Sean Michael Kerner

BellSouth announced this week that it was beginning market trials of a new solution that fully integrates IP, Cellular and WiFi communications. The initial trial is being done in Atlanta at the office of advertising firm Grey Worldwide, and is intended to offer users one number/one voicemail box for all their communications. The trial involves […]

The pure IP category of the PBX market reported a robust 36 percent revenue increase in 1Q05 over 1Q04 according to Infonetics Research. The IP PBX growth is in stark contrast to the rest of the PBX market, which is trending downwards. The $223 million in 1Q05 revenue for pure IP PBX represents a 10 […]

In an age where computers and contact management software are prevalent,you’d expect most people to manage their contacts electronically. Then again, maybe not. According to survey results released this week by contact management company Plaxo, a significant percentage of people still use pen and paper to manage their contacts. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company found […]

The number of worldwide domain name registrations continues its climb on the basis of a strong global economy and an increase in Internet users. According to VeriSign’s May 2005 report, called Domain Name Industry Brief, released this week, worldwide domain registrations during the first quarter of 2005 hit a record high of 76.9 million, a […]

Tabbed browsing has come to Microsoft . Although version 7 of Internet Explorer has not been released yet, Microsoft has included tabbed browsing in an update to its MSN Search Toolbar for version 6 of Internet Explorer, which was made publicly available today. The tabbed browsing feature in the new 2.5 version of the MSN […]

After more than a year of wrangling over how to comply with the European Commission’s antitrust ruling against it, Microsoft is set to release versions of Windows XP that will satisfy the EC’s demands to unbundle Windows Media Player. Microsoft said the “N” editions of XP are set to be made available to manufacturers on […]

The wait is over. After months of wrangling and various delays, Debian’s new GNU/Linux distribution, code-named Sarge, has been officially released. Members of the Debian community, including Ian Murdock and Bruce Perens, praised the release and vowed that the wait won’t be as long next time. Sarge has been in development for nearly three years […]

Apple’s announcement yesterday of its defection from PowerPC to Intel should not be considered shocking. So say analysts throughout the industry who are weighing in on the chip shakeup. Jobs announced the PowerPC-to-Intel transition, which will begin next year, during his keynote speech yesterday at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco. He also revealed […]

UPDATED: Apple has been encouraging PC users to switch as part of a massive advertising campaign for the last several years. It looks like Apple has taken its own advice and is now set to switch to the CPU inside the PC, Intel. Widespread speculation on Apple’s intentions surfaced over the weekend and have now […]

Number one Linux distributor Red Hat wrapped up its user conference in New Orleans this week by “freeing” its Fedora community Linux project and calling for the creation of a software patents commons. Mark Webbink, deputy general counsel at Red Hat, said Red Hat would create the Fedora Foundation in order to manage the Fedora […]

Since acquiring Ximian and SUSE Linux, Novell has jumped into the Linux ecosystem with both feet. And as goes Linux’ fortune, so goes Novell’s. Sitting at the helm of Novell’s Linux initiatives is David Patrick, vice president and general manager of the company’s Linux, Open Source Platforms and Services Group. Patrick was formerly the CEO […]

UPDATED: MSN’s popular MSN Korea was knocked offline Thursday after it reportedly discovered that the site had been hacked and apparently booby-trapped in order to pilfer users’ passwords. Independent security researchers contacted Microsoft on Tuesday after noticing “suspicious programming,” and MSN Korea was offline for 10 hours on Thursday as a result. The site was […]