Monthly Archives: October 2004
Yahoo Takes Search Mobile
SAN FRANCISCO—Mobile search gained another convert as Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday extended Web, local and image search to wireless devices.
During a keynote at the...
Google Grabs 3-D Mapping Startup
Google Inc. on Wednesday branched out into 3-D digital mapping with the acquisition of Keyhole Corp.In its second acquisition this year, Google has bought...
Father of the Wiki Talks Programming Practices
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Ward Cunningham, the father of the wiki concept, hardly mentioned wikis at all during his keynote address at the OOPSLA 2004 conference...
Palladium Echoes in New Handheld Security Spec
Intel, IBM and NTT DoCoMo have released a specification to create a "trusted mobile platform," which appears to take the foundation of Microsofts own...
Microsoft Sharpens Its Software Factory Vision
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—In a speech at the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications—or OOPSLA—conference here, Microsoft Corp.s head researcher announced a new framework and...
Wireless Industry Growth Depends on Rich Data Services
SAN FRANCISCO—The sale of data services is going to drive the growth and profitability of the wireless telecommunications industry as voice services continue to...
PayPal Says Sorry by Waiving Fees for a Day
PayPal wants to repay its users for dealing with its recent spate of sporadic outages by giving back a days worth of fees.
The online...
Site Blockage Shows Bush Team Doesnt Get It
Back in the good old days when the Internet was a fad, not a business, it was commonplace for tech folks to divide the...
Bush Site Blocks Some Foreign Access
A British Internet services site has charged that the Bush re-election campaign has begun blocking access to the site by users outside the United...
Ballmer: Windows Safer than Linux
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday plunged headfirst into the controversial waters of comparing the benefits and advantages of the Windows platform with Unix...