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Three dimensional, @Last

@Last Software, the makers of 3D rendering software, is Google's latest acquisition.The six-year-old, privately-held firm sells software to architects, builders and others using heavy-duty...

From the Trenches:The Google-DOJ Showdown

U.S. District Court Judge James Ware ultimately handed the Bush administration a partial victory over Google. Ware decided Google must turn over to the...

Amazon Launches Storage Service for Developers

Amazon.coms Amazon Web Services on March 14 announced Amazon S3, an inexpensive, reliable storage service that allows small companies to instantly scale their growth. Amazon...

Google Buys a 3-D Graphics Company

Internet search top dog Google has bought @Last, a company that makes tools to add three-dimensional figures into computer-aided designs. Financial details were not disclosed....

Red Hat Admits Virtual Holdup in Linux Kernel

The move to weld virtualization technology deep into the Linux kernel is stuck on the workbench. Despite earlier optimistic predictions by Red Hat execs and...

Microsofts EFI Pullback is Apples Gain

The news that Microsofts support for the next-generation of BIOS, called the United Extensible Firmware Interface, will wait for a couple of years or...

Microsofts Designer Tools Inch Ahead

One of the star attractions of Microsofts Mix 06 confab in Las Vegas next week may not make an actual appearance. For a few months,...

Microsoft to Preview Windows SBS 2003 R2

Microsoft is hosting some 400 of its small and midsize customers and partners at its Redmond, Wash., campus on March 14 as part of...

Fujitsu Unveils New Opteron Blade System

Fujitsu Computer Systems in October unveiled a two-socket Opteron-based blade server that could be combined to make a four-way system. In the next quarter,...

Red Hat to Illuminate Virtualization Initiatives

Linux vendor Red Hat will give an update on its virtualization initiatives March 14 at an event in San Francisco hosted by Tim Yeaton,...