Matt Berger

A government-sponsored software development group in China unveiled a version of the Linux operating system it has developed that it said will eventually replace Windows and Unix on all of its government PCs and servers.

Aiming to highlight the perceived benefits of using Linux instead of Unix to power enterprise IT systems, Amazon.com Inc. Wednesday sent one of its top engineers to the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco to describe how it has found savings by using the open source operating system.

SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp. is releasing the underlying code to software it developed to allow databases to be better managed on clusters of Linux servers.

Oracle Corp. is releasing the underlying code to software it developed to allow databases to be better managed on clusters of Linux servers.

It may be years before your car is powered by a fuel cell, but your handheld computer won't have to wait too long if engineers at MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. have their way.

A federal oversight committee is criticizing U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to ease restrictions on the sale of high-performance computers to countries that the U.S. government considers high risk to the national security, such as China and some countries in the Middle East.

The next version of Sybase Inc.'s enterprise portal software is set to reach beta testers this month and promises new tools that enable enterprise developers and end users to build advanced applications that run inside a portal.

Microsoft Corp. recently launched a .Net Web service in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. that will enable investors and analysts to access financial data stored on the Internet and analyze that data using Microsoft Office.