Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China
Microsoft ordered to stop selling some versions of Windows operating system in China, following licensing dispute with a local supplier.
Microsoft: Windows 7 tool used GPL code
Microsoft confirms tool intended to allow netbooks to more easily move to new operating system was based in part, and unintentionally, on open source code.
FAQ: Buying the right Windows 7 upgrade
Readers still have lots of questions on just which version of the software they need to buy in order to upgrade their PC. Here are some answers.
Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
World's largest phone maker accuses Apple of violating intellectual property it owns governing handset wireless connectivity.
Microsoft pushes for single global patent system
Redmond wants to see a single world patent body established to "promote innovation, enrich knowledge, and encourage competition".
NetApp refreshes data center OS for the cloud
Storage firm combines its Data Ontap 7 enterprise platform and Data Ontap GX clustered computing platform into single codebase tailored to cloud deployments.
Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
Developer of the market-leading browser has become more actively engaged in hashing out many details of a proposed revamp of the Web page standard.
Alatum touts local presence as differentiator
Singapore-based cloud provider says local presence helps win more enterprise customers, giving it edge over bigger players such as Amazon.
Microsoft repackages its software licenses
Company announces two ways for small and midsize business to pay for application and server software usage, which aims to save customers up to 40 percent.
First open source Symbian software released
With release of OS Security Package code, the Symbian Foundation takes first step to eventually open source its entire mobile operating system.
Cern bombards LHC grid with data
Tests of the computing grid that will manage data from the Large Hadron Collider experiment shows the systems successfully handled large amounts of information.
Google move paves way for Firefox on Android
Mozilla likes idea of bringing its browser to Google's mobile operating system--this could be possible with release of Native Development Kit.
Platform moves into cloud management tools
Veteran grid company Platform Computing releases cloud management software to aggregate virtual and physical resources from any provider.
Yahoo to distrbute its version of Hadoop
Hadoop is an open-source grid computing project, and demand for Yahoo's take on that software has led the company to make available its own code.
Microsoft spins out software protection tech
The software maker, which already licenses out its product activation and licensing technology to other firms, is now creating a separate company to handle the task.
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