Software

Customer concerns over changes to Windows Vista licensing that limited a transfer of the license to only one machine have inspired Microsoft to revise the operating system's licensing policy.

In a significant acknowledgement of the viability of Linux as a corporate Operating System, Microsoft on Thursday announced a deal with Novell to support Suse Linux on machines that run Windows.

A group of professors has formed a research collaboration to train students how to design future versions of the World Wide Web.

Microsoft's latest release of Internet Explorer will drive demand for internationalized domain names, according to industry experts who are predicting a sharp increase in sales of foreign language domain names. That's because IE 7 has built-in support for IDNs, as does Firefox 2.0, also released in October.

Microsoft Corp. Wednesday released the sixth generation of its Windows Embedded CE software, which is used to build real-time operating systems that power millions of smaller devices, from thin-client computers to point-of-sale appliances to Global Positioning System devices.

The long-awaited worldwide business launch of Microsoft Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 has been scheduled for November 30. In Canada, on that day, a media and analyst event is being organized in Toronto.

Will VoodooPC Inc.'s pact with Hewlett-Packard Development Company LP (HP) prove to be a smart alliance or a poisonous potion for the boutique PC maker? Industry experts appear divided on the impact of the acquisition. The buy will open up HP's immense research and development (R&D) resources to Voodoo.

The new Vista sports, an improved file system, native support for hybrid disk drives (H-HDD), volume shrinking, enhanced I/O prioritization and drive encryption features.