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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:52:54 +0200

.::Ubuntu man challenges open source to out-pretty Apple::.

Don't need no stinkin' ads

OSCON Billionaire, cosmonaut and founder of the fast-growing Ubuntu Linux distro Mark Shuttleworth dreams impossible dreams.…

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:19:25 +0200

.::IBM, Oracle and SAP sued over server software patents::.

Implicit Networks demands royalties

Seattle firm Implicit Networks is suing Adobe, IBM, Oracle and SAP for patent infringements.…

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:46:07 +0200

.::Ubisoft pirates game fix from pirates::.

Great moments in lazy coders

Companies that take an iron fist approach to fighting software piracy are generally best served by not lifting a pirate group's code themselves to fix their own product.…

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:02:03 +0200

.::Microsoft, Facebook, Google box clever on really big systems::.

The enemy of my enemy...

Facebook's decision to release under open source a large-scale data management project similar to - and inspired by - Google's BigTable has received backing from an unusual quarter: Microsoft.…

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:25:13 +0200

.::Microsoft's Live Mesh doesn't want you::.

We'll get back to you

When Microsoft's top brass tell people the company's still working on getting its online services right, they ain't kidding.…

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:15:57 +0200

.::Red Hat scores empty patent pledge::.

Caught with legal briefs down

America, it's said, is a litigious land with a patent system ripe for exploitation and in desperate need of reform. Red Hat's run-in with Firestar Software seems to prove that.…

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:26:36 +0200

.::SAP forces customers onto premium support package::.

You'll all be over by Christmas

SAP is forcing users to migrate to its top level support program, and charging them an additional 5 per cent of their license maintenance fees a year for the privilege.…

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:31:00 +0200

.::Apple swipes £121 for 'free' MobileMe trial::.

What's yours is MobileMine

Europeans who signed up to a trial of MobileMe are finding mysterious charges on their payment cards of up to £121...for what they thought was a free look at Apple's answer to MS-Exchange.…

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:17:53 +0200

.::App Store clean-up follows allegations::.

What a difference a space makes

Members of Apple's brand-new App Store have cleaned up their act after accusations of unprofessionalism and queue jumping to get their software noticed by iPhone users.…

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:03:54 +0200

.::MySQL 5.1 servers take early bath::.

Database firm breaks download tool database

Freetards clambering to get their hands on the latest candidate release of MySQL 5.1 were yesterday locked out of Sun Microsystems' download servers for several hours.…

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:49:20 +0200

.::Citrix's 'Kensho' tools shed earthly hypervisor restraints::.

Seeks application workload Nirvana

Citrix Systems is developing a set of Open Virtual Machine (OVM) format tools that will let virtualized applications jump across different hypervisors.…

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:37:10 +0200

.::Salesforce.com pulls plug on Sun's flagship Unix servers::.

Sun rises on Dell in SaaS future

Exclusive Salesforce.com is chucking out the last of it Sun Microsystems' Sun Fire servers this week, ending one of Sun's most bragged about relationships.…

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:19:24 +0200

.::Patent violation, prosecution, acquisition: pick your top open-source project::.

Microsoft goes native with poll backing

The world of open source gets the equivalent of an Oscar awards ceremony later this month when code-host SourceForge announces the winners of its second-annual vote on the community's top projects.…

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:25:20 +0200

.::Has ISO already rejected anti-OOXML appeals?::.

Standards ain't what they used to be

The International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) is refusing to discuss a leaked paper that suggests it has already rejected appeals against the ratification of Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an international standard.…

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:03:45 +0200

.::Oracle preps summer patch cluster::.

45 updates equal overtime for sysadmins

Oracle is preparing to release 45 security patches on Tuesday 15 July as part of its quarterly update cycle.…

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:09:54 +0200

.::Cokeheads slip AI onto Yahoo! front page::.

Optimizing Britney

NPUC 08 Yahoo! is now using real-time automated algorithms to select news stories on its famous front page, claiming a 25 to 30 per cent increase in click through rate - and millions of dollars in additional yearly revenue.…

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:07:15 +0200

.::Levi's suffers profit meltdown in midst of SAP embrace::.

Pants ERP system leaves it without pants

Exclusive Problems with a massive global enterprise resource planning (ERP) rollout have helped send Levi Strauss' second-quarter results through the floor.…

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:52:58 +0200

.::Yahoo! opens search to all::.

Looking for ideas in the Google cache

Yahoo! said yesterday it will open up access to external developers to its search engine, something Google did six years ago.…

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:19:56 +0200

.::Ballmer hails services death and glory for partners::.

Failure not an option!

Steve Ballmer has told Microsoft partners not to fear a future where software is delivered as a service, even though some will end up as road kill in the migration online.…

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13:07 +0200

.::Google penetrates fake sex world with Lively::.

Watch clips of Sadville on virtual YouTube TV

It starts with a hug, then some petting on top of colored balls and before you know it you're down at some 3D sex club wielding a dildo.…

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:03:20 +0200

.::Google evaporates Docs and Spreadsheets cloud::.

Try again in 30 seconds. Or an hour

Updated Google's Docs and Spreadsheets disappeared today for close to an hour, proving that the world's largest search engine is a long way from perfecting the art of online business applications.…

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:22:41 +0200

.::Microsoft prices services for the email-poor::.

No hands, new blinkers

Microsoft is targeting the email disenfranchised with a suite of cut-down email and online collaboration services priced at $3 per user a month.…

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:02:04 +0200

.::MobileMe steals Live Mesh thunder::.

Exchange power for individuals?

Recently I viewed Apple’s presentation for MobileMe. Here’s my quick take.…

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:39:34 +0200

.::AVG chokes fake traffic spew::.

LinkScanner to quit scanning links

Updated After howls of protest from countless web masters, AVG has promised to quit spewing fake traffic across the internet.…

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:00:46 +0200

.::Opera update fixes stability bugs::.

And mystery code injection flaw

Opera released an update to the latest version of its browser on Thursday.…

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:07:50 +0200

.::Microsoft gets hip with da yoof to flog email::.

Doing it for charidee

What could be more insincere than a bunch of marketing types concocting a fake blog to pimp their company's services by hitching them to worthy causes?…

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:02:03 +0200

.::BSA slams EC's 'narrow-minded' interoperability vision::.

EIF 2.0 draft ruffles some proprietary software feathers

An open standards row is brewing between the EC and a lobbying group for software multinationals over a proposed European framework on interoperability – a draft of which is due to be published on 15 July.…

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:46:37 +0200

.::Oracle risks loss of influential BEA users::.

Free from Applications Unlimited

During its trumpeted webcast on plans for BEA Systems, Oracle's top brass stressed their commitment to middleware to keep the new flock happy. So it purchased BEA to expand Oracle's presence in Asia and Japan - that wasn't the point.…

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:05:55 +0200

.::Strange cults, vocal surgery and the quiet man: Inside Microsoft::.

Mary-Jo Foley on life after Gates

Radio Reg Who'd have thought a bad haircut and rocking backwards and forwards in your chair like a child with ADD could pass as must-have traits? Yet, such was the cult of Bill Gates at Microsoft, company employees adopted these to become more like their boss.…

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Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:58:27 +0200

.::Microsoft flogs subscriptions to the unwary and confused::.

Bad omens

Comment There's no such thing as a coincidence or a missed opportunity in the world of Microsoft, and this is no ordinary week.…

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:54:26 +0200

.::ISO certifies Adobe's PDF::.

Standard delivers, albeit at leisurely pace

The International Standardisation Organisation has ratified Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) as an official international standard, though it won't make PDF documents load any faster.…

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:50:13 +0200

.::Firefox 3 makes up world record to set world record::.

Oh-oh, dedication download's what you need

The Mozilla Foundation has officially set a previously non-existent Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in a day.…

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:20:54 +0200

.::Moody's to fix sub-prime computer error::.

CCC rating (That's Credit crunch computer cock-up)

Moody's, the ratings agency, is reviewing its computer models and setting up a central monitoring system after admitting that a bug led it to incorrectly grade several European mortgage debt instruments.…

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:59:22 +0200

.::Google a broken hell for five-year-olds::.

Ex employees embrace life after beta

So, everyone and their brother is yapping about a recent blog post from Microsoftie Dare Obasanjo, who says he knows lots o' people who've forsaken Larry and Serg for Big Steve.…

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:13:13 +0200

.::BEA gets last laugh on Oracle app server::.

While other products get death row

In Oracle's world nothing changes, everything stays the same and no products ever die. Except those things that get "converged" or downgraded.…

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:47:17 +0200

.::Microsoft dishes up interoperability version 1.0::.

Incomplete code is go...

Microsoft, in its latest attempt to play nice with pesky EU regulators, has published protocol documentation for its Office 2007, SharePoint 2007, and Exchange Server 2007 products.…

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:02:03 +0200

.::Adobe boosts Flash media search with Google and Yahoo!::.

More ads where you don't want them

Adobe Systems is working with Google and Yahoo! to improve the accuracy of searches for Flash ads and media by delivering an optimized version of its ubiquitous player.…

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:47:27 +0200

.::Bill Gates has gone, what's his legacy?::.

From hippy to hanger-on

This week marks another first in the 33-year history of Microsoft - life without Billg. The company and the man who co-founded it and rose to become the world's richest geek have parted ways. Bill Gates is no longer chief software architect and will be checking in only as company chairman.…

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:27:56 +0200

.::Microsoft bags MobiComp, woos Powerset::.

On the rebound Redmond still looking for Mr Goodbuy

Microsoft is continuing its rounds of the software singles scene after Yahoo!'s rejection of its overtures.…

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:59:44 +0200

.::WebLogic man goes full circle with SpringSource::.

Second wind for Java application servers

We had an interesting conversation with Peter Cooper-Ellis, the guy who ran product management at BEA Systems from the time it acquired WebLogic and who's now taking on a similar role with SpringSource. Obviously, in the wake of the Oracle acquisition, it's not surprising that Cooper-Ellis jumped ship.…

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:38:18 +0200

.::Hyperic tells Amazon's cloud to turn its head, cough::.

New CloudStatus site monitors the ...cloud ...status...

Open source systems management specialist Hyperic is sticking its inquisitive probe into Amazon.com's cloud.…

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:29:44 +0200

.::Adobe swings out Acrobat 9::.

Flashier version lands

Adobe Systems today released the latest version of its document creation software – Acrobat 9.…

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:28:08 +0200

.::Microsoft dishes up Mac Office converters::.

Arrives months after Office 2008's debut

Microsoft has finally released file format converters that allow Office 2004 for Mac to read the Open XML file formats that were introduced in Office 2007 for Windows.…

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:16:25 +0200

.::Google's Gmail verboten in Germany::.

'Bummer'

Travelers to Germany will no longer be able to access Google's Gmail the easy way due to the firm's long-running trademark lawsuit with German businessman Daniel Giersch.…

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:32:10 +0200

.::Google preps conflict of interest-tastic web analytics tool::.

Have you thought about giving your money to Google, sir?

Mark this as an escalation of Google's recent skirmish with the web analytics industry: the search omnicorp is launching a free tool to target surfers that will compete with subscription services offered by comScore and Nielsen.…

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:01:43 +0200

.::Salesforce.com marches on IBM's Notes business::.

Follows Microsoft into battle

After more than a decade of seeing its massive Lotus Notes business threatened by Microsoft, IBM faces a new threat: Salesforce.com.…

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:40:41 +0200

.::Red Hat opens Satellite service code for Spacewalk::.

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Summit Red Hat is opening the code of its Network Satellite Server, the locally hosted service behind the Red Hat Network (RHN) management platform.…

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:02:03 +0200

.::Big TV flips ad blockers the bird::.

Hulu says goodbye

At Hulu - the ad-driven streaming video site cooked up by media giants NBC and News Corp. - you can watch mainstream feature films and big-name TV shows without paying a penny. But you aren't welcome if you've installed an ad blocker.…

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:02:50 +0200

.::1,076 developers, 15 years, one open-source Wine::.

Windows masterwork completed, finally

After 15 years of development, a running battle with Microsoft and persistent doubts about its viability, the first proper version of Wine - a middleware tool to run Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems - has finally arrived.…

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:38:54 +0200

.::Red Hat chief calls for open source missionary work::.

Time for customers to swap code

Summit Customers who remain only halfhearted open source converts aren't doing enough for Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst.…