Polished yes, but elevated costs ensuring hardware and software compatibility may hold back business adoption of Windows 7
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Wireless Can Beat The Recession – If It’s Playful
The recession may slow the market for mobile devices, but innovations in mobile services could speed up, according to experts
UK Government Backs Research ‘Hubs’ For Digital Life
Research centre investments can change the way we live, says science minister
Vendors Want Open Standards For Cloud Computing
The group will look at ways to develop standards that create interoperability between private and public clouds
Sun Escapes £69m Lawsuit
Versata claimed Sun stole its technology for a product configurator designed to model a software development project throughout the entire product cycle
Five Developers Who Think the Palm Pre is a Winner
Its easy operating system, WebOS, may just allow the Pre to tap web developers for cool apps to compete with the iPhone.
Users Have Doubts Over Green Outsourcing
The recession has dampened end users' enthusiasm for "green" IT outsourcing contracts
Apple Picks Up Pace Towards Snow Leopard Release
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, RIM Get Q1 Handset Shipment Boost
Samsung, LG and BlackBerry maker RIM helped boost the first quarter's handset sales to 258 million
No Shortage of Security Vulnerabilities at RSA
There was plenty of talk about the latest threats at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week
Facebook Takes Twitter Swipe, Opens Feeds To Developers
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 Will Dim The Lights Of Sun
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
MySQL Community Response to Oracle-Sun Deal Mixed
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 Extends Product Search To Android, iPhone
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 tailored core products to run more efficiently on the OS.
Fast, Wi-Fi Based Bluetooth 3.0 Arrives On Schedule
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has finally adopted 3.0, a much zippier version of the wireless data transfer solution.
Microsoft Feels the Heat with First Ever Revenue Decline
The global recession has brought Microsoft to a new first: a year-over-year decline in quarterly revenue.
Information security: Budgets Down, Hiring Up
The latest research among infosec professionals has found the tide of budget cuts has turned and recruitment is back on the agenda.
Google To Show Off Developer Tools
The search giant will show off developer tools and ongoing work with Red Hat, JBoss and others at its upcoming developer conference
What Oracle Means For Java
Oracle's experience in Java could make it a better home for the technology than IBM, say insiders in the Java community
Online Retailers Offered Carbon Offset Service
Ready-made application launched amid concerns about the future of carbon offsetting
Microsoft Developing Parallel Programming Language
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
Top Developer Joins Microsoft Next Generation OS Team
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
Windows On 96 Percent of Netbooks? No Way!
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
Twitter Is So Anti-Social, Microsoft Should Invest!
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
Beware Of Nehalem’s Virtualisation Risk
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
Open Cloud Manifesto: Blighted From Birth?
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
Open Cloud Manifesto – Open For Business
Critics say the IBM-backed Open Cloud Manifesto is a bid to use standards to slow down faster-moving competitors
IBM/Sun: The Technology Fall-Out
If the merger goes ahead, IBM will have to make choices: Which database, which directory, and which virtualisation technology?
Recession And Open Source Will Shrink The Database Market, Says Ingres
Companies needing to cut expenses will finally accept what open source has been offering, says database maker
Keynote KITE 2.0: Check Web Site Performance
Keynote's KITE 2.0 software lets Web site developers and implementers gauge the performance of their sites and rich AJAX-based applications.