Microsoft has quietly released a second service pack (SP2) for its popular Windows Server 2003 operating system.
The French Education Ministry is deploying thousands of Red Hat Linux-based servers while Germany is moving 40 percent of its university students to Suse Linux.
German Linux start-up Tuxia has cut a deal to bring the company into the expanding and potentially gigantic Chinese market for Internet appliances.
The problem with open source software is a lack of understanding, not a lack of support, according to a Novell executive who hit back at the CIOs from some of Australia's top government agencies.
Chinese authorities, with the assistance of the FBI, have cracked a piracy ring allegedly responsible for manufacturing and distributing more than US$2 billion-worth of counterfeit Microsoft software.
This week I learned about a "trick" that you can do in Windows which, as far as I am concerned, is a serious security risk.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.
In a test of over a thousand Web sites in Europe, Linux-based servers were found to be faster and more reliable than sites based on Microsoft's IIS Web server software.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
Microsoft on Friday quietly released a new Macintosh version of its Windows Media Player software.
Microsoft is designing its ever-present Windows operating system to streamline and lower the cost of building and distributing the software.
StarOffice 6.0 is relatively inexpensive, but it's unlikely to win over existing users of Microsoft's Office products.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 isn't perfect, but it's the best dictation software available. We don't find this upgrade necessary for the most basic dictation, although new features may benefit heavily-accented English speakers and those who rely heavily on voice commands.
This much-anticipated update to Live Meeting faces stiff competition from WebEx and GoToMeeting.
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