IBM has introduced an open beta version of a virtual Linux environment that enables x86 Linux applications to run without modification on POWER processor-based IBM System p servers. Once released, the technology—called the IBM System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE)...

Microsoft has released a free trial service for enterprise customers to experience Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, the platform for e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging. The trial service will be implemented and managed by Unisys, a technology services and solutions company...

Google has wheeled out a new Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) API. This launch is aimed to help AJAX developers add Atom and RSS feeds to Web applications or blogs. According to Bret Taylor, Google's group product manager for developer products, the AJAX Feed...

Taiwan's Asustek is planning to release a series of low-priced personal computers based on Intel Corp's Classmate PC platform in the second half of 2007. This launch is reportedly to compete with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, in which Taiwan's Quanta Computer plays an integral role...

Sun has said that it plans to give some of its storage software and hardware technology to the open source community. The donated technology includes Sun -only administration features of Solaris ZFS which will be given over to the OpenSolaris open source community...

"Feisty Fawn" version of Ubuntu Linux is going to be released on April 19. Canonical, the Ubuntu Linux supporter has made known the various facts that can come crumbling down when things don’t go as scheduled. Canonical Chief Executive Mark Richard Shuttleworth...

Microsoft is receiving flak by the Open Source Consortium for petitioning to get fast approval of its Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an official international standard. Endorsement of OOXML as a standard by the International Organisation...

Microsoft has shipped the first public beta of its Office Communications Server 2007 and Officer Communicator client. The launch of the Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 public beta, allows users to test the software. The move is to compete with other rivals in the voice market...

UFIDA, China's largest software company has decided to build upon its partnership with IBM to expand its presence into new, global markets. The company is working with IBM's R&D experts to deploy its business applications on open technologies and is tapping...

Sony Ericsson has unveiled its mobile phone to support Mobile Services Architecture (MSA), the Java umbrella standard (JSR-248). The Z750 clamshell phone is the first phone based on Sony Ericsson’s Java Platform 8 (JP-8), supporting a range of new Java programming features...

Dell had decided to provide its customers the option to purchase PCs with the Linux OS, instead of the default Windows, after users started voting for that idea on a Dell IdeaStorm and StudioDell last month. The company, then backtracked on the idea soon after...

Unify, a provider of software solutions to modernise mission critical applications into a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), has released a Composer for Lotus Notes, a new solution for migrating Lotus Notes applications to SOA. Targeted at companies with Lotus Notes...

Faronics kicked off Novell BrainShare 2007 by surprising attendees with an exclusive sneak peek at the anticipated Linux version of Faronics' flagship system integrity software, Deep Freeze. Faronics is currently demonstrating to BrainShare attendees how Faronics solutions...

IBM and Red Hat, the two commercial Linux developers, have said that the developers at the companies' Linux labs have collaborated to integrate new technologies in the Linux kernel that will help customers improve efficiency and gain a competitive edge in their industries...

Apple's iTunes music software does not seem to have come to the bottom of the compatibility issues with Microsoft new operating system—Vista. When Apple had launched the iTunes 7.1, it had posted a warning on the web site asking PC users against installing Windows Vista until Apple could fix the problems...

Dell has backtracked and said that it will not preload GNU/Linux on Dell computers. This comes as a disappointment to many people who were hoping to get Linix on their laptop as the company had stated that it will provide its customers the option to purchase PCs with the Linux OS...

Dell is to provide its customers the option to purchase PCs with the Linux OS, instead of the default Windows, after users started voting for that idea on a Dell IdeaStorm and StudioDell. Dell has introduced two new ways for customers to share ideas and experiences...

IBM has unleashed a new IBM POWER5 processor-based midrange server aimed at improving IT efficiency that can accompany the proliferation of x86 Linux servers. Able to handle up to 160 virtual server images at one time per system using the optional Advanced POWER Virtualisation (APV) feature...

Chelsio Communications Inc. has announced its standalone iSCSI Target 3.0 software, which enables enterprises to create high-performance IP (Internet Protocol) SANs (storage area networks) using their existing Linux server and storage hardware. The enterprise-ready Linux...

Device drivers have always plagued the Linux community. The community feels that this has been the hurdle to Linux adoption.