Microsoft officially teams up with OLPC
News The XO machine will now be available in both Linux and Windows varieties, a move that OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte says helps give the laptop credibility [16 May 2008]
- How about impact on child safety? - capibara
OpenForum berates UK record on open source
News The UK is lagging in Europe in the use of open source, according to speakers at an open-source conference in London [14 May 2008]
Coverity reveals common open-source code flaws
News A US Department of Homeland Security-funded project has listed some of the most frequent open-source coding errors [17:35 BST]
Vista still insecure, says security vendor
News PC Tools has released research to back up its claims that Vista is less secure Windows 2000, following Microsoft criticism [13:44 BST]
Gov't unveils Google Earth climate-change tool
News Using information from the Met Office and British Antarctic Survey, two new layers added to Google Earth predict the effects of climate change [09:05 BST]
SAP denies reducing SaaS investment
News The company says it is continuing to invest in software-as-a-service product suite Business ByDesign, but at a slower pace [08:47 BST]
SAP: Businesses to adopt 'collaborative' SOA
News Co-CEO Henning Kagermann has said collaborative working through service-oriented architecture tech represents the future for businesses [08:39 BST]
First release candidate of Firefox 3 arrives
News Firefox 3 RC1 boasts user-interface enhancements, as developers get one of their last opportunities to ensure add-on compatibility before next month's final release [19 May 2008]
Developers snub Vista in favour of XP
News A survey has found a large majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system [19 May 2008]
- What is it about UAC that makes Vista so difficult? - Chris Rankin
- Developers snub Vista in favour of XP - ator1940
- What's so bad about Vista? - harpless
Silverlight open-source implementation released
News The Mono project this week made the first public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of the Silverlight rich media browser tech [16 May 2008]
Defra deploys Vista, citing green credentials
News The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs expects the Microsoft operating system to reduce its carbon footprint while the BitLocker encryption system will boost security [16 May 2008]
Microsoft blames users for Vista infections
News In countering claims Vista is less secure than Windows 2000, Microsoft has said the 'complacency' of users is to blame for infection rates [15 May 2008]
- Most secure version of Windows - ator1940
Cern demos Java apps for giant 3D digital camera 
Video Derek Mathieson, project leader at Cern, explains the use of Java apps by the Atlas detector, a six-storey-high, 100-megapixel camera with 100 million data channels [15 May 2008]
WorldWide Telescope finds intelligent life at Microsoft
Video Explore the cosmos with Microsoft Research's WorldWide Telescope, which integrates an impressive range of data sources in an attractive and well-connected interface [15 May 2008]
Adobe to launch beta test for Flash Player 10
News Code-named Astro, Flash Player 10 includes better support for 3D animation and video hardware acceleration, among other improvements [15 May 2008]
Sun demos Java app for next-generation phones
Video Sun engineers explain how the Nvidia APX2500 chip allows developers to write Java apps on a desktop and run them directly to mobile phones [14 May 2008]
Google opens geographic search interface
News The search giant has added a new element to its search interface that will let others' websites use geographically linked information [14 May 2008]
Windows Small Business Server prices almost double
News When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will rise by up to 80 percent [14 May 2008]
Open-source tool creates OOXML docs for the blind
News Microsoft has helped develop an audio file format called Daisy that translates Word files into a 'talking' digital book format, making documents more accessible for users with impaired vision [14 May 2008]
Google maps out plan for mobile success
News The search giant is focusing its energies on the development of web-based applications, super-fast search and location-based services [14 May 2008]
UK urged to give up low-cost software market
News Key industry figures believe Britain should forget any hopes of matching China and India in the low-cost end of the software market, and instead carve out a high-end niche [14 May 2008]
AMD systems thrown by XP SP3 update
News Owners of some AMD-based computers are finding that the move to Windows XP Service Pack 3 has sent their systems into an endless reboot cycle [13 May 2008]
- Wet .... - Moley
- Thankfully, it worked for me - J.A. Watson
- I guess I must have been lucky too - Moley
Becta takes Microsoft complaint to EC
News The Commission has folded complaints over Microsoft interoperability from the IT education body into a wider investigation [13 May 2008]
- Altruism or Realpolitik? - dogStar
Microsoft launches space tours on the web
News The software giant is ready to boldly take web surfers where no man has gone before [13 May 2008]
- Interface designed by people who only look through telescopes - wildcatherder
Office for Mac sales soar on Apple gains
News While Apple's market share gains are cause for consternation for many in Redmond, one Microsoft unit is clearly benefiting [13 May 2008]
