Monthly Archives: August 2005
Do Microsofts Vista Hardware Guidelines Meet the Mark?
While the final hardware requirements for Microsofts Windows Vista operating system wont be made public until next summer, testers say the first beta release...
Commercializing Open-Source Stirs Debate
As Mozilla and the Debian Core Consortium move toward commercialization of open-source projects, open-source supporters debate whether this trend is a good idea.
While analysts...
Taking Sides for the Municipal Wireless Showdown
Every big piece of legislation—omnibus bills like the 1996 Telecommunications Act—has a simmering issue that helps move it forward.
Its usually a consumer-friendly issue, something...
National Health Network Carries $200B Price Tag
In a landmark paper released in the August issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, a panel of experts determined a model for a...
Mozilla Goes Corporate; Analysts Say Its All Good
Mozillas gone corporate, and analysts of all stripes say thats a good thing.The companys announcement this week that it is creating a for-profit addition...
Analysts: Novell vs. SCO Is No Slam Dunk
When Novell, in the latest move in the SCO-Novell lawsuit, demanded royalties from SCOs recent Unix licensing business, the company served notice that it...
AOL Purchases Online Storage Company Xdrive
America Online Inc. announced its purchase of privately held Santa Monica, Calif.-based Xdrive Inc., which offers online storage and backup services.
With this acquisition, AOL...
SSA Global to Buy CRM Maker Epiphany
Enterprise resource planning software developer SSA Global Technologies Inc. expanded its breadth Thursday with the acquisition of Epiphany Inc.
SSA Global, of Chicago, plans to...
Microsoft Posts How-To on Working with RSS in Vista
Microsoft on Wednesday posted the first installment of a blog to advise developers on creating Web pages and RSS feeds that work correctly with...
Microsoft, Google to Tangle in LinuxWorld Trivia Game
Two tech giants—Microsoft and Google—have clashed head-on in a few arenas recently: over leadership in the Internet search market, over the use of open-source...