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C# striking a chord with programmers

C# striking a chord with programmers

News Microsoft's new programming language is gaining in popularity, with usage nearly doubling in the last six months, a study shows.

Monday, May 06 2002 10:05 AM


EU slaps record fine on Microsoft

EU slaps record fine on Microsoft

News Regulators hit the software giant with a fine of US$613 million for violating European Union antitrust law and also order the unbundling of Media Player software from Windows.

Thursday, March 25 2004 09:19 AM


China chooses FreeBSD as basis for secure OS

China chooses FreeBSD as basis for secure OS

Techguide What OS would one choose as a basis for fortified software platforms? China decided to go open source, and it may be pulling ahead of the West in information warfare preparedness.

Monday, June 29 2009 09:14 PM

Tags: Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Network security, Open source, Security, Information Security, operating system, Chad Perrin, China, U.S.


Sun sheds light on its open-source future

Insight Simon Phipps, Sun UK's chief open-source officer, surveys the open-source landscape and reaffirms his company's commitment to open software development.

Wednesday, April 30 2008 10:43 AM

Tags: Open source, Java, Security, Google Inc., Ubuntu, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, system administrator, database administrator, strategy


Microsoft patent case stirs software export fears

News In unlikely combination, U.S. government and advocates of free and open-source software are backing Microsoft in patent spat with AT&T.

Thursday, February 22 2007 09:41 AM

Tags: Lawsuits, Patents


U.S. Supreme Court sides with Microsoft in patent spat

News Justices say software giant can't be held liable when code copied by foreign manufacturers infringes on U.S. patents.

Tuesday, May 01 2007 04:40 AM

Tags: Software, Patents



Reviewing scheduled task inventory for Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server

Default installations of Windows Server 2008 R2 enumerate a number of default scheduled tasks, many of which you may not need.


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M'sian broadband wars heat up

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Consumer broadband service in Malaysia has been around for almost 10 years now, but it wasn't until 2005/2006 that the stakes of the broadband service in Malaysia were increased.

Until then,..... by Edwin Yapp

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