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.

SoftwareReview: Secret keeper apps for the iPhone

Secret keeper programs store your confidential information in an encrypted state, protected by a password only you know.

SoftwareSAP Agrees to Fix Arkansas ERP System

SAP, the Arkansas state government and the state's chapter of the National Federation of the Blind have settled a lawsuit charging that an R/3-based ERP system was not accessible to blind employees.

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.

SoftwareMicrosoft faces Taiwan antitrust investigation

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has launched an investigation into whether Microsoft holds a monopoly position over the island's software market.

SoftwareGmail users report yet another outage

Gmail users, including those who use it for work as part of the Google Apps hosted suite, are again reporting p...

SoftwareMicrosoft Puts Out 11 Fixes, Pulls Another

Microsoft released its largest batch of security fixes since February 2007: 11 software updates designed to plug 26 holes in Windows, Office and other products.

SoftwareWeight of Intransigence

Free software advocate Richard Stallman needs to understand that the singularity of focus that created the free software movement might well bring its demise.

SoftwareSQL Server 2008's future 'cloudy' as Microsoft releases new database

Microsoft began making SQL Server 2008 available to users, slightly later than planned but still within the three-year development window that the company set for itself.