Microsoft forms Bing alliance with Facebook, Twitter
News The software giant's partnership with social networking sites will bring real-time results to its Bing search engine [22 Oct 2009]
Howard Schmidt sees SME appeal in Windows 7 
Video The Information Security Forum CEO talks to ZDNet UK at the RSA Conference in London about how businesses will greet Windows 7 [21 Oct 2009]
Microsoft Windows 7: ZDNet UK special report
Roundup Learn about Windows 7 highlights — and potential pitfalls — and find out what the new operating system could mean for your organisation [21 Oct 2009]
Teradata unveils cloud strategy
News The data-warehousing giant is outlining its cloud-computing strategy this week, including an internal cloud service and a public offering via Amazon Web Services [20 Oct 2009]
Visual Studio 2010 release date confirmed
News Microsoft has announced it has reached the Beta 2 milestone for its collection of developer tools, and says it is simplifying the number of versions it sells [20 Oct 2009]
SharePoint and Office betas to arrive soon
News People will be able to test out the SharePoint 2010 document management platform and all the software in Office 2010 in November, Steve Ballmer has announced [20 Oct 2009]
IBM launches systems management in a box
News The company has launched two Tivoli-branded, systems-management appliances aimed at smaller businesses and departments of larger enterprises [19 Oct 2009]
Wolfram Alpha opens API to developers
News Wolfram Alpha has opened up its API to open access, allowing coders to query the system and incorporate its data, calculations and rich media results [16 Oct 2009]
Citrix targets VMware users in switchover push
News Citrix aims free support and tools at VMware users looking to make the switch [15 Oct 2009]
Chrome for the Mac moves nearer to beta
News Printing support on the Mac is arriving in Chrome, paving the way for the beta version, but some Windows 7 features have been moved off the front burner [15 Oct 2009]
Microsoft develops utility smart-grid software
News The software giant has developed an architecture that will give utilities companies a blueprint for modernising their IT systems [15 Oct 2009]
Apple tackling Snow Leopard data-loss issue
News The company says it is aware of a problem related to guest account log-ins that 'occurs only in extremely rare cases',and it does not yet have a fix for it [13 Oct 2009]
Dell offering Salesforce integration services
News Dell and Salesforce.com are selling a joint offering to businesses in the US, combining Salesforce CRM with Dell's integration services [12 Oct 2009]
Oracle OpenWorld: Ellison takes aim at IBM
News Oracle chief Larry Ellison has taken several potshots at IBM, denigrating the power efficiency of its hardware and opening fire on its 'Smarter Planet' campaign [12 Oct 2009]
Microsoft hints at second low-cost Office option
News A close look at a Microsoft blog post appears to suggest the software maker is readying a lower-cost option for Office Home and Student productivity suite [12 Oct 2009]
Microsoft completes code for Exchange 2010
News The email and communications server becomes the first of the 2010 wave of Office products to be finished [09 Oct 2009]
Microsoft announces 'Starter' version of Office
News An ad-supported, limited-feature version of Office will come preloaded on certain new PCs to take the place of Microsoft Works [09 Oct 2009]
Sneak Peeks reveals some of Adobe's thinking
News Adobe developers show what they've been working on in a MAX conference session, and their projects could indicate the trends that will define the company over the next couple of years [08 Oct 2009]
Microsoft, Red Hat kick off mixed virtualisation
News The two companies have announced that their virtualisation products now support each other's operating systems, a move that could help both compete with VMware [08 Oct 2009]
Microsoft counsel says Euro relations improving
News The software company's proposed browser ballot screen system could potentially halt further antitrust accusations [08 Oct 2009]
Study: Windows 7 can boot more slowly than Vista
News A software specialist's lab unit finds Microsoft's new operating system can take longer to get started than Windows Vista [08 Oct 2009]
Citrix XenDesktop 4 adds features, changes licence
News Citrix has bundled many new features into its new virtual desktop system, but some users say the licence changes hurt [08 Oct 2009]
Netgear router not open source, says coder
News A router and platform designed for small businesses and marketed as open source break the terms of the GPL, according to developer Harald Welte [07 Oct 2009]
Google, Apple, others hit by Eolas patent lawsuit
News In a bigger sequel to its years-long patent-infringement case against Microsoft, Eolas has sued Apple, Google, Amazon, Yahoo, Playboy and many other corporate giants [07 Oct 2009]
VMware hits back at Microsoft cost criticism
News The company has responded to comments by Steve Ballmer, saying while cost comparisons of virtualisation products are complicated, Microsoft may be more expensive [06 Oct 2009]


