Europe falling behind US in cloud, says Reding
News Small European businesses need Europe-hosted cloud computing services within five years, according to telecoms and media commissioner Viviane Reding [09 Jul 2009]
XHTML 2 is finally laid to rest
News It was meant to set standards, but from its beginning, XHTML 2 was due a slow demise [09 Jul 2009]
Google names Chrome OS hardware partners
News The search and advertising giant has named the companies it will work with to develop hardware to support its Chrome operating system [09 Jul 2009]
How Google will continue its watch over you
Analysis The company's all-or-nothing approach of tracking user activity means its new OS could leave your privacy compromised [09 Jul 2009]
Microsoft pilot offers schools 'fairer' software deal
News Under the Subscription Enrolment Schools Pilot, schools will not be required to pay licence fees for systems not being used for educational needs [09 Jul 2009]
Gartner finds lukewarm response to SaaS
News The research firm's findings contradict the general impression that SaaS could help alleviate costs in the economic downturn [08 Jul 2009]
Mozilla calls on coders to build web-tool index
News Mozilla Labs is asking programmers to help build an Open Web Tools Directory, in a bid create a comprehensive index of all the open-source developer tools available [08 Jul 2009]
Android on PC gets new input
News A new alpha version of LiveAndroid has been released, adding mouse-controlled cursor and keyboard functionality to the PC port of Google's mobile operating system [08 Jul 2009]
EMC bundles IT tools for virtualisation
News The company has integrated its existing and acquired IT management technologies into a package, named Ionix, that it says will speed the move to virtualisation in the datacentre [08 Jul 2009]
Google Apps come out of beta
News The search giant has taken Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk out of beta, and announced new disaster recovery measures, in a push to attract business users [08 Jul 2009]
Microsoft promise lets Mono off the hook
News The software maker is to extend its Community Promise to cover standards that underpin the .NET framework, thus clearing up some of the uncertainty surrounding the Mono project [07 Jul 2009]
Symantec backup gets client dedupe
News The next update of NetBackup will add deduplication at the client, which should allow users to cut both storage and network bandwidth needs, according to Symantec [07 Jul 2009]
Microsoft extends public-sector discount deal
News The software maker has delayed the deadline for an introductory offer on its recently introduced PSA09 licensing deal [06 Jul 2009]
Nokia to bridge Maemo and Symbian with Qt
News An upcoming version of Maemo will use Qt rather than GTK+ as its main application development framework, a move Nokia says will make life easier for developers [06 Jul 2009]
