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PUBPAT Questions Suns Open-Source Patent Policies

The Public Patent Foundation is questioning how Sun Microsystems Inc. is granting the open-source software community rights to more than 1,600 of its patents. PUBPATs...

Why Projects Fail

The possibility that the FBI may have to scrap its $170 million Virtual Case File software program was described by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,...

Polycom Expands Conferencing Line

Polycom Inc. is expanding its line of conferencing products with a focus on supporting a key voice-over-IP standard. The Pleasanton, Calif., videoconference vendor this week...

Enterprises Warming Up to Firebird Open-Source Database

Firebird—an open-source relational database known for sizzling transaction performance—is surging in popularity in the enterprise and heralds growing acceptance overall of open-source databases, according...

For Many, RFID ROI Still A Dream

Most groups are a ways off from earning a return on investment from RFID technology because of difficulties in tying together receiving, production, quality...

Secure64 Software Aims to Make Most of Itanium Features

A startup company is looking to create software that will take advantage of the performance and security attributes of Intel Corp.s 64-bit Itanium processor. Officials...

Consumer Group Boycotting Tesco For RFID Use

A U.S. consumer group, CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering), is urging consumers to boycott a U.K. retailer because of the chain’s...

F5 Launches New Big Switch

F5 Networks Inc. this week rolls out a high-end version of its Big-IP layers 4-7 switch and updated software that company officials said offers...

Aztec Eases Open-Source Migration

Aztec Software Inc., a development company that creates middleware for other software companies to brand as their own, will announce this week a new...

E911 Making Headway in VOIP

Theres a probably apocryphal story that floats around the VOIP community when the subject of emergency phone calls comes up. In that story, an...