Todd R Weiss

High-performance computing vendor Silicon Graphics Inc. Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it continues recent efforts to revamp itself and regain profitability. In an announcement, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company also said it has reached an agreement with major lenders to reduce its debt by approximately US$250 million as part of the restructuring.

With its business already firmly entrenched in the e-commerce marketplace, online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is now looking to leverage its massive and capacity-rich IT infrastructure by renting out storage capacity to independent and corporate software developers.

AT&T Inc. is being sued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to try to stop the company from any role it may have in divulging customer information to the U.S. government as part of surveillance operations undertaken since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The privacy group announced the lawsuit Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's torturous effort to award a telecommunications contract valued at up to US$1 billion could face another challenge: an attempt by an influential congressman to eliminate funding for the pact.

About 365,000 hospice and home health care patients in Oregon and Washington are being notified about the theft of computer backup data disks and tapes late last month that included personal information and confidential medical records.

The C++ development language has been used for years, but some of its best secrets are still buried, waiting to be discovered and implemented. These four books offer varying approaches to C++, from a beginner

A Web site used by vendors to register and bid on government contracts through the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) was shut down Wednesday for repairs after one user reported security problems that allowed him to view and potentially change bids by other vendors.

Harris Miller served as president of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) trade group for more than a decade until announcing last week that he had stepped down to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Virginia. As head of the IT trade group, Miller, 54, was the public face of the ITAA, which represents about 250 member companies. A native of New Kensington, Pa., Miller has been active in Democratic politics for years and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1984. He talked Thursday with Computerworld