Report: IT Recovery Still a Work in Progress [June 23, 2010] Computer Economics threw a little cold water on what's generally been a pretty optimistic 2010 outlook for IT equipment and services providers.
Google Ramping Up Chrome Releases [July 23, 2010] Already the pace setter in stable updates in the browser space, Google is planning to begin releasing new versions of Chrome twice as quickly.
The Open Source Software That Runs Facebook [July 22, 2010] The head of Facebook's open source products details how the company delivers social networking to 500 million people.
Microsoft Ramping Up Windows Phone 7 Rollout [July 20, 2010] As it moves gears up for the holiday release of a new crop of mobile devices, Microsoft is accelerating the distribution of test copies of Windows Phone 7 handsets.
Puppet System Configuration Gets Bumped to 2.6 [July 20, 2010] The popular, open source configuration management tool receives a handful of enhancements -- including basic Windows support -- while its backer, Puppet Labs, gets new financing.
Rackspace Teams With NASA in Cloud Play [July 19, 2010] Space agency and cloud player join forces in the OpenStack project, an effort to build an ecosystem around large-scale computing and storage services.
Will New PDK Attract Perl Developers? [July 16, 2010] An update to the Perl language has been out since April, but developers are slow to adopt it. Will a new kit change that?
A Look Inside Novell's openSUSE Build Service [July 16, 2010] Novell's openSUSE community Linux distribution gets a lift from the recently unveiled openSUSE Build Service 2.0, which offers developers new features to improve their workflow.
New Linux Kernel, Btrfs in Novell openSUSE 11.3 [July 16, 2010] The community Linux distribution gets a slew of enhancements, like new support for a filesystem that's gaining ground among major Linux players.
Microsoft Ships Windows Phone 7 Dev Tools [July 14, 2010] A beta version of developer tools for Microsoft's ambitious Windows Phone 7 is now available that developers can use to build apps for the new device.
Will Tools Alliance Lead to Better Software? [July 13, 2010] Coverity and Armorize bring their specialty code-analysis tools together for a joint solution designed to improve performance and security.
Wind River Pushes Linux Security Further [July 12, 2010] The soon-to-be-released EAL 4+ certified 'secure' embedded Linux from Wind River could result in new market opportunities.
The Planet Jumps on KVM Virtualization [July 8, 2010] The hosting provider is taking a different approach with its new cloud hosting service based on Linux KVM virtualization.
Oracle's Agenda Favors NetBeans and Eclipse [July 6, 2010] Now that Oracle owns Sun Microsystems the database giant's plans for supporting Java developers are becoming clearer.
Apache Tomcat Update Adds Java Features [July 2, 2010] Four years after its last major release, the Apache Tomcat project has unveiled Tomcat 7, a significant update that delivers several new Java features.
Active Directory Expands With Likewise Open 6 [July 2, 2010] Mac and Linux users can connect to Microsoft's Active Directory with Likewise Open 6 which also includes a new service manager.
Red Hat Issues Major Enterprise Linux Release [July 1, 2010] With the release of the second beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the commercial Linux vendor inches a step closer to the final release, but the company is cagey on the timetable.
Google's YouTube Favors Flash Over HTML5 [June 30, 2010] A software engineer at the popular video site details why Adobe's Flash is still a better solution for video distribution on the Web than the up-and-coming HTML5.
Yahoo Declares Hadoop is 'Enterprise-Ready' [June 29, 2010] The addition of Kerberos authentication and workflow management to Hadoop figures to make the open source software more appealing to the enterprise.
What Keeps Eclipse Foundation Rolling Along? [June 28, 2010] For seven years, the Eclipse Foundation has stuck to a remarkably punctual release schedule, avoiding the delays that so often plague enterprise development projects. So how do they do it?