Grid pioneers launch company
The creators of the Globus open source grid software formally launched software and services company Univa on Monday with the hopes of capitalizing on their work on grid computing.
Stories by Laura Rohde
Lenovo reveals IBM warranty costs rising steadily
In detailing its agreement to acquire IBM's personal computing division, China's Lenovo Group has revealed data about growing warranty costs for Big Blue's PC business, and in doing so raised questions about quality control issues.
Mozilla gives sneak peak of Thunderbird e-mail app
The Mozilla Foundation has unveiled the most complete preview version yet of its stand-alone e-mail application. The release comes only weeks after the launch of its Firefox browser version 1.0, and is part of the open source software project's continuing efforts to chip away market share from Microsoft's dominate Internet Explorer (IE).
UK's Blair tries to allay fears over ID card database
U.K. Prime Minster Tony Blair attempted to quell growing concern over the security of the country's national identity program by threatening jail time for anyone caught tampering with the project's massive database.
UK government hit with another large computer failure
IT system failures continued to plague the U.K. government last week, when as many as 80,000 civil servants working for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) had to deal with what is being described in the local press as the biggest computer crash in government history.
Report: Microsoft paid CCIA official
The antitrust settlement between Microsoft and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) announced earlier this month included a payment of US$9.75 million to the CCIA's president, according to a report published Wednesday.
W3C highlights Mobile Web Initiative at workshop
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is considering a new effort called the "W3C Mobile Web Initiative," that will seek to make Web access from mobile devices such as mobile phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants), as simple, easy and convenient as desktop Web access.
Vodafone adds users on slight revenue decline
U.K. mobile phone giant Vodafone Group on Tuesday reported a loss and a 1 percent decline in global revenue for the first half of its 2005 financial year, but touted its ability to add new users across its global customer base.
MCI reports $3.4B loss, says it's back on track
MCI reported a $3.4 billion third-quarter loss on Thursday, due mainly to a write-off of the value of its assets, as the company's efforts to recover from its bankruptcy were hampered by stiff competition in the long-distance telephone service market.
Dell to pre-install Suse Linux on servers
Dell will install Novell's Suse Linux operating system on Dell PowerEdge servers as part of a worldwide agreement, the companies announced Wednesday at the LinuxWorld conference in Frankfurt, Germany.
Nokia woos operators, developers with Preminet
Nokia unveiled a system for hosting, delivering and charging for entertainment and application content for mobile phones, at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association's (CTIA's) Wireless IT and Entertainment conference on Monday in San Francisco.
Open-source backers start European antipatent campaign
A group of open-source companies is backing a campaign aimed at thwarting a directive before the European Parliament and the European Union Council of Ministers that could make it legal to patent software in Europe.
Wireless contracts aid Lucent's quarterly profit streak
Lucent Technologies reported higher-than-expected fourth quarter sales on Wednesday, boosted in part by several large contracts, especially in its wireless segment, as well as increased demand for VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol), high-speed data and broadband access.
Supermarket Sainsbury's unhappy with IT investments
J. Sainsbury, the U.K.'s second-largest grocery chain, is in the process of renegotiating its £1.8 billion (AU$4.45 billion) outsourcing contract with IT services vendor Accenture as part of an overall three-year, £2.5 billion (AU$6.2 billion) rescue plan, designed to reinvigorate the struggling business.
Cisco brings IT skills to UK prisoners
Cisco Systems is working with the U.K. government on a pilot program to train prison inmates in information and communications technology (ICT) skills.