Year: 2006
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OpenApple: Apple Takes on Office, Gently
Categories: News and TrendsApple will step on yet another of Microsoft’s toes early next year when the Mac maker unveils the next version of its iWork productivity suite, complete with a new spreadsheet application. Sources report that iWork ’07 will gain this new third component, code-named Lasso, which will go to bat against Microsoft Excel in the consumer… Read more
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Goodbye Eudora, Hello Thunderbird
Categories: News and TrendsEudora, once one of the most popular e-mail clients, is finally being retired. Instead of simply abandoning Eudora’s customers, however, Qualcomm is partnering with Mozilla Corp. to create “Penelope,” a customized version of Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail client that will be optimized for Eudora customers. Penelope is being developed by half a dozen of Eudora’s most… Read more
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Palm Targets Consumers with New Treo
Categories: News and TrendsNEW YORK—Palm announced on Oct. 12 the Treo 680, the first of the company’s smart phones to specifically target the consumer market. While Palm’s smart phones are widely used within enterprises, this is the first Treo designed for a general audience. The Treo 680, released at the Digital Life trade show, also is the first… Read more
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Libya to Buy 1.2M Linux Laptops?
Categories: News and TrendsLibya reportedly plans to purchase 1.2 million low-cost laptops, after signing a deal recently. Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) nonprofit association, told the New York Times that the deal had been reached in Libya on Oct. 10. Libya will pay the OLPC $250 million, according to the Times.… Read more
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Wireless Wire: News from T-Mobile, Cisco, Novatel, Trapeze, Sprint
Categories: News and TrendsThe post-CTIA doldrums have finally dissipated, so once again we have wireless news to pass along. No doubt you’re not surprised to know that manufacturers and service providers save up their Good Stuff to wow us with all at once. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t go to those shows and their controlled-message environments, and then… Read more
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Transmeta Files a Patent Lawsuit Against Intel
Categories: News and TrendsTransmeta, a Santa Clara, Calif. company, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intel, claiming the microprocessor giant has used its architecture and power efficiency technologies in its products. The lawsuit, which was filed Oct. 11 in U.S. District Court in Delaware, claims that Intel has infringed on 10 Transmeta patents. In its complaint, Transmeta… Read more