Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Server version 10.5 Leopard will go on sale on Friday, October 26, at the same time as Mac OS X Leopard. Leopard Server extends Apple’s legendary ease of use, making it even easier to take advantage of the benefits of a server, and introduces Podcast Producer, the ideal way to automatically publish podcasts to iTunes® or the web. Leopard Server packs more than 250 new features including Wiki Server, allowing people to collaboratively create and modify their shared web sites with just a few clicks; and iCal® Server, the world’s first commercial CalDAV standard-based calendar server.“Leopard Server is the best release of Mac OS X Server yet, bringing more great innovations, like Podcast Producer, Wiki Server and iCal Server,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With new setup features that have a server up and running within minutes and no client access licenses, Leopard Server is the ideal alternative to complicated and expensive server offerings for small and large businesses.”

Close on the heels of HP which recently unveiled a new services portfolio designed to help customers unify their communications to improve collaboration, Microsoft is to launch its own initiative.

Microsoft Corp. executives and partners will launch the next wave of unified communications software, which will rapidly advance and improve the way people communicate and collaborate.

Kaneva, a rapidly growing digital world for the masses, today announced at the Virtual Worlds Conference that it has standardized on IBM servers to support consumers worldwide who want to blend social networking and entertainment in an immersive 3D environment.

You might want to get in line for Nintendo’s booth at the E for All Expo now.

Nintendo will be showing a huge lineup of cool games for both Wii™ and Nintendo DS™, including the hugely anticipated Super Mario® Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. ® Brawl. The Oct. 18-22 event at the Los Angeles Convention Center will be the first opportunity for the public to get their hands on these games and take them for a test drive.

Building on its revolutionary all-fiber-optic network that continues to grow in the Buffalo area, Verizon announced plans Thursday (Sept. 20) to establish a video hub office in Erie County. 

The office, which will distribute Verizon’s FiOS TV service to televisions in thousands of homes by late next year, represents the first step in the company’s efforts to provide a real alternative to cable television service in the area. 

AT&T Inc. today announced a change in how, when and where people access the Internet, use e-mail or view a variety of entertainment services. AT&T is now offering the 3G wireless broadband service in Athens. AT&T is also adding a new cell site in Athens this year to increase coverage and capacity near the intersection of East Whitehall Road and Milledge Avenue.

Award winning developer of million-seller MotorStorm strengthens…

Tokyo, 20th September 2007 – Sony Computer Entertainment today announced that it had acquired leading game developer Evolution Studios Ltd and its subsidiary Bigbig Studios Ltd to further expand its game development capability as part of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS).

Today at the Tokyo Game Show, Nokia and G-mode, a leading casual games developer, announced that they are collaborating to bring more mobile multiplayer games to the global market. G-mode is developing Chess a Moment, an online and turn-based chess game, based on the Nokia SNAP Mobile platform. Players can compete in up to eight live games simultaneously, and have up to 30 hours to ponder their next move. Players can also review the move histories of their opponents at any time during a game. Consumers can expect to get their hands on G-mode’s Chess a Moment in the fourth quarter of 2007.