By Joab Jackson, IDG News Service\New York Bureau 7 Oct, 2011
The next version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distribution, to be released next week, will be the first to run on the Arm architecture, as well as the first edition to offer a new cloud service orchestration engine, called JuJu. read more »
By Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service\Taipei Bureau 19 Nov, 2008
A Microsoft program aimed at making PCs and Internet computing more affordable through monthly payments will deliver 20 million new desktops and laptops over the next few years to people who may not otherwise have been able to afford them, an executive said. read more »
A programmer has unlocked several still-unfinished features of Windows 7 that Microsoft Corp. has hidden from users who received the alpha build at two recent developer conferences. read more »
By Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service\Taipei Bureau 11 Nov, 2008
Colombia will become the second country to use the One Laptop Per Child Project's (OLPC) XO laptops running Microsoft Windows XP in schools after signing an agreement for pilot programs in two towns, Microsoft said late Monday. read more »
Microsoft has promised that its next desktop operating system, Windows 7, will use less memory and power than Windows Vista, while slashing start-up and shutdown times. read more »
By James Niccolai, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 5 Nov, 2008
Microsoft is giving away free software to early-stage Web start-up companies as part of a worldwide program called BizSpark launched on Wednesday. read more »
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service\Seattle Bureau 3 Nov, 2008
As competition in the mobile phone market heats up, two companies with flagging momentum are teaming up to try to compete better with the market leaders. read more »
Kenya Airways was one of the first Kenyan companies to open twitter accounts, its account was even verified. Soon, other bigger companies like DSTv realized the benefit of the forum and set up accounts. read more »
