that simulates thousands of users executing requests against a Web or application server. [Shareware]

PerformanceTester.com - A resources site by Stens Consulting Inc. Offers articles, FAQs, books, a forum, a knowledge base, links and news.
Meta Description: [ A resource site focused on benchmarks, test tools and performance, stress and load testing. Also home of the performance testing knowledge base. , ]

PerformanceXperts, Ltd. - An independent performance, load and stress testing specialist company with experience of designing and implementing performance testing strategies across many business sectors and technologies.
Meta Description: [ Performance testing from PerformanceXperts. We are an independent Performance, Load and Stress Testing Specialist Company. Its experience of designing and implementing performance testing strategies across many business sectors and technologies is unparalleled. ]

Performax, Inc. - Provides software load testing, performance analysis, tuning, optimization, and characterization services. The applied methodology is presented as well as several customers.
Meta Description: [ Software load testing, performance analysis, optimization, & characterization services to help build, market, and deploy highly scalable applications ]

PerfTestPlus, Inc. - Offers software-testing-related services and, on its site, articles and presentations about performance testing written by Scott Barber.
Meta Description: [ PerfTestPlus: Software and Performance Testing Professional Services, Consulting, Mentoring, Training and Assessments ]

Proxy Sniffer - Web load testing and site analysis tool implemented in Java, permitting to test and analyze the performance characteristics and the stability of Web applications under various load conditions. [Commercial, free limited version]
Meta Description: [ Professional web load and stress testing tool. Tests and analyzes the performance and the stability of web applications, web sites, proxy server and load balancer. ]

PureLoad - A Java-based performance testing and analyzing tool that helps application developers by automating the process of stress testing server applications. [Commercial, trial version]

Quotium Technologies - Range of professional web load and database testing and monitoring solutions.
Meta Description: [ Web Performance and database monitoring and optimization: Quotium Technologies, web performance load testing products for large enterprises. ]

Red-Gate Software: .NET testing tools - The Advanced .NET Testing System (ANTS) is for load and scalability testing of .NET web services and other web applications. [Commercial, trial version]
Meta Description: [ Tools for .net developers, by Red Gate Software, include a code and memory profiler and a load testing tool ]

Test Today, Ltd. - Performance testing of computer-based business systems using automated testing and monitoring technologies.
Meta Description: [ Test Today Limited Performance Test Consultants reducing risk of deploying computer based systems by using automated test tools and proven methods to validate performance and integrity of applications. ]

TestingMaster - A load and stress testing tool that provides a way of testing web sites and intranet applications via web interface. [Commercial, trial version]
Meta Description: [ Testing Master - automated load, performance, stress testing tool. ]

Tevron - Offers automated testing solutions for Windows platforms and focuses on load testing, application monitoring and functional testing for various enterprise applications. [Commercial]

The Grinder - A Java load-testing framework. It has support for testing HTTP based services and can also be used to test MOM and POP3, SMTP, FTP, and LDAP applications. [Open Source, BSD-style license]

Web Application Load and Stress Testing - WAPT is a load and stress testing tool for web sites and intranet applications with web interface. Accurate load simulation, run-time test data generation, recording and play back of secure HTTPS requests, clear graphs and reports. [Commercial, trial version]

Web Performance, Inc. - Load, stress, and performance testing software and tools for Web servers. Interactive reports tell how many real users a Web site can handle at one time and which Web pages are slow. [Commercial]
Meta Description: [ Load, stress, and performance testing software and tools for web servers, simulating the load of thousands of real users hitting a web servers. Interactive reports tell you how many real users your website can handle at one time and which web pages are slow. ]

Web Site Optimal Performance (WSOP) - This tool checks the consistency of a web site and makes a load time analysis for all page elements. It provides a set of reports and statistic layouts representing web page download information. Available for various Windows platforms. [Commercial, trial version]

WebInject - A tool for automated testing of web applications and services. It can test individual components with HTTP interfaces, and is a test harness to create a suite of automated functional and regression tests. [Open source, GPL]
Meta Description: [ WebInject is a free tool for automated testing of web applications and web services. It can be used to test individual system components with HTTP interfaces, as a test harness to create a suite of functional and regression tests, or for service-level monitoring. ]

Webserver Stress Tool - A HTTP-client/server load, stress and performance testing application designed to pinpoint critical issues in Web server that may prevent optimal performance. By Paessler GmbH. [Commercial, trial version]
Meta Description: [ Test web server performance with Webserver Stress Tool. This software can carry out a variety of different tests that can help you identify issues that prevent optimal performance in your web server. Load testing, stress testing, ramp testing and more is easier with Webserver Stress Tool. ]

Zyntax Tuxedo Adaptor - The Tuxedo Adaptor allows users to perform load, stress and performance benchmarking against applications which utilize BEA's Tuxedo. The software is solely available included in IBM/Rational testing products. [Commercial]
Meta Description: [ Zyntax Consulting Home Page ]