Sugar interface, no OLPC necessary
The one laptop per child XO-1 device's Linux interface is now available on a USB stick, to be used on "any PC or netbook", says its maker.
Google Voice takes a step toward launch
Google begins fulfilling people's requests to join Google Voice, its service for unifying multiple phone numbers and simplifying voice mail, as it preps for its public launch.
More on the Windows 7 upgrade program
The Microsoft deal, which kicks off on Friday, will give buyers of PCs with the Vista operating system installed a free upgrade to Windows 7. Here's how it will work.
Microsoft sets Windows 7 pricing, upgrade programs
The software maker will allow consumers to preorder Windows 7 at a big discount, while offering permanent prices at or below the retail prices for Windows Vista.
What PC makers are paying for Windows 7
Microsoft will price the pro version of Windows 7 the same as with Vista. The Home Premium version will cost less than Vista, but more than Vista Basic.
Gmail for mobile Safari gets swipe to archive
The mobile version of Gmail for iPhone and iPod Touch users now lets them use gestures to archive old mail messages.
Adobe's Flash to ship on new Android phone
Adobe gains important mobile-phone beachhead for its Flash technology: HTC's upcoming Android-powered Hero phone due to start shipping next month.
Gartner rejigs cloud definitions
Analyst firm revises way it defines cloud computing to help prevent organizations from being hoodwinked by providers and to reflect emerging usage of the technology.
Microsoft defends Outlook HTML decision
E-mail Standards Project group urges Twitter users to pressure Microsoft to support better HTML formatting in Outlook as software vendor stands by its decision.
Sun polishes up its Constellation HPC system
Company updates its Constellation System for high-performance computing, covering software, networking and storage.
Platform moves into cloud management tools
Veteran grid company Platform Computing releases cloud management software to aggregate virtual and physical resources from any provider.
Police expert calls for open source data tools
Emergency services should use open source software to ease exchange of data, according to data expert from U.K. Association of Chief Police Officers.
Read It Later's API and iPhone app get big updates
New feature allows iPhone users access to saved reading list even when they are not near any data connection.
Free Windows 7 won't last forever
Reminder to those wanting to try out free release candidate of Windows 7 that it will end Aug. 15. Also, life will start getting annoying for those still using the Windows 7 beta.
Oracle bucks economic trends; beats Q4 estimates
Company earns US$2.3 billion on sales of US$6.9 billion, a 5 percent revenue drop, but still enough to beat Wall Street's estimates.
Windows 7: Microsoft vs. the PC makers
A battle is shaping up over the pricing of the next version of Windows as both sides struggle to profit while hardware prices fall and sales stay flat.
Lotus Symphony gets some OOXML support
IBM has said it believes support for importing documents in Microsoft's office format could help convince large organizations to drop Office altogether.
Wind River launches embedded hypervisor
Wind River Hypervisor for embedded systems promises to let multiple operating systems run side by side on a single or multicore chip.
Citrix releases major XenServer upgrade
Available for download now are Version 5.5 of both XenServer and Citrix Essentials, the first significant new releases since XenServer became a free product in February.
Red Hat begins testing virtualization line-up
Beta tests begin on the new line of virtualization products based on Qumranet's KVM, which put Red Hat into direct competition with the likes of Citrix, Microsoft and VMware.
SaaS to hit $298M in Asia-Pacific
Software-as-a-service will climb 18 percent to churn US$298 million in 2009, growing six-fold higher than overall software market, IDC predicts.
Opera Unite turns browser into door to PC
The Opera Unite alpha lets people invite others to use a browser to see content on their PC, but security experts have called its reliance on simple passwords an "avenue to disaster".
Windows 7 may have limited XP downgrade rights
Microsoft plans to only allow those who buy Windows 7 machines during its first 18 months on the market, to go back to XP.
New Linux kernel adds filesystem support
Linux 2.6.30 has been released with support for new file systems, alongside performance improvements and new hardware drivers.
Microsoft to announce Azure business plan next month
Software maker, which has been testing its cloud-based OS, plans to use its partner conference to offer details on how it will get paid for hosting cloud-based applications.
Adobe makes Acrobat.com a business with paid accounts
Adobe is finally starting to charge for some of its Acrobat.com services, but fear not; many of the ones that were free during the beta period are still free.
Five factors stopping the cloud taking off
Technology-based concerns relating to security, reliability, network latency, integration and management, as well as worries about data and vendor lock-in are key challenges to wider take-up.
SAP in SaaS strategy shift
The business software maker, which has struggled to adapt to software-as-a-service, says it will allow customers to mix traditional applications with its online services.
Novell to ship Linux-monitoring tool for Microsoft
Novell is to release a product allowing Microsoft management tools to monitor Novell's Suse Linux, as part of the companies' interoperability alliance.
Business intelligence has downturn upturn
Worldwide revenue for technology related to business intelligence, analytics applications and performance management grew 22 percent in 2008 to over US$8.8 billion, says Gartner.
Opera lashes out over Microsoft's browser removal
Microsoft's move to strip Internet Explorer from Windows 7 in Europe will do nothing to restore competition, the Norwegian browser maker says.
Google Native Client grows out of research phase
Satisfied with its security approach, Google has begun broader development of its technology for more powerful Web applications. Next: building into Chrome.
Europe to get Windows 7 sans browser
Aiming to appease regulators, Microsoft plans to ship Windows 7 in Europe without Internet Explorer, though computer makers will have the option to add it back in, CNET News has learned.
Red Hat releases Fedora 11
Fedora 11 comes with new virtualization features, support for fingerprint readers and the promised ability for any e-mail client to tap into Microsoft Exchange.
Lightning takes down Amazon cloud
The latest disruption to a high-profile cloud-computing service follows outages from other providers, including Google and Salesforce.com.
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