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.
SoftwareGoogle drops Bluetooth, GTalkService APIs from Android 1.0
But the company made it clear that handsets using the Android OS will work with other Bluetooth devices such as headsets.
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.
SoftwareVista may still have its day -- just like XP (eventually) did
All of the griping about Windows Vista and the instant nostalgia for Windows XP obscures the fact that XP also was slow to catch on with users -- perhaps even slower than Vista has been.
SoftwareMicrosoft Lists Windows 7 in Patching Tool
Microsoft has listed Windows 7, the planned successor to Windows Vista, in its WSUS patching tool for corporate users -- a step that the company said was done for testing purposes.
SoftwareOpinion: Why Google has lost its mojo -- and why you should care
Google has gone from innovative upstart to fat-and-happy industry leader in what seems like record time. Put simply, the search giant has lost its mojo. That's good news for Microsoft, and it could affect how you use Google's cloud computing services in the future.
SoftwareSAP Users Seek Proof of Support Plan's Benefits
Some SAP users are calling on the vendor to provide some proof that its new Enterprise Support program offers enough benefits to compensate for its high cost.
SoftwareMicrosoft invests in Move Networks
Microsoft invested an undisclosed sum in Move Networks, a provider of online video streaming technology.
SoftwareGoogle may let users comment on, rearrange search results
Google is testing possible changes to its market-leading search engine that would enable users to re-rank search results and add comments to results pages.