Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, this week said it would hire a team to help make open source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use.
Chipmakers have been applying lessons learned in mobile computing to servers in an effort to increase efficiency by lowering power consumption. But a noted Google engineer threw some cold water on the approach on Monday, arguing the two styles of computing are too different.
Yahoo is letting outside Web sites use information from its own catalogue of geographic information, thus allowing programmers to employ Yahoo data and services in their own applications.
Some developers fear that Google is aiming to lock them into to the App Engine platform Google's application hosting service but Google refutes any claim it has evil intentions.
SAP's acquisition of Business Objects is unlikely to cause the company's existing customers to rush out and add business intelligence applications.
This blog is supposed to be about the concept that is called Web 2.0, so I suppose I had better take a stab at defining it.
Though they may not be household names like Thorpie or Lleyton, local developers rank among the world's best.
Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has big plans for his company's new music-playing technology, Apple lawsuit or no Apple lawsuit.
Novell's Miguel de Icaza is working on a technology that he says can replicate Microsoft's vaunted software development platform on Linux. Additional reading: The beginning of the end for Microsoft?
Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But some experts are suggesting a middle ground.
At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's business division, explains how Microsoft plans to apply Web 2.0 technology, such as self-service and groups of people contributing to applications, to the enterprise. In an interview with Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Elops also details Microsoft's plans to release ad-supported programs.
At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundrota showed off the prototype of a new Web-based Gmail app that could one day be used on any smartphone. By using HTML 5 standards, he predicts, developers will no longer have to choose just one platform to write for. When the app is released, users will be able to archive and use their e-mail even when not online. Moderator: Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media
Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.
If getting in and out of XP has you drumming your fingers, check out our tips to make starting and stopping your system a much faster process.
Want to know how to set up and use an RSS feed? Here's the low-down.
Getting a firewall to do what it promises--protect the network--doesn't begin with an equipment purchase and end with the plug-in. It starts with security assessment and continues with constant vigilance.
Netscape 6 is a total rewrite--in fact, its predecessor, Communicator 4.7, has more in common with Microsofts' Internet Explorer than it does with Netscape 6.
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