Monthly Archives: July 2008
Nokia, Qualcomm Settle Patent Disputes
Nokia and Qualcomm ended a long-running patent dispute July 23 with a 15-year licensing agreement. The deal ends all litigation between the two companies,...
Google Introduces Knol as Wikipedia Alternative
Google has formally released to the public Knol, its alternative encyclopedia service to Wikipedia. Check out the page here at your own risk; it...
Shuttleworth: Microsoft Does Not Want War
PORTLAND, Ore.-Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, which maintains the Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, said he doubts Microsoft would file a suit against a...
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: How to Prepare Your Business
/images/stories/70x50/bug_knowledgecenter_70x70_(2).jpgIn 2008, we have witnessed several significant disasters: the earthquake and subsequent flooding in the Sichuan Province of China; the unexpected and tragic cyclone...
Researcher Urges Prompt Patch to Fix DNS Flaw
With details of the Domain Name System flaw discovered now public and attack code in the wild, security researcher Dan Kaminsky once again is...
Is Microsoft Irrelevant?
Is Microsoft irrelevant?That's what Brian Aker, director of architecture at Sun Microsystems' MySQL, called the software giant in an onstage Q&A during the opening...
Executive Departure Reshuffles Microsoft Deck
The departure of Kevin Johnson may give Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer the opportunity to reshape the huge platform and services division into more effective...
Zimbra Yahoo Offline Mail Client Arrives
The Yahoo Zimbra Beta allows all 263 million Yahoo Mail customers to access mail and calendars offline.Zimbra Desktop Beta Version 3, available July 24,...
Interwoven Acquires E-discovery Firm
Enterprise content management provider Interwoven is extending its reach into the e-discovery software-as-a-service business, which really is little more than a deeper dive into...
Garmin Unveils Crossover GPS for Handheld GPS, Vehicle GPS
Garmin unveiled its latest crossover GPS device, the N??vi 500 series, the week of July 21 at the British Automotive show in London.As a...