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Comcast Enters VOIP Market
Comcast Corp., the largest cable TV and high-speed Internet service provider, has decided to delve into the VOIP market, with a goal of snagging...
Rotten Grapes, IBM and Patents
IBM has recently opened the doors for open-source programmers to freely use 500 of its patents in their software so long as their projects...
Microsoft Patch Day Lacks an IE Fix
Microsoft has released a fix for a critical hole in the HTML Help ActiveX control in Windows, but a well-known vulnerability in the Internet...
Siebel Updates Hosted CRM Service
Painting a bullseye on hosted CRM market leader Salesforce.com, particularly in the enterprise space, Siebel Systems Inc. announced Tuesday version 6 of its Siebel...
Do New Apple Products Make the Grade?
If Apples new products were school projects and I were the teacher, Id grade them like this: an A for the Mac mini, a...
IBM Gives 500 Patents to Open-Source Developers
IBM is giving individuals, groups, communities and companies working on open-source software free and unfettered access to innovations covered by 500 of its software...
Jobs Goes Mini with Mac, Flash-Based iPod
SAN FRANCISCO—Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking the concept of "mini" to the Mac computer and a flash-based iPod.
During his keynote Tuesday at the...
Apple Lowers Pricing Floor with Mini Mac
The rumors were true. Apple plans to release two models of a low-priced, bring-your-own-display Mac mini later this month.
The Mac mini, unveiled Tuesday at...
Intel to Launch Sonoma Platform
Intel Corp. will launch the next-generation "Sonoma" mobile platform on Jan. 19, according to an e-mailed announcement from the company.
At a launch event in...
MS AntiSpyware Beta Shows Promise, Problems
Just a few months ago Bill Gates declared that Microsoft would do something about the spyware/adware problem. And the company wasted no time. In...