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Article | 15/09/2008 Adobe aims to stave off Silverlight with video encoder

Ratcheting up the battle for the rich media space, Adobe Systems later this year plans to offer Adobe Flash Media Encoding Server, which is software t...

Article | 5/09/2008 Google touts iPhone, Chrome browser

A Google executive Thursday heaped praise on Apple's iPhone, even with his company set to challenge Apple in this same space with its Android mobile c...

Article | 21/08/2008 Microsoft pursues search improvements, sans Yahoo

While the company only has a 10 percent share of the search market with its Live Search technology, Microsoft has big plans to enhance its platform re...

Article | 19/08/2008 Ubuntu sponsor joins Linux Foundation

Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has joined the Linux Foundation, the foundation said Monday.

Article | 13/08/2008 Yahoo's Fire Eagle takes flight for location services

Yahoo on Tuesday announced general availability of Fire Eagle, which enables users to their mark their location on the Web and is being leveraged in a...

Article | 30/07/2008 Mobile computing now an open-source driver

Mobile computing has become a dominant focus in the open source arena, a theme on prominent display at a major open source technology convention last ...

Article | 24/07/2008 Ubuntu founder urges Linux desktop to rival Apple

Ubuntu Linux Founder Mark Shuttleworth urged development of a Linux desktop to rival what Apple has done in this space and aired a vision of software ...

Article | 22/07/2008 Linux set to make mobile splash

Linux is set to make a major impact in the mobile computing realm, the executive director of the Linux Foundation stressed at a conference Monday morn...

Article | 2/07/2008 Adobe, Google, Yahoo enabling Flash searches

In a move that could add substantial volumes of Flash content to Internet search results, Adobe is working with Google and Yahoo to provide optimized ...

Article | 30/06/2008 Sun sponsors social apps platform

Sun Microsystems is sponsoring a collaborative environment for building and hosting social applications that would run on environments like Facebook a...

Article | 13/06/2008 IBM enhances Web 2.0 tools for businesses

IBM is shipping upgrades this month to its Web 2.0-based social networking tools for business, adding capabilities in enhanced profiling, data display...

Article | 29/05/2008 Google shows off Android capabilities

Google's eye-catching demonstration of an early Android-enabled mobile phone Wednesday appeared to mimic Apple's iPhone. But Google officials downplay...

Article | 14/04/2008 Sun ponders video codec technology

Looking to boost the Web, Sun is working on a royalty-free and open video codec and media system, company officials said Thursday.

Article | 9/04/2008 Google, IBM, Sun cite developer outreach

Officials from Google and IBM detailed efforts Tuesday to extend their platforms to developers via APIs and Web 2.0 technologies. But a Sun Microsyste...

Article | 17/03/2008 Sun's plan for Java on iPhone could hit roadblock

Acknowledging that conditions of Apple's iPhone SDK agreement may impede Sun's plan to put a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) on the iPhone, a Sun official ...