Latest From Mark McDonnell
Apple Hit by iPhone Touch-Screen Suit
Apple’s iPhone put touch screens into the spotlight once again, and now the patent hounds have begun to bark, with SP Technologies claiming that the iPhone infringes on an SP Technologies patent, ...
Internet Pioneers Propose Blogger Code of Conduct
April 10, 2007 9:13AM Some of the rules in the new Blogger’s Code of Conduct — proposed by Tim O’Reilly, a technology publisher, and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia — include banning ...
Google Opens Gmail Service to Everyone
February 15, 2007 9:31AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us Gmail was invitation-only when it launched in April 2004, when Google had hoped to spread the word about Gmail through a viral-marketing strategy ...
Bill Gates Attacks Mac Security, Apple Ads
In an interview, Bill Gates has rejected the view of the PC, or PC users as he puts it, portrayed in Apple’s “Get a Mac” campaign. When asked whether he was “bugged” ...
Gartner Predicts the Blogosphere’s Future
December 15, 2006 11:00AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us Gartner’s new report about blogging predicts that today’s overexuberance will give way to a steady set of some 30 million bloggers around the ...
Microsoft’s Open XML Now a Standard
December 8, 2006 9:54AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us Microsoft has been pushing hard to get the Open XML format approved as a standard, particularly in light of decisions by members of ...
ICANN Rejects ‘.travel’ Search Plan
December 1, 2006 7:52AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us As proposed by Tralliance, users who type a “.travel” name that does not exist would get a Web page inviting them to register ...
Spam Levels Up by 80 Percent
As vendors come up with new techniques, spammers do, too. Image spam began popping up a few months ago, and security vendors responded with products that create a “fingerprint” of the message ...
Microsoft and Novell Enter Landmark Linux Partnership
The new deal between Microsoft and Novell is being hailed as a historic agreement that could have major implications for Linux and other open-source software. If all goes according to plan, Microsoft ...
Review: Gateway CX2620 Convertible Notebook
The coolest feature is the way the large LCD screen rotates 180 degrees and folds back onto the keyboard to convert into a pen-based, handwriting input system. It was easy to cradle ...