For its part, IBM has a lot of the building blocks in place to deliver services over the web, including the tools necessary to provide back-end infrastructure to web service developers. The Gartner Group noted in a market report in October that...
Microsoft has launched the latest version of its BizTalk server product, another of the basic building blocks for its .Net vision. BizTalk is Microsoft's play in the increasingly crowded application integration and application server arena.
Work has started on the IT systems to run the new passport interview process which could eventually form the basis of the government's ID card plans. From late 2006 all first-time adult passport applicants, of which there are around 600,000 every...
Qualcomm has filed a suit against Nokia accusing the leading handset-maker of patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Nokia has infringed 11 patents that it owns, either directly or through its subsidiary SnapTrack.
That's partly because commerce is one of the fundamental building blocks of Second Life. But the legal issues it brings into play are about as varied as the avatars and buildings you come across as you traverse the virtual landscape.
Google is offering web developers a slice of its own infrastructure by announcing the preview release of the Google App Engine platform, which provides access to the same database building blocks used by the search giant.