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Open source software is the only way for users to meet the economic crisis, says Roger Burkhardt of Ingres. But they will have to take some short term pain to get out of proprietary licence structures.
The Apple iPhone 3GS asserted itself to the top of Consumer Reports' newest smartphone rankings, with the Palm Pre was close behind.
Google is making it easier for users to find contacts within an enterprise, mirroring existing enterprise social software from IBM, Socialtext and Jive.
Sun has upgraded it VirtualBox virtualisation platform, to compete with virtualisation technology from VMware, Citrix and Microsoft
Oracle's newest middleware technology platform takes advantage of virtualisation and includes new developer tools for easier application building
Microsoft has clearly won the first Netbook Wars, sidelining Linux as an operating system for low-cost laptops. But, Peter Judge asks, what will happen when Microsoft throws Windows 7 into the mix?
If you want Linux on an Eee, you'll have to go to Toys R Us, Asus tells eWEEK Europe
A major new deployment of energy efficient thin client computers complements campus green-building design features as part of an environmental drive.
Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu Linux project, has launched new professional services to help and support users building private clouds.
Palm has sold 370,000 Palm Pre smartphones and expects to sell a million in its first quarter, according to a PalmWebOS.org blogger.
ICT professionals tend to view globalisation as an inevitable and positive force for change. But, asks Simon Perry, what sort of a world does it get us involved in?
The Swedish software firm buying Pirate Bay plans to use its brand together with new file-sharing technology to create a new, legitimate business model.
The US Federal government has decided to spend more time performing due diligence on the proposed Oracle-Sun merger, while Java open source licensing may be emerging as sticking point.
Head of automation and virtualisation software company, Parallels is betting big on the cloud. But Serguei Beloussov says operating system consolidation and standards will be key.
Sun Microsystems and RingCube are joining forces to offer Sun Ray users more options when deploying a desktop virtualisation environment.
Gartner's latest assessment of worldwide PC shipments expects the PC market to post positive growth in the fourth quarter, and little affected by Microsoft's Windows 7 release.
A new Conservative think tank report is calling for citizen-centric, open source IT development to put an end to wasteful, monolithic central government IT projects.
Not Sun or Oracle, but SpringSource, according to their CEO Rod Johnson; a recent survey and work on java specs with Google supports his opinion
Companies need the freedom to get at their data, to choose hosted or in-house options and more. All this can be found amongst open source solutions - but choose carefully, says Jason Brooks
Connected mobile Linux devices from Nokia and Intel might challenge Windows netbook
The future for Java is an unknown, says its creator James Gosling. But at least Sun Microsystems is owned by a software company - albeit one with a "colourful" reputation
There's no one in charge of Java on Google's Android OS - and that's going to lead to trouble says Java creator James Gosling, in an interview on Java usage
The new XenServer has better back-up. conversion and search - and you can get started with a free download. VMware should be worried, says Citrix
A recent survey sponsored by CA indicated that larger enterprises are expecting to invest more money into running Linux applications on mainframes.
Whatever the Swiss government thinks, there are plenty of users in Switzerland who know that open source provides a viable alternative route
OASIS has revised its intellectual property policy to include a non-assertion mode, which means standards contributors must forego royalty claims or license rights
The UK government's proposed crackdown on ilegal copying could make a perfect test of the music industry's assumptions, says Peter Judge
Despite a recession which could promote open source, the UK is less likely to use it than Mali
Opera has integrated a web server into its browser but Windows fans are calling on computer users to shun the Norwegian company
David Taraso of the JCXP.net Website argues that Microsoft should be allowed to put its Internet Explorer browser in Windows without having to promote a competing browser