BOSTON—Novell opened the LinuxWorld Conference here with the introduction April 3 of the beta program for Mono 1.2, its open-source implementation of the Microsoft .Net Framework designed to help corporate IT and ISV developers migrate existing .NET applications to Linux and build new Linux and cross-platform applications.
 
Novell also announced

Browsing the Web on ordinary cell phones will become easier thanks to a new service unveiled by AOL today, in advance of the CTIA cell phone trade show in Las Vegas this week.
 
AOL's new "better browsing" service reformats complex pages into the simple WAP language understood by cell phones without

Microsoft can pull the consumer security software rug out from under its long-time partners and likely avoid antitrust charges by sprinkling security throughout Vista in bits and pieces, an analyst said this week.
 
Microsoft's move earlier this year to debut Windows Live OneCare at $50 is a shot across the bow,

Symantec planned next week to unveil software to manage remote office data backup and recovery, which includes encryption of the data as it is replicated locally or to a central data center or off-site disaster recovery center.

The new Veritas NetBackup 6.0 PureDisk Remote Office Edition, based on technology acquired when the

Faced with resistance from the U.S. government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Israeli software company Check Point Software Technologies put its $225 million offer to purchase IPS (intrusion prevention software) vendor Sourcefire on hold March 23, raising the specter of heightened government oversight of mergers and acquisitions.
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In a race to set industry standards, Toshiba Corp. on Friday began shipping the HD DVD HD-XA1 player into the Japan market.
HD-XA1, the company said, is the first player to support the HD DVD format approved by the DVD Forum, the international standards association.

The player will sell for

In the wake of concerns about PCs not being powerful enough to handle the Windows Vista operating system when it hits the streets, Microsoft has launched a program that will identify new computers that are capable of running it when it ships.
 
A logo with the familiar Microsoft Windows icon

On the eve of its 30th anniversary, Apple Computer is in the middle of a major transition—moving its Mac hardware and operating system over to the Intel chip. But Apple isn't alone: this transition affects every developer of Mac software, including Apple itself.
 
As Apple moves from IBM's and Freescale's

On the eve of its 30th anniversary, Apple Computer is in the middle of a major transition—moving its Mac hardware and operating system over to the Intel chip. But Apple isn't alone: this transition affects every developer of Mac software, including Apple itself.
 
As Apple moves from IBM's and Freescale's

As you get packed for the next tradeshow, imagine leaving behind the item you thought most indispensable: your laptop. With any luck, mobile users may soon be able to travel a bit lighter with new, faster 3G equipment that handles computing and communications.

Qualcomm Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. say they've just completed