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Article | 6/08/2008 IBM to open source supercomputing code

IBM Tuesday marked its 10 years of participation in Linux and open source by introducing new software, upgrades to existing platforms and an open sour...

Article | 1/08/2008 LinuxWorld: Community roots bolster Linux growth

Linux is beginning to find its legs as the foundation in many different technologies and in the process is fueling a feedback loop that is helping acc...

Article | 28/07/2008 Microsoft's VMM coming in September, exec says

Microsoft will ship its virtual machine management tool in September, according to Kevin Turner, the company's chief operating officer.

Article | 7/07/2008 Microsoft VP Confirms Windows 7 Ship Date: January 2010

Microsoft will ship Windows 7 sometime in or near Jan. 2010, according to a letter company senior vice president Bill Veghte recently sent to Microsof...

Article | 3/07/2008 Alliance to promote Windows-managed Macs in enterprise

A group of five vendors has formed an alliance to help push Macintosh desktops into managed Windows environments on corporate networks.

Article | 30/06/2008 How social networking saved New Orleans

If there is any doubt to the power of social media, social networking and social software, then nonbelievers may need to Think New Orleans.

Article | 23/06/2008 Antitrust regulators scrutinizing Windows 7, IE 8

Antitrust regulators are evaluating the forthcoming Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 as part of ongoing activities to ensure Microsoft is in complian...

Article | 20/06/2008 Bogus Bill Gates impersonator winding down career

Steve Sires has been impersonating Bill Gates for a decade now, and following him into retirement might not be any different.

Article | 18/06/2008 Will Ozzie era at Microsoft signal a revolution?

If Bill Gates leaving Microsoft is the end of an era, then Ray Ozzie's ascension is the beginning of a revolution designed to transform the company's ...

Article | 12/06/2008 Double-Take adds Hyper-V support to replication/failover apps

Data replication and failover vendor Double-Take Software Tuesday unveiled a lineup of products to support the forthcoming Microsoft Hyper-V virtualiz...

Article | 11/06/2008 Bill Gates in pictures: A retrospective

From kid geek to the world's next great philanthropist?

Article | 29/05/2008 Microsoft gives glimpse of touch-screen tech in Windows 7

Windows 7 will feature multi-touch screen technology among many features Microsoft revealed Tuesday night during the first official demo of the softwa...

Article | 20/05/2008 Microsoft's Ballmer attacked by egg-tosser

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was forced to take cover behind a lectern Monday during an address at Corvinus University of Budapest after a student bega...

Article | 9/05/2008 Microsoft reportedly inquiring about Facebook's availability

In the wake of collapsed talks with Yahoo, Microsoft reportedly is sniffing around social-networking site Facebook as a possible acquisition target, a...

Article | 7/05/2008 XP SP3, Vista SP1 back online for automatic updates

Microsoft Tuesday began offering Windows XP SP3 on its automatic download Web sites and resumed automatic downloads of Vista SP1 after compatibility i...