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'Stop-gap' way to get Linux on Windows 8 machines to be issued

Penguins are playing ball with a Windows 8 Linux-blocking security mechanism to keep their favorite operating system on PCs

Windows 8 pricing details announced as preorders begin

Wacky retail packaging revealed

Windows 8 12 Oct 20:10

'Stop-gap' way to get Linux on Windows 8 machines to be issued

You'll still be able to pick up a Penguin

Windows 8 12 Oct 14:19

Hands on with BB10: Strokey dokey

Preview No time for 'Back' buttons - we're headed into the FUTURE

Developer 12 Oct 08:20

Office 2013 hits RTM, will ship starting in November

Buy Office 2010 now, get a free upgrade

Applications 12 Oct 00:34

Google updates Street View with 250,000 miles of footage

Rubbing salt in Apple's wounds

Applications 11 Oct 20:21

How Nokia managed to drive its in-house Linux train off the rails

Special Report When Meego lost its mojo

Developer 11 Oct 14:25

Ballmer's lightened pay packet is the least of his problems

Open ... and Shut What's that smell around Windows 8?

Developer 11 Oct 14:00

Ubuntu goes fishing for donations with new download page

'Spare us a quarter for an ISO, sir?'

Software 11 Oct 00:53

Office for Android and iOS to ship by March 2013?

Maybe, but not in the sense you're hoping for

Applications 10 Oct 23:28

RIM opens BlackBerry 10 marketplace for submissions

Will $10,000 woo the developers?

Developer 10 Oct 23:27

Amazon UK leaks Windows 8 retail box, TV ads

Here's what we're in for as October 26 approaches

Windows 8 10 Oct 19:43

Microsoft fast-tracks Windows 8 Service Pack updates

No year-long wait for Metro fans

Windows 8 10 Oct 14:41

Ballmer aims chair at Apple after Windows package miss

Windows failures shrink CEO's fiscal reward

Windows 8 10 Oct 11:31

Linux on ARM breakthrough to take away Torvalds' arse pain

One kernel to boot them all and in the darkness bind them

Developer 10 Oct 08:58

Microsoft to devs: Bug users about security … now!

Redmond reveals how and when it decides to remind you about security

Developer 10 Oct 04:18

Apple Maps too good for Taiwanese military

Cupertino told to blur images before China spots radar ... Oops

Software 10 Oct 03:37

British Library tracks rise and fall of file formats

Analysis of 2.5 billion online files suggests software obsolescence slowing

Software 10 Oct 00:41

Kernel crimps make Windows 8 a hacker hassle

The kernel is the new battleground, says ReactOS and iOS co-author Alex Ionescu

Windows 8 9 Oct 23:48

Red Hatters seal chumship with Zend on OpenShift PHP cloud

Now you can Zend it like Beckham

Developer 9 Oct 12:15

iOS 6 Alarms bug hits Australia

USA, UK, seemingly spared daylight savings SNAFU

Software 9 Oct 02:00

Tech rivals team up for free web dev docs

Wiki site aims to be 'comprehensive and authoritative' – but don't we all?

Developer 8 Oct 21:10

Microsoft spruces up crap apps in early Win8 update

New versions to arrive before launch date

Windows 8 5 Oct 18:57

Mozilla floats fondleslab-ready Firefox for Win 8

Hopes to beat IE10 at its own game

Applications 5 Oct 00:16

Google rewrites dot-doc death note

All formats can be uploaded to Google Docs

Applications 4 Oct 23:51

Apple files 'Shake to Print' iOS patent application

What's more intuitive than shaking your iPad to print, eh?

Software 4 Oct 22:32

Mobe app makers doubt Windows 8 will be worth the hassle - poll

Fears over Microsoft's promise of run-anywhere code

Applications 4 Oct 14:32

Microsoft installs new Win8 evangelism boss – weeks before launch

Devs to be wooed by OEM exec

Developer 4 Oct 11:16

Apple: Blue-shirts can fix iOS Maps in their spare time

Cunning new plan

Applications 4 Oct 09:16

Experts mull 'kill switch' for stock-wrecking techno-blunders

Markets need a cure for Facebook IPOcalypses

Software 4 Oct 09:01

Red Hat launches community contest to rename JBoss

Sounds too much like it's a Java thing

Developer 4 Oct 00:51

Oracle nudges Sparc T5s back out to 2013

OpenWorld 2012 Solaris 11 gets an update, Sparc T4s carry on

Operating Systems 3 Oct 20:57

Top admen beg Microsoft to switch off 'Do Not Track' in IE 10

Browser 'blocks our adverts choice and competition'

Applications 3 Oct 12:01

Paul Allen: Windows 8 'promising' yet 'puzzling'

Microsoft cofounder's verdict: 'Does certainly require adjustment'

Windows 8 2 Oct 22:29

Oracle Linux honcho 'personally hurt' by Red Hat clone claims

OpenWorld 2012 'We're not the same, we're better'

Operating Systems 2 Oct 20:59

Is Oracle squeezing the MySQL lemon too hard?

Open ... and Shut If it hoards functionality, it could lose the community

Developer 2 Oct 14:48

Adobe bets on cloud collaboration for Acrobat XI

Predicts the death of paper contracts

Applications 2 Oct 14:09

Ubuntu 12.10: More to Um Bongo Linux than Amazon ads

Review But as of Beta 2, y'all better get used to web apps

Operating Systems 2 Oct 09:21

Microsoft releases JavaScript alternative

TypeScript embraces and extends JavaScript, but is open source

Developer 2 Oct 03:52

Oracle stumps for community support for Java strategy

JavaOne 2012 'It's not just up to us'

Developer 2 Oct 00:29

Navy devs cook up Android spyware to map your location - in 3D

Smartphone snooper stakes out the joint as you move around the room

Applications 1 Oct 15:01

Larry 'Shared databases are crap' Ellison reveals shared Oracle database

'Then I saw her software interface, now I'm a believer'

Applications 1 Oct 11:25

Nokia offers its maps to enterprise: Deal inked with Oracle

Hey, it's a big load of data - Big Data, right?

Applications 1 Oct 10:43

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Spotlight

Open ... and Shut What's that smell around Windows 8?
Open ... and Shut If it hoards functionality, it could lose the community
Firefox crop circle
Open ... and Shut A decade of real choice - there's no app for that
Dell and HP swing both ways on ARM/Clover Trail
Microsoft bigwig adds: 'We’re not afraid to make hard calls'
screen grab of visual studio sf for Tim Anderson piece
Avast, ye Redmond buckos, where's me variadic template?
Xbox Live on Windows Phone
Open ... and Shut Metro + playtime = easier-to-swallow?
Review Consumer transition a work in progress
Open ... and Shut Zuckerberg's excuse risks movement's set back