Microsoft's Windows XP has received a fair amount of hype in the lead up to its release-Matt Lake and Josh Mehlman assess its usefulness for businesses.
The next great operating systems wars are about to be fought, as traditional computing companies collide with teams representing the mobile phone industry.
Google has announced its long-anticipated cellular play: a mobile-phone software stack called Android.
Experts see Google partnering with a handset maker for bundled software that will enable everything from IM and maps to monitoring blood pressure.
After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing.
In a few years' time, almost all businesses will use open source, according to Gartner whether IT managers know it or not.
Microsoft's chairman discusses his favourite Vista feature, why he'll keep pushing for a new file system and open source's role.
Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux
There's still a lot Microsoft wants to do with Windows, and it has its work cut out with Zune, says Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer.
To move ahead, big software companies are reaching back to a familiar strategy: offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products.
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