Microsoft is launching a revamped test version of its Silverlight software that is designed to broaden the appeal of the company's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash.
IBM this week quietly updated its Lotus Symphony desktop applications with a feature that hints at its broader strategy to use the Web and standards to up-end Microsoft's massive Office business.
After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing.
The high-tech industry has given the thumbs up to sweeping changes to the US patent system approved by the Senate and House committees last week.
Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.
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Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
The release of IBM's free DB2 database points to the downward price pressure from open-source programmers' tools.
Will Windows Vista provide the boost Linux has been waiting for?
Sales of new and used PCs running the Linux operating system will reach US$10 billion by 2008, market researcher IDC predicted Wednesday.
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