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SAP apps to show up on BlackBerrys
News SAP and RIM have announced a "co-innovation" partnership which will see all the enterprise-software company's applications made natively available on the BlackBerry smart phone. In a Friday press conference, SAP president Bill McDermott referred to... [06 May 2008]
Microsoft to embrace open-source and says won't sue
News The company does not natively support the alternative Open Document Format (ODF) standard in Office 2007. Microsoft has announced changes in its business practices to work better with software from other providers, including open-source communities. [22 Feb 2008]
NetSuite heads for iPhone
News Apple claims that developers can create web applications using 'web 2.0' standards that will work just as well as applications that have been written natively for the iPhone. NetSuite has announced that the latest version of its software-as-a... [17 Jul 2007]
Apple's Safari coming to Windows PCs
News The pitch is that developers can create web applications using web 2.0 standards such as Ajax that will work just as well as applications Apple has written natively for the iPhone. Apple plans to ship a version of its Safari web browser for Windows... [12 Jun 2007]
Macs flying off the shelves, says Apple
News Another reason why developers have continued to wait for the Intel systems is the transition to universal applications that run natively on Intel's chips, Oppenheimer said. With a wider range of systems available, consumers have been snapping Macs... [20 Jul 2006]
Redmond has 'road to Damascus' open source conversion
News Until now, it said it would not natively support OpenDocument in Office, citing lack of demand. Microsoft said it plans to sponsor an open source project to create software that will convert Office documents to OpenDocument, a rival format gaining... [06 Jul 2006]
Windows-on-a-Mac tech ready to be unleashed
News In fact, Parallels says Windows programs can run nearly as fast through its virtualisation as running natively on a Windows PC. Parallels, a start-up whose software enables Macs to run Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS at the same time, says it is... [16 Jun 2006]
Microsoft shelves RSA token support for Vista
News However, almost two years after the SecurID beta-testing programme kicked off, RSA's chief executive, Art Coviello, disclosed that Windows Vista will not natively support the technology. According to Coviello, sales of SecurID for Windows have... [03 May 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses shun Windows on Macs
News Apple this week released a public beta version of software that lets Microsoft Windows XP run natively on Intel-based Macs but IT bosses say they'd still rather stick with PCs for corporate desktop computing. [06 Apr 2006]
Apple: Macs can now run XP
News Apple has released a public beta version of Boot Camp, software that lets Microsoft Windows XP run natively on Intel-based Macs. Since then, speculation has grown about whether Apple would enable Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system to run... [05 Apr 2006]
Massachusetts appoints new CIO
News The policy is also a potential blow to Microsoft, the dominant supplier of desktop applications, because Microsoft does not intend to natively support OpenDocument in Office 12, which is due for release in the second half of the year. [01 Feb 2006]
Massachusetts finalises its Microsoft snub
News However, Microsoft executives have consistently said that the company will not support OpenDocument natively and rely instead on "filters" to convert formats. The commonwealth of Massachusetts has finalised its decision to standardise desktop... [26 Sep 2005]
Apple: Intel deal may kill off Classic
News Rosetta will allow most Mac OS X programs to run on Intel-based Macs even if the software has not been compiled to run natively on Intel chips. Classic came into being with the arrival of Mac OS X in 2001 as a way to run programs that had not been... [07 Jun 2005]
Skype launches free SMS service
News Natively, Skype users can receive SMS messages, but not send them. London-based software developer Connectotel on Thursday unveiled a test version of free software that promises to expand short message service (SMS) functions for the popular Skype... [25 Feb 2005]
iTunes coming soon to Linux?
News Apple's iPod also works natively under Windows and the Mac OS, though the company does not support Linux. Although iTunes and Linux have been pursuing solo careers, one small software maker hopes to get them to make music together. [03 Aug 2004]
