Ed Oswald

Microsofts latest Windows Live offering is for the most part not a new service at all, but rather a one-time download that includes a subset of the available Live applications, much like the Google Pack. Called Windows Live Essentials, the program also features a new application called Windows Live Dashboard. The Dashboard would show the […]

Apples troubles regarding the issuance of stock option grants and the surrounding fallout came to a head Friday. In a statement issued by the company after the close of the market, Apple disclosed it had requested a hearing with a NASDAQ committee following the receipt of a letter threatening the company with delisting its shares. […]

EXCLUSIVE—Microsofts so-called “iPod killer” could be unveiled as early as late August, with the company preparing to build momentum toward an October launch, sources close to the situation have told BetaNews. These latest developments indicate that Apple has only a short period of time to react before a barrage of marketing and publicity surrounds Microsofts […]

The FCC has declined to investigate whether telecommunications companies have broken consumer privacy laws by sharing phone call data with the NSA, saying the classified nature of the program prevents the agency from doing so. Chairman Kevin Martin, a Republican, said that the FCC would be unable to investigate at this time due to the […]

McAfee said Monday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had awarded it a patent regarding methods to update computer files on mobile devices. The company says that the technology could be used to update a file on a mobile device with a newer version that exists on another device. For example, a communication link […]

At CTIA Wireless AOL on Monday announced several improvements to its mobile offerings, including an enhancement to its mobile search service that would format any page for the mobile screen, an expanded relationship with Sprint and new mobile applications. Through a new “Surf the Web” feature included within AOL Mobile Search, users would be able […]

Apples lead software engineer Avadis “Avie” Tevanian will leave the company at the end of March, it was confirmed March 27. Tevanian followed Steve Jobs to Apple after the companys acquisition of NeXT in February 1997. Initially, Tevanian served as vice president of software engineering; however, he received a promotion to chief software technology officer […]

Press reports indicate that Advanced Micro Devices has hired away one of the leading designers of the Itanium processor, along with eight of his colleagues, from competitor Intel. Samuel Naffziger had only been with the company for less than a year, having been hired away previously from Hewlett-Packard in 2005. AMD confirmed the move Wednesday […]

Peter Quinn, the man responsible for bringing OpenDocument to the state of Massachusetts as CIO, will resign on Jan. 9, citing the controversy around the decision as well as personal attacks aimed at him as reasons for his departure. No announcement has been made as to a replacement. However, Quinn did stress to employees of […]

Nokia and Ericsson both committed on Tuesday to help the spread of GSM in the 450 megahertz band, which would offer operators of the worldwide wireless technology a way to cover rural areas in a less expensive manner. The band was once used for analog cell phones, a service that has since been dropped by […]