Matt Berger

ViewSonic Corp., best known for computer monitors and displays, is dipping its hands into the PDA (personal digital assistant) market with the release of a low-cost Pocket PC device due out in November, the company announced Monday.

Backed by a joint US$50 million investment, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft Corp. have created a technology, sales and services alliance that will promote the development of systems and applications based on .Net.

Microsoft Corp. released a set of tools Monday that allow Lotus Notes users to assess what applications they have running on their servers, a key step in helping them migrate to competing products from Microsoft.

An industry group backed by some of Microsoft Corp.'s top competitors has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) claiming that the software maker has already violated terms of a proposed antitrust settlement deal that it reached with the federal government.

Sun Microsystems Inc. will have a lot to say about the Linux desktop at its conference opening in San Francisco Wednesday, although users will have to wait for some time until they actually get their hands on a Sun Linux PC, executives said Tuesday

Sun Microsystems Inc. is expected to unveil a Frankenstein-like desktop Linux strategy this week, combining various software elements developed in-house or by open-source community projects and third-party vendors.

Microsoft Corp. on Monday filled more of the gaps in its portfolio of software and tools for building Web-based applications that run on handheld computers, cell phones and other mobile devices.

IBM Corp. and Red Hat Inc. have expanded their relationship over the Linux operating system, a move expected to boost the services on offer to joint customers and broaden Big Blue's hardware and software support for Red Hat's Linux distribution, the companies announced Monday.