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Arthur W. Burks, early computer theorist, dies

Burks was a member of the team that designed the Eniac computer, a frequent collaborator of John von Neumann and a pioneer in computing education.
(From The New York Times)

May 18, 2008, 9:15 PM PDT

Earnings alert: Sony posts rosy outlook

roundup Plus: EA tops expectations...SAP sees profit dwindle...Verizon is still on a roll...Microsoft earnings hit the mark.

May 14, 2008, 1:52 PM PDT

JavaOne '08: Sun starts delivering

roundup At San Francisco conference, company touts a rich Internet application environment and a new cloud computing service. Plus, Neil Young sings Sun.

May 13, 2008, 3:00 PM PDT

U.K. standards body taken to court over OOXML

Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format.

May 1, 2008, 1:11 PM PDT

Red Hat publishes Fedora 9 preview

"Most critical release" of freely available Linux distribution is last public release before final version's launch in May.

April 22, 2008, 9:18 AM PDT

Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test

Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO.
(By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK)

April 21, 2008, 7:46 AM PDT

Census for open-source apps kicks off

Project expects to offer the first detailed look at how businesses are using open-source software and how widespread it's become.
(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)

April 18, 2008, 7:48 AM PDT

Microsoft woos hobbyist developers

Company is trying to boost interest in noncommercial software development around Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 and Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition.

April 17, 2008, 9:23 AM PDT

ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'

The ISO committee handling OOXML braves open-source protests to meet in Oslo and works out how to ensure interoperability with ODF.
(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK)

April 15, 2008, 9:10 AM PDT