Craig Newell

OTTAWA—Linux users from around the world are gathering this week at the annual Linux Symposium here. While theyre not on the agenda, the gathering will provide attendees a forum at which to discuss this summers hottest Linux topics, including of Unix System V copyright and the impending Version 2.7 of the Linux kernel. The Linux […]

OTTAWA—Linux can reap new opportunities in the embedded-OS space with some minor tweaks, according to a presentation today at the 2003 Linux Symposium. Hundreds of Linux developers and fans gathered at Ottawas Congress Centre to trade ideas over the future of the emerging embedded operating system, which has been used to power everything from home […]

NEW YORK—In a virtual re-run of Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs Worldwide Developers Conference address, Apple Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing Greg Joswiak opened Macworld CreativePro here today with a demonstration of the forthcoming generation of Apples desktop hardware and Mac OS X. Besides singing the praises of the forthcoming Power Mac G5 […]

America Online Inc. has notified users of its AOL Mobile Communicator device that their service will be cut off effective August 1. Read more on Why BlackBerry Is Getting the Raspberry The Mobile Communicator device, manufactured by Research in Motion, was introduced in the fall of 2000 at a price of $329.95. To boost sales, […]

America Online Inc. has released an alpha version of its ICQ messaging client that allows for instant messages to be exchanged between ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger users for the first time. The software, ICQ Lite build #1211, was released Monday, according to ICQs Web site. Usage of ICQ has declined as of late, with […]

America Online Inc. Tuesday made its AOL 9.0 client available to beta testers. The software, code-named Blue Hawaii, is a marked departure from the last release, AOL 8.0, in offering a skinnable, or changeable, user interface code-named, “Prescott.” With it, AOL members will have many more opportunities to design and customize the navigation and design […]

Editors Note: This story originally ran on BetaNews.com and appears on eWEEK with the sites permission. The accounts of millions of AOL subscribers were jeopardized this week due to a serious flaw in the companys Web-based mail system, BetaNews has learned. The vulnerability stems from an error in one of AOLs international e-mail authentication systems, […]

America Online made the final version of AOL 8.0 public on Wednesday afternoon, six days before the official scheduled release of the software. The first people to hear that the software had been completed: AOLs beta testers. In a dramatic e-mail with the subject, “We have reached another Beta milestone!,” AOL told its testers that […]

America Online Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are gearing up for launches of their latest Internet software, and as with prior releases will try to match and outdo each other with new features—this time with an eye on customization. While Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., has been forthcoming with many of the new features due in MSN […]

America Online Inc. late last week informally launched what appeared to be its long anticipated “Magic Carpet” sign-in service. Officially called dubbed Screen Name Service, the service combines the screen name sign-ins of AOLs America Online, CompuServe 2000, AOL Instant Messenger, Netscape, and NetBusiness into one unified authentication system. The Screen Name Service is AOLs […]