Category Archives: Archive

Skype’s legal action and a ray of hope for open cellular networks

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Thomas Purves

According to Ars Technica today Skype asks FCC to open up cellular networks, Skype is trying to force the FTC in the US to uphold many decades-old principle that allows consumers to ” hook any device up to the phone … Continue reading →

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The GoogleOS Will Have to Wait

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Thomas Purves

because today Google is going after Microsoft’s other cash cow, the office suite. The Inquirer deadpans (you have to love the Inquirer): A SEARCH ENGINE FIRM called Google has released its first product which could challenge Microsoft in its own … Continue reading →

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Vista’s DRM mistake, and the decline of Microsoft Windows

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Microsoft introduces Vista to area bloggers, Nov. 2006 “Microsoft Corp. shares fell as much as 2.7 percent on Friday, their biggest drop in nine months, after Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said analysts’ forecasts for fiscal 2008 revenue for Windows Vista … Continue reading →

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