Monthly Archives: June 2007
What the Microsoft/Xandros Deal Means for Linux
Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros on June 4 signed a broad set of collaboration and patent agreements that reminded many of the November 2006...
XM, Sirius Merger Plans Filed with FCC
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission has announced that XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. have submitted applications with the FCC to...
VMware Looks to Slice Up Apples Mac
VMware is looking to put its own stamp on one of the hottest properties in the computer market—the Apple Macintosh.
In an announcement that will...
Managed Objects Tracks Homegrown App Structure
Being able to discover the components and map the dependencies of homegrown enterprise applications is the final frontier for IT in its Business Services...
Diligent Touts Deduplication
Diligent Technologies launched June 11 two new versions of its data protection platform aimed at midsize IT environments.With its ProtecTier Mid-Range packages, Diligent now...
Linux Founder Still Sees No Reason to Use GPLv3
The good news for GNU GPLv3 (General Public License Version 3) supporters is that Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, thinks the final draft...
New Software Predicts Spread of Infectious Diseases
Researchers at three IBM labs have donated to the open-source community a package of advanced software that can help predict the transmission of diseases...
IBM-Telelogic Collaboration Bodes Well
ORLANDO, Fla.—IBMs bid for Telelogic could bring together two old foes who also have worked together to define actionable architectures for software lifecycle management....
Privacy Group Flunks Google
A U.K. privacy group has issued a scathing report on large Internet players privacy records, going so far as to flunk Google altogether.Privacy International,...
Day One Becomes 0-Day for Safari for Windows Beta
Apple's Safari browser for Windows beta, introduced on June 11 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and touted as being "designed ... to be...