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- Shuttleworth: Microsoft Does Not Want War
At OSCON, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical Ltd. said he doubts Microsoft would file a claim against Linux developers. - PORTLAND, Ore. Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical Ltd., which maintains the Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution said he doubts Microsoft would file suit against a free software developer unless the software giant wants quot;war. quot;
At the end of a session at the O'Reilly Open Source Conv...
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: How to Prepare Your Business
Companies frequently don't like to think about Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR), the expense of hot sites or even off-site storage. But, as Michael Croy explains, you have to ask yourself how much you're willing to lose. If you can't afford to lose it, then BC/DR is for you. - In 2008, we have witnessed several significant disasters: The earthquake and subsequent flooding in the Sichuan Province of China, the unexpected and tragic cyclone in Myanmar, devastating tornados in Georgia and Colorado, fires up the coast of Southern California and, most recently, widespread floo...
- Researcher Urges Prompt Patch to Fix DNS Flaw
Since attack code for the DNS protocol flaw discovered by security researcher Dan Kaminsky is now public, patching is even more important. - With details of the Domain Name System (DNS) flaw discovered now public and attack code in the wild, security researcher Dan Kaminsky once again is urging IT administrators to patch promptly.
The bug can be exploited to poison DNS caches and re-direct Internet traffic to malicious sites. Kaminsky...
- Zimbra Yahoo Offline Mail Client Arrives
The Yahoo Zimbra Beta allows all 263 million Yahoo Mail customers to access mail and calendars offline. Zimbra Desktop Beta Version 3, available July 24, will let users run their Yahoo mail as desktop POP or IMAP mail client software. - The Yahoo Zimbra Beta allows all 263 million Yahoo Mail customers to access
mail and calendars offline.
Zimbra Desktop Beta Version 3, available July 24, will let users run their
Yahoo mail as desktop POP or IMAP mail
client software. Previously this required a Yahoo Pro account for $19.99 per
...
- Interwoven Acquires E-discovery Firm
Content management provider Interwoven will pay $36 million in cash for Discovery Mining, provider of an on-demand electronic records management service. Discovery Mining's service is typically used to sort and organize massive volumes of electronic records during the pre-trial investigative phase of major lawsuits. - Enterprise content management provider Interwoven is extending
its reach into the e-discovery software-as-a-service business, which really is
little more than a deeper dive into content management.
Interwoven announced July 24 it is acquiring six-year-old Discovery Mining, an
e-discovery provi...
- Garmin Unveils Crossover GPS for Handheld GPS, Vehicle GPS
Garmin unveils its latest crossover GPS device, the Nuvi 500 series, at the British Automotive show in London. - Garmin unveiled its latest crossover GPS
device, the Nüvi 500 series, the week of July 21 at the British Automotive show
in London.
As a crossover handheld/vehicle GPS
device, the Nüvi has a mode indicator that
lets users toggle between automotive, bicycling, boating and walking modes.
Unlike ...
- Ballmer: Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Is Dead
Any Yahoo acquisition plans Microsoft might have entertained are now dead, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Microsoft is moving on and looking to invest more in search, a business Ballmer categorizes as a two-horse race between Microsoft and Google. - Any Yahoo acquisition plans Microsoft might have entertained are now dead,
said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO.
A Yahoo merger would have helped Microsoft's bid to overtake Google in
search, Ballmer said, but with the $40 billion bill for Yahoo now off the
books, Microsoft is moving on and look...
- VMware Focuses Virtualization in the Cloud
New VMware CEO Paul Maritz is planning to bring the virtualization company deeper into the cloud by providing the tools to create a virtual, flexible IT infrastructure for the enterprise and for hosting providers. - VMware is positioning itself to provide a layer of virtualization technology
needed to create a cloud computing infrastructure.
When newly minted CEO Paul Maritz spoke
to analysts July 22 following the release of VMware's 2008 second-quarter
financial results, he told the audience that the virtu...
- Microsoft's DATAllegro Buyout Could Start a Trend
Microsoft's plans to purchase DATAllegro could touch off similar buyouts by rivals such as Oracle and Hewlett-Packard as vendors look to expand their data management capabilities. The DATAllegro buyout is an effort to strengthen Microsoft's position in the data warehousing market. - Microsoft is making a push into the data warehousing space with the purchase
of DATAllegro, in a move that could touch off similar acquisitions by other
vendors.
The acquisition, being made for an undisclosed sum, is aimed squarely at
strengthening Microsoft's position in the data
warehousing m...
- Mobile Linux Conference Keynotes Set
Linux Pundit's Bill Weinberg, Motorola's Christy Wyatt, Intel's Ram Peddibholta, and a panel with executives from Access, Funambol, Sprint, and Sun will present at the Mobile Linux Conference during the larger LinuxWorld Conference Expo, Aug. 5 to 7, at the Moscone Center, San Francisco.. - The Mobile Linux Conference set its speakers list for its event, during the larger LinuxWorld Conference amp; Expo, Aug. 5 to 7, at the Moscone Center, San Francisco.
Linux Pundit's Bill Weinberg, Motorola's Christy Wyatt, Intel's Ram Peddibholta, and a panel with executives from Access, Funambol,...
- Scenes from Facebook's F8 Conference
Last year, Facebook changed the social networking game by unveiling its Facebook Platform, which allowed programmers to build fun applications such as Slide and SuperPoke that occupy the time of Facebook's more than 90 million users. At this year's F8 Conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the next step with Facebook Connect, a service that lets users move their Facebook data to third-party Web sites. The following images capture the essence of the event at the San Francisco Design Center on July 23. - by Clint Boulton
Programmers wait outside the Design Center Concourse for the start of F8, which hosted a fraction of the social network's more than 400,000 developers.
SocialCash, which looks to help people make money from social networks, unleashes its simian mascot on the F8 crowd duri...
- Juniper Gains on Microsoft Loss
Johnson brings a new set of CEO skills from Microsoft to Juniper. Analysts say Juniper needs to be more aggressive in expanding its reach and growing its business. Johnson's Microsoft background matches those needs. - Much of the debate about Kevin Johnson has been focused on his
departure from Microsoft, a key part of the software giant's latest
reorganization as it tries to figure out how to compete against Google.
However, Microsoft's
loss could be a huge gain for networking hardware maker Juniper Network...
- Wireless Carriers: No Free Wireless Broadband for You
Surprise! The nation's wireless carriers, including AT T, Verizon and T-Mobile, and their primary trade association and Republican leaders in Congress are all opposing an FCC proposal that would put free wireless broadband in the hands of consumers. - A little-noted July 25 deadline for comments is looming at the Federal
Communications Commission. At stake is a plan by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin that
would combine two spectrum blocks for auction and require the winning licensee
to offer free broadband service to 50 percent of the United
States...
- Sybase Database Investments Pay Off
Sybase remains bullish on its database business after posting a 38 percent year-over-year increase in database license revenue, eclipsing estimated gains by Oracle, IBM and Microsoft in the relational database market. - Sybase's investments in database technology appear to be paying off.
In its second-quarter earnings call July 23, company officials announced that
license revenue for Sybase
database products grew 38 percent year over year, driven by adoption of
Adaptive Server Enterprise and Sybase IQ.
Overa...
- Juniper Names Microsoft Exec Kevin Johnson as CEO
Juniper Networks named senior Microsoft veteran Kevin Johnson as its new chief executive, saying he will start work in September. Kevin Johnson replaces Juniper CEO Scott Kriens, who remains chairman of Juniper Network's board. Known as KJ, Kevin Johnson was president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division, its largest business unit, and had spearheaded Microsoft's failed pursuit of Yahoo. - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. communications equipment maker Juniper
Networks Inc named senior Microsoft veteran Kevin Johnson as its new
chief executive, saying he will start work in September.
Johnson, 47, replaces Scott Kriens, who will continue as chairman of Juniper's board, the company said in ...
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