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SQL Server 2008 - from semi-relational to sublime

Review Microsoft has released a tech preview of SQL Server 2008 R2, and believe it or not, it's actually easy to install. Plus, it's quite a database

Google herds coders into Chrome extensions gallery

Hang 'em high

Developer 24 Nov 16:35

LinkedIn wedges open API door

Developers need key first, mind

Developer 24 Nov 13:22

Is server virtualization ready for production?

Lab Beyond the low hanging fruit

Virtualisation Lab 24 Nov 11:21

Opera update plugs heap big buffer overflow bug

Major upgrade features baked-in web server tech

Applications 24 Nov 10:44

'Google Earth for the Iraq insurgency' gets $115m

Could have bought ordinary Google Earth for that

Applications 24 Nov 09:52

Google grabs another ad company

Second this month

Applications 24 Nov 09:45

silverlightMicrosoft Silverlight - now with hidden Windows bias

PDC So much for cross-platform

GoogleGoogle Chrome OS - do we want another monoculture?

Microsoft ball breakers. Strings attached

Rogue iPhone dev unmoved by App Store spin

Jobsian VP defends trademark police

Developer 23 Nov 19:31

Google to anoint Android, Chrome OS love (eventually)

When two become one

Operating Systems 23 Nov 12:35

Microsoft's IE 9, Silverlight 4 and the whiff of lock-in

Radio Reg Shoulda bought Yahoo! Amazon

Microbite 23 Nov 12:24

New hacker peril for older IE versions

New species of unpatched bug bites IE6 and 7

Applications 23 Nov 11:19

O/S bloat: What's the cure?

Comment Code belly's gonna get you

Operating Systems 23 Nov 10:48

eBay blames success for failure

Saturday search fail

Applications 23 Nov 10:44

Virtualisation in the smaller business

Lab Are things really any different to the big boys?

Virtualisation Lab 23 Nov 10:37

Hackers free Snow Leopard from Jobsian cage

Apple Atomness restored

Operating Systems 20 Nov 22:28

Oracle begs EC for more time

Commission extends deadline

Applications 20 Nov 16:03

MS denies Win 7 backdoor rumours

Oooh, spooky!

Operating Systems 20 Nov 13:18

Ubuntu in truffle shuffle with Chrome OS

'Sloth love Chunk'

Operating Systems 20 Nov 12:13

Where is server virtualisation taking us?

Lab Crossing the virtual chasm

Virtualisation Lab 20 Nov 11:25

Database anonymity at risk, warns researcher

Prof Ohm resists data safety claims

Applications 20 Nov 10:35

Google Wave relies on kindness of strangers

Dreamforce 09 Copy our cloud, please

Applications 20 Nov 06:02

Firefox millions - now only 9 per cent Google free

No banking on Microhoo

Applications 20 Nov 06:02

Why Microsoft's IE 9 will frustrate standards fans

PDC Return to render

Developer 19 Nov 20:19

Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

Updated Breaks Unix 'zero-assumption' trust model

Operating Systems 19 Nov 18:59

Google open sources flash-happy Chrome OS

Updated Uber browser shuns hard drives

Operating Systems 19 Nov 18:20

IBM squishes systems software into new business unit

Making programs play nice with each other

Software 19 Nov 16:10

Fedora 12 - it's a horse, not a camel

Review Design by committee makes good

Operating Systems 19 Nov 06:02

Salesforce insists on 'Facebook for enterprise'

Dreamforce 09 More Chatter

Software 18 Nov 23:27

Google and the myth of the open cloud

The world's most closed open company

Developer 18 Nov 22:52

Microsoft unleashes Silverlight 4 beta

PDC Delivers IE 9 standards vagueness

Developer 18 Nov 22:11

Microsoft squirts out Office 2010 public beta

Testing times ahead

Applications 18 Nov 18:02

Windows 7's dirty secrets revealed

PDC Hidden work arounds and complex dependencies

Operating Systems 18 Nov 17:02

Mozilla kicks rebel coders to kerb with Firefox 3.6 'lockdown'

Components directory to become Firefox-only playpen

Developer 18 Nov 15:31

Touch controls floated by Infragistics for Microsoft's Surface

Computational fiddling

Developer 18 Nov 14:01

Google to pop Chrome OS cherry tomorrow?

Tangos with Microsoft rival in code showdown

Operating Systems 18 Nov 12:39

Fedora 12 debuts after Halloween slippage

November trick or treat

Operating Systems 17 Nov 21:47

Microsoft ordered to halt Win XP sales in China

IP champion accused of IP theft

Operating Systems 17 Nov 21:22

ARM opens Android happy place

Developers unite

Developer 17 Nov 18:48

Making Muvizu: DIY animation is here

Prepare for an inbox avalanche of animations

Applications 17 Nov 12:02

Firefox syncing tool Weaves its way into beta status

Anytime, anyplace, anywhere - more or less

Applications 17 Nov 10:29

Office 2010 beta lands in laps of MSDN, TechNet coders

Final countdown to public testing begins

Applications 17 Nov 09:25

ARM pitches for Android developers

Talking shop

Developer 17 Nov 09:02

Adobe debuts full mobile Flash (minus the mobile)

Beta now, Player later

Developer 17 Nov 06:39

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