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After several "invitation only" events in its short history, the Linux Foundation will host its first conference for the Linux Community as a whole next year. Linux Developer Network community manag... More >
Yesterday, we reported that social networking site Facebook has hired a new general counsel . Ted Ulyot, a partner in the firm of Kirkland & Ellis, has served as general counsel for AOL Time War... More >
For the last few days, I've been doing some digging into the online privacy issues that came to light (or at least came into more focus) when Google announced it was bowing to public pressure and... More >
Every now and then we do a roundup of some of the alternative operating systems out there that you might want to check out. The last one included the likes of OpenSolaris, OpenSuSE and Ubuntu. &nbs... More >
Microsoft has added the jQuery JavaScript library to its Visual Studio, eWEEK reported Sunday. jQuery has quickly become one of the most popular developer libraries out there, according to Microsof... More >
Interesting news from Capitol Hill ... and it has nothing to do with the bailout bill . ValleyWag reported Friday that members of the Senate came to a "bipartisan consensus" regarding their ... More >
Since Google announced earlier this month that it would be changing its user privacy/anonymity policies, many have wondered if those policies are actually accomplishing what they were intended to d... More >
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen is in the tech news again, but I'm not at all surprised. It's an election year. And of course, as another election rolls around, the subject of e-voting ... More >
Professors at Harvard Business School and at Stanford Graduate School of Business published a paper recently that provides a strategy for commercial software vendors attempting to stem competition ... More >
Bad news just keeps coming from the financial sector. If the latest "meltdown," including the near demise of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG , and the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy , isn't bad e... More >
The New York Times coverage of the G1 Android phone from T-Mobile, Google and HTC points out something I didn't really think about Tuesday : Google's goals for the G1 are different than Apple's g... More >
Before the T-Mobile Android phone made its appearance Tuesday, observers were wondering whether it would be called " G1 " for Google, or " HTC Dream ," after the Taiwanese handset manufacturer. If yo... More >
The Channel Register reported Wednesday that UK schools could soon have the benefit of Becta-approved open source software . The agency responsible for IT procurement in the schools announced this... More >
When word broke this week that Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's use of private e-mail accounts for state business is being investigated, I had unwanted flashbacks to the White ... More >
Numbers gathered by vnunet.com indicate that Firefox is gaining on IE among the Web site's readers. According to a vnunet.com poll on Internet Explorer, 600 of 1,000 participants prefer ... More >
Lesley H. Howe has a unique perspective on Sarbanes-Oxley, largely because he spent more than 30 years in public accounting pre-Sarbox, and he has served on multiple corporate boards post-Sarbox. In ... More >
When I first saw the headlines about the Firefox - Ubuntu EULA flap , I thought it was some kind of prank. Why in the world would an open source browser require users to agree to an end-user license... More >
T-Mobile is ready to reveal its Android device, according to internetnews.com . In five days. But all the company will say right now is, "Please come." The company has sent invitations for a ... More >
Once again, Dan Woods' JargonSpy column in Forbes has provided much food for thought in the realm of compliance and regulation. Earlier this month, he wrote about computing in the cloud, and how, u... More >
VMware CEO Paul Maritz says the traditional operating system is obsolete . Speaking at VMworld in Las Vegas, Maritz said the company is preparing to "deconstruct" the traditional operating system an... More >
Google's Chrome browser includes Microsoft code. It's all over the tech headlines . I have to say, my first reaction was, "So?" Microsoft has been moving further into the open source arena ... More >
If you have a small to medium-sized business that is publicly traded or may soon be publicly traded, you probably want to check out Lord & Benoit's free Webinar Friday, Sept. 26. Sarbanes-Oxley... More >
Rumor has it that HP is looking into building its own version of Linux, according to OpenSourceProPortal.com . The writer suggests PC makers' dissatisfaction with Windows Vista is pushing them to op... More >
Outgoing MuleSource CEO Dave Rosenberg commented over the weekend on what gaming vendor EA could learn from open source. (It appears 451Group analyst Matthew Aslett was right when he surmised Rosen... More >
Not long ago, I talked to University of Nebraska College of Law professor Richard Moberly about the apparent failure of Sarbanes-Oxley's whistleblower provisions to actually provide protection to w... More >
Chrome's doing it . Safari offers it. IE 8 is apparently headed that way , too. So I wasn't surprised at all to see Mozilla's announcement that it's bringing privacy features to Firefox in the nex... More >
At the O'Reilly Open Source Conference this summer, Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth urged Linux developers to work toward making desktop Linux better than the Mac OS X, both in terms of aesthetics... More >
Remember the stock options backdating lawsuit the New York City Employees Retirement System and others filed against the company at the end of 2007, and how the judge who dismissed it said the plai... More >
The latest study from Sarbanes-Oxley consultancy Lord & Benoit revealed that years of section 404 compliance delays for small business haven't really served their purpose. But it's not beca... More >
Simplexo Enterprise uses open source to add another angle to enterprise search , according to vnunet.com . The product, released worldwide Wednesday, is said to simplify the search process. Because... More >
My worlds are colliding again . Last month, an open source health records system did it. This month, it's an open source recording platform that businesses use to record VoIP sessions and... More >
Continuing the theme of electronic medical records and patient health information that we began earlier this year, I wanted to share some of a recent interview I had with Shawna Sharpe, a represe... More >
The 451 Group's Matthew Aslett points out Monday that a couple of key people in open source companies appear to be on the move. Well, one is, and the other may be. The second move has yet to be co... More >
InformationWeek 's information-management blogger Andrew Conry-Murray made an interesting observation Friday. And given the evolution of regulatory requirements that address information management ... More >
Google's new Chrome Web browser is getting a lot of press . (Not that anyone's surprised. It is Google, after all.) IT Business Edge VP Ken Hardin is among those who are pretty impressed. When S... More >
Spreadsheet compliance has given finance departments headaches forever, it seems. And no matter what tips, tricks or safeguards various companies develop to correct the problems, someone finds -- ... More >
OpenMoko, Untangle, Marketcetera, SnapLogic and Kickfire are just five of the 10 open source companies Network World writer John Fontana says are evidence that open source is no longer just "a tr... More >
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