Microsoft licenses exFAT flash file format
News The software maker has begun licensing technology related to the Extended File Allocation Table memory format included in Windows 7 [11 Dec 2009]
UK companies put ERP on hold
News ERP systems are difficult and time-consuming to implement, and more than 60 percent of UK companies are postponing them temporarily or indefinitely, according to a new study [09 Nov 2009]
Microsoft Windows Cafe to open in Paris
News The software giant plans to allow the general public to discover Windows 7 while enjoying a cup of coffee [24 Sep 2009]
VMware hits back at Microsoft cost criticism
News The company has responded to comments by Steve Ballmer, saying while cost comparisons of virtualisation products are complicated, Microsoft may be more expensive [06 Oct 2009]
EC settles antitrust dispute with Microsoft
News The European Commission has accepted Microsoft's plan to offer browser choice on PCs without bundling Windows and Internet Explorer together [16 Dec 2009]
IE9, Silverlight 4, Office 2010 in the PDC spotlight
News Day two of Microsoft's PDC saw clients take centre stage, with browsers, rich internet applications and productivity tools in the spotlight [19 Nov 2009]
Firefox gains 30m users in eight weeks
News The open-source web browser has rapidly gained new users over the past two months, according to Mozilla [27 Oct 2009]
Offline SharePoint tool promised for Mac users
News While Microsoft is not planning to produce a version of Groove for the Mac, the new tool will make SharePoint access much easier for Mac users, company executives say [23 Oct 2009]
Oracle OpenWorld: Ellison takes aim at IBM
News Oracle chief Larry Ellison has taken several potshots at IBM, denigrating the power efficiency of its hardware and opening fire on its 'Smarter Planet' campaign [12 Oct 2009]
Bing integrates Wolfram Alpha results
News Microsoft's search engine will use Wolfram Alpha computation engine APIs for results in areas including nutrition, health and advanced mathematics [12 Nov 2009]
Adobe offers new Flash, AIR betas
News Flash Player 10.1 gets a hardware video boost, and AIR 2 gets tighter integration with desktop computing resources such as USB drives and multitouch interfaces [17 Nov 2009]
IBM pitches flexible package at mid-size firms
News The new line-up is aimed at helping smaller companies build a more flexible IT infrastructure that can respond to load increases and decreases [27 Oct 2009]
Microsoft cuts a third off hosted-software prices
News The company says it is reducing the monthly subscription fee for hosted versions of Exchange, SharePoint and Office Communications Server [03 Nov 2009]
Dell offering Salesforce integration services
News Dell and Salesforce.com are selling a joint offering to businesses in the US, combining Salesforce CRM with Dell's integration services [12 Oct 2009]
IBM aims to connect corporate mashups and BI
News A new service can expose content from IBM's Cognos 8 business intelligence suite as a web service, so the data can then be used in other applications and mashups [28 Oct 2009]
IBM launches Tivoli Live Monitoring Services
News Tivoli Live Monitoring, a cloud computer offering designed to better monitor infrastructure, will reside on IBM's cloud platform [08 Dec 2009]
Sage CRM joins Microsoft, Salesforce in the cloud
News The business-software maker is trialling a cloud version of its CRM software, following other providers such as Microsoft and Salesforce [17 Sep 2009]
