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  • Microsoft creating Windows for supercomputers

    Microsoft has launched an effort to produce a version of Windows for high-performance computing, a move seen as a direct attack on a Linux stronghold.

  • Linux license overhaul - don't hold your breath

    The snowballing success of Linux has attracted involvement from all corners of the computing realm - but the breadth of that interest is expected to complicate a revision of the software's legal underpinnings.

  • Tech's top-ten hype-notic spells

    Industry watcher Jon Oltsik offers his nominations for technology categories in which the elevation of hype has become an art form.

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

  • Software licensing: Ready for hardball?

    The Internet is forcing software vendors to come up with a variety of new licensing models. Here are strategies to help you, the buyer, get the most bang for your buck.

Features and Case Studies (5)

  • Microsoft gets on the grid

    Looking to blunt the success of Linux in high-performance computing, Microsoft is ramping up its commitment to create a "Cluster Compute" version of Windows that better fits data-intensive computing grids.

  • Open-source database gaining favour

    Big companies are warming up to open-source database software as an alternative to Microsoft products, according to a new study.

  • Oracle outwitted in SME war

    The small- to medium-enterprise market has been described as manna from heaven, but a crucial lack of understanding of the SME psyche is creating costly roadblocks.

  • Software licensing: Ready for hardball?

    The Internet is forcing software vendors to come up with a variety of new licensing models. Here are strategies to help you, the buyer, get the most bang for your buck.

  • Old IT never dies...

    Companies are hanging on to their IT equipment longer to stave off spending what they can't currently afford. But IT systems have to be disposed of eventually; what happens when they do?

Reviews (2)

  • Office politics: Microsoft Office XP vs Sun StarOffice 6

    Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed­â€"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity marketâ€"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

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