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Google releasing JavaScript programming tools

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:32:02 GMT

In a step to make the web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code

Parallels supports Windows 7, Snow Leopard

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:20:01 GMT

Parallels Desktop Mac virtualisation software is faster than the previous version and gives users more customisation flexibility when working with Windows

'Polished' Moblin adds 3G support, plug-ins

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:06:02 GMT

The latest version of Moblin, the Intel-sponsored Linux distribution for Atom-based netbooks and nettops, includes a new web browser and allows Bluetooth pairing

Novell previews Pulse collaboration platform

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:02 GMT

Pulse, which will be interoperable with Google Wave, will combine email, document authoring and social-messaging tools with enterprise-oriented security and management

Microsoft commits another £60K to Apache

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:56:02 GMT

The software giant will renew its sponsorship of the Apache Software Foundation as it increases its involvement with open-source Apache projects

Red Hat CEO: Open source needs champions

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:50:02 GMT

Jim Whitehurst has hailed Google and Red Hat revenue models as bringing success to the open-source community

Red Hat boosts enterprise virtualisation portfolio

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:09:02 GMT

The Linux firm has launched its server virtualisation hypervisor and management platform, extending its KVM-based product range

Chrome 4.0 gets beta release

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:58:02 GMT

Google puts out a Windows test version of its next browser, with bookmark sync and other new features, and promises to make a Mac beta a priority

Microsoft cuts a third off hosted-software prices

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:32:02 GMT

The company says it is reducing the monthly subscription fee for hosted versions of Exchange, SharePoint and Office Communications Server

Oracle details fate of Sun software

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:10:01 GMT

A recently published document has shed more light on Oracle's product plans for key products, including the GlassFish open-source application server and the NetBeans IDE

First beta of Firefox 3.6 released

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:08:02 GMT

The beta brings Personas skins for customising browser appearance, plus JavaScript performance tweaks aimed at taking on Google's Chrome

Cisco, EMC to unveil cloud joint venture

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:44:02 GMT

A new line of products called vBlock will combine storage, servers, networking and virtualisation for an integrated set of datacentre gear, according to reports

VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:12:01 GMT

The update to Sun's virtualisation testing tool takes care of compatibility problems with the Microsoft and Apple OSes, among other performance improvements

End of the line for Microsoft Office Accounting

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:06:02 GMT

The software maker has announced it is ending the latest in a series of efforts to rival Intuit in the business-accounting software

Google PowerMeter hits the UK

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:05:02 GMT

The smart-grid software that allows people to monitor their home-energy use via the internet has been launched in the UK

BakBone moves into data-archiving software

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:54:01 GMT

The company's NetVault: Archive, a software only-distributed system, is targeted at the growth of unstructured data

Freescale aims Android at embedded kit

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:10:02 GMT

A new Power Architecture port has taken Google's Linux-based operating system into the world of embedded devices

Ubuntu 9.10: The Koala has landed

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:10:01 GMT

Canonical has released the 'Karmic Koala' update to its version of Linux, which takes the open-source operating system closer to the cloud

Microsoft releases free software testing tool

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:11:01 GMT

Spec Explorer 2010, a model-based software testing tool that took 10 years of research and is designed to cut testing costs, gets a public release

Facebook unveils development roadmap

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:28:02 GMT

In one of its radical moves, the social networking site will allow developers to acquire user email addresses

Amazon puts SQL in the cloud

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:14:01 GMT

The company has made MySQL available on demand, going head-to-head with Microsoft's Azure

IBM aims to connect corporate mashups and BI

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:39:02 GMT

A new service can expose content from IBM's Cognos 8 business intelligence suite as a web service, so the data can then be used in other applications and mashups

SAP: Days of the database are numbered

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:38:02 GMT

The demand for cloud computing and faster access to data will lead to a future where companies don't need a database, says a top SAP executive

Microsoft to open up Outlook data format

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GMT

The software maker has said it is in the early stages of documenting its .pst file format

Windows 7 upgrade poses problem for students

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:24:02 GMT

Some students have found they cannot install their downloadable copy of the operating system, offered to students at a significantly lower price