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Gates Memo: Weve Got to Get This Services Thing Right

On Nov. 1, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Technology Officer Ray Ozzie unveiled publicly Microsofts Live.com services strategy. The pair previewed for...

Online Voting Offers Advantages

There were a number of elections around the country yesterday. Ill leave it to you to pick your favorite for tealeaf-reading about what it...

Pols Battle Over Future of OpenDocument

The State Senate last month passed a bill that, among other economic initiatives, required a study of the open document question. But the House late...

Musical Chairs Continues at Novell

In the latest bit of personnel-related news from beleaguered Linux software/services provider Novell Inc., Nuremburg, Germany-based SUSE Linux founder Hubert Mantel announced his resignation...

Haptic Phones Cause Good Vibrations

Feedback can be useful. Without it, your virtual motorbike can come off the road, and youll never know. With a good actuator, however, you...

Googles Going to the Automat

Search giant Google Inc. wants to patent something it calls "Google Automat," which analysts suggest is another major piece of its online retailing and...

C++ Poised for Its Next Stages

LAS VEGAS—Shaking off its staid reputation, the venerable C++ language is strutting its stuff here at the C++ Connections conference. The evolution of the language...

Societal Trends Trump Security Measures

I read the news today, oh boy. I usually read the New York Times daily. On paper, which may surprise those of you who think...

Sun Scores First Big Grid Computing Deal

Sun Microsystems Inc. Wednesday announced its largest grid-computing sale to date—an agreement with high-performance computing service provider Virtual Compute Corp. to use more than...

MSN, AP Tackle Video Streaming

The Microsoft Network announced on Wednesday that it will be teaming up with the Associated Press to develop the AP Online Video Network,slated to...