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First Look: OpenOffice.org 3.0 Public Beta

Highlights of the latest open office productivity suite include Mac OS X support and converters for Office 2007 documents.

VMware Unveils ThinApp 4.0 for Application Virtualization

'Agentless' offering comes thanks to VMware's acquisition of Thinstall earlier this year.

Verizon Teams Up With LiMo Foundation

Telco joins organization advocating the use of Mobile Linux.

Microsoft Releases 7 Patches, 3 Critical

Critical patches focus on IE, DirectX and Bluetooth.

Tech-Ed Keynote Highlights 'Dynamic IT' and Virtualization

Microsoft's Tech-Ed North America event for IT professionals kicked off today with a keynote address on enabling "dynamic IT."

Webroot Launches Web Security SaaS Solution

Company's E-mail Security SaaS product also gets an update.

RC0 Version of SQL Server 2008 Available

MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers can now test a full-featured version of the relational database management system.

Mac OS X 'Snow Leopard' Previewed at WWDC

Next version will focus primarily on performance. QuickTime X, Safari update also announced.

IBM Computer Achieves Petaflop Performance

A National Nuclear Security Administration supercomputer reaches an operational rate of 1 petaflop, making it the world's fastest computer.

IBM's Mashup Play

IBM looks to deliver enterprise-level mashups for everything from end-user creation to adding value to SOA deployments.

Microsoft Pulls 'Open Source' Release, Apologizes

The company's Sandcastle project omitted the source code, and thus failed to meet open source licensing requirements.

iPhone 3G, New Mobile Apps Debut at Apple WWDC 2008

During his keynote address at Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) Monday, CEO Steve Jobs debuted the company's new iPhone 3G, an update to the popular mobile phone and computing device set for delivery July 11. Developers also took the stage during the keynote to show off new technologies arriving for the platform.

Microsoft Releases Windows Embedded Standard CTP

In a bid to modernize the embedded version of its Windows software, Microsoft this week has released the community technology preview (CTP) of a newly revamped version set to ship by year's end.

Microsoft To Issue 7 Patches This Month

Redmond projects a rollout of seven fixes, with three rated critical, three important and one moderate.

Tech-Ed: Gates' Farewell to Developers Focuses on Silverlight, Velocity, Oslo

Bill Gates Tuesday kicked off the annual Tech-Ed Conference with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.

Sun Web Server Hit with Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Security research firm finds multiple flaws in Sun Java System Active Server Pages.

Microsoft To Add Architecture Explorer to Visual Studio

Visual modeling tools will first appear as Visual Studio add-ons.

Microsoft Starts Global Rollout of Retail Consumer Web Sites

Microsoft Corp. is now selling its wares directly to consumers.

Lawsuit Docs Reveal Details of Yahoo Fight; Icahn Calls for Yang's Ouster

Shareholders accuse Yahoo of "poison pills" in form of secret severance plan, Google deal.

Tech-Ed: Gates' Farewell to Developers Focuses on Silverlight, Velocity, Oslo

Microsoft's founder and chairman kicked off Tech-Ed with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.