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Google, Comcast to Buy a Piece of AOL?

Search giant Google Inc. and U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp. are reportedly in negotiations to buy a small stake in America Online. In this...

Microsoft Says Users Drove PDF Feature in Office

Why did Microsoft decide to support native PDF output in Office applications in its next version, code-named "12" and due out next year? Some...

Video iPod Will Capitalize on TV Video Sales

True revolutions start at the fringe, not at the center. Steve Jobs already showed that he understood this concept when he made the original...

Linspire Pitches to Education Vertical Market

Intentionally or not, Linspire Inc. may be trying to become the "Education Linux" distribution. The San Diego-based desktop Linux software maker, formerly known as Lindows,...

Red Hat Launches Linux Security Certification Program

Enterprise Linux software maker Red Hat Inc. Thursday launched a new security certification program for IT managers and Linux sysadmins and developers, Red Hat...

Oracle May Want to Spur MySQLs Growth, not Hurt It

I admittedly was caught off guard at Oracles recent acquisition of Innobase, makers of a transactional storage engine that works under the covers of...

Technology Changes Politics in Quiet, Subtle Ways

Well, Ive seen the future of social networking technology, and I have to tell you, its kinda dull. In a good, warm-hearted, Craigslist kind of...

Samsung Settlement Doesnt Do Enough

Repeat after me: Companies dont commit crimes, people do. And people who commit crimes in the workplace should be prosecuted and jailed just like...

Samsung to Pay Up in Chip Price-Fixing Case

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty to computer-memory price fixing and to pay a $300 million fine in a settlement with...

Educational Sites Inform a Growing Audience

A new report released by Internet statisticians Nielsen NetRatings contends that educational and reference-oriented sites are experiencing a dramatic increase in traffic, and currently...