Technology News

Ning Chairman Marc Andreessen dings Google's Friend Connect
Ning's Andreessen defends his "product" approach to social networking versus Google's method of adding social features to any Web site.

Apple's success drags Microsoft along
Microsoft could at least say "Thank you." :-)

GM keeps building cars on XP
The automaker tells BusinessWeek that it is considering skipping Windows Vista entirely and waiting for Windows 7.

JavaOne '08: Sun starts delivering
At San Francisco conference, company touts a rich Internet application environment and a new cloud computing service. Plus, Neil Young sings Sun.

New Office 2007 add-on makes commands easier to find
Office Labs' Search Commands makes navigating Office 2007's ribbon as easy as type and click.

SourceForge Community Choice Awards nominations open
Nominate your favorite open source project for a SourceForge Community Choice Award

A reminder of why Microsoft wanted Yahoo
The mega-merger plan may have gone away, but the threat from Google it was supposed to address hasn't.

Google vs. Microsoft may not be zero sum, but...
Will Google Apps hurt Microsoft? Yes, and probably without even trying.

Loren Feldman becomes test case for paying for Web content
How many of you are ready to pay to view content on the Web? One online satirist and bad boy is ready to challenge the ethos that information has to be free.

Yahoo shareholder bows out of launching proxy fight, Icahn to step in?
Shareholder Eric Jackson decides to drop his efforts, citing the challenges of persuading other partners and cost concerns of going it alone. Reports, however, cite billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn may launch a proxy fight.