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OpenOffice.org Releases Second Beta Version of its 2.0 Suite

A new version of OpenOffice.org 2.0 is being released for beta in advance testing this week, the second beta release of the free software...

Techies and Politicians: On Different Networks

Last week, this column spent a few moments discussing the attitudes and habits of folks in Washington, D.C., who make and enact laws that...

Toshiba May Delay HD DVD Player Until 2006

TOKYO (Reuters)—Japans Toshiba Corp. said on Thursday it may delay the year-end launch of its next-generation HD DVD players, potentially undermining its advantage as...

OSDL Calls Microsofts Bluff

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) folks are crafty. Possibly even as deliciously devious as Microsoft. During a supposedly secret meeting last month, Microsoft officials...

Cisco Launches Corporate Wireless Access Point

Cisco Systems next week will launch a new wireless access point for corporate customers, sources close to the company confirmed on Friday. The Aironet 1240AG...

Sun Open-Sources JavaServer Faces

Sun Microsystems Inc. has quietly open-sourced its Web user interface building tool: JavaServer Faces. Sun released the source code last week for JavaServer Faces 1.2...

Carriers Struggle to Restore Service After Katrina

Land-line and wireless carriers alike are preparing to restore phone service to the areas struck by Hurricane Katrina this week, but lack of access...

Plenty of Choice in Open-Source CMS

There are dozens of Linux distributions, but only one Linux. There are over a dozen open-source Web servers, but only one Apache. When it...

Yahoo Unveils E-Mail Search Capabilities

Yahoo is rolling out new capabilities for searching text, photos and e-mail headers and attachments in its Web-based e-mail service, said company officials this...

Google: Its Not Only Microsoft That Should Watch Out

Many people believe that Googles biggest long-term competitor is Microsoft. They look at Google as a technology company and since Microsoft is the largest and...