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Making money from open source: Still an issue

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:17:00 GMT

It can be difficult to generate revenues via new give-it-away software paradigm, says Novell

Several years after open source began to take the world by storm, the question of how to make money in the genre still remains an issue, with a prominent Novell official advising caution for those considering a move to open source.

Five best features of Microsoft Office 2010

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:10:00 GMT

Microsoft has finally released the beta of Office 2010 to the public

Microsoft has unleashed the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010. The Office 2010 beta includes updated versions of Word, excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, and Communicator. You can download it right now from the Microsoft Office 2010 beta site.

Microsoft Office 2010 beta available for download

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:05:00 GMT

Developers can get hands on software preview

Microsoft has launched its first public beta of Office 2010, posting the preview for download on its website.

Microsoft reveals Silverlight update plans

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:33:00 GMT

Version 4 to beef up out of browser application support

Microsoft revealed on ambitious plans for the next version of its Silverlight browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications, including faster startup times and software development improvements as well as more capabilities for running applications outside of a browser.

Microsoft beta to shake up directory services

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:16:00 GMT

Developers to bake access control into applications

Microsoft will pass out beta code that it hopes will define the next evolution of directories. It's a modular addon that is built on a database and designed to add querying capabilities and performance never before possible in a directory.

Salesforce launches own social networking app

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:53:00 GMT

Chatter could be 'Facebook for the enterprise'.

Salesforce opened its annual Dreamforce conference by previewing Salesforce Chatter, a social-networking application the vendor dubbed a "Facebook for the Enterprise."

Microsoft Office 2010 beta

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:17:00 GMT

The revised productivity suite brings interface tweaks, useful desktop innovations, and integration with minimalist Web apps

With the release of the Office 2010 beta, the general public finally gets to check out how Microsoft plans to deliver on its promises for the next edition of its flagship productivity suite, namely close integration with lightweight web versions of core apps (Excel and PowerPoint Web are the first to debut for consumers via Windows Live, with Word and OneNote available only in the business oriented SharePoint 2010 server beta), better multimedia support, a subtle interface refresh, and a slew of features designed to make document creation and sharing easier. But there's some news too, most notably support within Outlook for tracking feeds from social networks.

Top 10 Twitter Lists for Tech

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT

Essential follows for technical twittering

Twitter Lists, a feature designed to let you organise the people whom you follow into groups that are shareable with others, has picked up steam since rolling out publicly a few weeks ago. In fact, nearly 9 million lists have already been created.

Microsoft to open up 'black box' programming languages

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:39:00 GMT

Visual Basic, C# compilers opened, multicore processors supported

Microsoft, which has been pursuing concurrent improvements for its Visual Basic and C# programming languages, plans to open up compilers for the languages and add capabilities for asynchronous programming and immutability.

Why developers like SharePoint 2010

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:35:00 GMT

Visual Studio integration makes SharePoint much easier to develop collaboration apps, developers say

SharePoint 2010, the newly announced upgrade to Microsoft's popular Web and collaboration platform, is receiving a thumbs-up from developers pleased with the product's capabilities, including its use of Visual Studio as a tool for building SharePoint applications.

Microsoft open sources .Net Micro development framework

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:59:00 GMT

Version 4.0 released under Apache 2.0 licence

Microsoft announced on Monday the release and open-sourcing of its .Net Micro Framework 4.0, which provides a .Net-based development and execution environment for small devices. But the TCP/IP stack and cryptography stack were omitted from the open source effort.

Microsoft sets up social network research team

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:03:00 GMT

FUSE Labs to develop social applications

Microsoft's Lili Cheng's passion is making things that solve real problems, so as the leader of the company's new FUSE Labs she fully expects to blur the line between pure research and product development.

Microsoft Office beta leaks to torrent sites

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:44:00 GMT

Preview build of Office 2010 is available on file sharing websites

Office 2010's public beta has leaked to the web, days ahead of its anticipated rollout next week, searches of file sharing sites showed today.

Quarter of internet uses Firefox open source web browser

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:26:00 GMT

Mozilla software reaches milestone says Net Applications

One in every four people on the Internet are now using Mozilla's open source Firefox browser, a web metrics company said.

AWS offers new development kit for .Net users

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:56:00 GMT

Amazon looks to rain on Azure's parade

Amazon Web Services has launched an SDK (software development kit) intended to make it easier for developers to build Microsoft .Net applications for cloud computing.

Google Chrome Mac beta next month

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:32:00 GMT

Apple users to get preview version in December

Google will release a beta of its Chrome browser for the Mac in a matter of weeks, a company manager said.

Microsoft to promote cloud development tools at PDC

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Professional Developers Conference to cover cloud, .Net and Silverlight

With a full schedule on tap, the 2009 Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference) next week will tout efforts ranging from the company's Windows Azure cloud platform to plans for programming languages

Microsoft prepares Office 2010 for public beta

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:28:00 GMT

Preview programme to be shut down

Microsoft may launch the public beta of Office 2010 as early as next week, according to e-mail messages received Tuesday by people who have been testing the company's next application suite.

Sun shuts down 'wiki for applications'

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Zembly social app development platform gets cut

Sun Microsystems's zembly project, which provided an environment for building and hosting social applications, will be suspended on November 30, according to a posting on the zembly blog this week.

How to get started with Twitter and LinkedIn

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Link together your social network accounts

LinkedIn and Twitter announced a partnership on Monday that will allow you to tweet your LinkedIn status or stream your tweets to your LinkedIn profile. Twitter cofounder Biz Stone called called this "bringing the peanut butter and the chocolate together to make the perfect combination." This partnership cuts down on your time spent visiting multiple sites to post status updates and allows you to reach a broader audience. Have a question about open source? Now both your LinkedIn connections and Twitter followers can weigh in at once. Do be wary of your two audiences, though. Remember that LinkedIn is a professional network, so share your tweets accordingly.

Avocent upgrades LANdesk management suite

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:08:00 GMT

Version 9 improves software discovery process.

Avocent has launched new versions of its LANDesk management suite in an attempt to improve enterprise's business efficiency and help with their compliance demands.

Linux apps invade Windows Visual Studio

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT

Novell has released a Mono plugin for Microsoft's development environment

Novell has released a Mono-based plugin for Visual Studio that gives developers a debugger to help them use Windows to design applications that will run on Linux.

Google creates speedy open source programming language

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Go to combine ease of Python with performance of C

Google has announced it is putting into the open source realm an experimental programming language called Go, which attempts to combine the development speed of a dynamic language like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language like C or C++.

Microsoft releases updates for Mac Office

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:54:00 GMT

Security boosts for Office 2004, 2008

Microsoft on Tuesday issued updates for its venerable Office suite versions 2004 and 2008.

Microsoft to launch SQL Server Modeling preview

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:50:00 GMT

The application formerly known as Oslo

Microsoft has rechristened its Oslo software modeling technology with the new name of SQL Server Modeling and will release a CTP (community technology preview) of the platform that uses the new name next week.