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Article | 20/01/2011 Why some companies are ditching their spreadsheets

Until a few years ago, Thule Group's North American division would have been considered a "classic spreadsheet-driven" company, according to Vice Pres...

Article | 18/01/2011 Firefox 4 beta 9 gives short shrift to Linux users

Considerable fanfare greeted Friday's release of the ninth--and apparently final--beta version of Firefox 4, which boosted the popular Web browser wit...

Article | 19/01/2011 Details emerge of patents Novell is selling to Microsoft

Additional details have emerged regarding the more than 800 patents Novell is selling to the Microsoft-led consortium CPTN Holdings for US$450 million...

Article | 15/01/2011 Mozilla delivers latest Firefox 4 beta

Mozilla today shipped Firefox 4 Beta 9, perhaps the last it will release before it pushes toward a final version now planned to ship by the end of Feb...

Article | 15/01/2011 Apple to give away $10K as App Store nears 10B downloads

Apple will reward the customer who downloads the 10 billionth app from the iOS App Store with a $10,000 iTunes gift card, the company said today.

Article | 14/01/2011 Mozilla pushes devs to make Feb. ship date for Firefox 4

Mozilla hopes to have a final version of Firefox 4 ready to ship by the end of February, according to comments made by the company's engineering direc...

Article | 13/01/2011 Mozilla exec: Firefox 4 will arrive in February

Firefox 4 is nearly ready for release, a recent post on Mozilla's developer mailing list suggests.

Article | 13/01/2011 Microsoft to release WebMatrix dev software

Microsoft plans to launch an application on Thursday for quickly ramping up websites and lightweight Web applications, called WebMatrix.

Article | 12/01/2011 Jaspersoft rearchitects BI stack

Anticipating greater use of BI (business intelligence) on the Web and in the cloud, Jaspersoft has rebuilt its software using a standards-based Web ar...

Article | 12/01/2011 Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, EMC consortium filing withdrawn

In a move that will be seen by many as <strong>a sign of open-source advocates' influence</strong>, <strong>a filing in Germany </strong>to create a c...

Article | 12/01/2011 Google kills H.264 support in Chrome

Your move Apple: Google announced that they are changing Chrome's support of HTML5 'video' to be, in Google's view, more friendly towards open develo...

Article | 12/01/2011 Microsoft patches critical Windows drive-by bug

Microsoft today patched three vulnerabilities in Windows, one that could be exploited by attackers who dupe users into visiting a malicious Web site.

Article | 11/01/2011 European Commission challenges Google Books

The European Commission is set to take on Google Books. The latest report on the Commission's Europeana project, released on Monday, urges European Un...

Article | 11/01/2011 Joomla reorganized, modernized

The volunteers behind the Joomla content management system will release version 1.6 of the open-source software today, which features considerable imp...

Article | 10/01/2011 Salesforce.com buys Dimdim

Salesforce.com announced Thursday it has purchased Web conferencing software vendor Dimdim for US$31 million, and plans to use the company's technolog...

Article | 8/01/2011 Apple: Mac App Store hit 1 million download mark in 24 hours

Apple Friday said that more than 1 million apps were downloaded from the Mac App Store on its first day.

Article | 7/01/2011 Should I upgrade from Windows 7 starter?

Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum if it's wise to upgrade his netbook's OS from Windows 7 Starter to a more powerful version.

Article | 7/01/2011 Hands-on with Opera for Android and Windows 7 tablets

Opera devotees will be glad to hear that the browser is coming to tablets running Android and Windows 7, with the same features of its mobile software...

Article | 7/01/2011 Apple opens Mac App Store, discounts own software

As promised, Apple opened its Mac App Store today, stocking it with more than 1,000 games, utilities and productivity programs.

Article | 5/01/2011 Firefox becomes most-used browser in Europe

Firefox was the most-used browser in Europe in December, edging out Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the first time, according to new data released b...