After nearly nine months of testing, Microsoft's next-generation command line based shell has reached Beta 1. Code-named "Monad," the new programmable Unix-like shell was originally thought to be a component of Longhorn, but Microsoft execs...
Microsoft's MSN business unit has planted local roots. Monday, MSN announced a beta of an Internet search service that corrals local business and residential listings together with maps and satellite images. MSN Local Search follows rivals...
Microsoft plans to ship the first beta of Longhorn Server shortly after Longhorn client Beta 1 reaches testers this summer, with all signs pointing to an August debut. Windows Server head Bob Muglia also said the company is considering a version of...
These days, Microsoft seems to be saying more about what vaunted technologies will not make it into Longhorn than those that will. The latest casualty of pressure to get Longhorn out the door and into the hands of customers is Microsoft's new...
Sun Microsystems, Inc., will provide a secure end-to-end infrastructure to manage the Internet Office activities of the Holy See in Vatican. The Sun Java Enterprise System, an integrated, open standards-based software system, along with Sun...
Sun is expected to make OpenSolaris broadly available next week, making good on a promise to open source its flagship operating system. The project began in late January when Sun shared its DTrace optimising utility. Once released Sun...