Although Microsoft touts its Pocket PC as the best software package for handheld computing devices, it is offering another option for computer makers that think they can do better.
Michael Dell and other high-profile technology company CEOs descended on Washington this week with a message for the US government: do more to encourage energy-efficient practices, but don't spell out specific standards for the products that companies like theirs build.
Large enterprises should not use Linux because it is not secure enough, has scalability problems and could fork into many different flavours, according to the Agility Alliance, which includes IT heavyweights EDS, Oracle, Cisco, Microsoft, Sun, Dell and EMC.
An automatic update for Xbox users removes a bug that allowed users to run Linux on their machines.
New versions of software based on a popular file-compression technology could create headaches for users through their use of incompatible formats.
Technology is a catalyst for business change, but that change doesn't always sit well with departments that have their own sovereignty to look after. David Braue asks whether IT can be centralised and distributed at the same time.
Google's popular map and e-mail sites reignite interest in older Web tech, raising potential threat to Microsoft, Flash and Java.
They're used in everything from Google searches to Web tax filings. But standards struggle is rattling W3C and confounding developers.
Competing players are trying to integrate Java development tools, in the face of well-organised competition from Microsoft.
New versions of software based on a popular file-compression technology could create headaches for users through their use of incompatible formats.
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In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.
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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.
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