Matthew Hicks

A Taiwanese computer maker on Thursday said it is shipping low-cost laptops to the United State that run a desktop version of the Linux operating system. Priced at $699, the laptops from Taipei-based Elitegroup Computer System Co. Ltd. run Lindows.com Inc.s LindowsOS Laptop Edition, its desktop Linux tailored for mobile devices, Lindows.com announced this week. […]

NewsGator Technologies, known for its news aggregator that plugs into Microsoft Outlook, is reaching beyond the single e-mail client with a new service offering launched on Wednesday. NewsGator, a Denver-based division of Reinacker & Associates Inc., unveiled NewsGator Online Services, a set of tools for reading content from RSS and Atom syndication feeds via the […]

Novell Inc. has boosted its SuSE Linux support in an update to its Ximian Desktop 2 just weeks before its planned acquisition of SuSE Linux AG is likely to be completed. The enhanced Ximian Desktop 2, which already supported both SuSE Linuxs and Red Hat Inc.s Linux distribution, now supports the latest SuSE Linux releases, […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft Corp., reaffirming its commitment to developing applications for Mac OS X, on Tuesday launched a new version of its Office productivity suite and an update to its Virtual PC emulation software during the Macworld Conference & Expo here. Both Office 2004 for Mac and Virtual PC for Mac Version 7 are set to […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Although many attendees of this weeks Macworld Expo San Francisco found something to like about Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs opening keynote, some viewed it as a tasting menu compared with the buffets of new product introductions and surprises at Expo keynotes past. Aside from the iPod mini MP3 player and a PowerPC […]

Macromedia Inc. is broadening the developer reach of its Director multimedia authoring tool by adding support for JavaScript in an upcoming update to the software. The San Francisco-based company on Monday announced the latest release of the tool, Macromedia Director MX 2004, which is expected to ship in February. The support for JavaScript means that […]

Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday offered its PageMaker users a migration path to its newer layout and design application, InDesign CS, by incorporating PageMaker features into a new release of the software. The San Jose, Calif., company launched Adobe InDesign CS PageMaker Edition, which includes both a full version of InDesign CS and a PageMaker […]

The hype around social networking is here and the products are ready to launch, but will enterprises be eager to adopt this new technology? That depends largely on how quickly early-adopter enterprises can begin demonstrating return on investment using the new software and services entering the market, analysts say. The first enterprise target is clear: […]

A new breed of social networking companies is hoping to make 2004 the year of making connections within the enterprise. Taking a model first made popular for dating with the likes of Friendster Inc., the group of vendors is planning to move from beta versions of business-focused social networking into full products tailored to enterprise […]

An unexpectedly strong earnings report buoyed shares of Research In Motion Ltd. by more than 50 percent on Tuesday. The maker of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device had reported a day earlier that revenue for its third quarter ended on November 29 rose to $153.9 million, an increase of 107 percent over the same period […]