Open source is critical in realising the benefits of the cloud and allows for greater strategic flexibility, says Red Hat's…
Microsoft's Office 2010 might finally lose dominance of productivity software, says Nicholas Kolakowski, for two reasons: the cloud and mobility
The Lib-Servatives don't yet have a name for their coalition, says Tom Jowitt. Let's hope they do better than Orange…
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) reported software theft cost the IT industry £34 billion last year, with China leading the…
Microsoft has bee handed another setback in the long-running patent infringement case leveled against it by Canadian firm i4i
Many developers are dissatisfied with the 30/70 split they get from creating applications for popular app stores.
The World Wide Web Consortium announces the availability of the XProc specification for managing XML-rich processes
Mozilla CEO John Lilly has announced that he will be stepping down
Mozilla has begun work on Firefox 4, and in an effort to gather public feedback, has outlined early product plans…
Researchers have exposed a new attack that circumvents some of the most popular security software for Windows desktops
Google Android has overtaken the Apple iPhone after NPD found that it is now the second most popular smartphone OS…
It might not be available in the UK yet but some Brits already have their hands on an iPad -…
The open source FSF group has recruited a former proprietary software exec to make the GNU Project's work more accessible
IBM depends on mainframe revenues, so don't go there to streamline your IT, says HP's Paul Evans
The combined entity of Orange and T-Mobile has been named Everything Everywhere, but the two brands will remain autonomous
Facebook might be the world's largest social network, but it also suffers from some privacy and security issues that should…
A critical security flaw in Apple's Safari browser leaves Windows PCs open to attacks
Andrew Miller, who spent 11 years with Cisco Systems and was once CEO of Tandberg, is the new top executive…
Administrators and users will both find much to like about Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2010, offering easier upgrading and better management…
Canonical's Ubuntu Server offers a serviceable alternative to server offerings from other Linux vendors and from Microsoft
Facebook has a slack attitude to privacy, and if its users don't keep their wits about them it will become…
Borders plans on joining the e-reader wars with its Kobo device, which will be priced at around £70
The US IT industry added a net gain of 8,800 jobs in April, reversing job losses in March
EMC has a different view of the future of cloud computing
Hewlett-Packard's new servers are fast, but today's announcement is all about finding ways to pay for them
A usability expert has claimed that iPad apps are inconsistent and suffer from frequent user errors due to accidental gestures
HP is to launch a tablet device running Palm's webOS operating system sometime in the third quarter, according to a…
Wireless vendor Aruba gets mesh, and an entry to the Chinese market
EMC has launched the first of its VPlex appliances, designed to help businesses transfer petabytes of storage over long distances
In a development that could remove the need for air cooling inside data centres, a company is now offering liquid…