Year: 2006

  • Ribstone, Scientigo Team on Indexing Software

    Ribstone, Scientigo Team on Indexing Software

    Patrick Hoffman

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    Ribstone Systems announced Dec. 29 that along with Scientigo, it will release its indexing and data reviewing software designed to help law firms store, search and find documents. This offering from the Chicago, Ill. developer of document capture and image processing software, will also offer law firms a way to document indexed photo copied documents.… Read more

  • Vista Reignites Visions of Past Releases

    Vista Reignites Visions of Past Releases

    Pedro Pereira

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    One of the most overused adages in the IT industry is, “Change is the only constant.” That is true in most contexts, but at Microsoft the more applicable cliché is, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” I couldn’t arrest an involuntary smirk when I started reading over the past few days… Read more

  • The Well-Tempered Debian Desktop

    The Well-Tempered Debian Desktop

    Rick Lehrbaum

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    I recently reported on my good results with migrating an old server from RH7 to Debian Sarge, beginning with the network-install CD. Responding to my comments that an install of a Sarge desktop on my old Thinkpad left me less than impressed, several readers admonished me for not installing Etch. I’ve now done an Etch… Read more

  • A Medical Open-Source Legal Hell Hole

    A Medical Open-Source Legal Hell Hole

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    To open-source or not to open-source was never in question as far as Steve Shreeve, founding CEO and largest shareholder of Medsphere Systems Corp., was concerned. So, this summer, Steve, self-proclaimed open-source software leader, and his twin-brother Scott, released the company’s matured code on SourceForge under the GPL. Their reward? They were then sued for… Read more

  • Judge Dismisses Patent Lawsuit Against Google

    Judge Dismisses Patent Lawsuit Against Google

    Chris Preimesberger

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    Google has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a small Wisconsin software company involving patents for database search technology. HyperPhrase Technologies of Madison, Wis., in a lawsuit filed last April, had claimed that the popular, freely distributed Google search tool bar infringed upon its own proprietary search mechanism. HyperPhrase aimed its lawsuit at the… Read more

  • Job Seekers Fear They’re In for a Long Haul

    Job Seekers Fear They’re In for a Long Haul

    Deborah Rothberg

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    Nearly 40 percent of job seekers feel that their age, and not the economy, has kept them from finding a new job, according to the results of a phone poll released Dec. 28 by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a global outplacement consultancy in New York. An additional 6 percent of respondents said other forms of… Read more