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Linux Professional Institute Adds Open-Source Job Placement Service

For years, the Linux Professional Institute has offered the most important basic Linux worker certification, the LPIC. On Aug. 16 at LinuxWorld in San...

Survey: Google Checkout Not Popular with Online Retailers

Google Checkout continues to struggle through early growing pains.According to two surveys by analyst company Piper Jaffray, 81 percent of online retailers say they...

Centeris Helps Windows, Linux Systems Get Along

Centeris Likewise Management Suite makes it easy for Windows network administrators to configure and monitor most Linux systems, including integrating Linux systems into Microsoft...

WebMethods Acquires Cerebra

Entering the metadata technology market, WebMethods announced Aug. 21 the acquisition of Cerebra, a privately held company that develops metadata management software. The terms of...

Novell Accuses Red Hat of Flip-Flopping on Xen

A virtual war is brewing between Red Hat and Novell on how ready Xen is for business use. In the latest development, Novell Chief...

Google Search Share Drops, But Does it Matter?

Google's search share dropped a full percentage point in July to 43.7% from 44.7%, according to comScore. This drop marks the first time in...

Windows Live Contacts Now Available in Gadget Form

Microsoft has made available a beta version of a gadget, or applet, that allows users to share their contact information across different Web services...

How Many Windows Live Spaces Blogs Are There?

Are all blogs created equal? Is a private blog (plog?) just as valuable as a public one? And is Windows Live Spaces more of...

PHP Puts Mainframe Developers in Prime Time

BALTIMORE—As mainframe developers migrate from legacy systems to new languages and environments, PHP should be on the short list, said a longtime mainframe programmer...

Google Hawks Like an Egyptian

Google plans to open an office in Cairo, Egypt, in November to concentrate on its Arabic services, according to Arabian Computer News. The office...