The Boeing Co. has been discreetly providing feedback to the Mozilla Foundation for the past year or so on features that might encourage enterprise adoption of the open-source Firefox browser. At the top of the list has been a tool kit to help IT departments distribute Firefox with custom configurations to end-users.
With the release of Adobe Acrobat 3D, Adobe Systems Inc. is aiming to let manufacturers share 3D CAD images as easily as they share PDF files, by converting them to PDF files.
As layoffs at once high-flying and seemingly invincible IT vendors and hundreds of Internet bombs push IT talent and experience onto the market, the law of supply and demand appears to finally be taking hold.
Qualcomm Inc. has demonstrated a satellite-based aviation safety system, saying it could help prevent aircraft hijackings by relaying real-time video from airline cockpits and cabins to the ground and provide a dedicated voice communications channel for onboard air marshals.