After four years of development, the Open Graphics Project last week made available for pre-order its first open source graphics card.
Simon Phipps, Sun UK's chief open-source officer, surveys the open-source landscape and reaffirms his company's commitment to open-software development.
Linus Torvalds has picked up one of Apple's new Intel-based Mac minis to play with, but the Linux creator continues to prefer Apple's old PowerPC architecture for his primary desktop machine.
Web-based word processor Writely can now convert documents to the Rich Text Format (RTF) and Adobe PDF standards, adding to recent new features like OpenDocument support.
Slicker development techniques like AJAX, a way of building interactive browser-based applications, are fuelling a surge in consumer Web applications.
Adobe's push into web-based services has delivered a windfall for Australian entrepreneur Bardia Housman, who quietly sold his company Business Catalyst to the US software maker at the start of September.
Despite its clear benefits in stock tracking and the success of early, isolated pilot tests in tracking high-value assets, RFID technology is still spinning its wheels as ongoing high costs and unclear return on investment continue to keep once-enthusiastic customers away in droves.
Virtual servers have changed the way businesses are run. Now, virtualisation vendors have set their sights on your PC.
The Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista offer BitLocker, a new data protection feature that does volume-level encryption on your hard disk drive. BitLocker complements, and in some cases replaces, Windows EFS (Encrypting File System). Walk through the steps for enabling BitLocker with this gallery.
So you've done the math and decided there may be a good business case for Linux after all. Just make sure you don't dive into the world of open source without fastening the rope securely to the bridge.
What is Windows' strongest competitor? Will Microsoft expand successfully beyond the PC? Find out what Steve Ballmer thinks.
McAfee Internet Security 2008 trounces Norton Internet Security 2008, offering a better designed product with more security tools.
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008's protection keeps up with the changing threats on the Internet, but the product doesn't excel, burdened by a user experience that's basically unchanged from last year.
With its wide-aspect 15.4in. screen, excellent performance and reasonable battery life, Dell's redesigned Inspiron 8500 series is a mobile media powerhouse.
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