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Article | 20/10/2008 Ballmer: Windows 7 is Vista, just 'a lot better'

Windows 7 will be like Windows Vista, but more so, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said today as he defended the first two years of Vista and claime...

Article | 17/10/2008 Mozilla offers alpha version of mobile browser for N810

Mozilla plans to release on Thursday an alpha version of its mobile browser today for Nokia's Internet tablets.

Article | 17/10/2008 Microsoft mulling 'Instant On' feature for Windows

Microsoft is considering giving its Windows client OS the capability to be turned on very rapidly by allowing users only limited access to the OS, a c...

Article | 16/10/2008 MS: 'Vista Capable' lawyers trying to hijack Windows Update

Microsoft is objecting to a plan that would force the company to use its Windows Update service to notify potential members in the "Windows Vista Capa...

Article | 16/10/2008 OpenOffice.org launches first native Mac OS X suite

OpenOffice.org Monday released the first version of its open-source application suite written for Mac OS X.

Article | 16/10/2008 What's in a name? Microsoft defends 'Windows 7' moniker

After users disputed his count, a Microsoft executive explained how the company concluded that the upcoming Windows 7 is the seventh version of the op...

Article | 16/10/2008 Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 Beta 1, the first preview meant for the general public, but disabled one of its most-touted improvements.

Article | 16/10/2008 Microsoft issues mega-patch to crush 20 bugs

Microsoft on Tuesday patched 20 vulnerabilities, more than half of them rated critical, in 11 separate security updates for Windows, Office, Internet ...

Article | 15/10/2008 Microsoft sticks with 'Windows 7' for next OS

Microsoft has announced that the code name for its next operating system, Windows 7, will be the product's official name.

Article | 14/10/2008 Microsoft woos developers under the Silverlight

As Microsoft releases its Silverlight 2.0 media player tomorrow, it is claiming strong momentum for its free, would-be Adobe Flash-killer.

Article | 14/10/2008 OpenOffice.org 3.0 release trips up community's Web site

The release of a new version of the OpenOffice.org productivity suite hit a snag Monday when the community experienced Web site problems that made dow...

Article | 10/10/2008 Microsoft to improve Vista's problematic UAC in Windows 7

Microsoft plans to improve the much-maligned user account control (UAC) feature in the next version of its Windows client OS, acknowledging that the n...

Article | 10/10/2008 Netbooks will boost adoption of Linux, says Novell CTO

A surge in demand for netbooks is helping drive business for Linux, as the devices are designed to be low-cost with smaller storage, according to Nove...

Article | 10/10/2008 Mozilla locks in Firefox 3.1 feature list

Mozilla will use a several-week delay it recently added to the Firefox 3.1 schedule to build a private browsing mode and beef up the browser's address...

Article | 9/10/2008 Mozilla adds geographic tagging to Firefox

Mozilla has released an add-on to Firefox that enables the browser to automatically pinpoint a user's location by communicating with Wi-Fi signals so ...

Article | 7/10/2008 Lawyers want Windows Update used to push lawsuit notices

Lawyers in the "Windows Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit against Microsoft have asked a federal judge to force the company to use its Windows Updat...

Article | 2/10/2008 Mac OS X market share cracks 8 percent

Apple's Mac OS X market share has passed the 8 percent mark for the first time, a research company reported Wednesday.

Article | 2/10/2008 Browser metrics: IE slide continues, Firefox users update

Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) continued to lose market share in September, Google's Chrome stabilized at under 1 percent and more than half of Fi...

Article | 30/09/2008 Mozilla patches Firefox faster than expected

Mozilla beat its own schedule by patching Firefox late Friday to fix a password bug it had inadvertently introduced earlier in the week.

Article | 26/09/2008 After password glitch, Firefox patch due next week

Mozilla developers are rushing out a new release of their Firefox browser to fix a bug that has been preventing some Web surfers from using saved pass...