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Standards Wrangle Threatens Ultrawideband
News Ultrawideband's (UWB) chances of becoming a mass-market wireless connectivity product will be hamstrung unless the IT industry can quickly agree on standards for the technology, analysts are warning. UWB is expected to take a major role within the...
[September 26, 2003, 14:15]
Sun Makes Mileage Out Of AIX Wrangle
News Sun Microsystems launched an ad campaign on Wednesday that highlights IBM's licensing dispute with SCO Group and encourages its rival's customers to switch to Sun's computing platform. The print ad, which ran in The Wall Street Journal and The San...
[June 19, 2003, 10:01]
Linux Wrangle 'will Be Forgotten'
News The legal challenge the SCO Group has mounted against Linux will eventually become a forgotten chapter in the operating system's history, an IBM executive told attendees of a Linux trade show on Wednesday.
[August 7, 2003, 10:15]
Lycos In Legal Wrangle Over Its UK Net Address
News The new site will have to start out under the slightly awkward url 'lycosuk.co.uk'. This is because the preferred 'lycos.co.uk' URL had already been reserved, though Lycos lawyers are disputing he legitimacy of the current ownership.
[September 19, 1997, 11:08]
Sheep Demo
Downloads Wrangle four increasingly stupid breeds of sheep, conquer seven flock-busting worlds (with four levels in each), and confound the pure evilness of Mr. Can you guide the lovable Sheep to Mt. Mouflon without getting them bashed, boiled, blown up or...
[January 18, 2001, 3:07]
File-swapping Legal Fight Gathers Steam
News A hotly contested wrangle in the US Congress over how to outlaw file-swapping networks just took a new twist. The US Copyright Office has drafted a new version of the Induce Act that it believes will ban networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus while...
[September 3, 2004, 9:35]
MPEG-4 Gets A New Rival
News Video-compression provider On2 Technologies is taking aim at MPEG-4, releasing an update of its own technology, known as VP5, as companies wrangle over proposed licensing fees for the emerging digital video standard.
[February 25, 2002, 10:57]
IBM Staying Neutral On Passport Versus Liberty
News While the two companies wrangle, Big Blue's increasing alliances with Microsoft in the area of Web services are not a final decision, according to Bob Sutor, IBM's e-business director. IBM is not going to choose between Sun and Microsoft's...
[February 25, 2002, 17:43]
SCO Sets Steep Charge For Linux Licence
News Software maker SCO Group fired back at Linux leader Red Hat on Tuesday and revealed steep licensing prices for Linux users who want to steer clear of the company's legal wrangle with the open-source operating system.
[August 6, 2003, 9:10]
Tiny PC Owners Hit By Warranty Row
News Up to 80,000 people may be caught up in the wrangle. Owners of Tiny PCs who bought a technical support warranty on their credit card have been urged to contact their credit card company to obtain a refund, after news emerged of a row between the...
[March 27, 2002, 15:02]
Ballmer: Google's Growth Strategy 'insane'
Talkback I am afraid they may choked themselves to this wrangle and somebody will come from behind and they away all credit.www.360view4u.co.uk I think Google and MS both are reaping the benefits of their earlier invention.obviously for Google ---> search...
[March 19, 2007, 13:12]
MS Billionaire Gates Gets Small Pay Raise
News Yet for all that accomplishment, the best that Microsoft CEO Bill Gates could wrangle out of his board of directors was a relatively modest five per cent raise. In the last 12 months, the value of Microsoft Corp.s shares have almost doubled.
[September 26, 1997, 14:02]
Lucky Goldstar Shuns Welsh RFU Sponsorship
News A spokesperson for LG said that "LG doesn't like being messed about and after a wrangle over the size of the logo, it is considering other options. Lucky Goldstar (LG) has pulled out of an undisclosed, multi-million pound deal to sponsor the Welsh...
[September 19, 1997, 15:33]
Software Firm Slots Unix And Linux Into Windows
News Vintela Management Extensions lets IT administrators use Microsoft's Systems Management Server to wrangle Unix code. And the Unix system will lay down with the Windows system, and lo, there shall be peace among the vendors.
[May 25, 2004, 8:30]
Chip Upstart Takes On Intel... With God
News Despite the battle it faces, VIA is clearly not afraid of Intel, which it will wrangle with both in the market and in court. The desktop PC processor market is turning into a battle of biblical proportions.
[March 10, 2000, 15:14]
Heroes And Villains
Leader ISPA members Orange, which attempted to charge for more than one MAC code, and NetServices, which was at the centre of another MAC wrangle, conveniently managed to escape any villainy accusations. The New Year should be a time of fresh starts, an...
[January 5, 2007, 14:28]
Learn From Young Guns' Mistakes - And Successes
News Here are a few tricks I've picked up over the years that have helped me wrangle young employees' ego without undermining my own leadership position. An enormous misconception among managers, and particularly IT managers, is that they should be...
[June 13, 2002, 16:28]
Two Innovative Keyboards For Your Palm review
Reviews VAT) TypeAway looks to be a good option for those who need to occasionally wrangle with big chunks of text on their Palms but still want to travel light. Graffiti can be a real pain on your Palm. We've tested many keyboard options that promise...
[October 24, 2002, 8:30]
Breaking The Web
Talkback If Microsoft can somehow wrangle ISO approval of OOXML, they can hide the fact that XAML and the entire information flow within the MS Cloud is proprietary. Hi Karen, Thanks for the heads up. I did have a chance to comment further on the SDK in...
[March 13, 2008, 17:01]
Microsoft Awaits Punitive EU Judgment
News It's not unusual for corporations to try to get a last-minute settlement in competition cases, but treating a public policy wrangle like a business deal is rarely effective, said Wood. But those talks collapsed on Thursday, and Monti said in a...
[March 19, 2004, 7:40]
