Lowell Deeds

A Few briefs:

Rumor has it that database giant, Oracle is acquiring Novell. Novell is the world’s second largest distributor of Linux. With this acquisition Larry Ellison has the beginning of an OpenSource behemoth. Who is the largest distributor of Linux? Redhat

I knew it!… Last week I blogged on ABC’s plan to provide TV shows for computer download…Now PBS (Public Broadcasting System) and Fox Network have confirmed plans to release some of their own shows online. I knew it wouldn’t be long before other networks followed ABC.

Apple is in trouble again…first the Beatles sued them and now its Burst.com. Burst.com makes software for transferring audio and video files. The company alleges that Apple infringed on their patents with iTunes, QuickTime products and the iPod.

Want to keep better track of your time? It’s Google to the rescue…the world’s leading search engine, now wants to be the world’s leading “time organizer”. Last week Google launched “Google Calendar”. This new service places Google in face to face competition with Yahoo Calendar. Want to try it? www.google.com/calendar