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Linux & Open Source
Novell glows from US$434m fling with Microsoft
By
Liz Tay
| May 05, 2009
Novell's alliance director can't see Microsoft making a bid for the company, despite a US$434 million partnership that has spanned a blissful two and a half years.
Hardware
RIM adds failover to Blackberry Enterprise Server
By
Brett Winterford
| May 05, 2009
Research in Motion has announced a new version of Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) that allows carriers and enterprise administrators to failover from one server to another.
Internet
EU urges Internet governance revamp
By
Staff Writers
| May 05, 2009
The body in charge of assigning Internet addresses such as .com and .net should be shorn of its U.S. government links from October and made fully independent, the European Union's information society chief said on Monday.
Operating Systems
Windows 7 RC download crashes
By
Nick Farrell
| May 05, 2009
Microsoft has managed a repeat performance of its January debacle when the Windows 7 beta public download crashed due to high demand.
Mobility
RIM sees big retail market, plans next-gen Storm
By
Wojtek Dabrowski
| May 05, 2009
Research In Motion is planning a next-generation version of its touchscreen BlackBerry Storm smartphone as part of a continuing push into the retail market, its co-CEO said on Monday.
Software
Microsoft's slow-moving cloud may overshadow rivals
By
Bill Rigby
| May 05, 2009
On the face of it, Microsoft stands to be the biggest loser in the cloud computing revolution if it means big companies jettison software on their own computers and move to handling information entirely on the Web.
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