Black Duck Software Inc. estimates there are 200,000 open source projects representing more than 4.9 billion lines of code that application developers could make better use of. The challenges of seeking and incorporating open source components into a development cycle
Relief may be on the way to mobile phone users frustrated with viewing poorly structured Web pages on their handsets and companies annoyed with the high-content development costs. In a move to drive uptake of mobile Internet services, mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd. will begin next month to issue Internet domain names geared toward mobile devices, coupled with a set of design standards.
Nortel Networks Corp has entered into an agreement with IBM Corp. to jointly develop networking products for the telecommunications industry. The agreement, signed last month, will initially focus on the development of carrier-grade servers for communications providers that will be based on IBM
Nortel Networks Ltd. may not be talking about the rumour suggesting its wireless division might merge with that of Motorola Inc., but the rest of the industry certainly is.