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New Version of Xen Hypervisor Hits the Streets
Xen.org, the developer of the open source Xen project, on Wednesday announced the release of the Xen 3.3 hypervisor engine. The product is the result of a distributed development effort by senior engineers from more than 50 leading hardware, software and security vendors.2008-08-29 00:00:00
Thunderbird: Way Beyond E-Mail
While postal services want to promote letter writing, the trend is clearly working against them. With a push of the button, an e-mail lands in the inbox of its recipient before a letter writer can even moisten the stamp. The tools of the trade are e-mail programs known as "clients." They are used to manage correspondence on the computer, but nowadays they can often do far more.2008-08-29 00:00:00
Microsoft Pumps Another $100M Into Novell Deal
Microsoft is bumping up its monetary investment in its controversial partnership with Novell. Styling the deal as a so-called incremental investment increase, Microsoft will buy up to $100 million in Suse Linux Enterprise Server support certificates. The certificates are sold and exchanged for IT support from Novell for its Suse Linux Enterprise Server.2008-08-21 00:00:00
Google Gives Android Devs a Kit to Tinker With
Google is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with its long-awaited and much-hyped Android phone platform. This week has seen two significant developments: the first Android-powered device officially being approved by the FCC, and the beta version of the Android software development kit being released by Google.2008-08-21 00:00:00
When Avatars Convene
Tampa is about to get a life. Denizens of Second Life, a virtual online community, will hold their annual convention at the Tampa Marriott Waterside hotel, according to Kevin Alderman, a Lutz entrepreneur who sells sex toys in Second Life. Alderman is serving as local spokesperson for the convention organized by the Future United, a nonprofit organization of Second Life inhabitants.2008-08-21 00:00:00
Tourism Wikis: The World According to the Crowd
It used to be that travelers looking for the hippest getaway, the coziest hotel, or the best restaurant had to rely solely on travel guidebooks, which were often out of date by the time they were published. The Web, however, has spawned a new destination for those seeking travel information: travel wikis and online communities.2008-08-13 00:00:00
Disaster Training: Software That Virtualizes Calamities
Garage-door-sized television monitors showed a sexy, virtual cable-news anchor reading a breaking news alert about the effects of Hurricane Nerissa that had crashed ashore east of Norfolk about 10 hours earlier. "Removal of traffic congestion is especially challenging," the news anchor said.2008-08-10 00:00:00
Fitness Tips for Chair-Bound Computer Users
When Jeffrey Spencer prepared for his college exams, he would tape his notes to the handlebars of his bike and ride to school, studying all the while. To him, it made perfect sense. "I am a kinetic learner, which means I learn and mentally perform best when I am moving," he says.2008-08-10 00:00:00
Mozilla Looks to Grass Roots for Next Wave of Browser Innovation
Mozilla has announced its new Mozilla Labs Concept Series and issued a call for participation from anyone interested in submitting a concept, idea or mock-up. The new initiative, Mozilla said, is intended to makes it easy for anyone interested to contribute to the development of the online experience -- no programming experience necessary.2008-08-08 00:00:00
Firefox Wraps Tail Around Ogg Video Format
Mozilla is making a move toward open Web standards with its upcoming Firefox 3.1 release. The software -- now available in test builds -- will support the Ogg Theora video codec, the company revealed at its summit in British Columbia last week. The inclusion of the Ogg Theora codec means users will no longer have to download plug-ins or use JavaScript to play Theora video content.2008-08-08 00:00:00
Better Than Beach Reading: A Linux Starter Kit
This week, we here at LinuxInsider felt it our duty to help those who are fed up with Redmond to find their way to Linux. This is August -- a month of transition and new beginnings, after all -- so what better time for geeks who have been lost on the dark side to come over to the Light that is Linux?2008-08-08 00:00:00
New Virtualization Tool Plows Field for Big Server Farms
Enterprise virtualization provider 3Leaf Systems announced Monday the release of its V-8000 Virtual I/O Server version 2.0. This software release, part of the 3Leaf Virtual Compute Environment, is designed for disaster recovery, streamlined management and enhanced availability for large x86 server deployments.2008-08-08 00:00:00
LiMo, Google and Symbian: Cooperation Needed
When it comes to cell phone software, open is the new black. In less than two years, no fewer than three coalitions have formed with the intent of building mobile handset operating systems with input from all comers. Suddenly the business of developing mobile software -- once handled by coders working behind closed doors for a single vendor or group -- has gone open source.2008-08-08 00:00:00
Who Polices Virtual Worlds?
Law and order is one of the cornerstones of a civilized society. Establishing rules of conduct, spelling out acceptable and objectionable behavior, defining the consequences for anyone who violates those laws and deciding who will enforce them are all essential to maintaining peace and harmony.2008-07-31 00:00:00
Yahoo, HP, Intel Give Ivory Towers a Stairway to the Cloud
Yahoo, HP and Intel are collaborating on an ambitious research endeavor called "Cloud Computing Test Bed" -- designed to support cloud computing research and education at universities. Users will be able to develop and test software, data center management, and hardware associated with cloud computing on this large-scale grid.2008-07-31 00:00:00
Sharing Platforms, Sharing Flaws: Does Interoperable Mean Vulnerable?
Interoperability is fast becoming a key watchword in business computing circles. Open source products continue to gain enterprise acceptance. With that acceptance comes an increase in users who demand that data produced with one application to work with data produced for another application -- or even another operating system.2008-07-31 00:00:00
Open Web Foundation to Play Freedom Cop for Net Specs
The Open Web Foundation introduced itself to the world last week at OSCON, the Open Source Convention, held in Portland, Ore. The consortium of individuals and Internet companies is an effort to build a home for community-driven specifications on the Web. The organization follows open source models already seen in the Apache Software Foundation.2008-07-31 00:00:00
Internet Collaboration Drives Electric Car Conversion Crusade
A Finnish Internet community is seeking to apply the collective approach taken by online collaborators like the authors of Wikipedia to start a mass movement toward electric cars. The plan is to encourage the conversion of used gasoline-powered cars to run on electricity, with the first rollout due this year.2008-07-25 00:00:00
MindTouch Sharpens Its Deki App Masher
MindTouch announced on Wednesday the latest version of its open source collaboration and collective intelligence platform, MindTouch Deki. Dubbed "Kilen Woods," it features new workflow capabilities, enterprise adapters and usability improvements. The release targets information workers, IT professionals, and developers looking to collaborate and connect enterprise systems and data sources.2008-07-24 00:00:00
Are VM Environments Open to Attack?
New adopters often see virtualization as the Holy Grail of enterprise computing. It enables consolidation of separate servers and databases to provide more economic operations. Running consolidated computers from one virtualized machine also eliminates the electrical waste spent to keep idling servers and data-processing machines running.2008-07-23 00:00:00
Web 2.0 the Enterprise Way
Web 2.0 technologies are empowering enterprises in ways we could only have imagined a few years ago. They have evolved beyond consumer-grade blogs and wikis into enterprise-class solutions driving collaboration, productivity, sales and cost savings. But despite the business value they deliver, are enterprises ready to fully embrace Web 2.0 technologies?2008-07-23 00:00:00
Study: OSS Communities Are Often Slackers in Security
The most widely used open source software packages for the enterprise are exposing users to significant and unnecessary business risks, according to an open source security study from security firm Fortify Software. The study, released Monday, concludes that open source software development communities have yet to adopt a secure development process and often leave dangerous vulnerabilities unaddressed.2008-07-23 00:00:00
CherryPal Mini PC Makes Firefox the OS
PC users seeking an environmentally friendly desktop system can add the new CherryPal C100 desktop to the list of contenders. The machine, announced Monday, was designed by green computer maker CherryPal and contains no moving parts. With 80 percent fewer components, the minimalist system uses a scant 2 watts of power.2008-07-23 00:00:00
Enterprise 2.0 Platform Highlights Widgets, Wikis
Near-Time is making collaboration easier, one wiki and widget at a time. The company recently teamed up with the Institute for Open Economic Networks to develop workforce partnerships through the creation of the Open Source Workforce Development initiative. The new initiative is paving the way for regional business leaders to collaborate on building a workforce with 21st century skills.2008-07-16 00:00:00
Second Life Goes Hollywood
Ariella Furman took her first summer vacation as a college graduate to Walt Disney World, where reality hides behind princesses. When it was over, she returned to Ivyland, Bucks County, Pa., and her job making videos -- or more accurately, machinimas -- for the virtual world Second Life, where reality hides behind avatars.2008-07-16 00:00:00
Study: Firefox Excels at Guarding the Henhouse
One way to evaluate the security of a Web browser is to determine what percentage of its users are using the latest version. In a study released on Tuesday by S. Frei et al, it was found that Firefox users are most likely to be up to date. Keeping the browser updated to the latest version these days is paramount.2008-07-16 00:00:00
Yahoo Recruits Dev Army With Open Search Move
Its stock price is in free fall and it still faces a potential takeover led by rogue investor Carl Icahn. However, Yahoo can still fire shots across the digital bows of Google and Microsoft; it is inviting third-party developers to use its search technology so they can build their own search engines. Yahoo calls the new strategy "BOSS," which stands for Build your Own Search Service.2008-07-16 00:00:00
The Human Genome Goes Wiki
Researchers plan to create a library of human genetics, with entries on the workings of individual genes, and make it available for anyone in Wikipedia rather than in an obscure academic format. Authors of the "gene wiki" say they have created 7,500 Wikipedia entries on different genes and are editing another 650 already existing entries.2008-07-16 00:00:00
AbiWord: A Scalpel, Not a Chain Saw
A master carpenter would neither drive a finishing nail with a sledgehammer nor trim a tabletop with a chain saw. Such a craftsperson needs tools that are small, versatile and cheap. One such tool -- for writers and anybody who needs to kick out anything from a short memo or letter to a full-length report -- is AbiWord.2008-07-16 00:00:00
Testing the Virtual Waters: The School of Second Life
Washington State University bookkeepers scratched their heads this spring when David Cillay submitted an invoice, for about $50, for an island. It was awhile before they learned he was buying land in Second Life, the online immersive virtual world where WSU has begun offering courses for students from across the globe.2008-07-09 00:00:00
With Linspire in Its Belly, Xandros Eyes Expansion
Custom Linux provider Xandros announced Wednesday that it has acquired Linspire, developer of the CNR software distribution facility, and the Linspire and Freespire Linux desktop operating systems. Xandros will use the combined technologies, expertise and market presence of the two companies to support its goal to becoming a one-stop Linux solutions company.2008-07-07 00:00:00
LiPs, LiMo Join Hands in Mobile Linux Fray
LiPS and LiMo, two associations representing complementary interests, have agreed to merge their resources to develop a stronger ecosystem around Linux mobile development. The two groups share the same goal -- to develop a strong mobile Linux platform and community. However, they have chosen different means to achieve it. "One was [working on] standards, and one was focused on implementation," said Bill Weinberg, general manager of LiPS.2008-07-01 00:00:00
Virtual Worlds: And the Children Shall Lead
Virtual worlds, despite all the press attention of late, are still in the early stages of development. Virtual worlds came into existence several years before YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, but their adoption rates pale in comparison to these services. Only 7 percent of Internet gamers ages 13 and older visit a virtual world on a weekly basis, according to a recent Parks Associates survey.2008-07-01 00:00:00
Linuxy Declarations of Independence
Well, the Fourth of July is just a few days away, and all good citizens of the nation we call America must naturally be thinking of the birth of this great land. Not content to be just great, our founding fathers wanted independence as well, and that value is still held dear today.2008-06-30 00:00:00
MuleSource Whips Galaxy Enterprise SOA Software Into Shape
MuleSource, a provider of open source service oriented architecture infrastructure software, on Monday announced the release of Mule Galaxy Enterprise, a solution for storing and managing SOA artifacts with enterprise-class features.2008-06-30 00:00:00
Tooling Around With Ajax
Social networks are peppering the Internet with Facebook-like interactive features. Ajax is fast becoming the defacto programming tool for Web developers. But by itself, Ajax is a daunting challenge that requires demanding coding skills. Ajax toolkits offer Web developers a shortcut method to build in the convenient and useful features that visitors of Web 2.0 sites have come to expect.2008-06-30 00:00:00
Nokia: The Mobile Future Is Wide Open
Nokia is getting in the game of open source cell phone software with its newly acquired Symbian platform. Nokia -- which had already owned 48 percent of Symbian -- bought the remaining 52 percent of the company Tuesday and immediately shifted the product to a royalty-free model.2008-06-25 00:00:00
Creative Collaboration: The Open Source Filmmaking Experiment
Once an expensive, difficult and inaccessible profession to break into, filmmaking has now opened up to the masses. With the digital revolution, anyone with a digital video camera and access to basic editing software can make a film. Along with this accessibility has come a new wave of collaborative, open source filmmaking, where writers, videographers, musicians and producers share their work on a film project.2008-06-25 00:00:00
Google Sidesteps Rumors of Android Delay
Google is downplaying claims of new delays in the release of its Android mobile phone platform. The launch of the protocol is being pushed back until late 2008 or early 2009, according to The Wall Street Journal. That kind of delay could create issues for carriers like Sprint -- which, according to the Journal, may not be able to release its Android-powered phone at all this year.2008-06-25 00:00:00
Ode to Summer With Wine and OpenSuse
Well, summer has officially arrived, and what better way to celebrate than by enjoying some fine Wine? Yes, for those who stopped paying attention over the last 15 or so years, Wine 1.0 is here! Time to get those Windows apps running on Linux at last! The excitement could be felt all across the Linux blogs -- particularly on Slashdot, where more than 600 comments had appeared by Friday.2008-06-25 00:00:00
HP Slaps Open Source License on Unix File System
HP announced Monday it is letting its Tru64 Unix Advanced File System source code run free in the Linux community. Access to this code will provide capabilities that increase uptime, enhance security and help ensure maximum performance of Linux file systems, according to HP officials.2008-06-25 00:00:00
Marathon CTO Jerry Melnick: A Fault-Tolerant Approach to Virtualization
In March of this year, Marathon Technologies announced everRun VM, a first-of-its kind, fault-tolerant, high availability software package for server virtualization. This product picks up where its first-generation kin -- everRun -- left off in providing companies the ability to prevent outages and data loss in Citrix XenServer virtual infrastructures.2008-06-25 00:00:00
OpenSuse Rolls Out Feature-Packed Version 11.0
The OpenSuse project has released a new version of its Linux operating system. OpenSuse 11.0 became available for free download this week. The software -- an open source project powered by Novell -- aims to bring the Linux world to the masses. Version 11.0 builds on the original open source system developed back in 2005.2008-06-25 00:00:00
Community Source Software: If You Build It, They Will Join
A partnership with the Collaborative Software Initiative and the Utah Department of Health is cementing an emerging community sourcing software model that could thrust open source development deeper into vertical markets. CSI and the state of Utah on May 19 announced the availability of a software system that resulted from a first-of-its-kind agreement.2008-06-18 00:00:00
Firefox 3: Good Browsers Come to Those Who Wait
Tuesday was D-Day for Mozilla with the scheduled launch of the third version of Firefox, its open source Web browser. The company had billed the day as "Download Day" and aimed its sights on setting a Guinness World Record for the most downloads of an application in a 24-hour period.2008-06-18 00:00:00
Open Source Census Broadens Its Mission
The Open Source Census, a collaborative project initiated by OpenLogic to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, has revealed over 220,000 open source packages and project installations on business hard drives. The census now aims to take a deeper look into open source products used by enterprise adopters. The project has also revealed a new set of sponsors, among which is Microsoft.2008-06-17 00:00:00
Virtual Space Travel, Part 2: Surfing to Mars
Now that NASA has entered the virtual world with its two islands in Second Life, public outreach, collaboration and space exploration may never be the same again. On its CoLab Island, outreach and collaboration are the focus, as Part One of this two-part feature explains. Its other island, called "Explorer Island," focuses on the engineering and science-visualization side of space exploration.2008-06-16 00:00:00
Apache CXF: All Grown Up
More open source server components and frameworks continue to emerge from developer communities. One of the latest, Apache CXF, an open source Web services framework, graduated from incubation recently to become a full Apache Foundation project. CXF joins a growing pool of Apache and other open source projects supporting services-oriented architect infrastructure.2008-06-16 00:00:00
HowToMoodle: OSS Learning Platform Goes Pro
A Shropshire, UK, company boss who took a gamble and exhibited at a London expo which attracts thousands of HR managers and trainers, says he has been "overwhelmed" by interest in license-free Moodle software. Ray Lawrence is managing director of Telford, UK-based HowToMoodle, which shows people how to take advantage of Moodle open source software.2008-06-16 00:00:00
EU Commish Hearts Open Software, Open Standards
A high-ranking European Union official urged the use of open standards and open source software Tuesday during a speech in Brussels at a conference Tuesday hosted by OpenForum Europe. In order for companies to compete fairly against each other in the technology industry "standards are more important than ever," said Neelie Kroes, European Union competition commissioner.2008-06-16 00:00:00
The Happy Collision of Collaboration and Competition in the Mobile World
Mobile innovation -- not long ago mired in a tangle of "walled-garden" business models, closed networks, proprietary technologies and fierce litigation -- is at last in high gear. Collaborative source development is lowering the barriers to participation in mobile innovation and yielding new, promising software solutions.2008-06-11 00:00:00
The New Nerd Cool - All About Faking It
Nerd chic reached a new level when David Cook, a self-proclaimed "word nerd," won the "American Idol" contest. Since the creation of the Internet and the rise of Bill Gates, nerdiness has been a hip and ironic fashion choice. In urban enclaves where the young and cool live, geeky accouterments -- thick-framed glasses, striped polo shirts, white socks -- are everywhere.2008-06-11 00:00:00
Disney Reaches New Dimension With Google Earth 3-D Experience
Disney World and Google are teaming up to take tourism to a new dimension. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts worked with programmers at Google Earth to create a fully three-dimensional virtual viewing experience -- said to be the most advanced rendering Google has ever created.2008-06-11 00:00:00
Wikia Search Invites Users to Stir the Pot
Wikia Search -- the open source search engine Wikia initially launched in January -- got a fresh start Tuesday. The refurbished version lets users edit, comment on and influence search results. After performing a search query on any major search engine, a user typically gets a static results page -- the information it contains is determined largely by an algorithm.2008-06-04 00:00:00
Artists Travel Far and Wide to Promote Creative Commons Licensing
With pirated DVDs, computer software, books and music readily available at roadside vendors across the Kingdom of Jordan, at first glance it may not seem that the country needs less restrictive copyright licenses. However, UK artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White of the Open Music Archive have been touring the country, advocating for the Kingdom to establish a "creative commons."2008-06-04 00:00:00
Why Pay a Premium for Preloaded Linux?
Perhaps it was those stimulus checks burning holes in their pockets, but the most lively discussion on Slashdot last week focused on the critical decision that any Linux geek contemplating the purchase of a new PC must face: Whether to buy it preloaded with Linux, or whether to get a Windows machine and reformat it with Linux themselves.2008-06-04 00:00:00
Sun Lets Loose xVM VirtualBox Desktop Virtualization System
Sun Microsystems announced on Friday the formal release of Sun xVM VirtualBox, a free and open source desktop virtualization system for Mac OS X Leopard, Windows, Linux and Solaris hosts. The software will compete with VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop on the Macintosh platform.2008-06-04 00:00:00
The Secret Belgian News, Android Talent Show, Giving Away Money
The Belgian newspaper group Copiepresse, which won a court ruling last year against Google for linking to its stories without permission, is now asking a court to award it up to $77 million in damages. It is also asking the court to force Google to publish the ruling against its linking practice in a conspicuous place on one of its Web sites for at least 20 days.2008-06-04 00:00:00
The Skinny on Linux for Thin Client Computing
Technology moves at a lightning-fast pace. A brand new desktop computer has an average lifespan of two to five years, after which both its hardware and its software have become obsolete. For businesses and other organizations, this poses a significant challenge as they attempt to keep their IT purchasing budgets down while simultaneously trying to keep their infrastructures up to date.2008-05-28 00:00:00
Funambol Pounds Out New Mobile OSS Forge
Open source mobile messaging software developer Funambol has created a new open source software forge as a central collaboration site for mobile OSS developers around the world. The Web site pulls together some 50,000 global developers to a combination of wikis, blogs and forums in addition to discussions and code for 30 open source mobile projects.2008-05-24 00:00:00
Commercial Linux on the Rise in China
The commercial Linux market in China has seen sales value increase 22.6 percent over the past year, according to new research. However, the market remains small in revenue terms, with sales of just $5.42 million in the first three months of 2008, China-based CCID Consulting reported. "Servers are still the major application for the Linux market," CCID analysts noted in a recent report.2008-05-24 00:00:00
Open Source House Design: Just for Starters
Looking to remodel your own little castle in Spain? Perhaps just design a modest little country cottage or addition to your current abode? As in many areas, software tools and expertise up until relatively recently accessible only to professionals are now available to just about anyone that cares to invest a little time and money acquiring and learning how to use them.2008-05-21 00:00:00
Will Every Linux Distro Soon Look the Same?
Last week was one of those weeks on the Linux blogs where every thread seems to boil down to the same message, as if coordinated by invisible cosmic forces. Fedora 9 was unleashed, of course, bringing joy to the hearts of many. Perhaps more notable than the details of the release itself, however, was its timing.2008-05-19 00:00:00
Wikitexts: Learning Better by Writing the Book
The wikitext has the potential to become an integrating force that merges Web 2.0 tools for the betterment of education. By embedding audio, video, interactive tutorials, simulations and edu-games, the students will have almost limitless depth on curriculum topics.2008-05-18 00:00:00
Tools for Building a Culture of Collaboration
In The Culture of Collaboration: Maximizing Time, Talent and Tools to Create Value in the Global Economy, author Evan Rosen collects enough anecdotal information to inform both the communication novice and the seasoned professional about why collaboration works.2008-05-18 00:00:00
Virtualization: Savings Are Not Guaranteed
Virtualization is one of the most significant hot-button topics in enterprise today. Linux server virtualization has allowed enterprises to leverage resources more efficiently. It also is giving CIOs and IT managers a tool to address growing corporate concerns over environmental issues and rising energy costs.2008-05-18 00:00:00
Larousse: A Wikipedia Where Everyone Knows Your Name
France has long battled against the Anglophone cultural invasion, and now it has thrown down a virtual gauntlet. Larousse, the French encyclopedia created more than 150 years ago, is launching its own -- it would say improved -- version of Wikipedia. Its first, free-access, online encyclopedia will have the same contributor function, but Larousse has introduced some constraints.2008-05-15 00:00:00
MySpace Walls Come Tumbling Down
MySpace has forged agreements with other popular Internet sites -- Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket and Twitter -- to permit MySpace users to migrate their data. Profiles, videos and friend networks are among the content that can be ported. They can then access the partner sites using their MySpace user names and passwords.2008-05-14 00:00:00
Collaboration to Drive Innovation at HP Labs
HP has unveiled an initiative allowing academic institutions to collaborate with HP Labs in joint research through an open and competitive process. The HP Labs Innovation Research Program invites colleges, universities and research institutions around the world to submit proposals related to current research.2008-05-14 00:00:00
Kids in Second Life: Does Danger Lurk?
Second Life is no place for kids, a Republican congressman declared Monday. U.S. Representative Mark Kirk has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting a consumer alert warning about the dangers of Second Life, which he charges could expose kids to child predators and registered sex offenders.2008-05-14 00:00:00
Azul Systems: Jazzing Up Java
In early 2002, the founders of Azul Systems wagered that Java was going to become a prominent enterprise platform. If that happened, they suspected enterprise customers of Java would soon need relief from the pain points caused by poor scaling and disappointing deployment costs.2008-05-14 00:00:00
Wikis: The Crown Jewels of Collaboration
Increasingly, managers find themselves leading teams that are scattered in different cities or even continents, working on projects which have to be flexible enough to rapidly evolve to meet changing business needs. In this environment, business managers are starting to learn what software developers have known for years: Wikis provide a simple but powerful boost to collaboration.2008-05-14 00:00:00
The Social Side of Fund-Raising Online
Online social networks used to be just gathering places for friends and long-lost acquaintances. Then the marketers arrived, followed by politicians and job recruiters -- all looking to tap into a growing mass of young people who are spending much of their time on the Web.2008-05-07 00:00:00
Helping Addicts Cope Through Virtual Immersion
Scientists believe that virtual worlds can help patients in therapy to overcome addictions. A new study by University of Houston associate professor Patrick Bordnick reveals that a virtual reality environment can provide a safe haven in which patients can practice how to say "no" when offered drugs or alcohol.2008-05-07 00:00:00
Virtual Real Estate: Building on an Imaginary Foundation
No less true today than it has been since the notion of private property became one of the main pillars of Western society, investing in real estate is one of the most popular means of amassing wealth. Now, a new breed of "virtual" real estate investors and developers is emerging.2008-04-30 00:00:00
Social Networking and Open Source: Cut From the Same Cloth
The ideas blend together so well. Open source has been around for a long time and is built on the concept of developers working together and sharing software. Social networking has broken into the headlines as a new generation uses MySpace and Facebook as a whole new means of sharing their life experiences.2008-04-30 00:00:00
Red Hat CEO: Opportunity Lies in Emerging Markets
Red Hat will look primarily to emerging markets, not the United States, to expand service sales in the coming years, chief executive Jim Whitehurst said. Red Hat sells services that support open source software, or software whose underlying code is shared freely by professionals and amateurs worldwide.2008-04-30 00:00:00
MS Throws Full Weight Into Virtualization Effort
Microsoft on Monday announced several moves it says will help its business customers take advantage of virtualization, and in the process help the software maker catch up with VMware, the frontrunner in that area. Virtualization allows one physical computer to house multiple "virtual machines," each one acting like a separate computer with an operating system and all the software that runs on top of it.2008-01-23 00:00:00
Microsoft Shares Secrets to Help Disabled Access Technology
Microsoft has opened up its usability specifications, the User Interface Automation, to the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance, a group formed to develop standards for making user interfaces more accessible to people with disabilities. The 2,600-page specification document, which was released royalty-free, marks the first significant upgrade to the Microsoft Active Accessibility standards.2008-01-23 00:00:00
Phoning From the Edge
The peripheries of the global business world are the spawning grounds of new innovation. In these vital locations edges emerge and consolidate before giving rise to new edges of their own. Executives who stay mindful of these dynamics can make the most of their innovation strategies. The telephone business provides a classic example.2008-01-23 00:00:00