December 24, 2008
Linux Foundation Looks to 2009
As we begin to close the books on 2008 and look into the proverbial crystal ball for open source in the new year, I thought the Linux Foundation was a logical place to start. So I asked LF Marketing ... More >
December 23, 2008
SEC Adopts XBRL Filing Mandate
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted 4 to 1 last week to make XBRL filing mandatory for publicly traded companies. According to NextGov : Computers can use XBRL to identify data, and even ... More >
Building Open Source Trust One Step at a Time
It's funny, but "open source" and "burgeoning" are not exactly words I would have expected to see in the same sentence with "Microsoft" even last year. But that's exactly how writer David Worthington... More >
December 22, 2008
Distributors Get Extension on Windows XP
Believe it or not, the end may not be as near for Windows XP as we once thought. Channel Web reported last week that Microsoft has devised a plan that will allow distributors "place their final... More >
Reaction Positive to Schapiro
So far, observers like the idea of Finra chief Mary Schapiro as the next Securities and Exchange Commission chair. The Center for Audit Quality 's executive director, Cindy Fornelli, says s... More >
December 18, 2008
Open Source Is a Change Agent, but It Has Been Changed, Too, Study Says
The title of a new study from Saugatuck Research reveals that the software industry has changed open source as much as open source has changed the software industry. According to PRWeb , key findi... More >
Obama Taps Schapiro for SEC Post
Just two weeks ago, I pointed to a post from Compliance Week editor in chief Matt Kelly . He was wondering why President-elect Barack Obama hadn't named an incoming Securities and Exchange Commissio... More >
December 17, 2008
London Dev Conference Shows .NET, Open Source Coexist
More evidence that Microsoft and open source are learning to peacefully coexist comes in the form of a developers conference in London, UK InfoWorld blogger Savio Rodrigues points to the Open So... More >
December 16, 2008
Leopard Update More Trouble Than Help for Some
You've probably already seen that Apple released a Mac OS X update and that it fixes 20-plus security problems in the operating system. These are, of course, good things. However, InformationWeek ... More >
OSBC Announces Agenda, Opens Registration for 2009 Event
It's about that time of year again. International Business Times reported Tuesday that registration is now open for InfoWorld 's Open Source Business Conference 2009 . The annual conference wil... More >
XBRL Subject of SEC Vote, New IBM Risk Reporting Plans
Remember when the Securities and Exchange Commission first proposed XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) as a standard for financial reporting? Opinions on the issue have covered the gamut... More >
December 15, 2008
FSF Sues Cisco to Enforce Open Source Licenses
In case you missed it last week, the Free Software Foundation filed a lawsuit against Cisco Systems alleging violations of the GNU General Public and Lesser General Public Licenses (GPL and LGPL, r... More >
December 12, 2008
Five Steps to Effective GRC
As compliance efforts are increasingly swallowed by larger governance and risk management initiatives, more companies are looking to install comprehensive GRC software systems. What better, then, t... More >
December 11, 2008
Chrome Gets 'Full Product' Status in 100 Days
Three and a half months after Google first released Chrome , the browser is leaving beta. InformationWeek reported Thursday that Google has released Chrome 1.0 . Writer Thomas Claburn says... More >
Jaspersoft Snags Red Hat Venture Dollars
Open source business intelligence software vendor Jaspersoft has raised $12.5 million in a fifth round of venture funding, according to The Register . Lead by private equity firm Adams Street Part... More >
December 10, 2008
CPAs Realize Move to IFRS Is Inevitable
Even in the midst of trying to figure out what accounting standards and economic regulations are going to look like in a new administration and in response to the current crisis, accountants are ... More >
Microsoft Opens Oxite Blog Engine
Oxite is the new open source blog engine from Microsoft. As PCWorld.com reported Wednesday, Redmond has released "the early version" of a content management platform upon which companies can buil... More >
December 9, 2008
Asus, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Join Android Development Efforts
Look out -- there's another Android-based phone on the way. Or at least that's what the rumor is... Back in September, Sony Ericsson President Dick Komiyama said the company was looking at An... More >
SEC Won't Recommend Suspending FAS 157
When Congress approved the $700 billion bailout bill earlier this year, it gave the Securities and Exchange Commission leeway to suspend Financial Accounting Standard 157 , which details how fair ... More >
Augustin Joins DotNetNuke's Board of Directors
Open source visionary and "angel investor" Larry Augustin can add another corporate board membership to his resume. Market Watch reported Monday that Augustin has joined the board of DotNetNuk... More >
December 8, 2008
State Agencies Use Open Source to Cut Costs, Too
The further the economy slumps, the more stories we see in the tech media about companies turning to open source, or investing further in open source, to save money. The latest is this piece from Li... More >
Audits from Top Eight Accounting Firms Show Deficiencies, PCAOB Says
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance may be easier six years after the law was enacted in 2002, and compliance costs may have decreased to a certain extent, but a new report from the Public Company Accounti... More >
December 5, 2008
Who Will Lead the Obama Administration's SEC?
Compliance Week 's editor in chief, Matt Kelly, is wondering who will replace Christopher Cox as the Securities and Exchange Commission chairman when President-elect Obama takes office in January... More >
December 4, 2008
Android Phone Ready to Debut Down Under
The first Android phone to debut in Australia won't be the T-Mobile HTC G1, according to CNET News . Instead, Australian-owned Kogan Technologies will ship an Android-based phone called Agora to... More >
Microsoft Philippines Partners with Exist Global on Open Source
Microsoft's mixed messages continue. Just a day after the company publicly decried the "hidden costs" of open source with a press release/customer testimonial , Microsoft Philipines announced it wil... More >
December 3, 2008
Microsoft and Open Source: Continuing Coopetition
Funny, isn't it, how Microsoft manages to come up with a customer testimonial about how cost-effective Office is just when open source vendors are talking up the savings their customers achieve w... More >
Nokia Closes Symbian Purchase, Moves Forward on Foundation
Nokia has closed its acquisition of mobile operating system maker Symbian, according to a BetaNews report. Writer Jacqueline Emigh says this brings the company one step closer to launching the S... More >
December 2, 2008
Customizing Chrome
Google entered the open source Web browser business when it launched Chrome in September. When many observers said Chrome wasn't as wonderful as the pre-launch hype made it out to be, CNET News ... More >
Legislatures Should Beware of Overregulation
When crisis hits, the first thing legislators want to do is enact new laws that will keep whatever happened from happening again. That's what Congress did with Sarbanes-Oxley after Enron and Worldc... More >
December 1, 2008
SEC Officials to Step Aside, Make Way for New Administration
While President-elect Obama continues to announce his cabinet picks , the Securities and Exchange Commission's chief accountant has announced he will step down. WebCPA reported Monday that C... More >
Open Source Business Model Broken, but Value Lies in Collaboration
In Monday's BusinessWeek , Stuart Cohen says the open source business model is broken . I have heard similar things before , but this time it's coming from the man who once served as the CEO of O... More >
