*EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is the first in a weeklong series on the future of Microsoft's fat client and alternative desktop technologies that enhance or discourage the adoption of Windows Vista. As ...

In a move that caused more than a few eyes to bulge and jaws to drop, last July Microsoft announced it was contributing code to the Linux community with hopes of having it included in the Linux tree.

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The new offering comes amid a rapid move by VMWare competitors, including Oracle and Microsoft, to capitalize on the virtualization technology boom driven by VMWare. On Monday, both Oracle and ...

Cloud computing and virtualization software company VMware has announced that its flagship desktop software is now free for personal use. Individual users can now download and use VMWare Fusion Pro ...