Utah firm wants to go where GPS doesn’t (AP)
AP - In one high-tech thriller after another, the hero attaches a tiny tracking device on the villain and follows him as blinking dot on a computer screen.
December 13, 2007
Spring Integration boosts service-based apps (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - SpringSource, the keepers of the popular Spring Framework for Java application development, this week introduced Spring Integration, a framework to ease enterprise integration.
Lonely Canadian shocked to get $85,000 phone bill (Reuters)
Reuters - A Canadian oil-field worker, stunned to
get a C$85,000 ($83,700) cell phone bill, has had the charges
reduced to C$3,400, but is still fighting them.
Netherlands adopts open-source software (AP)
AP - The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open-source software ? freely distributed programs that anyone can modify ? the Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry said Thursday.
December 12, 2007
Adobe open-sourcing data access technology (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems is announcing on Thursday plans to release source code for its high-performance remoting and messaging technology via an open source product called BlazeDS.
December 8, 2007
Microsoft Wants One Laptop Per Child System To Run Windows XP - InformationWeek
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Microsoft Wants One Laptop Per Child System To Run Windows XP
InformationWeek - The software maker wants OLPC to redesign its XO low-cost PC for children in developing nations. By Paul mcdougall Microsoft has asked the designers of a low-cost Linux laptop intended for children in developing nations to redesign the system so it can … Microsoft to Field Test PC For Developing Countries More on Microsoft's effort to put XP on XO |
Don’t get lost shopping for GPS (AP)
AP - Navigation gadgets are now so widely available no one needs to worry about getting lost anymore ? except when they’re trying to choose the right device.
JetBlue to test limited in-flight Net (AP)
AP - JetBlue Airways Corp. will start offering limited e-mail and instant messaging services for free on one of its planes next week as airlines renew efforts to offer in-flight Internet access.
Films shot on camera phones get showcase (AP)
AP - Masked and demure, she speaks from the tiny screen of a cell phone like a thumb-size fairy forever trapped inside. “Welcome home,” she says softly to the viewer. “Speak to me about anything.”
Open Source Group Sues Verizon (PC World)
PC World - The Software Freedom Law Center has says Verizon violates the copyright of the GNU GPL.