Tech Trends

Fox Backs Blu-ray Next-Gen DVD Format

Yankee Group analyst Nitin Gupta suggested that surveys can be skewed by any company to get the results it seeks. Gupta noted that the poll about HD DVD versus Blu-ray makes no ...

by Mark McDonnell

Nations Join To Fight Spam

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Spain’s data protection authority, Agencia Española de Proteccion de Datos, recently signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding to promote enhanced cooperation and information sharing on spam ...

by Mark McDonnell

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Mac OS X has recently become interesting even to people outside the Cult of Macintosh. The more Microsoft Windows is bogged down by viruses, spyware and disruptive security updates, the more miserable ...

by Mark McDonnell

Microsoft, RIM Team on BlackBerry

Enterprises have become increasingly reliant on the mobile portions of their communication networks — allowing employees to be reached while sitting at their desks or on the road.  Instant messaging began in ...

by Mark McDonnell

Sun’s Jonathan Schwartz Slams Open-Source Licensing Model

In his speech, Sun Microsystems president Jonathan Schwartz said that the GPL expressly limits choice by disallowing the inclusion of non-GPL code into GPL projects. He added that it “exports a form ...

by Elizabeth Millard

Google Opens Code for Developers

Google is providing a look at some of its source code in an effort to woo software developers and to establish tighter bonds with the open-source community as it fends off challenges ...

by Editorial Staff

McAfee Warns on Top Viruses

The number of new viruses in circulation increased in 2004 after three years of declines, anti-virus software company McAfee reports. The firm says about 50 new viruses were discovered every day during ...

by Editorial Staff