Just months after his Microsoft farewell, Bill Gates is quietly creating a new company — complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and even its own trademark, according to TechFlash, a new technology news website launched by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Public documents describe the new Gates entity — bgC3 LLC — as a [...]
The world’s top cellphone maker, Nokia, unveiled two new models on Monday aimed at the business market dominated by the Blackberry, but Research in Motion Ltd shares rose because investors believe the maker of the popular handset is safe.
The new Nokia (NOK1V.HE) phones, meant to refresh the somewhat aging lineup of corporate offerings at the [...]
A technology that could help the environment by eliminating the need to ship a power adapter with every electronics device got a vote of confidence Friday from consumer electronics maker Westinghouse Digital Electronics.
Westinghouse said it had committed to using a smart power technology developed by a start-up company, Green Plug, that aims to let people [...]
Instead of Open XML, BECTA wants the EU to compel Microsoft to support open standards, such as the Open Document Format.
The agency that governs educational technology in the U.K. has filed a formal complaint against Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) with the European Union.
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) contends that Microsoft has failed to [...]
WASHINGTON — For legendary astronaut and former senator John Glenn, the video clips brought back memories of old friends. For the rest of the nation, they provided a glimpse of NASA’s glory days.
The clips were among 100 hours of historic space footage, newly restored in high definition, released publicly Tuesday at a Capitol Hill ceremony [...]
AOL on Friday stopped development of the Netscape browser, saying the respected brand that launched the commercial Internet in 1994 had little chance of ever regaining market share against its archrival Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
The Web portal, which took over Netscape Navigator in the $4.2 billion acquisition of Netscape Communications in 1999, said development on the [...]
