Two weeks ago I was asked a question to which, given my occupation, I should have known the answer. The question was: “How many software testers are there?” Being editor of a magazine about software...

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I can just hear Jerry Seinfeld’s monologue taking jabs at Redmond: “…and what’s with Microsoft Vista—Bob and Windows ME weren’t embarrassing enough?” Who knows, maybe he already has. But now all...

Opening Windows would enable you, me, anyone an everyone to enhance, extend and improve the operating system used by 90 percent of the world, or maybe to replace the kernel with something better,...

Microsoft it was disclosed today will become a sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation, forking over US$100,000 a year for theprivilege . In return, Redmond will gain access to the Apache POI...

Here’s a footnote for the current chapter of the Microsoft-Yahoo acquisition saga. Microsoft this week issued a statement (http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-14statement.mspx) to...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is not only an apish buffoon, but he also apparently lacks a backbone. It was revealed today in a letter to Yahoo shareholders...

Here's a story that didn't get much play on the wire services. Microsoft on June 30 published format specifications (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc203350.aspx) for Office binary files as...

Microsoft is betting that people would rather fork over $US20 a year for the legal right to use its Office application suite than install an old or pirated copy or use one of a growing number of free...

The Wall Street Journal reported this morning (and thousands of others since then) in a front-page story (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121496732802022117.html) that Microsoft is seeking new...

Easier installation, 3D desktop effects, digital music and video management and an up-to-date OpenOffice are among the enhancements in openSUSE 11.0, which became generally available this week....

Last month I wrote about Xenocode (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2473.html)’s Virtual Application Studio, which lets you package and launch apps in a portable runtime regardless of what’s...

Even though the guy missed, Steve Ballmer might still end up with egg on his face. If the Microsoft CEO fails again to acquire Yahoo, he might do well to open his own diner since he always seems to...

Wow- that WOULD be a fast processor. Thanks for pointing it out.

You have to admire a guy who would walk away from a successful project of global proportions purely on principle. Walter Bender, co-founder of One Laptop Per Child, has reemerged and launched...

Research in Motion has thrown its BlackBerry hat into the iPhone ring with BlackBerry Bold ( http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrybold/), the latest version of the company’s line of sleek, multimedia...

Thanks for the comment, WolfPack. In my experience, stock prices generally rise when an acquisition bid offers a premium over the stock price at the time, which was certainly the case here. IMHO,...

I’ve never liked Steve Ballmer very much as president of Microsoft. I don’t know the man personally, of course, and I could never quite put my finger on my reasons for disliking him. Until today,...

I don’t know about you, but I’m glad the Microsoft bid to acquire Yahoo was a bust—and I hope it stays that way. I shudder to think of the consequences of a company like Microsoft acquiring...