Sean Michael Kerner

Microsoft’s technology evangelist is offering “friendly” suggestions to Mozilla open source browser groups and calling for more discussion about how the two sides can benefit from upcoming enhancements in Longhorn, the next version of Windows. “We’re working underneath on the foundation. Longhorn will let you make a new awesome browser that [would] blow away what […]

Open Source software continues to make inroads across all verticals, and with the latest release of the tool Blender3D, it looks like animation may be next. Blender3D version 2.33, released this week, includes numerous significant enhancements, most notably the restoration of some of the core functionality it had when it was a proprietary, closed source […]

E-mail spoofing or “phishing” is becoming extremely expensive for the enterprise, according to a new Gartner Research study. The report issued Thursday said the bogus attempts at getting passwords, credit card information and other personal data cost $1.2 billion in damage to U.S. Banks and credit card issuers last year. The practice is also getting […]

Ultra Wide Band (UWB) may prove to be a critical technology in allowing pervasive connectivity for personal computing, but so far has been hamstrung by competing specifications from the MultiBand OFDM Alliance (MBOA) and the IEEE. That’s about to change. Different UWB specs still exist, but now the WiMedia alliance, a non-profit industry group that […]

Standards body OASIS has rallied around a Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) in a bid to help modernize emergency communications networks around the globe. The version 1.0 protocol now approved by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium is considered the standards body’s highest level of ratification. At its core, CAP is […]

Red Hat Chairman and CEO Matthew Szulik is slated to announce the company’s new desktop client strategy at a press event in London today. The Red Hat Desktop offering is a strategic attempt by the number one Linux distributor to extend the reach of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) product line on the server […]

Sure, the dot-com world had to shrink after the tech bubble burst in 2000, but new numbers from online stat firm Netcraft show that the dot-com universe is expanding again, and quite rapidly. And that may not even be the half of it, if similar numbers from the Internet Systems Consortium are any indication. In […]

Microsoft took the wraps of its latest Digital Rights Management software Monday, while noting that ISP AOL, media giant Disney, PC player Dell and online music site Napster are using the latest upgrades in the digital media management system. The new DRM platform from Microsoft enables the protection, delivery and playback of subscription-based or on-demand […]

Debian Project leaders further cemented the Linux operating system’s place in the free software world with an amended contract earlier this week. The amendment means the highly-anticipated release of Sarge, originally expected later this year, will remain free thanks to an updated Debian Social Contract, which is part of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), […]

CORRECTED WiMAX, or last mile, wireless broadband access, hasn’t been a reality in the eyes of many to date, but that may be about to change. Fujitsu Microelectonics America (FMA) and broadband wireless provider Wi-LAN announced Friday that they are jointly producing what they hope will become the world’s first WiMAX-certified broadband wireless system. The […]

Internet security specialist Symantec has reached a patent dispute agreement with Clearswift Limited over technology used for in-transit scanning of malicious code. Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec Friday said the deal resolves all pending litigation between the two companies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the settlement, the U.K.-based Clearswift is now […]

Red Hat’s retail Linux line, Red Hat Linux 9, is at the end of its line. The Raleigh, N.C.-based Linux vendor is ending support on its final version on April 30th. Red Hat made the original announcement at the end of last year. In January, it ended support for its earlier legacy versions, leaving Red […]