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Windows has overcome Unix to claim the server sales crown for the first time, according to IDC's latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker The Windows server market continued to show solid growth, with factory revenues increasing by 4.7 percent year over year. Overall, Windows servers accounted for US$4.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005, repr...
High performance computing is not just for academicians and scientists anymore. This application of computer technology to highly complex scientific and engineering workloads is making its way into commercial settings as companies recognize its value as a competitive tool HPC reduces the time it takes to get results and products to market, speeds u...
Microsoft's rivals on Wednesday banded together to bring a new charge against the software giant to the European Commission: unfair competition Microsoft "threatens to deny enterprises and individual consumers real choice," the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) argued. The ECIS was formed in 1989 and includes IBM, Oracle, Sun Micr...
In a move to compete on the e-commerce development front, Microsoft on Monday announced plans to deliver the beta version of Microsoft Commerce Server 2006 Microsoft Commerce Server is a .NET-based e-commerce solution designed to simplify the creation of full-featured Web sites. The final commercial product is scheduled to be released in July 2006....
Symantec on Tuesday announced that it has completed the acquisition of Relicore, a provider of data center change and configuration management solutions Relicore's flagship product, Relicore Clarity, automatically discovers, maps and tracks changes to application and server components in real time....
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile operator, is the latest in the industry to jump on the fast-moving streaming video bandwagon DoCoMo said on Friday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Real Networks to jointly deploy software to bring video streaming capabilities to its mobile phones. DoCoMo will add the software to its V-Live s...
Most electronics consumers had never heard of rootkits before last year's Sony BMG debacle. Now, rootkits have the attention of the U.S. public -- and the U.S. government. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday suggested that a measure outlawing the controversial software may be in order A rootkit is a security tool often used by hac...
In the latest chapter of the Linux-versus-Microsoft total cost of ownership debate, Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and Levanta this week released a new report to bolster the pro-Linux argument A 17-page report based on an Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) study called "Get the Truth on Linux Management" re-examines previously reported, an...
Mobile brand Helio on Thursday announced plans to target the lucrative U.S. youth market with two South Korean-made cell phones and a content deal with popular social networking site MySpace Helio's Hero and Kickflip multimedia handsets are set to debut this spring....
Opera Software seems to have a browser for just about every occasion. Now, the Norwegian software maker has added a new device to its list: Nintendo DS Opera on Wednesday announced an agreement with Nintendo to provide a browser that will allow video game lovers to surf the full Internet from their handheld systems....
Access subsidiary PalmSource on Tuesday announced its much-anticipated Linux-based operating system for handheld devices. The Access Linux Platform (ALP) will bring full compatibility to devices with a Linux core The ALP Software Developer Kit is scheduled for release to licensees by the end of 2006. The company hopes ALP will become the platform o...
AOL on Monday launched the first beta version of its new Chinese language AOL.com Web portal. The new site is aimed at the Chinese American and Chinese speaking community in the United States Created in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters, the site offers Web search, blogs and e-mail features with news from North America, Europe and ...
Windows andLinux are celebrating together. That's because new research predicts these competing platforms will become the dominant force in advanced mobile operating systems As the demand for advanced devices accelerates, the battle among vendors will intensify, the Diffusion Group (TDG) contends in "Advanced Mobile Operating Systems: Analysis & Fo...
Nokia on Monday introduced three new mobile phones with an emphasis on connectivity. The Nokia 6131, 6070 and 6136 handsets seek to converge style with the latest in wireless technology While the 6131 and 6070 are mid-range phones targeting consumers, the 6136 may pique the interest of enterprise customers. That's because the phone bridges two of t...
In yet another step toward mobile TV mainstreaming, British Telecom Group, Virgin Mobile and Microsoft are expected to announce a partnership on Tuesday at 3GSM in Barcelona, the largest mobile phone industry conference of the year While other companies will be launching new mobile handsets, this transcontinental trio is expected to launch Europe'...
It seems everyone is searching for something -- and Nielsen//Netratings is proving it The Internet media and market research firm on Thursday reported that the number of online searches across 60 search engines grew 55 percent year-over-year to nearly 5.1 billion in December 2005. By contrast, there were 3.3 billion searches conducted via search en...
The blogosphere is over 60 times bigger than it was just three years ago. So says Technorati, a firm that tracks 27.2 million Web logs, or blogs. The firm's latest report indicates that the blogosphere continues to double about every five and half months In fact, Technorati's "State of the Blogosphere, February 2006" shows 75,000 new blogs are cre...
In the midst of heated competition to attract popular personalities to the satellite radio space, Harpo Radio and XM Satellite Radio on Thursday announced an exclusive, three-year agreement to launch a new channel called "Oprah & Friends." Set to debut in September 2006, it will feature a broad range of original programming from Harpo Radio. The ch...
Novell this week unveiled what it calls "significant enhancements" to the Xgl (X over OpenGL) graphics subsystem. Xgl is new core rendering technology for theLinux desktop that takes advantage of now widely available accelerated 3D rendering hardware These enhancements are designed to let developers create richer graphical experiences for Linux des...
In a move to round out its Information Lifecycle Management strategy, Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday signed a definitive agreement to acquire a provider of archiving software for enterprise applications and databases HP will purchase OuterBay for an undisclosed amount. OuterBay's Application Data Management Suite, an information lifecycle management so...
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