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.

SoftwareMicrosoft's Photosynth wilts under pressure

Microsoft Corp.'s new photo-stitching service went dark within hours of its launch today, overwhelmed by demand, the company said.

SoftwareMicrosoft eases use of Photosynth

Microsoft expanded its Photosynth technology making it easier and faster to use, and opening it up for anyone to create new images.

SoftwareApple's MobileMe lacks key security feature

Users of Apple's MobileMe have already discovered that the US$99-per-year service is sometimes slow and unrelia...

SoftwareMicrosoft may have 2,000 developers working on Windows 7

Microsoft's head of engineering for the Windows 7 operating system says there are 25 "feature teams" of about 100 employees each working on the upcoming replacement to Windows Vista.

SoftwareVista users rush for SP1, XP owners dawdle on SP3

Windows Vista users rushed to install the troubled operating system's first service pack, but users running Windows XP haven't been in such a hurry to install its newest service pack update.

SoftwareDell links up with Salesforce's development platform

Dell has signed a three-year deal to use Salesforce's Force.com platform for custom development.

SoftwareEmbarcadero to upgrade Windows RAD tools

Embarcadero's enhanced rapid-application development tools can be used to build graphical workstation applications and client/server workgroup database applications.