Articles by Jennifer LeClaire

The concept of virtualization is set to take center stage at this week's LinuxWorld conference in Boston. Among the competitive players are industry veterans Red Hat and Novell and startups XenSource and Virtual Iron Virtualization is a technique for deploying technologies. It allows multiple virtual operating systems to run on a single physical ma...

Sprint Nextel on Thursday announced aggressive plans for the expansion of its 3G network, which now covers over half of the U.S. population with mobile broadband data services By the end of 2006, the high-speed wireless network is expected to reach an estimated 190 million people nationwide and in Puerto Rico, making it the largest mobility network...

In a move to extend the growth of its Linux-based products, IBM on Thursday announced a new initiative designed to help customers migrate from Microsoft Exchange to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino on Linux. Big Blue will sink US$300 million into an ad campaign to woo customers away from its industry rival The new "Migrate to the Penguin" initiative is a...

Novell's SuSE Linux CTO is leaving the company, marking the second departure from its open source group in the past few months Novell has confirmed that Juergen Geck plans to depart at the end of the week. The departure was "mutually agreed upon and amicable," according to Novell spokesperson Bruce Lowry....

YouTube is drawing the eyeballs of millions of viewers and the ire of some major television broadcasters with its viral video service. Now the company is also drawing the eye of E! Networks, a producer of entertainment news and lifestyle-related programming YouTube and E! are partnering to bring a new broadband offering to the Internet airwaves cal...

The TiVo v. EchoStar Communications patent trial officially began on Wednesday. Now it's up to a Texas jury to decide whether the satellite TV giant stole TiVo's technology that allows viewers to skip commercials In a case that could have stock market and cable television industry repercussions, TiVo alleges that EchoStar, operator of the Dish Netw...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced new intellectual property licensing initiatives for its mouse and keyboard technologies. The hardware licensing initiative is a first for the software giant The initiatives make Microsoft technologies, including U2 interface detection and switching technology, Tilt Wheel and Magnifier tool, broadly available to thir...

StreamCast Networks has filed suit against Skype and Kazaa in a U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, claiming copyright infringement violations under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, otherwise known as the Rico Act StreamCast Networks, which developed and distributes the Morpheus file-sharing and search ...

StreamCast Networks has filed suit against Skype and Kazaa in a U.S. District Court in the Central District of California, claiming copyright infringement violations under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, otherwise known as the Rico Act StreamCast Networks, which developed and distributes the Morpheus file-sharing and search ...

In direct competition with TiVo, Cablevision Systems (NYSE: CVC) on Monday announced a planned trial of a remote storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) service. It will allow customers to record and store programs in a dedicated space within Cablevision's head-end facilities, using existing digital set-top boxes Using this new technology, Cablevi...

You know that half the money you are spending on Internet advertising is wasted -- you just aren't sure which half You've read about Web analytics and have played with the free tools that come from your Web hosting solution, but you realize you need more. The only problem is, there are more than 60 vendors on the market. Which one do you select? Th...

Microsoft on Monday filed an appeal with the Seoul High Court to review the decision in the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) case against the software giant. The decision would force the firm to unbundle its Windows Media Player and MSN Messenger instant messaging service from its market dominant operating system Microsoft's appeal is a lawsuit s...

As the dust settles on BrainShare 2006, Novell executives are hoping the launch of its Platform for Open Enterprise will bring new converts knocking on its doors Open Enterprise is an architecture of software and services from Novell and its partners designed to help customers benefit from open source and open standards-based computing....

If you are like millions of other Americans, you made money peddling products on eBay last year. Many earned enough to enjoy a night on the town. Others collected enough to go on their dream vacation. Still others made a living selling widgets at the online auction site Regardless of whether you made a few bucks or several thousand dollars, there a...

Microsoft has confirmed that a new vulnerability exists in its Internet Explorer Web browser. The flaw could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's system The vulnerability affects IE 6.0 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. Secunia has also confirmed the vulnerability exists in the January edition of IE7 Beta 2 Preview. Consum...

PayPal is going mobile The online payments giant is gearing up to launch a service that would allow its customers to make purchases or money transfers using simple text messaging on their mobile phones....

In move to cater to the growing demand for high performance multimedia PC products, Dell on Wednesday announced plans to acquire high-end PC maker Alienware Recognized by Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States, Alienware is best known in the consumer market for its products' appeal to video gamers. Terms of th...

The Open Source Development Labs on Wednesday announced the formation of a new Technical Advisory Board. The group's initial goal is to improve communication among Linux stakeholders The OSDL is a non-profit global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux-based operating systems in the enterprise. The group sponsors Linus Torvalds...

Yahoo on Wednesday introduced a public beta of its instant messaging suite with voice capabilities. Consumers can now get a local telephone number in their city of choice for just US$2.99 a month Yahoo Messenger with Voice is going head to head with Skype with a monthly price tag that runs about $1 less than the eBay property's fee. Yahoo will char...

Yahoo on Wednesday introduced a public beta of its instant messaging suite with voice capabilities. Consumers can now get a local telephone number in their city of choice for just US$2.99 a month Yahoo Messenger with Voice is going head to head with Skype with a monthly price tag that runs about $1 less than the eBay property's fee. Yahoo will char...