Monthly Archives: August 2005
MontaVista, PalmSource Share Linux Party Line
MontaVista Software Inc. and PalmSource Inc., two leaders in mobile device software, have joined each others partner programs and are teaming up to "help...
Wyse Debuts Linux Thin Client
Wyse Technology debuted a compact yet powerful Linux-based thin client at LinuxWorld on Tuesday and announced a 1,900 unit deployment of the device by...
OSDL Begins Open-Source Patent Commons
This week at San Franciscos LinuxWorld, Open Source Development Labs, a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, announced the OSDL patent...
Vendors Form RFID Consortium
A group of 20 companies that develop RFID-based products—chips, tags, labels and readers—announced an intellectual property licensing consortium Tuesday to ease the pain that...
MS Corrects IE Patch Download Glitch
Less than 24 hours after pushing out patches for three critical Internet Explorer vulnerabilities, Microsoft has re-released the bulletin to correct a glitch that...
Microsoft Continues to Raid Lotus
Microsoft Corp. continues to woo top Lotus software developers to its ranks.
Among its most recent hires are two former Lotus developers, Julio Estrada, who...
Opera Goes Bare Bones for WAP Phones
Opera Software has unveiled a super-lightweight browser aimed at Web-enabling some 700 million low-end and mid-tier mobile phones. Dubbed Opera Mini, the browser works...
Business Objects Launches BI Platform for Linux
Business Objects XI package for Business Intelligence—the fulfillment of the product roadmap the company laid out after it acquired Crystal Decisions Inc. late in...
Founders Strive to Do No Evil in GPL 3 Process
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—With patent pressures growing in the computer industry, the licensing foundation for a majority open-source projects is under review. On Wednesday, industry...
Red Hat Looks to Cede Control
Red Hat announced at LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week new developments in the establishment of the Fedora Foundation and the release of the...