MacNN | Novell News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us Novell, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Novell MonoTouch permits .NET development for iPhone http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/14/may.expand.accessibility.for.programmers/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/monotouch.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Through its open-source Mono Project, Novell has released MonoTouch 1.0, a software development kit for the iPhone and iPod touch. The SDK allows programming apps within Microsoft's .NET framework, which incorporates languages such as C#. Most iPhone development is handled using C and Objective-C, which Novell notes will necessarily exclude many people working with .NET.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/14/may.expand.accessibility.for.programmers/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:00 GMT Fusion-io plans SSD-based ioSAN network drive http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/07/fusion.io.iosan.in.works/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/fusioniodrive.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />High-speed solid-state drive maker Fusion-io today marked the occasion of getting $47.5 million in extra funding by providing early details about a new storage device. The ioSAN (Storage Area Network) will borrow the same concept of a PCI Express drive with multiple SSDs in a RAID stripe but put it on a local network, theoretically giving the benefits of the extra-quick read and write times as qu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/07/fusion.io.iosan.in.works/ Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:45:00 GMT Supreme Court denies Microsoft appeal http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/17/microsoft.appeal.denied/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/corelwordperfect.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The US Supreme Court has denied a Microsoft appeal aimed at defeating an antitrust lawsuit, writes the Associated Press. The suit was originally launched by Novell in 2004, and accuses Microsoft of having "deliberately targeted and destroyed" WordPerfect and Quattro Pro with the purpose of preserving the monopoly of the Windows operating system. Both applications continue to be sold under the ae... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/17/microsoft.appeal.denied/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:55:00 GMT Microsoft opens Document Interoperability Initiative http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/06/ms.open.document.plans/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/interop.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft has launched what it calls the Document Interoperability Initiative, a program to test and improve how well certain document formats work across multiple platforms and operating systems. The company will host a series of lab events around the world for this purpose, and today met with other outfits such as Novell, Nuance and Quickoffice at a first event, which was set in Cambridge, Mass... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/06/ms.open.document.plans/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:15:00 GMT SCO revives with $100 million investment http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/14/sco.receives.100.million/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0709/sco.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Having almost disappeared completely late last year, SCO says it has been resuscitated by a new financing plan. Under the terms of the deal, Stephen Norris Capital Partners and "its partners from the Middle East" will supply up to $100 million, enabling SCO to reorganize and launch a new series of products. SNCP will gain a controlling interest in the company, and take it private, allowing it to... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/14/sco.receives.100.million/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:45:00 GMT