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Russia's Justice Ministry said Thursday that it had revoked permission granted by bailiffs for the beleaguered oil giant Yukos to use previously frozen funds to pay for day-to-day operations. The reports came just a day after Yukos said it had received permission from the ministry's bailiffs service to use its bank accounts for operational costs, ...
Last week a dashboard light in my car (a Volvo V70R) came on, leaving me groping for the manual while trying to survive traffic. As it turns out, an "ETS" light is a failure warning from something called the "electronic throttle system," so the obvious thing to do was find a place to pull off the highway and reboot the computer by restarting the car. That worked then, and it also worked a day later when the light came on again...
On the morning of September 22, 1989, in Charleston, South Carolina, there was no electricity or running water. There was no way to call to complain or find out when services would resume, because the telephones also were not working. Transportation options were limited to walking, riding a bicycle or perhaps horseback, because the streets were im...
TiVo, one of the initial creators of television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), announced today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has certified TiVo's technology protection of digital broadcast television The FCC determined that digital broadcast television content should be protected, but that protection should still en...
Siebel Systems and IBM today announced they will join to provide database support for Siebel's CRM suite on Linux. Siebel will work with IBM to extend support for Siebel 7.7 on DB2 Universal Database for Linux and provide support for Web Server and App Server tiers on future versions of Siebel CRM solutions next year....
America Online today announced the acquisition of Mailblocks, a personal, Web-based e-mail service known for using state-of-the-art technology to block spam and provide a streamlined, efficient e-mail user interface. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Organizers of the CeBit America computer industry trade show announced thatthey have canceled the June 2005 event because of declining attendance The show is the second major technology event to be called off. In June the Comdex show was canceled for the same reason....
Hewlett-Packard will be the first major PC maker to offer a Linux-based notebook computer, the company announced at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. The Compaq nx5000 business notebook PC will be preinstalled with Novell's SuSE Linux 9.1, along with OpenOffice, CD-R/RW support, DVD and media player, wireless and Bluetooth connectivity, and HP support ...
IBM has won the right to build a powerful Linux-based supercomputer for the Department of Defense (DOD) that will be used to design and test weapons systems, the company announced Tuesday Nicknamed "Stryker," the machine will run at a speed of 10 trillion calculations per second, placing it among the 20 fastest computers in the world. It will also ...
"RealNetworks, Inc. is delighted by initial consumer and music industry support for Harmony." "We are stunned that RealNetworks has adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker."
Most corporations, when giving birth to a new product, behave just like parents jumping in frenzy in a maternity ward. This typical hysterical hoopla of the incubation wing is often replaced by a subtler, cubicle behavior and, at times, becomes a subdued Dilbertish-style revolution. Objects do fly, even though in the corporate setting they are mem...
Industry observers today took differing outlooks on rumors that Sun Microsystems might buy Novell "I don't find the speculation credible," analyst Dan Kusnetzky, vice president of operating systems at International Data Corporation, said....
With the close of part one of this column [Kai Staats "The Cell Phone Calls," MacNewsWorld, July 28, 2004], my first reaction was to toss my cell phone from the car, to teach it who was in control But the thought of the look on my bookkeeper's face when I would explain why I needed a new phone kept me from enjoying the experiment in high-speed traj...
Dell and IBM plan to introduce servers with Intel's new 64-bit Xeon microprocessor, which allows greater memory capacity than 32-bit architectures. IBM said it will begin on Monday rolling out eight new servers based on the Intel's new Xeon processor with 64-bit technology.
Halliburton announced today that it has reached a settlement in the investigation by the SEC involving Halliburton's 1998 and 1999 disclosure of and accounting for the recognition of revenue from unapproved claims on long-term construction projects "We are pleased to bring closure to this matter," said Dave Lesar, chairman, president and chief exec...
The Messenger spacecraft lifted off on time aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, at 2:15 a.m. EDT. Messenger has successfully begun its mission to unravel the mysteries of planet Mercury.
Pfizer today announced it has filed a barrage of lawsuits aimed at shutting down online sales of generic, counterfeit or fake versions of Viagra, its copyrighted erectile dysfunction medication The New York-based drugmaker filed the suits against dozens of what it called "illegitimate online pharmacies," accusing them of trademark infringement and ...
IBM has announced it is contributing its Java-based Cloudscape database software to the open-source community via the Apache Software Foundation, which will inspect the code and establish it as an open-source Java database to be called "Derby." IBM has been credited for supporting Linux and the open-source community but criticized by rivals regardi...
Online search engine Ask Jeeves has reached an agreement to start offering Citysearch's local content and business data, with the information expected to start showing up in searches in September Citysearch's data will complement the local features already offered on Ask Jeeves, including maps, driving directions, weather, people search, movies and...
Last year, the SCO Group spent most of its annual conference focused onits intellectual property litigation. This year the company is working to emphasize its products and boost enthusiasm for the future of Unix In an interview with LinuxInsider, the company's CEO, Darl McBride, noted that 90 percent of the conference is about products, which is in...
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