Monthly Archives: May 2005
IBM Buys Open-Source Provider Gluecode
IBM Tuesday announced that it has acquired open-source software provider Gluecode Software Inc. in a deal that strengthens IBMs middleware portfolio.
IBMs acquisition of El...
Sun Charts Its Future as Java Turns 10
Sun Microsystems Java has just turned 10 years old. And it seems Sun is already planning for how to handle the difficulties of adolescence.
While...
Microsoft Moves Smartphones Forward
Microsoft announced its latest operating system for PDAs, smartphones and media players today, adding support for many features available in cutting-edge phones and giving...
Apple Patches iTunes MPEG Decoding Flaw
Apple Computer Inc. has debuted version 4.8 of its iTunes music-playing application, which adds support for a few new features and fixes a serious...
Microsoft Expert Lays Down 7 Laws of ID Management
SAN FRANCISCO—The public is suspicious of most computerized identity verification systems because they are based on a jumble of policies and technologies that in...
SCOs Legal Wrangles Take an Odd, Personal Turn
In todays blog-filled universe, you dont have to be the New York Times to make an impact with a story.Take the recent attempts of...
Blue Screen of Death, Move Over
As if the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death" that plagues users of existing Windows variants werent enough, some beta testers are reporting that theyve...
Trend Micro Gobbles Up Anti-Spyware Startup
Moving to keep pace in the red-hot software market for detecting and removing spyware, anti-virus vendor Trend Micro on Tuesday announced plans to shell...
Windows Mobile 5.0 Could Wake Up PDA Market
Microsoft is releasing Windows Mobile 5.0 this week, an operating system the best feature of which it amazes me they are just now introducing:...
New Members to Enrich ObjectWeb
ObjectWeb, the French open-source software consortium, showed Monday why it is truly an international entity, announcing new members and agreements from members in countries...