This week's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo showed the first software tools in the effort, called Project Portland. Using them, a software company can write a single software package that works using either of the prevailing... More...

The two industry groups fighting to set a rewritable DVD standard are showing no interest in working together, but technology tricks and behind-the-scenes talks could inch the sides toward a compromise. The DVD+RW Alliance,... More...

IBM and Sun Microsystems next week will release dueling Unix servers one notch below their top-end models, fueling the flames in a price and market-share war. On Monday, sources said, IBM will... More...