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[2005-05-26] Mapping In the Virtual World: Waypoints Worth Mentioning
Microsoft just announced the launch of their Virtual Earth service through MSN. The new mapping service gives users some unique perspectives by adding high quality Pictometry photography to the standard mapping fare. This will allow users to see storefronts whether they go looking for a McDonalds or a Hard Rock Café.
[2005-05-19] Netscape 8.0: What’s the Point?
Ok, so we've got a new web browser out. A few years ago, everyone would've been jonesin' for the Netscape but now they're really a non-entity. The once mighty browser pales in comparison to Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and even the much smaller Firefox by Mozilla.
[2005-05-12] The Holes Are Going To Go! Go Go Mozilla
Mozilla put out the updated version of Firefox version 1.0.4 and with it corrected two recently found flaws. Mozilla worked quickly to fix the problems and released the new version this week.
[2005-05-11] OASIS Works on Reliable Messaging Specs
OASIS continues its work in developing universal standards with another breakthrough announcement. The massive consortium that is OASIS said their member groups have agreed to work toward a web services reliable messaging (WS-RM).
[2005-05-09] Microsoft’s Doom: Open Source
Microsoft may be in trouble. Right now, Windows dominates the PC market and it has for a while but Linux has developed its following that following may grow if the British government has its way.
[2005-05-09] Reuters Thailand Rides the Cisco Express
Cisco announced the today the worldwide news agency called Reuters deployed Thailand's Internet Protocol (IP) telephony site in Thailand with 700 Cisco IP Phone 7960Gs, Cisco IP Phone 7940Gs and Cisco Wireless IP Phone 7920s.
[2005-05-06] OpenOffice Is Open Season on MSOffice
Sun Microsystems and some volunteer programmers have done something wonderful. They come up with a FREE office suite program. It's got a word processing program called Writer that reads documents from Word and WordPerfect. It's got a spreadsheet program called Calc that will open will open Excel files.
[2005-05-06] Federal Court Ditches Flag Order
The Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. stomped the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today in a ruling saying the overstepped its authority in ordering electronics manufacturers from putting a "broadcast flag" device in television sets and other video recording devices.
[2005-05-05] I WANT MY YAHOO TV!
Yahoo took another search engine leap today by offering a video option when looking through Yahoo's search engine. With video clips from top names like CBS, Buena Vista Pictures(Disney), VH1, MTV and a whole host of others, Yahoo continues to add to their offerings.
[2005-05-04] Bloggin’ Longhorn? Microsoft Wants You!
Microsoft has put out the word via Robert Scoble that Microsoft is looking for a few good bloggers to help critique there new version of Windows in the coming months before its release. Team 99 as it is being called needs folks who know Windows and know how to blog.
[2005-05-04] IBM Helps XML Along With Some New Tools
IBM added some nice new features for XML in its Emerging Technologies Toolkit. The alpha versions available at their website including an XML document editor and an XML forms generator.
[2005-05-02] Go Go Mozilla: FireFox 50 Million Mark
Internet browser Firefox has hit the 50 million-download mark and continues to grow in the monopolistic environment created by software leviathan Microsoft. All these downloads happened in the short span of 171 days.
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