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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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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'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 >
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 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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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