Monthly Archives: December 2007
Raketu’s iPhone VoIP Tease
I was pretty excited to see Raketu's announcement yesterday of a Web-based VOIP (voice over IP) service that works for Apple's iPhone or iTouch...
Security Reviewers Workshop
I attended a Symantec endpoint security reviewer workshop in San Francisco Dec. 11. These workshops are always an interesting mix of "head fixing" on...
OpenOffice on Ulteo in Pictures
Today my colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is reporting on Mandriva founder Gael Duval's Ulteo, which now offers online access to the OpenOffice.org productivity suite:
"OpenOffice.org...
Laws Threaten Innovation in 2007
All things considered, from a strict technology aspect, 2007 was a pretty good year. We saw the launch of several very good products and...
Ask.com Flips the Privacy Switch
As the No. 4 search engine, Ask.com may not have anywhere near the market share of Google, Yahoo or MSN, but it's determined to...
Sun Addresses OpenDS Mess
A Sun Microsystems official said the company regrets an incident that has called Sun's commitment to open source into question and is working to...
Marc Fleury Makes a Comeback
Marc Fleury is back.The flamboyant former CEO of JBoss is joining the board of advisers of Appcelerator, an Atlanta-based company focused on enabling developers...
Iomega Acquires Chinese Hard Drive Manufacturer
External disk storage maker Iomega on Dec. 12 announced that it will acquire ExcelStor Great Wall Technology, an $800 million hard drive manufacturer based...
Novell Lands Major Linux Server Contract with Office Depot
Second in the Linux server business to leader Red Hat, Novell is continuing to strive for major server wins.
In its latest significant victory, Novell...
Multimap Buy Shores Up Microsoft’s Location Services
Microsoft moved to shore up its mapping and location platform services, announcing on Dec. 12 that it has bought Multimap, which it describes as...