Microsoft confirms Windows 7 tool used GPL code
News The software maker has said that a tool intended to allow netbooks to more easily move to the operating system was based in part, and unintentionally, on open-source code [16 Nov 2009]
IBM unveils private business analytics cloud
News The company is launching Blue Insight, a massive business analytics cloud that will hold more than a petabyte of data [16 Nov 2009]
Microsoft to let multiple pupils work from single PC
News The software maker is working on new option that will let will let several students work independently off a single PC, each with their own screen, mouse and keyboard [13 Nov 2009]
- Re Here we Go Again - Moley
Cloud helps Skype to 'business grade', says exec
News The cloud-computing revolution and consumers driving IT adoption provide an opportunity for VoIP player to shake off non-enterprise grade label, says a Skype Asia-Pacific exec [13 Nov 2009]
Bing integrates Wolfram Alpha results
News Microsoft's search engine will use Wolfram Alpha computation engine APIs for results in areas including nutrition, health and advanced mathematics [12 Nov 2009]
Microsoft investigates Windows 7 vulnerability
News The software giant is looking into claims of a possible exploit in its new operating system that could allow a denial-of-service attack [12 Nov 2009]
Microsoft halts Windows 7 tool after GPL code claims
News A tool aimed at making it easier to put Windows 7 on netbooks has been pulled after questions were raised about whether the software improperly uses open-source code [11 Nov 2009]
UK collaboration firm gets worldwide HP deal
News HP's new small-business desktop PCs will come with Huddle's cloud-based collaboration, project management and document-sharing tools [10 Nov 2009]
RIM pushes boat out for BlackBerry developers
News Saying BlackBerry software is 'no longer an island', the handset company at its developer conference unveiled new tools and APIs for building mobile apps [10 Nov 2009]
Autodesk open-sources tool for tracking emissions
News The software maker is encouraging other companies to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions based on long-term global targets and contribution to GDP [10 Nov 2009]
Microsoft launches Exchange Server 2010
News The latest version of Microsoft's email server product, Exchange Server 2010, arrives alongside Forefront Protection 2010 [09 Nov 2009]
UK companies put ERP on hold
News ERP systems are difficult and time-consuming to implement, and more than 60 percent of UK companies are postponing them temporarily or indefinitely, according to a new study [09 Nov 2009]
Android users get Adobe Photoshop app
News Adobe has brought the popular mobile app to Android phones, allowing users to edit photos from thier phones and access their collection on Photoshop.com [09 Nov 2009]
Cisco expands collaboration tools for the enterprise
News UK businesses will be offered the hosted version of the new social-networking software and cloud-based email without certain functions, due to EU data rules [09 Nov 2009]
Google releasing JavaScript programming tools
News In a step to make the web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code [06 Nov 2009]
Parallels supports Windows 7, Snow Leopard
News Parallels Desktop Mac virtualisation software is faster than the previous version and gives users more customisation flexibility when working with Windows [05 Nov 2009]
'Polished' Moblin adds 3G support, plug-ins
News The latest version of Moblin, the Intel-sponsored Linux distribution for Atom-based netbooks and nettops, includes a new web browser and allows Bluetooth pairing [05 Nov 2009]
- A different polish. - ator1940
Novell previews Pulse collaboration platform
News Pulse, which will be interoperable with Google Wave, will combine email, document authoring and social-messaging tools with enterprise-oriented security and management [05 Nov 2009]
Microsoft commits another £60K to Apache
News The software giant will renew its sponsorship of the Apache Software Foundation as it increases its involvement with open-source Apache projects [05 Nov 2009]
Red Hat CEO: Open source needs champions
News Jim Whitehurst has hailed Google and Red Hat revenue models as bringing success to the open-source community [05 Nov 2009]
Red Hat boosts enterprise virtualisation portfolio
News The Linux firm has launched its server virtualisation hypervisor and management platform, extending its KVM-based product range [04 Nov 2009]
Chrome 4.0 gets beta release
News Google puts out a Windows test version of its next browser, with bookmark sync and other new features, and promises to make a Mac beta a priority [03 Nov 2009]
Microsoft cuts a third off hosted-software prices
News The company says it is reducing the monthly subscription fee for hosted versions of Exchange, SharePoint and Office Communications Server [03 Nov 2009]
Oracle details fate of Sun software
News A recently published document has shed more light on Oracle's product plans for key products, including the GlassFish open-source application server and the NetBeans IDE [03 Nov 2009]
First beta of Firefox 3.6 released
News The beta brings Personas skins for customising browser appearance, plus JavaScript performance tweaks aimed at taking on Google's Chrome [02 Nov 2009]
