Under Barry Schuler's tutelage, AOL has given Bill Gates fits for years. But with pressure from Microsoft greater than ever, so are the stakes. ZDNet discovers what AOL really thinks of Microsoft, and what it has planned for the future.
Users of AOL client and e-mail services and Windows XP are caught in the middle of a compatibility conflict between the two applications and their creators.
The maintainer of the Linux kernel talks about new opportunities, defends UnitedLinux and explains why copyright laws keep him from entering the US.
Despite possible legal threats to Windows XP, more than 20 of Microsoft's OEM and ISV partners have announced support for new features in the future OS.
Given all that computers do for people now--everything from run machinery to exchange mail to provide security--why must people operate on the principle that one size, one vendor, must fit all?
As the two giants tussle for domination of online advertising dollars, it's increasingly clear that this tug-of-war is really a test of each company's corporate culture.
The maintainer of the Linux kernel talks about new opportunities, defends UnitedLinux and explains why copyright laws keep him from entering the US.
Can one operating system fit all your needs? Or is it a matter of mixing and matching to the tasks at hand? ZDNet Australia assembled a panel of IT experts to find out which OS fits best.
In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.
The dawning era of "end to end" security architectures is squeezing customers between the proprietary efforts of two dominant vendors.
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.
Almost by stealth, the Linux desktop is here -- and at last it knows how to make itself at home.
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