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Why Apple needs to turn over keys to walled garden
Apple is increasing its presence on the desktop, and if its walled-garden approach ends up taking root there, costs would likely rise for IT.
China's new supercomputer brings immigration topic to the fore
China took the wraps off its Tianhe-1A supercomputer last week, which at 2.507 petaflops, easily surpassed current world-record holder Cray XT5 Jaguar. With the 36th Top500 Supercomputer list
Europe's IT ministers call for open standards
Europe's IT and telecom ministers have issued a collective call for government agencies across the continent to purchase non-proprietary software. When you consider the number of municipal, regional
Open source gets vote of confidence from White House
Here's some news that may shape your company's decision on the adoption of open-source software: The White House is giving Drupal its seal of approval. The WhiteHouse.gov website is now using the
Goldman Sachs arrest casts spotlight on programmers
By now you've probably heard about Goldman Sachs' accusation that former programmer Sergey Aleynikov stole proprietary software code. This resulted in the FBI arresting him. He is now out on bail.
Former Microsoft programmer says free software will kill Microsoft
An ex-programmer who worked for Microsoft for 11 years has come forward with a book titled "After the Software Wars." In the book, he explains why the Redmond way will fail. Keith Curtis did
Microsoft: We are a 'mixed source' company
Microsoft no longer believes it has to position itself as a proprietary software vendor against open source options. At a lunchtime interview, Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's top intellectual property
