Results tagged “Microsoft”

So, was it worth the wait?Google has given us the merest peak at what Chrome OS is going to offer the user and straight away that it's apparent that the talk of how Google would have the clout to take on...

It's been a day that the industry has waited for for some time: Windows 7 launch day. It seems that it wasn't long ago that commentators were asking whether Vista would be Microsoft's last operating system - we all know how...

What’s VMworld for? That’s to say, is it an event for VMware and its partners to show their wares, talk up the last technologies and meet and greet their customers?  Or is it an event that’s a showcase for the virtualisation...

The search engine market used to be cut-and-dried. If you wanted to find something out, you Googled and that was an end to it. There were other search engines of course, Microsoft’s, Yahoo’s, Ask Jeeves and a few more but...

People with too much time on their hands have wondered what a netbook is, and now Microsoft has decided that the world should be told in no uncertain terms - S.M.A.L.L. As far as Steve Ballmer is concerned, for Windows...

Google's announcement of a netbook operating system has, naturally enough, got the blogosphere a trembling. There have been plenty of rumours that Google one day would launch an operating system - a thought that must have give Microsoft managers the...

The row of the cloud computing manifesto is brewing up nicely. There's a delicious irony about Microsoft complaining about a lack of openness and about a group of vendors ganging up to exclude others - it's rather like Sir Alex...

Microsoft has just announced plans to open its own chain of retail stores, and even hired a former Wal-Mart veteran to run the retail operation. "The purpose of opening these stores is to create deeper engagement with consumers and continue...

It's not often that one compares Microsoft to Gordon Brown but that's the comparison that struck me this week. Just as our beleaguered prime minister struggled with the task of reviving a government perceived as a lost cause by...

The IT industry can at times be a pretty brutal place. No more so than in the complex atmosphere of IT management hiring and firings. The news of the removal of co-founder and CEO Diane Greene by VMware's board...

Do you want your Apple iPhone to look-and-feel like Windows Vista? No, neither did we. But now you can, thanks to a brand new iPhone theme that will make Apple's handset look-and-feel like a Vista-based device. It is hard...

There’s an old industry joke about two women describing their husbands. One says that sex was great. "My husband makes mad, passionate love to me every night, in every conceivable position in every room in the house. The other...

The news that Microsoft has decided to open up its APIs has caused a seismic shock. In fact, the about-turn in Microsoft's attitude to open source probably won't be replicated until Ian Paisley resigns to become papal nuncio and...

The arguments over the standards for open documentation are beginning the resemble the arcane discussions that normally accompany religious dogma. That's not a far-fetched parallel, given the way that different applications inspire almost religious devotions. In many ways, the...

The news that Microsoft wants to create a "MySpace for financial professionals" is, at the same time, one of the most interesting and most frightening trends. It's frightening because it summons up images of accountants, at their desks in...

Following part 1 earlier this week, the roll of dishonour continues: The Eddie Murphy/Melanie Brown Strange bedfellows award of the year: Novell and Microsoft, following their recent agreement.There is every sign that this will continue to be a rocky...

It's the time of the year when we look back at the stories that have entertained, bemused and exasperated us over the past 12 months. Techworld editors and contributors have come up with the ultimate Christmas list of the...

You don't have to be a Linux fanatic to give three cheers to Birmingham Council. Three cheers because the council's decision to proceed with a trial of open-source software- even though an independent report said it was the cheaper...

Microsoft made a visit to the office to show off Office 2007 now that it's finally ready for launch. I'll get my hands on it in a few weeks' time to play it to death. The executives are obviously...

Good news. Microsoft has another operating system in the works, and that means yet another attempt has been made by the programmers at Redmond to hash up a new species of Office. This time, in the form of Office...