IBM Acquires Initiate Systems
By Larry Barrett | Applications Article Published February 03, 2010
Big Blue adds to its arsenal with purchase of privately held data integrity software developer.
Tags: IBM, software, acquisition, data management, Initiate Systems

Novell Updates SUSE Appliance Toolkit For ISVs
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published January 26, 2010
Linux software appliance toolkit launched for software appliance development and management.
Tags: Novell, software, Linux, virtualization, SUSE Studio

SIIA Pays Out Record Rewards to Piracy Whistleblowers
By Larry Barrett | Features Article Published January 26, 2010
The principal trade association for the software and digital content industry paid a record amount of cash to sources who dropped a dime on software pirates.
Tags: software, eBay, piracy, SIIA, prosecution

Obama Looks to Close IT Gap With Private Sector
By Kenneth Corbin | Features Article Published January 15, 2010
Government officials and corporate chieftains discussed plans to fundamentally overhaul the federal IT apparatus to improve efficiency and better serve the public.
Tags: software, IT, Project management, e-gov, e-government

Microsoft OKs Partners to Rent Out Software
By Stuart J. Johnston | Applications Article Published January 12, 2010
But there are a few "gotchas" for potential licensees.
Tags: Windows, software, Office, Microsoft, software licensing

Did Microsoft Copy Microblogging Site?
By Stuart J. Johnston | News Article Published December 15, 2009
Plurk claims theft of code besides swiping UI. Microsoft is investigating the issue.
Tags: Microsoft, software, Twitter, microblogging, Juku

Microsoft Offers exFat Licensing to Third Parties
By Stuart J. Johnston | Applications Article Published December 11, 2009
In an effort to expand its presence in the large memory capacity flash device market, Microsoft's has begun licensing its Extended File Allocation Table (exFat) technology to third parties.
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, software, Memory, exFAT

Tech Comics: "Software Documentation?"
By Oliver Widder | Features Article Published December 11, 2009
When dealing with complex software, we naturally hope there's adequate documentation. Well....
Tags: Microsoft, Facebook, software, Enterprise, acquisition

Microsoft Buying Sentillion in Health Care Play
Applications Article Published December 10, 2009
Acquisition aims to integrate Sentillion with Microsoft's Amalga health-care products.
Tags: Microsoft, software, management, healthcare, Enterprise

What's Wrong With Google Dictionary?
By Mike Elgan | Columns Article Published December 09, 2009
Google Dictionary represents a colossal dumbing down of the English Language.
Tags: Google, search, international, software, media

7 Ways to Make Tech Support Calls Less Painful
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | Features Article Published December 02, 2009
There are ways to work more effectively with any tech support agent – or escalate your call to a higher-level agent.
Tags: software, support, IT, Service Pack, Tech Support

Are You a Blue Collar or White Collar Developer?
By Eric Spiegel | Smart IT Article Published November 15, 2009
Among software developers these differences aren’t always discussed, yet the differences are real – or are they?
Tags: software, programmers, IT Jobs/Salary, developers

It's Free: Microsoft's Ad-Supported Office 2010
By Stuart J. Johnston | Applications Article Published November 13, 2009
Volunteers will start testing a free, ad-supported version of Microsoft's flagship Office 2010 software.
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, software, partner, Microsoft Office

PC Sales Goosed by Window 7
By Andy Patrizio | Applications Article Published November 06, 2009
PC sales are up by a respectable 49% in the wake of Windows 7's release.
Tags: Vista, Windows, software, Windows 7, predictions

Microsoft Axes 800 Staffers, Finishes Layoffs
News Article Published November 05, 2009
The job reductions were part of Microsoft's plan to cut 5 percent of its workforce by June 2010.
Tags: Microsoft, software, media, IT

IBM Integrates Tivoli, Developer Tools
By Sean Michael Kerner | Data Storage Article Published October 29, 2009
The integration of development and operations could possibly benefit application lifecycle management.
Tags: IBM, developer, software, Enterprise, integrated

Complete and Utter (Linux Desktop) Apps
By Bruce Byfield | Open Source Article Published October 27, 2009
Free and open source software (FOSS) developers often attempt to write software that is the ultimate in its category.
Tags: search, Linux, open source, software, Linux desktop

Five Challenges Facing Windows 7
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | Applications Article Published October 21, 2009
Pre-release response to Windows 7 has been remarkably positive. Yet factors like the economy, drivers and user trust still confront the new OS.
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows, software, Windows 7

Fake 'Security' Software on Many PCs
By Reuters | Features Article Published October 19, 2009
Scammers plant fake security alerts that offers "security software" that actually downloads malware.
Tags: security, virus, software, media

Are Software Developers Naturally Weird?
By Eric Spiegel | Smart IT Article Published October 18, 2009
Looking back at the strange software developer he’s worked with, one veteran coder asks the obvious question.
Tags: software, IT, developer salary, developers