With set-top box vendor Scientific-Atlanta Inc. reportedly up for sale, some sources in the financial community think it's found the perfect buyer: Cisco Systems Inc.
Several sources told Light Reading today that Cisco is one of the potential buyers, and that it's serious about it. One hedge fund source said he thinks
Posted by iMark on 2005-11-19
Article Source : InfoWorld
Boosting its Solaris OS, Sun Microsystems plans to distribute the PostgreSQL open source database with Solaris and will enable Red Hat Linux binaries to run unmodified on the OpenSolaris open source version of the operating system.
The company's multifaceted announcement Thursday also includes intentions to offer ZFS (Zettabyte File System),
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) launched an online patent commons reference library Tuesday, giving developers of open source software the ability to search key OSDL databases.
With more than 500 patents pledged to the Patent Commons Project to date, the searchable databases enable developers as well as users and
A research note put out by Lehman Brothers today suggests that a mobile WiMax standard may be "set in early 2006" yielding trials in the second half of 2006 and on into 2007.
The analysts forecast the timelime for mobile WiMax after a customer meeting with equipment maker Alvarion Ltd.
Alvarion said Wednesday its BreezeACCESS VL mobile network equipment is slated to be deployed in several major cities in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido following the successful deployment of Alvarion gear in the town of Koshimizu.
The WiMAX wide area wireless gear will be installed in the 4.9GHz spectrum band, Alvarion
Posted by iMark on 2005-11-19
Article Source : Reuters
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said it was unveiling a test version of its next-generation Office suite, which the software giant is expected to launch in the second half of next year.
The technical beta release of the program -- code-named "Office 12" and to include word-processing program Word, spreadsheet Excel
Posted by iTech on 2005-11-19
Article Source : Messaging Pipeline
Survey shows at-work e-mail usage may be exposing businesses to legal problems.
Before you hit send, you may want to think twice about the content of your e-mail.
A new survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Fortiva, shows a substantial discrepancy between employees’ perceived and actual risks. Results of the
Skype could soon have a stronger foothold in China. The Internet telephone company that eBay purchased last month for $2.5 billion in cash and stock on Tuesday reported closing a deal with Pacific Internet Ltd. to jointly provide voice services in Singapore.
PacNet, Asia Pacific's largest independent Internet telecommunications service provider, serves
Posted by inet on 2005-11-19
Article Source : EE Times
Micron Technology Inc., Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Renesas Technology Corp. all easily exceeded the growth of the NAND flash memory market in third quarter, which moved ahead 30.2 percent sequentially from the second quarter, according to market research company iSuppli Corp.
Market leader Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. was the exception scoring growth
Microsoft on Thursday announced it would pull data on phishing sites from three new partners in an attempt to boost the effectiveness of its anti-fraud technology.
The three firms -- Cyota, Internet Identity and MarkMonitor -- will provide data to Microsoft on phishing threats and confirmed phishing Web sites. The new data will
