Author: Vince Kimball

Blunkett's tears as he resigns a broken man. David Blunkett last night resigned as Home Secretary, dealing a heavy blow to Tony Blair's authority and throwing Labour's re-election strategy into turmoil. [The Scotsman]

Symantec Buys Veritas in 2nd Software Merger This Week. Symantec, the leading maker of computer security software, will buy Veritas for about $13.5 billion, creating the world's fourth-largest software company. By TERENCE NEILAN. [NYT > Technology]

eWEEK: Microsoft Makes 'Giant' Anti-Spyware Acquisition. Within the next month, Microsoft plans to roll out an anti-spyware protection beta for Windows customers. The company said the spyware detection and removal application will work alongside the security technologies in Windows XP Service Pack 2. [Tomalak's Realm]

FedEx can't handle the holidays. Did anyone else know that FedEx doesn't hold themselves to the same guarantees of service during the two weeks before Christmas? It looks like the only thing the company's willing to stick to is that within five days of Christmas, something shipped via First Overnight, Priority Overnight, or 1-Day Freight… Continue reading FedEx can't handle the holidays

EZ Billing from Sputnik.  Sputnik has announced new software modules for credit card and PayPal payments to their remarkable line of managed access points. The inexpensive Sputnik APs like the $99 AP 160 or $199 AP 220 can be centrally controlled. You can create different splashpages for each hotspot and monitor their activity from a… Continue reading EZ Billing from Sputnik

The IT staff that leaves at 5pm. My fellow InfoWorld blogger Bob Lewis is running a letter he received that deals with an earlier discussion of what it means when IT staff are out the door at 5pm regularly. While the discussion between Bob and the letter-writer centers around morale and management issues, I think… Continue reading The IT staff that leaves at 5pm