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IBM, Sun and OpenOffice.org
During the ongoing flirtation between IBM and Sun Microsystems, little has been said about OpenOffice.org, which has been viewed as one of the less...
Office 2010: Microsoft’s next big challenge
With Windows safely out of the door, Microsoft now turns its attention to one of its biggest products of 2010.
Top 10 open source alternatives
We run down the 10 best open source alternatives to the business software we use every day.
Where next for Palm
Once the darling of the PDA and the smartphone business, Palm has been finding it tough in an increasingly competitive and commoditised market for...
10 reasons to use open source in business
Open source software might be cheaper than alternatives, but it has many other business benefits, too.
Interop 2012: Q&A, Saar Gillai, CTO, HP Networking
IT Pro spoke to Saar Gillai, vice president and CTO of HP Networking about OpenFlow and how a new era of software-defined networks could disrupt...
Q&A: Pamela Jones of Groklaw
Groklaw is the blog that has made a difference. Created as a personal project by Pamela Jones, better known as PJ, in 2003, its stated purpose was...
Open Source - Is it really value for money?
Delegates and speakers at the European Open Source Convention in Brussels last week tackled the question of open source software and its value to...
Windows Azure & 360 Lifecycle case study
As a software provider for the financial industry, 360 Lifecycle needed to make its solutions more accessible to its clients. Windows Azure and...
The open source patent war
The Microsoft/Novell patent agreement and the attempted litigation by SCO with various Linux users underline business concerns about the potential...
Open-source for business
Despite the legal uncertainties affecting Linux, open-source software development and use is growing in the enterprise community, even in...
Can Windows Phone 7 Series succeed?
Windows Phone 7 Series could be Microsoft’s most successful platform yet, but do its hardware and software restrictions mean it’s set to fail?
Taking Symbian open source
Nokia's purchase of Symbian, and promise to take it open source, means three quarters of the world's smartphones could soon be running free software.
Five free security software suites
We uncover five of the best free security downloads that you can get for your PC.
Copyright on the tracks
The origins of the free software movement can be traced back to to the hackers of MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, but more recently model railways...
Top 10 areas where open source leads the way
With job losses rising and belts being tightened across the country, now is the perfect time to look once again at the benefits of using open...
The Billion Pound software piracy problem
Some may describe the problem of piracy an unassailable one. Not John Lovelock, a man who, courtesy of upcoming legislation, might soon be knocking...
Becta, open source and education: Too little, too late?
Inertia, fear of the unknown and agreements with vendors have lead to slow adoption of open source and free software in UK schools.
The top 10 tech reviews of 2009
In 2009, the iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre, and HTC Magic mingled with the Dell Adamo and Sony Z-series in the best hardware of the year stakes, while we...
Firefox: The problems ahead
One of the reigning mass market champions of open source software appears to have hit choppy waters. With Firefox 3 on the horizon, IT PRO finds...
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