At Deadline Briefs
AOL Chat Knocked Out
America Online Inc.'s widely used AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) chat service was hit by two outages last week. AIM was inaccessible for part of Thursday, an incident Dulles, Va.-based company blamed on a power failure in northern Virginia. Last Tuesday, AOL said an unspecified hardware problem temporarily knocked users off the service.
Intel Probed in Europe
The European Commission disclosed that it's investigating Intel Corp. for possible antitrust violations after receiving a pair of complaints about the microprocessor maker's marketing and licensing tactics. In a statement, Intel said its executives believe its business practices "are both fair and lawful."
Microsoft Reacts to Passport Criticism
Microsoft Corp. quickly rewrote its Passport password service's terms of use last week after customers and privacy advocates complained that the document appeared to give the company ownership of user content. Revised terms indicate Microsoft will own only customer communications exchanged with the company itself. Microsoft plans to use its Passport service as a component of other upcoming Web-based services.
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VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise
By Edward L. Haletky
Published Dec 29, 2007 by Prentice Hall.
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Green IT
By Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert C. Elsenpeter
To be published Oct. 10, 2008 by McGraw Hill Professional
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