Industry rethinks moneymaking software practice

Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy, computer makers get paid hundreds of millions of dollars to load them up with free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you.
(From The New York Times)

August 28, 2008, 10:32 AM PDT

IBM AlphaWorks: From software theory to fact

Q&A Laura Bennett, senior engineering manager at IBM's software development community, discusses how the group helps turn research concepts from the labs into practical products.

June 5, 2008, 2:07 PM PDT

Google Gadgets for Linux appears

Until now, Gadgets--the mini applications that can be placed anywhere on the desktop--have only been available on Windows and Mac.

June 4, 2008, 11:25 AM PDT

JavaOne '08: Sun starts delivering

roundup At San Francisco conference, company touts a rich Internet application environment and a new cloud computing service. Plus, Neil Young sings Sun.

May 13, 2008, 3:00 PM PDT

IBM moves to expedite mashups for mobile

Company releases software targeted at mobile-app developers for building both business and consumer Web 2.0 mashups.
(By Adrian Bridgwater of ZDNet UK)

March 25, 2008, 12:52 PM PDT

Sage merges Web 2.0 tech into CRM line

The company will incorporate Web 2.0 functionality gradually until 2010, in a bid to better take on Microsoft and Salesforce.com. (By Suzanne Tindal of ZDNet Australia)

March 14, 2008, 8:37 AM PDT

Microsoft: Streaming Office 'infringes license'

Company says British ISP selling a 'streaming' version of Office infringes on license regulations, but Fasthosts denies the claim.

February 8, 2008, 11:51 AM PST

Canonical distributes Parallels via desktop update

Ubuntu users will get access to Parallels Workstation for Linux via the operating system's built-in update tool.

February 6, 2008, 10:05 AM PST

Cisco speeds up mobile workers' application access

WAAS Mobile software client could overcome the increased WAN-load problems caused by server consolidation, Cisco has claimed.

January 22, 2008, 12:58 PM PST