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Hey, Teflon Ballmer. Look, isn't it time? You know, time to quit?

Analysis Money men are grumbling about Steve Ballmer again, but there's three reason why the Windows 8 failure won't pull down Microsoft's CEO

Intel releases 'Beacon Mountain' Android-on-Atom dev tool

Indroid Inside

Developer 20 May 05:58

IBM gives a cloudy outlook for COBOL

Zombie language gets XML, Java support

Developer 19 May 21:57

Google builds crowdsourcing into new Maps code stack

Google I/O Wants a unique map for every user

Applications 18 May 00:26

Google's Native Code browser tech goes cross-platform

Google I/O Write web modules in C/C++ that run on both Intel and ARM

Developer 18 May 00:06

That $1,000 the lad in Lagos needed? Just email it with Google Wallet

Be afraid, PayPal - be very afraid

Applications 17 May 13:04

Microsoft conceals job ad in Bing homepage

Use Internet Explorer with debug on? You're our kinda guy

Developer 17 May 07:19

BlackBerry Messenger unleashed: Look out Twitter and Facebook

Analysis Ignorant tech pundits just aren't down with the kids

Applications 16 May 15:18

Software AG attempts to barge aboard crowded Cloud bandwagon

Vorsprung durch folgende, nicht wahr?

Software 16 May 13:28

Google tells Microsoft to yank its new WinPhone YouTube app

Says it's deliberately ripping off content creators

Applications 16 May 00:46

Oracle updates Java versioning to allow more security fixes

New scheme skips numbers to leave room for emergencies

Developer 15 May 22:30

Live Blog: Google I/O keynote

Google I/O Chocolate Factory shows off the new goodies

Developer 15 May 15:53

Apple seeks techies, designers to revive iWork office suite

Would YOU enter the walled garden?

Applications 15 May 08:57

India's 2020 vision: a $10 BEELION software industry

Industry body wants PR

Software 15 May 04:19

Firefox 21 ships with performance-profiling Health Report

Phones home with stats on startup, crashes, and more

Applications 15 May 00:31

Microsoft: Next WinPhone 8 update to arrive this summer

Won't be 'Blue,' but will include important features

Operating Systems 14 May 19:10

Microsoft: YES! You can have your desktop back again for FREE!

No, no, no need to thank us - we love you all

Operating Systems 14 May 16:46

Android is a mess and needs sprucing up, admits chief

Comment Can Google really fix it? It isn't in control any more

Operating Systems 14 May 09:58

Windows 8 'sales' barely half as good as Microsoft claims

Don't even mention the XP/Vista sales comparisons

Operating Systems 14 May 07:04

Torvalds unveils first Linux 3.10 release candidate

Download, then be nice to your mother, Linux Lord advises

Operating Systems 14 May 05:54

Google abruptly shuts down search-by-SMS portal

Users cut off without notice, apparently for good

Applications 14 May 00:23

Microsoft splashes big bucks to blast Google Apps

Latest ad campaign smacks of desperation

Software 13 May 21:23

Oracle and SAP ARE big software, but for how long?

Choked by the cloud, or death by a 1,000 cuts

Software 13 May 15:03

Bill & Jobs' excellent adventure: Steve's tech looked better than mine

Design eye for the QWERTY guy

Software 13 May 12:59

Microsoft honcho pleads with media: 'Stop picking on us!'

Updated 'Windows 8 is a good product ... really!'

Operating Systems 10 May 22:44

World Web Consortium warms HTML bed for forced DRM snuggle

Web fragmentation argument beaten by web fragmentation defence

Developer 10 May 17:03

NEW ITV Player app IS HERE ... for Samsung fandroids only. Ha ha

Everyone else stuck with working version

Applications 9 May 13:56

Think enterprise software is complex? Check out the licences

Analysis It's simple economics - and you're the simpleton

Applications 9 May 08:04

Ubuntu dev proposes new package format for mobile apps

Faster, less clunky than old-school Linux installers

Developer 9 May 01:13

Microsoft: Subscription-only apps? Not for us, yet

Give it a decade or so, then we'll talk

Applications 8 May 18:58

The Metro experiment is dead: Time to unleash Windows Phone+

Analysis How Microsoft can capture the mobile market - properly

Applications 8 May 11:04

Coke? Windows 8 is Microsoft's 'Vista moment'. Again

PCs built for people not designed by data

Applications 8 May 08:31

Good news: Debian 7 is rock solid. Bad news: It's called Wheezy

Review If you want to be 20 miles from the bleeding edge, come on in

Operating Systems 8 May 08:03

Wireless goliath bankrolls wireless-free super-hackfest in Blighty

Telefonica switches to wired LAN for Campus Party London

Developer 8 May 07:02

BitTorrent goes straight (to email hell) with 'Bundles'

New format marries web apps with torrents

Software 8 May 06:24

Windows Blue preview to land at end of June

Redmond also plans Android access to Office WebApps

Operating Systems 8 May 02:03

Google not sabotaging YouTube on Windows Phone after all

New app delivers features once said to be impossible

Applications 7 May 23:47

Microsoft: All RIGHT, you can have your Start button back

We blew it but now we're gonna Blue it, says Redmond

Operating Systems 7 May 11:04

Twitter turns off Tweetdeck's life support after lengthy coma

Death by paperwork

Software 7 May 10:39

Oracle, SAP under attack: How cloud upstarts steal their lunch

Analysis Biz bosses can't wait to offload gear to rivals, or so we're told

Software 7 May 08:31

In space, no one can hear your laptop Blue Screen

Stob Way above the Cloud, there's a bring-your-own-disaster brewing on the ISS

Verity Stob 7 May 06:03

BMC successfully sells self

Private equity mob shells out $US6.9bn for management software outfit

Software 7 May 03:05

Adobe kills Creative Suite – all future features online only

Demos hardware magic wand and Project Napoleon

Applications 6 May 19:55

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