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Is the year of the Linux desktop upon us? ZDNet blogger Robin Harris thinks 2008 is it . With the advent of sub -$400 notebook computers and sub-$200 desktops comes a greater demand for Linux, Harri... More >
Globe and Mail reported over the weekend that NYSE Euronext won the war for initial public offerings in 2007. Citing Bloomberg data, the story says the transatlantic exchange listed $78 billion in... More >
I told myself I wouldn't write one of those year-end or looking-ahead blog posts. (You know, the ones full of bullet points and numbered lists?) But this week's tech press is full of nothing but arti... More >
Thursday, Microsoft agreed to license Windows protocols to the Free Protocol Information Foundation to benefit Samba , the open source project focused on server software. Reuters reports the agree... More >
News.com reported Thursday that former Delta Airlines chief operating officer James Whitehurst will take the helm at leading Linux distributor Red Hat effective Jan. 1. Current CEO Matthew Szulik ... More >
Earlier this week, Apple announced that sales of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) during its launch month topped sales for its predecessor. At the same time, ZDNet 's George Ou says the Mac OS, which custo... More >
Candela Solutions partner Ron Kral says international accounting standards could be "more onerous than Sarbanes-Oxley." It may be hard to believe at first; how could anything be worse than Sarbox? ... More >
The rocket that takes astronauts back to the moon will run on open source software , according to Popular Mechanics . Boeing won the contract to build the software. The story says "the specificat... More >
In an effort to increase adoption of Fibre Channel over Ethernet , and to encourage quicker development of the drivers and protocols necessary to use it, Intel announced on Tuesday that it has rele... More >
I imagine you are nearly as weary of reading about electronic evidence as you are of Sarbanes-Oxley, but just in case anyone is still living under the misconception that preserving electronic evide... More >
Creators of the BusyBox open source utility have reached a settlement with Xterasys over claims the tech manufacturer violated the terms of the GNU General Public License, under which BusyBox is re... More >
Computerworld reported Monday that the launch of Apple's Mac OS X Leopard operating system outperformed the launch of the operating system's previous version, known as Tiger. The data comes from N... More >
Earlier in the year, the concept of the chief green officer piqued my interest and we had quite a conversation about whether yet another executive was really necessary. The general consensus among ... More >
Early this month, former Sun Microsystems employee and OpenDS owner Neil Wilson wrote an open letter to the community explaining he would no longer be involved in the open source project. He claims... More >
Call it an early Christmas gift. Call it caving to special interests. Call it a change of heart. Whatever you call it, the Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to propose delaying the Sarb... More >
Two years ago, the OS/2 World Foundation presented IBM with a petition signed by more than 11,600 people who wanted IBM to open source the operating system. IBM never responded. This week, The 451 Gr... More >
The CIA's destruction of interrogation tapes recently is yet another illustration of what not to do with digital evidence. True, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure don't apply to the CIA. Nonet... More >
Is there anything over which corporate shareholders won't sue ? Reports from both McKinsey Quarterly and Corporate Library suggest that environmental issues are high on executives' worry lists, an... More >
In an effort to shake IBM Websphere MQ's dominance of the messaging market, Red Hat is planning a messaging system around a relatively obscure open source project, according to InformationWeek . &... More >
Thanks to Wired blogger Betsy Schiffman for a bit of levity that's perfect for a Friday afternoon. Her Epicenter post, Live from Venture Summit West: It's the I Hate SarbOx Show , is a collage of ... More >
When Microsoft filed its latest financials with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the software juggernaut did so using the newly approved Extensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL . The ... More >
For the fourth time since September , the Software Freedom Law Center has filed a lawsuit on behalf of developers who created BusyBox to enforce the terms of the GNU General Public License. ... More >
A study released Thursday by the IT Policy Compliance Group found a direct correlation between a company's compliance initiatives and the number of data breaches it weathers. Baseline reports: Co... More >
Whether it decided to take a page from Google's playbook or simply wanted to reassure open sourcers that it does not employ " strong arm tactics " when it comes to open source projects, we'll never... More >
We've talked a lot lately about what the digital revolution means in terms of litigation readiness . More often than not, the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on discovery of electronically stor... More >
A former Sun Microsystems employee has accused Sun Microsystems of using "strong arm tactics" to maintain control of an open source project he and his partners once owned. Neil Wilson was laid off in... More >
Last week, the European Union's equivalent of SEC Chairman Christopher Cox praised the Securities and Exchange Commission's move to allow foreign companies listed in the U.S. to file with the SEC us... More >
In today's post at The Open Road , News.com blogger Matt Asay takes Gartner to task for "underhyping" open source. Specifically, he takes issue with the research firm's predictions in its "Hype C... More >
"Silicon Valley is no place for cronies," says John Ware, a senior director at Spencer Stuart. The executive search firm released survey results today that indicate tech companies have shuffled the ... More >
Last week during a continuing education session on running a law practice , our speaker said he hasn't used antivirus software on the Mac systems in his office for quite some time -- inferring, of c... More >
For two days last week I sat through continuing education classes that are required to maintain my law license in Kentucky. More often than not, the updates I receive are interesting but have littl... More >
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