Google's new developer preview of Chrome for the Mac is faster than either Apple's latest Safari or Mozilla's newest build …
Russia launches antitrust case against Microsoft over XP
Russian antitrust regulators are investigating Microsoft's retirement of Windows XP and could file formal charges as early as next month, …
Microsoft plans jumbo patch day
Microsoft said it will deliver 10 security updates next week to patch serious bugs in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Word …
Mozilla delays Firefox 3.5 RC release
Mozilla has delayed the delivery of Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate (RC) until late next week to take care of several …
Microsoft's IE8, Google's Chrome post record gains in browser share
Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) were the big winners last month in the browser share sweepstakes, according …
Desktop Linux: Why it may have lost its chance
Year after year, breathless pundits announce that the open source OS is on the verge of a tipping point, a …
Adobe aligns software branding to shine light on Flash
Adobe is aligning its Web design and developer tools, including a new one available for testing Monday, under its Flash …
Ex-Microsoftie: Free software will kill Redmond
Bill Gates probably will not sing the praises of Keith Curtis, a programmer with Microsoft for 11 years who's now …
Microsoft-led forum yields tools for OOXML interoperability
A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible …
Google’s Chrome was ‘hackable’ at Pwn2Own contest
Although Google's Chrome was the only browser left standing after March's Pwn2Own hacking contest, it was vulnerable to the same …
JavaScript – the Web site performance killer, Google guru says
Nowadays, even regular Web surfers know some of the things to do when designing a Web site for fast performance. …
Apple delivers jumbo security update for Mac OS X
Apple Inc. patched 67 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including two bugs that researchers used in March to walk off …
Threading to boost Firefox on multi-core chips
Mozilla's developers have announced plans to add application multi-threading to Firefox over the next two years, a feature already partially …
Microsoft’s Windows 7 release candidate goes public
The near-final version of Microsoft's next operating system, Windows 7, became available late Monday to the general public. Microsoft will …
Adobe promises patch for zero-day PDF bug by next Tuesday
Adobe has promised to patch the newest zero-day vulnerability in its popular Adobe Reader software no later than next Tuesday, …
Desktop Linux: Why it may have lost its chance
It's time we faced it: The Year of the Linux Desktop, long foretold, isn't coming. Year after year, breathless pundits …
Oracle-Sun deal renews calls for OpenOffice.org’s independence
Oracle Corp.'s purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. last week is reviving calls for Sun's open-source OpenOffice.org suite to be spun …
Microsoft, Oracle issue patches for slew of holes
Microsoft Corp. last week released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software …
Microsoft patches ‘insane’ number of bugs
Microsoft released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software in the company's …
Netbook computers spark corporate interest
One possible future of mobile computing is on display in classrooms in Fresno, Calif., where the public school district has …