Today's Top News Stories: The tech news you need to know. Linux camps take sides
The arrival of major corporate backing to boost
the Gnome desktop user interface for Linux
won't do much to unify support for a competing
effort called KDE, several key executives say.
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True "Blue" service
IBM announced today an agreement with a
software maker that it says will better help
companies serve their customers via the Web.
As previously reported, Big Blue has formed
a partnership with Kana Communications to
integrate Kana's software with IBM's hardware,
middleware and services and to jointly market
and sell the combined products.
Corel CEO resigns
Shares of Corel climbed more than 10 percent
today following news that its founder and chief
executive resigned from the struggling software
company.
Customers blast Comcast move to foil bandwidth hogs
Revisions made to a Comcast Online
customer agreement document have irked
some high-speed cable-modem customers
concerned about a prohibition on the use
of secure networking technology.
Telecom companies stymied by Verizon strike
High-speed Internet access providers
and alternative local phone companies
have found themselves at the mercy of
the striking Verizon Communications
technicians, facing unanticipated difficulties
in offering new connections in territory
from Maine to Virginia.
Court limits federal wiretapping powers
A federal judge in Washington yesterday
blocked the expansion of federal wiretapping
powers, saying the proposed laws threatened
individual privacy.
