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 The next version of Microsoft Windows will nag users much less than its maligned predecessor, Windows Vista and it will be available for testing next year. Windows 7 will let users choose to see fewer alerts and warnings from their computers, and that’s because notifications and pop-up windows alerting people to potential security risks...
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 Even if the Opera web browser has made inroads into Wii, Nintendo DS and approximately 40 million cell phones, it’s not quite the perfect match for the iPhone. Apple said that Opera’s engineers developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an iPhone, but the company can’t allow it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser....
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 This week, developers at the Professional Developer Conference got three gifts from Microsoft. One was the Windows 7, one was the Windows Server 2008 R2 and the other one was Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework 4.0. Even if Visual Studio 2008 was released only a few months ago, Microsoft developers already started working on the new...
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 Microsoft’s Azure Services Platform – ASP lets customers have their data centre applications run in Microsoft data centres. The company joins Amazon and Google in offering cloud computing services and cites IDC, which says cloud computing will grow 16 percent a year through to 2012. Cloud computing helps users buy less storage, meaning...
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 On Thursday, Sun Microsystems’ chief scientist and a highly regarded systems designer, Andreas Bechtolsheim, has become Arista Networks’ chief development officer. This caused rumors that Bechtolsheim resigned from Sun, a fact that the company has strongly denied by sending an e-mail to journalists, telling them that Bechtolsheim will...
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 In order to combat software piracy, the Microsoft Corporation is sending millions of computer users a software update that turns their screen black, nagging them to switch to legitimate copies of Windows. This measure mostly affects China’s computer users. The update does not prevent people from continuing to use their machines, but some...
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 Microsoft will release an emergency security patch for Windows users on Tuesday. The company hasn’t said that much about the reason for its release of the software update, which is rated critical for users of Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It would seem it’s a flaw that can be exploited by online attackers in order to...
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 Opera browser has added support for widgets to the latest beta release of its Mobile 9.5 browser. This is the second Opera Mobile 9.5 beta for Windows Mobile and the first-ever beta for UIQ-based phones, officials announced on Monday. Opera Widgets are small, free programs that add extra functionality to the browser. For instance, the...
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 Adobe Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it had begun
shipping Creative Suite 4, its package of professional graphics and media
applications, including Flash Player 10. The launch also includes updated
versions of Photoshop, Illustration, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks,
Contribute, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Soundbooth,...
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 Microsoft has chosen to stick with its code name for a
Windows release. In a blog posting, general manager Mike Nash said that the
next version of Windows will be called Windows 7, because it’s the seventh
version of the operating system (OS). Nash added that Microsoft decided against
using an inspirational name because the company’s...
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