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The market's irrational expectations of open source

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 PDT

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The market's irrational expectations of open source--The very thing that the companies most need to do (i.e., take a long-term view of open source's benefits for their businesses) is the thing most likely to punish them in the market. Who said markets are rational?

Stimulate this: Buy American-made audio with your tax rebate check--The economic stimulus tax rebate checks are in the mail, and the Audiophiliac knows where they might do some good for our economy.

Rumor: Tibco getting acquired?--Will Tibco Software be the next enterprise software company to be consolidated.

R.E.M. offers 45 rpm vinyl--The new R.E.M. album comes in several formats, including long-playing 45 rpm vinyl, which apparently sounds better than 33 1/3.

Red Hat lives on the edge with Fedora 9

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:57:00 PDT

The ninth incarnation of Red Hat's hobbyist version of Linux made a jump Ubuntu couldn't: KDE 4.

Why is Microsoft underpowering One Laptop Per Child?

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:45:00 PDT

Microsoft is trying to cut the emerging ultra-portable market off at the knees to keep it from using Linux. This is abusive on Microsoft's part, but shameful on One Laptop Per Child's.

Windows Server 2008 goes down-market

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 PDT

Company to offer public preview for Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Server Solutions 2008, both based on mainstream server release from earlier this year.

Mac Office sales soar on Apple's gains

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:01:00 PDT

Microsoft's Mac unit is set to announce the new version of Office is selling three times as many copies as its predecessor.

Microsoft launches space tours on the Web

Mon, 12 May 2008 22:30:00 PDT

Software giant launches WorldWide Telescope, a free Web-based program that allows Web surfers to explore galaxies, star systems, and distant planets.

Microsoft Research launches WorldWide Telescope, Scoble cries

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:53:00 PDT

Microsoft Research has just launched WorldWide Telescope, turning your computer into a virtual telescope.

Google Friend Connect: The movie

Mon, 12 May 2008 21:25:00 PDT

Google's Campfire One event Monday features the debut of Friend Connect, code that will sprinkle social features on any Web site.

Microsoft loses another ad executive

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:06:00 PDT

The latest departure is Carol Koh Evans, the general manager of the software maker's in-game advertising unit. Evans is headed to wedding site The Knot.

Ellison: On-demand software growing slowly

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:01:00 PDT

Ten years ago Oracle CEO Larry Ellison invested in NetSuite and Salesforce.com. He doesn't appear to be in a hurry to cash out or bring them into Oracle's orbit.

Microsoft says YouTube blocking was a glitch

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:07:00 PDT

Software maker says third party that handles which Web links are blocked by its IM service made a mistake that led to some addresses being blocked.

Veodia lands $8.3 million for video streaming

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:32:00 PDT

The Internet video start-up, whose technology is used by Stanford University and Frog Design, raises a first round of funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and the D.E. Shaw group.

Raikes tapped as Gates Foundation CEO

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:31:00 PDT

Longtime Microsoft executive, who earlier this year announced plans to retire from the software giant, calls new post "truly a dream job."

XP update throws some for a loop

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:14:00 PDT

After moving to Windows XP Service Pack 3, some AMD-based systems are getting stuck in an endless reboot cycle. Microsoft says it is investigating.

Google brings Friend Connect to the masses

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:01:00 PDT

As expected, Google unveils a preview of Friend Connect, a way to add social features to a Web site without programming. Will it eradicate the social-networking "walled garden"?

Powerset brings the Semantic Web to Wikipedia

Sun, 11 May 2008 21:25:00 PDT

Amid speculation that Microsoft is looking to make an acquisition, Powerset is launching a public beta of its semantically rich Wikipedia search engine.

Nationalize Twitter? Hmm, not so fast

Sun, 11 May 2008 09:00:00 PDT

A lot of chatter recently that Twitter has become vital to our daily lives--with some suggesting it to a question of national security.

Maybe Microsoft isn't completely useless on the web, after all

Sat, 10 May 2008 06:35:00 PDT

Microsoft makes web development easy, though not perfect or particularly powerful.

Google to launch Friend Connect for the social Web

Sat, 10 May 2008 06:13:00 PDT

Google is expected to join the data portability crowd with "Friend Connect," which will allow users to bring their data from social networks into third-party Web sites.

Is Microsoft stalking Powerset's search technology?

Sat, 10 May 2008 05:12:00 PDT

While Powerset is preparing for the public rollout of its semantic search engine, Microsoft is rumored to be interested in acquiring the start-up.

Google gains on Microsoft with hosted security offering

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:36:00 PDT

The search giant's latest Web-hosted offering, Web Security for Enterprise, gives it a leg up on Microsoft in a digital world increasingly turning to cloud computing, experts say.