Not all of their pledges, perhaps, it's a bit early yet to see what the ultimate outcome will be from their surprise February announcement committing to better relations with the open source...

I thought I would give a brief overview of other reactions to Google's announcement today of its App Engine cloud computing offering, first mentioned here. As expected, most of the discussion...

The hidden force behind Google's dominance of search and advertising has always been their back-end server farms. The company has been historically reluctant to discuss in much detail the massive...

I mean, I get that it can be as valuable to define something by what it isn't as by what it is. But I am struggling to understand the recent he-said/she-said debates over what does and does not...

This is no more than speculation, based largely on other speculation, itself based on an indescriminate statement Bill Gates made recently (as reported by CNET news) which may or may not have...

But you can feel the heat from it burning the exposed flesh at the back of your neck in many organizations if you suggest that perhaps IT should pull back from its traditional role of desktop...

At least as far as corporate customers are concerned, Microsoft's "drop dead" (which seems to be their message to users, as well) date for ending Windows XP sales will remain as...

CNET news is reporting that current Google CIO Douglas Merrill is leaving the company to take the helm at music industry giant EMI's digital unit. It hasn't been so long since February's...

It's hard enough to separate fact from fiction on the 'net today so I'm not even going to try. Nor am I creative enough to come up with my own joke, so I'll just link to others I...