Palm to switch to new handwriting system; Apple objects to Microsoft settlement; more
Palm to switch to new handwriting system; Apple objects to Microsoft settlement; more
Palm to switch to new handwriting system After millions of users mastered the "Graffiti" handwriting recognition scheme, Palm has announced that it is switching to a new system in the wake of a lawsuit from Xerox. Reuters reports "PalmSource, the software arm of dominant handheld computer maker Palm, said it signed an agreement with Communication Intelligence Corp. to license CIC's 'Jot' handwriting recognition software, and embed it in its Palm OS operating system. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed." More.
Apple objects to Microsoft settlement In yet another attempt to offer input the outcome of Microsoft's litigation, Apple has objected to a tentative antitrust settlement between California and Microsoft, saying the agreement will actually benefit the software giant. News.com reports "Apple's complaint largely revolves around the destiny of funds that are not claimed by individuals and businesses who qualify for rebate vouchers under the $1.1 billion settlement. [...] Such a settlement lets Microsoft off easy, Apple said Monday, because history shows that fewer than 25 percent of qualifying recipients fail to claim refunds, thereby reducing the actual cost to Microsoft." It should also be noted that the settlement will only work to increase Microsoft's already suffocating market share. More.
Mozilla "snubbed by Apple"CNET claims that AOL Time Warner's Mozilla project is facing new questions about quality after Apple Computer's release of a browser based on rival open-source code. The article quotes an Apple Safari engineer e-mail that states ""When we were evaluating technologies over a year ago, KHTML and KJS stood out," Safari Engineering Manager Don Melton wrote. (KJS is KDE's JavaScript interpreter.) "Not only were they the basis of an excellent, modern and standards-compliant Web browser, they were also less than 140,000 lines of code. The size of your code and ease of development within that code made it a better choice for us than other open-source projects." More.
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