The truth about Goobuntu: Google’s in-house desktop Ubuntu Linux
Most Linux people know that Google uses Linux on its desktops as well as its servers. Some know that Ubuntu Linux is Google’s desktop of choice and that it’s called…
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Microsoft’s Office 365 trumps in education, but struggles in enterprise
Office 365 celebrated its first birthday in July, and the cloud service has attracted an impressive list of educational customers over the last year. But when it comes to gaining…
Apple, Microsoft, VMware: Everyone’s building open-source software
In the opening keynote at LinuxCon, Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin observed that open source is now key to how all companies use to develop software—and yes he meant…
Cook’s ‘values’ memo shows Apple has lost its soul
On the one year anniversary of his appointment as Apple CEO, Tim Cook must be partying especially hard in light of Friday’s verdict against Samsung. But if his memo to…
The big winner in Apple’s patent victory over Samsung — Microsoft
Microsoft may be just as pleased as Apple with Apple’s $1 billion victory over Samsung for violating Apple patents. The core of the verdict could apply to virtually all Android…
Superworm Crisis eats Macs, VMware and – shock – Windows
Security watchers have discovered a virus strain that compromises VMware virtual machines as well as infecting Mac OS X and Windows computers and Windows Mobile devices. It demonstrates previously unseen…
Usability Expert: Windows 8 on PCs is Confusing, a Cognitive Burden
Though Windows 8 is winning rave reviews for its touch-friendly tablet experience, many feel that the operating system’s “Modern-style” UI makes life more difficult for PC users. Count usability expert…
Password hints easily snaffled from Windows PCs
TrustWave SpiderLabs uncovered a key called “UserPasswordHint” during wider research into how the Redmond operating system stores password hashes. Subsequent studies showed it was easy to extract and decode password…
Microsoft back to publishing Windows Phone apps after glitch
Earlier this week, Microsoft stopped publishing new apps and updates to existing apps after uncovering an issue with its new digital certificates. The glitch only affected phones that upgraded to…
Once Again, Microsoft Offering Free Xbox with Back-to-School PC Purchase
Microsoft is reprising its buy-a-PC-get-a-free-Xbox-360 deal, just in time for back-to-school shopping. The deal goes something like this: You buy a Windows 7 PC valued at a minimum of $699…
Apple’s market value exceeds Microsoft’s during 1999 bubble
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s market value climbed past $623 billion on Monday, surpassing the record set by Microsoft Corp during the heyday of technology stocks in 1999.
BBC: Microsoft to blame for lack of iPlayer support for Windows Phone
While Microsoft is attempting to woo developers to build applications for its Windows Phone 8 platform, there will certainly be omissions when the platform launches in October. The BBC have…
Google’s Motorola Files New Patent Case Against Apple
Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Motorola Mobility unit said it filed a new patent-infringement case against Apple Inc. (AAPL) claiming that features on some Apple devices, including the Siri voice-recognition program, infringe…
Microsoft has no plans for Office retina display fix
New MacBook Pro owners may want to start looking into word processor alternatives due to issues viewing Microsoft Office 2011 on a retina display.
Office 2013 to eat own file-format dog food
With the upcoming release of Office 2013, Microsoft is finally offering full support for the Open XML document standard, a format that Redmond itself created and has been promoting for…