Sean Gallagher

Dell Inc. and Novell Inc. announced Wednesday an agreement between the two companies to distribute Novells SuSE Linux distribution preinstalled on single- and dual-processor Dell PowerEdge servers. Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 is available for order now and will begin shipping in December, according Linda York, vice president of global alliances marketing in Dells […]

Apple introduced a new iPod Tuesday that moves the device beyond audio media. The new iPod Photo features a high-resolution color screen that can be used to display digital photos. The iPod Photo, which comes in 40 GB and 60 GB capacities and is the same size as the current full-sized iPod line, is compatible […]

Just in time for holiday shopping, Apple released on Tuesday a new line of its entry-level iBook notebook computers. The latest version of the iBook line packs more processing power than its predecessors and comes with 801.11g wireless networking as a standard feature. But its slimmed-down price tag will no doubt appeal to its targeted […]

The news that Microsoft is planning to milk even more from its Office brand with “server” versions of its office productivity applications can be interpreted in many ways—particularly since it was leaked on the fourth birthday of OpenOffice.org. The open-source desktop productivity suite has increasingly been a thorn in Microsofts side. Born as a result […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is expected to unveil a collection of new products and services at the companys quarterly systems release event tomorrow in New York. At the top of the bill is Solaris 10, the latest version of Suns Unix System V-based operating system. The event, which will be Webcast, will play on Suns ties […]

All it takes is one word to explain why software whose source code is open for the whole world to see is becoming so widely adopted by profit-seeking enterprises. And the word isnt “free.” Its “developers. Or, as Microsoft ceo Steve Ballmer once put it, “Developers! Developers! Developers!” Its easy to forget that a big […]

As many companies are discovering, Weblogs have become both a way to build relationships with customers and a battlefield. Blog right, and your company gains an army of grassroots marketers. Blog wrong, and you gain an army dedicated to bringing you down. The Radicati Group Inc. found this out the hard way last week. When […]

SAN FRANCISCO— Sun Microsystems Inc. will demonstrate a new version of its Sun Ray thin-client computing technology for Linux at this weeks LinuxWorld conference here. The company is also announcing the release of its C, C++ and Fortran development tools for Linux. The new Sun Ray software, which Sun plans to release in the last […]

Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems, went on a one-man offensive this weekend against the companys main rival, IBM. But he may have gone a little too far out on his own by suggesting that Sun would acquire Novell in an effort to undermine IBMs Linux strategy. “Its totally crazy for […]

Sun Microsystems on Monday announced its first line of non-SPARC workstations in more than 15 years. The new workstations, powered by Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s Opteron line, are an attempt to reclaim the companys dominance in engineering and scientific computing applications. And Suns packaging of the systems is clearly aimed at beating back the encroachment […]