SoftwareWill Microsoft deliver Windows 7 next year?

Recent hints suggest Microsoft might release the next version of its operating system, Windows 7, earlier than the expected 2010 date, suggesting that the company may also want to cut its losses on Vista.

SoftwareMicrosoft System Center gets cross-platform support

Microsoft has released beta technologies that enable its System Center software to manage servers running operating systems other than Windows.

SoftwareIs Google your next data center?

Lower costs, snap upgrades and other benefits of cloud computing are leading IT organizations to increasingly outsource traditional IT infrastructure activities like storage and server management to managed services providers. How will this alter the makeup of the IT department of the future? Computerworld looks ahead.

SoftwareGlitch in baggage-sorting system delays flights at JFK

The malfunction in software that controls the baggage conveyor belt at American Airlines delayed flights for as long as an hour and a half.

SoftwareMac clone maker hires law firm that has beaten Apple before

Psystar has retained Carr & Ferrell, a law firm that was part of an intellectual property lawsuit brought by Burst.com that Apple settled for $10M.

SoftwareApple iWork and Microsoft Office: Can they work together?

Sharing files between Microsoft Office and Apple's iWork suite can be a pain -- especially if you've got Windows users in the mix. John Rizzo explains how to make it work.

SoftwareReconsidering Vista

Before you turn your nose up at Vista, think carefully about the consequences, says Robert L. Mitchell.

SoftwareThe A-Z of programming languages: D

What began as an effort to improve C++ has grown into a language that has borrowed concepts from many other places and added many of its own -- and it's still being used and improved, its primary developer explains.

SoftwareSOA helps give returning vets a chance to find work

Hire a Hero is a small company, but the lessons it learned about using SaaS to communicate across different data sources could apply to any organization trying to find ways to increase efficiency and cut costs.

SoftwareNew IBM tool analyzes code for mistakes as it's written

IBM Rational today released a tool that can scan and check code during each phase of the application development life cycle.