Versata claimed Sun stole its technology for a product configurator designed to model a software development project throughout the entire product cycle
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Versata claimed Sun stole its technology for a product configurator designed to model a software development project throughout the entire product cycle
Its easy operating system, WebOS, may just allow the Pre to tap web developers for cool apps to compete with the iPhone.
The recession has dampened end users' enthusiasm for "green" IT outsourcing contracts
Test builds show Apple's operating system developers are hard at work pushing to get out the next major version of the Mac OS X
Samsung, LG and BlackBerry maker RIM helped boost the first quarter's handset sales to 258 million
There was plenty of talk about the latest threats at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week
Facebook is expected to announce its plans to open up its feeds to third party developers so they can build services on top of them
Oracle's acquisition will end one of the most inspirational high-tech companies in Silicon Valley history. And it's a sad day for the open-source community, which loses a champion, says Joe Wilcox
The question "Oracle good, or Oracle bad, for MySQL?" was generally met with a smile first, then a measured, thoughtful response on the final day of the MySQL Conference in California.
Google Product Search now has increased functionality on mobile devices, including ones that run Google's Android operating system, and iPhones. As Google Android begins to penetrate the smartphone and netbook market, Google has tailor ...
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has finally adopted 3.0, a much zippier version of the wireless data transfer solution.
The global recession has brought Microsoft to a new first: a year-over-year decline in quarterly revenue.
The latest research among infosec professionals has found the tide of budget cuts has turned and recruitment is back on the agenda.
The search giant will show off developer tools and ongoing work with Red Hat, JBoss and others at its upcoming developer conference
Oracle's experience in Java could make it a better home for the technology than IBM, say insiders in the Java community
Ready-made application launched amid concerns about the future of carbon offsetting
Formerly known as “Maestro,” Axum is an incubation project that Microsoft is working on to help programmers tackle the issue of parallel programming in the .NET environment
One of the primary designers of the BitC programming language and the related Coyotos operating system project, will be joining Microsoft to work on its next generation operating system
A Microsoft exec has announced the death of the Linux netbook. He's ignoring the world picture, and speaking too soon: Linux is still alive on the tiny laptops at least for now, says Joe Wilcox
The Twitter service is not a social network. It's profoundly anti-social, says Joe Wilcox. That's why it's important to Microsoft to invest, and break any Google purchase
Intel's new flagship can cut your data centre's power and space demands by packing more virtual machines in, but think before you put all your eggs in one basket, warns Cameron Sturdevant
Is the Open Coud Manifesto doomed even as it is officially announced? The top three cloud platforms have backed off, and the group faces stern criticism from the outsiders
Critics say the IBM-backed Open Cloud Manifesto is a bid to use standards to slow down faster-moving competitors
If the merger goes ahead, IBM will have to make choices: Which database, which directory, and which virtualisation technology?
Companies needing to cut expenses will finally accept what open source has been offering, says database maker
Keynote's KITE 2.0 software lets Web site developers and implementers gauge the performance of their sites and rich AJAX-based applications.
Community source development can save money and reduce vendor lock-in, by combining the best of the traditional and open-source development models
IBM is to preload Zend's PHP-based Web stack with every shipment of System i, the operating system for for IBM Power Systems. Around five million developers and 22 million Internet domains use PHP, including Yahoo and Facebook.
At Adobe MAX Japan, Adobe announces that Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player 10 have reached record adoption numbers to the tune of 100 million installations for Adobe AIR within a year of its release and Flash Player 10 being installed o ...
The computer manufacturer has today announced its firm intention to be the first systems vendor to endorse the EU best practices for energy efficient data centre design.