Teenager nabs mugger via MySpace
A New York teenager has tracked down the boy who mugged her by using MySpace to start an online relationship with the criminal..
DoJ clears Oracle’s BEA acquisition
The US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Commission have effectively cleared Oracle’s proposed acquisition of BEA Systems..
ZigBee Alliance extends web support
Additional features and functions such as IPv6 support.
Australian workers spared from 2,100 Nortel job cuts
Nortel Networks has said its Australian workforce will be “minimally impacted” when 2,100 of its global workers face the chopping block over the next 12 months.
Microsoft eased ‘Vista Capable’ specs so Intel could meet quarterly numbers
Microsoft eased the minimum requirements for PCs to be considered capable of running its Windows Vista operating system so that a graphics chip manufactured by Intel could be used in systems sold as “Vista Capable.”.
Commander reports loss of $245M in half yearly results
Australian service provider Commander Communications Limited’s financial results for the half year ending 31 December 2007 were less than impressive as the service provider announced a net loss of $245 million.
Google launches wiki site
Google, already the world’s most popular spot for finding websites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating websites too.
Great coincidences in Microsoft’s history
What a remarkable coincidence: just days after Microsoft announced its whole strategy was going to be "interoperability, interoperability, interoperability", it gets smacked with a $1.4bn fine for … interoperability breaches.
Google launches Sharepoint competitor
Google has released Google "Sites", a Wiki service, based on the search giant's 2006 acquisition of JotSpot. It's designed for teams to share info and collaborate in an online space — much like Microsoft Sharepoint.
Oz users give new Microsoft server suite thumbs-up
Early adopters of Microsoft’s new suite of enterprise products have given the vendor an initial thumbs-up.