AOL's Netscape sues Microsoft. Netscape, a division of AOL Time Warner, files suit against Microsoft, claiming that the software giant's business practices have harmed it. [CNET News.com]
Earth to Steve Case: it's called competition, and you can't compete. Loser. |
Let's make a deal. Many studies show that mergers destroy value for the acquiring company. But despite the odds, McKinsey experts say, the most successful high-tech companies happen to be active deal makers. [CNET News.com] 4:57:45 PM ![]() |
Ads on phones get people shopping. A project called e-Street tests product marketing by sending text messages to mobile phones. So far, customers high tail it to McDonald's, buy movie tickets and more. [CNET News.com] 4:50:30 PM ![]() |
Notification Service Supports SMS. Tells users when Web sites change [allNetDevices Wireless News] 1:12:00 PM ![]() |
Vendor Unveils "RIM-like" E-Mail. Based on Java platform [allNetDevices Wireless News] 1:11:23 PM ![]() |
Web services architect, Part 3: Is Web services the reincarnation of CORBA?
Even during these early stages of the evangelism of Web services, customers have already begun to ask how this technology differs from CORBA. Isn't it just another form of distributed computing? In this installment of the Web services architect, Dan Gisolfi offers a brief overview of the differences between SOAP, DCOM, and CORBA and suggests a value proposition for Web services within the distributed computing realm. |
Nokia Launches Luxury Wireless Firm. To sell $20,000 wireless devices [allNetDevices Wireless News] 11:23:58 AM ![]() |
Palm Completes OS Subsidiary Spin-off. OS chief calls Pocket PC "bloated" [allNetDevices Wireless News] 10:43:07 AM ![]() |
How to Translate 'Free' to 'Fee'. When translation startup Babylon informed its customers it would begin charging for services that previously were free, it didn't know what to expect. Its story is representative of what's happening on the Internet overall. By Tania Hershman. [Wired News] 10:42:20 AM ![]() |
Is Bush's Fuel Cell Plan Hot Air?. Experts say the Bush administration's new focus, fuel-cell technology is at least a decade away, and its dismissal of current goals of fuel-efficient cars will increase America's dependence on foreign oil. By John Gartner. [Wired News] 10:39:01 AM ![]() |
Wireless Harmless, More or Less?. Amid conflicting studies detailing the health risks from electromagnetic fields, the proliferation of wireless technologies continues. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News]
The hullabaloo over EM radiation is total nonsense. |
Mendocino, CA: Microwave Hot Seat. One man leads the fight to keep this touristy coastal town free of what he believes are the harmful effects of electromagnetic fields. But detractors warn of the harmful effects of denying the bountiful advance of technology. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News]
What a moron! |
Microsoft to cut TV jobs?. The software giant plans to restructure its troubled television business in a move that will eliminate its UltimateTV unit and pare about 168 jobs, according to a report. [CNET News.com] 10:02:08 AM ![]() |