IBM releases over 150 patents
News Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards, said that IBM "is sending a message that innovation and industry growth happens in an open, collaborative atmosphere. IBM is granting universal access to over 150 patents, mostly for web...
[July 11, 2007, 14:41]
Trend-spotters blog to stay at the top
News The undeniable influence of these organic taste makers has been made possible by the rise of blogs, tags, collaborative bookmarks and other so-called social technologies that are fulfilling some of the utopian objectives espoused in the early days...
[November 16, 2005, 12:00]
What has broadband done for us?
News Recent research conducted by Shopcreator and BT Global Services identified four areas where broadband has most impact on businesses: e-trading, backup and security, collaborative working and expenditure reduction.
[March 31, 2004, 12:15]
Zoho Writer 2.0 review
Reviews However, collaborative editing (in real time if necessary via Zoho Chat) is an important new feature — and a necessary one, given that Google Docs has been doing this for some time. Zoho Writer is one of a host of web-based applications offered by...
[April 1, 2009, 12:32]
Office 2003 Beta 2: an IT perspective review
Reviews New developments include a thorough implementation of XML across the suite, the appearance of InfoPath (previously known as X-Docs), which is aimed at supporting XML-based information gathering within the enterprise, the incorporation of...
[March 10, 2003, 8:21]
Gov't puts next-gen telecoms network out to tender
News The next-generation Ocean Programme network will streamline voice and video communication, data sharing and collaborative working between Whitehall departments, local government and public bodies worldwide.
[August 6, 2008, 9:33]
Novell gives free software to small biz
News Novell said on Thursday that its out-of-the-box software, called the Novell Small Business Suite Starter Pack, includes Web access, collaborative tools, email, and security and management capabilities.
[April 10, 2003, 17:13]
Rootkits epidemic threatens users
News Collaborative Web sites and blogs contain hundreds of lines of rootkit code for recompiling and enhancing the technology, along with rootkit binary executables, McAfee said. Rootkits, often used by hackers to hide malicious software, are on the...
[April 18, 2006, 9:55]
Microsoft opens up more code
News Microsoft said on Monday that it is dipping a third toe into the open-source waters, adding a collaborative creation program to the list of Microsoft efforts that the company is freely sharing. The company is making available the code for FlexWiki...
[September 28, 2004, 9:05]
Sun makes new move in corporate IM
News Called the Sun Open Network Environment (Sun ONE) Collaborative Business Platform, the product combines email and calendaring with Sun ONE Instant Messaging 6.0, the latest version of its enterprise IM software that includes security, wireless...
[April 7, 2003, 9:33]
Egg says rich clients are the future online
Talkback Add to this, collaborative or "guided" form-filling, in which a customer service representative (with whom you can perform a real-time audio/visual/textual conference) can walk through a product application with you, all within your browser, all...
[February 11, 2004, 9:25]
Google unleashes Wave on developers
News Since then, so many different forms of communication have been invented — blogs, wikis, collaborative documents — and computers and networks have dramatically improved," said Lars Rasmussen, software engineering manager, in a statement.
[May 28, 2009, 19:08]
Vodafone exec warns against tech regulation
News Self regulation is the answer — it's quick, collaborative and entirely free. Mullins told ZDNet UK at the Westminster eForum seminar, entitled 'Taming the Wild Web? A Vodafone public-policy expert has warned about the perils of technology industry...
[February 11, 2009, 16:01]
Singapore to offer commercial grid computing
News The biggest of the three providers, a consortium led by Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) and HP, officially launched its collaborative effort on Wednesday. A second consortium, nGrid, led by NewMedia Express, will offer, on a pay-per-use basis...
[October 30, 2008, 13:02]
Remote working revisited
Blog You are beholden to technology (broadband, email, video-conferencing, collaborative applications and web sites). “Communication is what's heard, not what's said. Dan Buzzo, April 2008 With these words of wisdom ringing in my ears, I was speaking to...
[May 9, 2008, 11:53]
Greenpeace goes open source in collaboration push
News Although the campaign group will be organising the platform, it hopes the open-source nature of the platform will encourage wider, collaborative take-up by other campaign groups or individuals and IT developers.
[June 27, 2006, 15:35]
Collaborative Portal Improves Education for Fourth-Largest U.S. School District
White Papers To answer that challenge, the district is building an enterprise Web portal that will provide all stakeholders in the education of Miami-Dade children with a single point of access for relevant information, services, and applications.
[February 17, 2007, 0:00]
CODE: Collaborative Ownership and the Digital Economy review
Reviews The book is, in fact, based on a 2001 conference held in Cambridge, some of whose presentations can be found on the Arts Council Web site. IP law, as Ghosh and his contributors argue, is primarily individualistic: everything that is produced is...
[July 1, 2005, 0:00]
Architectural Strategies for Unified Communications: Accelerate Collaborative Transformation
White Papers The best unified communications options are open and extensible, enabling new, media-rich and Web-rich applications, flexible implementation options, and integration into existing business applications and processes.
[June 13, 2008, 1:01]
Microsoft's open source mind shift
News Microsoft's decision to not enforce patents on Web services standards underscores the growing acceptance of core open source tenets. The software giant on Tuesday published the Microsoft Open Specification Promise, a document that says that...
[September 15, 2006, 14:20]



