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Microsoft allows XP to stay a little longer
News Customers, not quite ready for Vista, persuade the company to allow PC makers to keep selling XP for an additional five months [28 Sep 2007]
Killing Microsoft's Clippy with open source
Q&A; Novell distinguished engineer Michael Meeks likes to use the example of Microsoft's unpopular Office assistant to illustrate why open source is really the best option for software development [27 Sep 2007]
Linux crashes the mobile party
Feature Cutting costs by deploying Linux is a well-established strategy on the server and even the desktop, but what effect could it have on the cost of mobile computing? [25 Sep 2007]
Grady Booch: The developer's developer
Q&A; Widely recognised as one of the leading developers of his generation, IBM's Grady Booch is continuing to explore ways to collaborate through applications such as Second Life [26 Sep 2007]
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The horrible history of Clippy
A Novell engineer has used the example of Microsoft's unpopular Office assistant Clippy to explain the importance of open source. We take a look back at this disastrous chapter in the history of productivity software [27 Sep 2007]
What are the must-have mobile apps for business?
Instant messaging, videoconferencing, and even enterprise CRM access are all being accessed by mobile business users according to the latest research from Rhetorik Market Intelligence [27 Sep 2007]
Calling time on smartphone reboots
It's bad enough that smartphones sometimes need rebooting, but add to that the wait before a phone call can be made, and it becomes clear there's a thorny issue manufacturers need to address [26 Sep 2007]
