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It's Firefox's reputation for superior security, rapid patching of security holes and its multitude of browser extentions that has allowed it to win converts among corporate and personal Web users
Motorola is expected to release two handsets running Google's Android OS for the holiday season, which is contributing to sunny expectations for the mobile and wireless manufacturer
According to a recent IDC study, the market for open-source software has been accelerated by both the slow economy and increased acceptance from enterprise customers
Vectorising the database unlocks ten-fold improvement for the open source database vendor Ingres
It's as old as the moon landings, but IBM's real-time transaction system, CICS, is still in use on the majority of all mainframes
Google programmers have ‘open sourced' two components of the Google Wave messaging and collaboration prototype
The European Commission confirms that Microsoft will offer European users a special edition of Windows 7 will be called the E version
The IT Effectiveness Index Mid-Year Report has found small-to-medium-sized businesses with failing IT are at a competitive disadvantage
Oracle has acquired GoldenGate Software to integrate into its database and middleware products, alongside Sun and Virtual Iron
Server virtualisation with a crisis-proof price and performance which rivals VMware
Microsoft releases 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community under the popular GPLv2 license
Has Google gone as far as it can go with its free software model? The release of its Chrome OS has provoked a lot of discussion summarised here by Clint Boulton
There's plenty of competition for VMware in making virtualised data centres, despite its strong lead. Is now the time to switch to Hyper-V or XenServer, asks Cameron Sturdevant?
The important addition of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) to this desktop virtualisation tool could give VMware Workstation serious competition.
Pundit, actor and performer Stephen Fry says the entertainment industry is too aggressive - despite lending his name to Digital Britain earlier this year
Whoever came up with the idea first, it's obvious that we could use some new thinking around the provision of apps and services, says Peter Judge. Why do we need both an OS and a browser?
Microsoft's ace in the hole in its upcoming battle against Google Chrome OS, the search giant's new browser-based operating system, could be a browser-OS hybrid project code-named Gazelle
Analysts say they need to see more of the Linux-based Chrome OS before they believe it will eventually prove disruptive to Windows
Gartner is calling on SaaS vendors to “reaffirm fundamentals,” after survey reveals finds their products don't satisfy users
The British Computer Society has denied involvement with a Conservative suggestion to outsource NHS data to the cloud. The report's author also downplayed the idea
Developers in the Asia Pacific region are increasingly moving to cloud computing, according to a recent survey
Microsoft is reportedly in talks to resolve two separate antitrust cases with EU regulators before the EU commissioner for competition steps down
Google has introduced its new Google Chrome OS, an operating system project separate from Android and targeted at PCs
Microsoft IE isn't the best browser, but it's still the leader, says Don Reisinger. What has to happen before business users take up Firefox, Chrome or Safari in bigger numbers?
With much faster rendering, HTML 5 support, native video handling improved standards support and more, Firefox is back
Microsoft is keeping its Community Promise to open up its C# language and Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) to developers
With the new Crossbow network virtualisation system and VirtualBox supported, OpenSolaris wets appetites for upcoming Solaris features.
Customers are turning from MySQL to Ingres in the face of Oracle, says Ingres CEO Roger Burkhardt. And he's not impressed with the UK government's flaccid open source policy
An Android phone is the last thing Nokia would do, says Peter Judge. It would be more exciting than more Symbian devices, but would be too big a U-turn
Nokia still prefers Symbian, but Sony Ericsson is convinced by the Android potential