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RSS founder in newsCanonical joins Linux Foundation
News Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has been a member of the Linux Foundation board since early 2007. However, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth being on the Linux Foundation board may prompt Red Hat to raise its profile within the Linux... [20 Aug 2008]
Start-ups try to cut slice of Google pie
News Clickable will announce today it has raised $14.5m in a Series B round of financing from the Founder's Fund, as well as its previous investors Union Square Ventures and FirstMark Capital. With this financing, the company has raised a total of... [30 Jul 2008]
'Cool' new rival set to challenge Google?
News Tom Costello, Cuil co-founder and chief executive, said in a statement: "Our significant breakthroughs in search technology have enabled us to index much more of the internet, placing nearly the entire web at the fingertips of every user. [28 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News Tourists and locals on the Greek Island of Patmos will soon be able to enjoy island-wide wi-fi web access courtesy of $100 laptop founder Nicholas Negroponte's passion for the web. The island is the place where St John wrote the New Testament's... [24 Jul 2008]
Facebook Connects with other sites
News Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has officially rolled out Facebook Connect, a way for apps not on the Facebook Platform to leverage the Facebook social network. Facebook Connect allows other websites and apps to have their users log in, or... [24 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News PeoplePerHour.com founder Xenios Thrasyvoulou, said in a statement: "On regular salaries skilled professionals are struggling to make ends meet. Economic gloom and the rising cost of living in the UK is making IT workers in full time employment... [22 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News Karen Hollands, founder of online language school Toniks, has built her business around Skype to link pupils to language tutors based across the world. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the... [02 Jul 2008]
Ubuntu founder: 'Upstream' bugs must be quashed
News The founder of the Ubuntu open-source operating system, Mark Shuttleworth, has called for Ubuntu developers to fix all software flaws found in the operating system, including, crucially, those in inherited source code. [01 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News Rob Horwitz, co-founder of analyst firm, Directions on Microsoft, compares Gates to car manufacturing pioneer Henry Ford. Bill Gates is arguably the individual who has had the biggest impact on the world of technology and his departure from... [25 Jun 2008]
Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News In contrast, Rob Horwitz, co-founder of analyst house Directions on Microsoft, suggested the departure of Gates may not have such a dramatic impact. As the end of an era draws near, silicon.com looks at what Bill Gates' departure will mean for the... [24 Jun 2008]
LinkedIn hits billion-dollar valuation
News Chairman and co-founder Reid Hoffman has said that it is likely to go public unless an ideal buyer pops up. Business-networking site LinkedIn announced on Tuesday evening it had netted $53m in a Series D funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures... [18 Jun 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - the rumours and the reality
News Many industry watchers - and Mac co-founder Steve Wozniak - expressed disappointment when Apple chose to launch its mobile gambit via a mere Edge device, rather than going straight to the mobile superhighway of 3G. [05 Jun 2008]
Microsoft: Why we chose ODF support over OOXML
News Mark Taylor, founder of the Open Source Consortium, said Microsoft had "no choice" but to support ODF. Microsoft announced on Wednesday it will support ODF version 1.1 in the release of Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), scheduled for the first half... [23 May 2008]
Google bigs up 'white space' wireless plans
News Google co-founder Larry Page was in Washington, US yesterday to promote the company's proposal for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves. Page was scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Congress and... [23 May 2008]
Google execs defend a Yahoo! ad deal
News Google co-founder Sergey Brin told reporters: "You are narrowly focused on search advertising. Co-founder Larry Page also specifically said Yahoo! Google's top executives have given a glimpse into how it might try to deflect antitrust concerns of a... [09 May 2008]
