Microsoft and Novell have extended their interoperability agreement for server operating systems.
Microsoft, Citrix, Novell and Sun Microsystems all made announcements around virtualisation overnight.
Microsoft's Open Office XML specifications will be scrutinised by government technocrats in Geneva this week to determine if improvements Microsoft has made to it overcome technical problems noted by ISO members last September.
Novell and Intel develop software that speeds Xen's ability to run Windows as a virtual machine.
The popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell, said company president and CEO, Ron Hovsepian, who hopes to be a 'custodian' between the open source community and the commercial world. Also: Watch the videos.
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Microsoft will begin selling its directory technology as a standalone product separate from the Windows operating system.
The networking-software company bets on open source and standards to build momentum for its operating systems and security software.
The first BlackBerry clamshell looks great and does the basics well, though its lack of 3G data speeds is disappointing.
Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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