:: Open for Business ::

The UK’s advertising authority yanked an iPhone TV ad from the air for misleading consumers, Guardian Unlimited reported Wednesday. The ad “overhyped” the phone’s Web browsing capabilities. The Advertising Standards Authority pulled the ad after it received complaints from consumers that the iPhone does not support Flash or Java, but the ad indicates that […]

The Linux Beacon’s Timothy Prickett Morgan points out this week that IBM is working hard to move self-supporting Linux HPC customers to commercial support. Big Blue is now offering the HPCC 8 Pack for Novell’s SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. It is configured to run on IBM’s e1350 X64-based clusters of System x rack servers.
The […]

Earlier this year, a friend who is the wireless network engineer at a state university had his coat (and his iPod Touch) stolen. Because the iPod Touch has a built-in wireless connection, and because my friend manages the network, he was able to use the campus wireless network to track down his coat and the […]

Everyone knows Microsoft’s image has been suffering for awhile now — many have referred to the software juggernaut as The Evil Empire, remember. And the lackluster performance of its Windows Vista operating system certainly hasn’t helped.
So with the departure of Bill Gates and the turning of a new leaf at Microsoft regarding open source software, the company […]

Over in IT Business Edge’s Sarbox Survival Guide blog, we’ve been talking on and off for awhile now about electronic health records systems. So when I found this Market Wire release, it felt a little like my worlds were colliding.
Here’s the scoop. Open source BI specialist Pentaho is teaming up with the Open Medical Records System (OpenMRS) […]