KDE’s Windows weapon KOffice 2.0 – Cross platform KOffice to challenge OpenOffice.org October 9, 2007 While the industry is distracted by the ongoing tussle between Microsoft and OpenOffice.org over document formats, the KDE project is quietly preparing the next…
Dell Preps for Next Linux Desktop Release – Gutsy Gibbon (aka Ubuntu 7.10) October 8, 2007 A major desktop Linux upgrade is set to be released on October 18. Michael Dell is expected to personally use it. And the PC…
The Next Leap for Linux October 5, 2007 LINUX runs the Google servers that manage billions of searches each day. It also runs the TiVo digital video recorder, the Motorola Razr cellphone…
Internet Explorer 7 update now WGA-free October 4, 2007 Microsoft has issued an updated Internet Explorer (IE) 7 release that no longer requires Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation in order to download. The…
Sega Mounts Comeback Through Restructuring and Acquisition October 2, 2007 Next-Gen discusses Sega’s plan to return to gaming glory and what milestones have been reached thus far. A Next-Gen story titled “Sega: The Blue…
First Look @ Microsoft Surface October 2, 2007 It’s not often that one gets a chance to attend a demonstration of a new method of human-computer interaction. Having been too young to…
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Revealed October 1, 2007 With Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), now due in the first quarter of 2008, Microsoft is deemphasizing the role that service packs play…
Microsoft finally unveils its answer to Google Docs October 1, 2007 After months of speculation about what it would do to stave off potential encroachments on its Office turf by Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Microsoft…
Internet Explorer 8.0: The silence is deafening September 29, 2007 How far along is Microsoft with the next version of Internet Explorer (IE) — which might be IE 7.5 or IE 8.0, depending on…
What would happen if Microsoft actually bought out Novell? September 28, 2007 I started to think today that the implications to the Linux / UNIX world would be substantial, with Microsoft working so close with Novell….