Yahoo!News reports that “[o]n Tuesday, rivals Microsoft and OpenOffice.org both released toolkits that support building applications for their competing document file formats and productivity suites.” According to The Register, “Oracle has spiced up its offer of low-priced support for Red Hat Linux users with the addition of systems management software.” [...]
eWeek.com reports that “[a] company looking to chip away at IBM's dominance in the mainframe space is countersuing its larger rival, claiming Big Blue is trying to use its massive size to bully its smaller competitor.” According to CNetNews.com, “[a]cknowledging that caveat emptor goes only so far as a guideline [...]
ZDNet points out that the newly announced merger between FSG and ODSL “[shows] who's driving open source–corporations.” According to Computerworld, Steve Jobs' blockbuster keynote address at last week's Macworld was "a colossal mistake”. The Register reports that “[t]he US hosted more than one third of the websites containing malicious code [...]
According to Business Week online, “in recent days, two titans of the Internet have warned” that any effort to insure net neutrality by prohibiting network operators to charge for premium service “could cripple the future of the Net”. Ft.com reports that “Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Vodafone have announced an agreement [...]
According to Slashdot, “[t]he WIPO is currently engaged in negotiating a new treaty on digital IP rights, but they're having trouble agreeing on the particulars”. Computerworld reports that “[e]ven while Cisco Systems is suing Apple for violating its iPhone trademark, an open-source enthusiast is accusing Cisco itself of infringing copyright [...]
