Industry Standard News and Predictions

Can you build a company around text messaging? Mozes says yes, with a big funding

Chris Morrison — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:48:49 -0700

Twitter isn’t the only company trying to build a big business off short messages. For text messages, or SMS, delivered via mobile phone, there’s Mozes, which says it’s ready to take...

Icahn said to be mulling Yahoo proxy fight

Juan Carlos Perez — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:00:47 -0700

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly mulling a proxy fight against Yahoo's current board members in order to pressure the company to re-establish merger negotiations with Microsoft.Icahn has...

Timeline: Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo

Juan Carlos Perez and Elizabeth Montalbano — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:44:26 -0700

The idea that Microsoft, in order to revamp its Internet business, would buy Yahoo seemed surreal when rumors first surfaced in mid-2006. But as Yahoo's troubles deepened in the second half of that...

A year in the life of the Facebook platform

Larry Borsato — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:07:21 -0700

Almost one year ago Facebook announced the Facebook Platform, unleashing an assault of applications on unsuspecting users. At first those applications were silly, even bothersome. But now they are...

Fedora 9 Released

Neil McAllister — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:27:07 -0700

I'm a confirmed Ubuntu fan, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the release of Fedora 9 this morning. Fedora is the community-maintained Linux distribution that's the foundation for Red Hat...

Bulletin - Report: Icahn mulling Yahoo proxy fight

Juan Carlos Perez — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:57:08 -0700

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is mulling a proxy fight against Yahoo's current board members in order to pressure the company to reestablish merger negotiations with Microsoft, The Wall Street...

IDG News Service573939 — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:39:38 -0700

UPDATE - HP-EDS deal spurs range of customer reactions

Chris Kanaracus and Agam Shah — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:25:09 -0700

Customers of Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems offered a range of reactions Tuesday to HP's US$13.9 billion bid for the massive outsourcing company.HP will benefit from EDS' talent pool,...

Fedora 9 hits the streets

John Fontana — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:19:07 -0700

The Fedora Project Tuesday said Fedora 9, a free, open source Linux operating system, is ready for download.The software features a unique portable capability that lets it live on a USB stick. Users...

RealMatch brings online dating model to job boards

Meridith Levinson — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:10 -0700

Job seekers and employers have a new option for finding and posting job ads online. A new job board called RealMatch is launching Tuesday, and its goal is to make it easier and cheaper for job...

UPDATE - CSC settles government kickbacks case

Grant Gross — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:40:16 -0700

Computer Sciences (CSC) has agreed to pay US$1.37 million to settle allegations that it received kickbacks on technology contracts with U.S. government agencies, part of an alleged scheme involving...

HP-EDS deal spurs range of customer reactions

Chris Kanaracus — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:38:36 -0700

Customers of Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems offered a range of reactions Tuesday to HP's US$13.9 billion bid for the massive outsourcing company.HP will benefit from EDS' talent pool,...

It's not iTunes, it's HBO

Christopher Breen — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:28:38 -0700

Like many of you, when I cross over into the meat world I find less commonality with my fellow bipeds than I do in this domain of pixels, bits, and broadband. For instance, I'm introduced to parents...

Easy app maker Sprout raises $5M

Anthony Ha — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:28:20 -0700

Sprout, the startup behind an easy-to-use tool for creating Flash applications, has been having a very good year. It launched in January at DEMO (where it snagged a “DEMO god” award),...

Apple deal links custom radio storefronts to iTunes

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:26:11 -0700

Apple has entered into an agreement with Emmis Interactive that will give radio listeners in the U.S. the ability to buy the songs they hear on the air using their iTunes account. Emmis has been one...

Net Views: Microsoft's FOSS interests turn to 3D

Net Views — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:17:49 -0700

"Because we need our software to work the same on all platforms, our GUI is entirely written in OpenGL. So Windows is already in trouble here, with [its] less-than-perfect commitment to the...

ITU AFRICA - Wireless, China dominate on show floor

Mikael Ricknäs — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:07:10 -0700

Wireless broadband and the domination of Asian vendors are the two most prevalent trends in evidence on the show floor at ITU Telecom Africa.Thirty vendors from China, with only a handful from the...

'Sopranos', HBO shows whack flat-fee pricing on iTunes

Gregg Keizer — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:49:53 -0700

Apple Inc. said Tuesday it is adding episodes from HBO's original programming to its pay-to-view iTunes online store, and will charge US$1 more than the usual for some episodes.Neither Apple or HBO...

Burn multiple CDs at once in iTunes

Rob Griffiths — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:18 -0700

If you've got a Mac with multiple CD/DVD burners--a Mac Pro with two installed drives, or any other Mac with a combination of internal and external drives--you can burn two (or more, perhaps) CDs at...

Steve Jobs to keynote WWDC

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:42:05 -0700

As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will once again kick off the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) being held June 9-13 in San Francisco, Calif. The keynote will take place at 10:00 a.m....

HP-EDS merger could lead to services job cuts

Patrick Thibodeau — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:36:33 -0700

Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to complete its US$13.9 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corp. during the second half of this year, initially creating a combined company of 309,000 employees....

Which 3G network is the best?

Brian Nadel — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:33:10 -0700

We all pack appropriate clothing when we leave for a business trip, but most mobile users will still feel naked if they don't have easy, fast access to the Internet.Sure, you can stop at a Wi-Fi hot...

Apple confirms Jobs will kick off WWDC with keynote

Gregg Keizer — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:22:31 -0700

Apple Inc. Tuesday confirmed what everyone has expected for months: CEO Steve Jobs will kick off the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on June 9 with a keynote...

HP acquires EDS to create a “super plumber” for data centers

Dean Takahashi — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:07:04 -0700

The services sector has proven to be one of the hottest in information technology. You need trained people to manage the ebb and flow of computing in a massive, air-conditioned data center that...

A year in the life of the Facebook platform

Larry Borsato708924 — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:41:16 -0700

Almost one year ago Facebook announced the Facebook Platform, unleashing an assault of applications on unsuspecting users. At first those applications were silly, even bothersome. But now they are...