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EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Announcement won’t affect its antitrust investigations against the software giant, says European Commission. The European Commission has expressed doubt regarding Microsoft’s announcement Thursday claiming a move toward greater interoperability. In a statement, the Commission said that while it would welcome greater interoperability, Microsoft had made similar announcements…
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U.K.’s Elonex readies low-cost Linux laptop

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Aimed at the education sector, the laptop will feature, among other things, a flash-based hard drive and a “wireless music server.” But, the company says, it’s “not really about the specs.” PC maker and services company Elonex is to launch a $195 laptop aimed at students. The…
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More heavyweights join mobile Linux group

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Orange, Access join the LiMo Foundation to collaborate on its upcoming mobile Linux platform, which promises more applications for users. BARCELONA, Spain–Orange and Access have become the latest companies to join the LiMo Foundation, a consortium aimed at promoting mobile Linux. The companies announced their LiMo memberships…
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More heavyweights join mobile-Linux group

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Orange, Access join the LiMo Foundation to collaborate on its upcoming mobile-Linux platform, which promises more applications for users. BARCELONA, Spain–Orange and Access have become the latest companies to join the LiMo Foundation, a consortium aimed at promoting mobile Linux. The companies announced their LiMo memberships here…
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Microsoft: Streaming Office ‘infringes license’

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Company says U.K. Internet service provider selling a ’streaming’ version of Office is infringing on Microsoft license regulations. Microsoft has said that the Internet service provider Fasthosts, which has started offering a hosted version of Microsoft Office 2007, is infringing on the software giant’s license regulations. Earlier…
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ICANN turns on next-gen IP addresses

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

New version of Internet Protocol data has been added to six of the world’s root servers, assuring supply of unique IP addresses. The great migration from Internet Protocol version 4 to IPv6 has officially begun, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers added the first addresses…
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LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia, and mobile Linux

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation’s first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech. On Monday, the LiMo Foundation, an industry consortium that wants to put Linux technology onto mobile handsets, announced the first release of its shared platform. The foundation also…
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Key mobile Linux platform out in March

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The LiMo Foundation’s mobile Linux platform will be released next month, but the API is available to developers immediately. The LiMo Foundation has announced the first release of its mobile Linux platform. The foundation is one of several industry consortia seeking to create a standardized approach to…
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Vodafone ‘looking into’ 3G femtocells

Friday, January 25th, 2008

The company has become the latest operator to reveal it is investigating technology designed to improve 3G coverage indoors. Wireless carrier Vodafone Group is testing femtocell technology, which uses mini base stations in homes and small offices to improve indoor 3G coverage. The larger version of this…
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Cisco speeds up mobile workers’ application access

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

WAAS Mobile software client could overcome the increased WAN-load problems caused by server consolidation, Cisco has claimed. Cisco Systems is going to offer businesses a new software client designed to increase the speed of access to remote applications for mobile workers. The offering, announced Tuesday at…
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Report fuels OpenOffice vs. OOXML debate

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Speculation mars Burton Group report that suggests Microsoft’s OOXML document format is preferable to ODF, says OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org has dismissed an analyst report from Burton Group which claims that Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format is preferable to the OpenDocument Format. The latest generation of document standards…
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