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Office Web Apps preview made available

News The technical preview of Microsoft's web-based Office applications is now available to a limited group of users, but functionality such as the ability to edit Word documents is missing [17 Sep 2009]

Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM

Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM

Q&A ZDNet UK spoke to Intel's Imad Sousou at this year's Open Source In Mobile conference in Amsterdam, to discuss the evolution of the chipmaker's Moblin Linux distribution [17 Sep 2009]


Intel to pitch in on developing Chrome

News The chipmaker will work with Google on the Chrome OS in the same way it contributes to other Linux distributions, which take in parts of Intel's Moblin code [16 Sep 2009]

Developers: Android apps need marketing boost

News Android mobile apps are reportedly not selling as well as the iPhone's, and developers say ineffective marketing is to blame [15 Sep 2009]

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FluidHTML seeks to bridge web-programming divide

News A start-up called FHTML hopes its software will let traditional web programmers tap into the power of Flash more easily [15 Sep 2009]

Skype closes door to third-party developers

News The company has closed its Extras programme, which helped coders create add-ons such as emoticons for its VoIP service [14 Sep 2009]

MonoTouch lets .NET coders build iPhone apps

News Novell's paid-for MonoTouch SDK is built upon open-source Mono for the iPhone, leading to complaints from some free software supporters about the cost [14 Sep 2009]

Motorola pins comeback hopes on software

Motorola pins comeback hopes on software

Analysis With the launch of a communications hub called Motoblur to run atop Android, Motorola appears to be serious about modern phone software. But is it too late? [14 Sep 2009]


Microsoft infringed patent, says appeals court

News A US court also said the $358m jury award against Microsoft was disproportionate to the small feature in Alcatel-Lucent's patent that appeared to be little-used [14 Sep 2009]

IBM offers Lotus with extra widgets

News The company is targeting Office users with the latest increments to Symphony, while phasing out its own use of the Microsoft suite [11 Sep 2009]

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Motorola introduces the Motoblur Android skin Video icon

Motorola introduces the Motoblur Android skin

Video The new user interface will feature live widgets for integrating social-networking sites, as well as aggregating contact details and displaying recent status updates during calls [11 Sep 2009]


Microsoft founds and funds open-source forum

News The software company has created a not-for-profit foundation to address integration and cultural issues between open-source and proprietary software [11 Sep 2009]

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Adobe offers CinemaDNG format for raw video

News The company has released a beta version of a file format for higher-end video, plus a beta of Adobe Story for writing scripts [11 Sep 2009]

Salesforce taps into Facebook and Twitter

News The web services company has added social-networking features to its Cloud Service platform [09 Sep 2009]

Windows 7 not affected by flaw, says Microsoft

News Following up on a vulnerability disclosed in the past 24 hours, Microsoft has said the flaw affects Vista and Windows Server 2008, but not the final version of Windows 7 [09 Sep 2009]

Pro-Linux group snaps up Microsoft patents

News The Open Invention Network says it has acquired 22 Linux-focused patents sold recently by Microsoft, which has long loomed over the open-source sector [09 Sep 2009]

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Virtualisation gets ready for the mainstream

Analysis VMware is pushing its software for use on PCs and mobile phones. There is plenty of room for expansion, but watch out for that cloud [07 Sep 2009]

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VMware, HP share virtual desktop plans Video icon

VMware, HP share virtual desktop plans

Video VMware chief executive Paul Maritz talks to HP's director of software virtualisation about how the company's VMware View product fits into HP's virtualisation plans [07 Sep 2009]


Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only

News The open-source company's desktop and server hypervisor management tools will initially be available only for Microsoft Windows-based systems [07 Sep 2009]

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Fennec Alpha 3 for Windows Mobile released

News Mozilla's Fennec Alpha 3 for Windows phones inches the mobile browser-to-be ever closer to completion [07 Sep 2009]

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Red Hat builds one API for many clouds

News The Deltacloud project aims to provide a 'cloud broker' API that will allow applications, scripts and tools to be created once and then used across public and private clouds [04 Sep 2009]

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Nokia unveils beta SDK for Ovi app platform

News The invitation-only SDK was announced at Nokia World, alongside a new navigation API [04 Sep 2009]

Microsoft granted stay of Word injunction

News The landmark injunction would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month [04 Sep 2009]

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Red Hat warns of cloud 'lock-in'

News Vendors such as Microsoft are attempting to take customers 'back to the '80s' by locking them into proprietary cloud services, according to open source vendor Red Hat [03 Sep 2009]

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Businesses offered free trial of Windows 7

News Microsoft has introduced two more ways for companies to try out the new operating system ahead of its launch in October, including a 90-day free trial of Windows 7 Enterprise [03 Sep 2009]


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