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Red Hat adds virtualisation, cloud to RHEL
News Red Hat launches RHEL 5.4, the first version to include the standard Linux KVM hypervisor [03 Sep 2009]
Oracle sends out update to Database 11g
News Oracle Database 11g Release 2 focuses on consolidating hardware and virtualisation, and arrives two years after the database software was originally launched [02 Sep 2009]
VMware service links public and private clouds
News The company has launched vCloud Express, a pay-as-you-go service that lets developers write applications for internal virtualised environments and external clouds [02 Sep 2009]
Microsoft: Windows 7 trumps Vista for battery life
News A laptop running Windows 7 can get as much as 20 per cent more out of a battery compared with one based on Vista, Microsoft has claimed [02 Sep 2009]
IBM launches cloud virtual desktop service
News IBM enters virtual desktop market with eye on cost savings and manageability [02 Sep 2009]
Microsoft releases Hyper-V Server R2
News The latest iteration of Microsoft's free hypervisor, which now includes functionality for the live migration of servers, is now available for download [01 Sep 2009]
Red Hat takes JBoss further into the cloud
News The launch of JBoss's latest enterprise application platform advances both Red Hat's cloud strategy and its commitment to Java [01 Sep 2009]
Xen.org to build open-standards cloud platform
News The Xen Cloud Platform will form part of a wider initiative aimed at federating the private enterprise cloud and public cloud services, such as those offered by Amazon and Rackspace [01 Sep 2009]
Opera 10 aims to rev up browsing
News The latest version of the Opera browser has a Turbo mode to make up for sluggish internet connections, along with changes to mail and new support for certain web standards [01 Sep 2009]
Linux buoys up Novell earnings
News Novell's third-quarter financial results show its Linux business up, while its enterprise applications are sinking [28 Aug 2009]
What's new in Snow Leopard 
Photos Apple's new desktop OS upgrade features a number of handy user interface enhancements. Check them out in our screenshot gallery [28 Aug 2009]
Salesforce lets resellers package up its cloud
News A value-added reseller programme aims to let third-party vendors add applications to the Force.com platform and then manage the customer and contract relationship [27 Aug 2009]
Amazon launches Virtual Private Cloud service
News The programme, now in limited beta, will allow enterprises to tie their own datacentre's infrastructure with the Amazon Web Services cloud [27 Aug 2009]
RES marries virtual desktops with local apps
News The PowerFuse Workspace Extender builds on recently patented technology to allow IT departments to combine server-based and locally based applications in a single virtualised environment [27 Aug 2009]
Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case
News The company has found fault with rulings that led to a jury's patent-infringement ruling that threatens to halt sales of the current form of Word [27 Aug 2009]
Microsoft signs confidential IP deal over NTFS
News Tuxera, an open-source NTFS company, has signed a confidential deal with Microsoft to co-operate on exFAT, a proprietary alternative to the NTFS file system [26 Aug 2009]
SCO group wins Unix copyright appeal
News An appeals court has ruled that a judge was hasty in deciding Novell did not sell Unix copyrights to SCO Group [26 Aug 2009]
Microsoft plans phone push into emerging markets
News The company has announced plans for 'OneApp', mobile software that lets lower-end feature phones access various mobile internet services [25 Aug 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard to get early release
News The new version of the OS X operating system, which marks Apple's move to 64-bit support, will be made available ahead of its original September schedule [24 Aug 2009]
Microsoft calls time on Windows 7 discount
News Customers in the UK who want the full version of Windows 7 for the price of the upgrade version must make their pre-order by the end of the month [24 Aug 2009]
Microsoft pulling Live Framework test bits
News Introduced at last autumns's developer conference, Live Framework, which is essentially the developer side of Live Mesh, is being folded into Windows Live [24 Aug 2009]
Salesforce sees strong second quarter
News The SaaS specialist delivered better-than-expected revenue in its second quarter and has set higher earnings targets for its next financial year [21 Aug 2009]
Hearing scheduled for Word injunction appeal
News A US appeals court has set a 23 September hearing to evaluate whether to uphold a ruling that would force Microsoft to stop selling Word in its current form [21 Aug 2009]
Google kicks off 64-bit Chrome for Linux
News The search giant has started work on a 64-bit version of Chrome, though it is Linux-only for now [21 Aug 2009]
Skype reprimanded over video-call ad
News The ASA has banned the showing of a Skype ad after viewers complained that it exaggerated the sound and image quality possible in a video call [20 Aug 2009]
