Well, that was quick. In a large round of layoffs on May 4th, Novell let go of the 30-person team that was working on Mono, the open-source implementation of Microsoft’s .NET development framework. Just 12 days later, Mono’s founder and lead developer Miguel de Icaza announced the launch of Xamarin, a new startup that...
TNW Quick Hit: Earlier today we brought you the news of a whole slew of upcoming updates to the Windows Phone platform. As part of the ‘Mango’ update to Windows Phone, Microsoft is set to boost the phone line’s business chops, allowing it to take up the mantle of its predecessor, Windows Mobile. We...
This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the white paper about how Intel Xeon processors help organizations get unprecedented levels of performance. The Shavlik acquisition by VMware is one of several that have been announced...
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Even with a 64 GB iPad, I find myself wishing I had more storage at my disposal for my iOS mobile devices. My home media collection is probably in the terabyte range thanks to extensive digital backups of disc-based media, and though remote streaming is sometimes an option, it isn’t an ideal solution. Hence...
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Now that Skype has a new home in Microsoft, it’s a good time to look back over the history of the company. After all, with Skype now part of the Microsoft empire, it is going to become even more imperative that we all know as much about the company as possible. Skype should eventually...
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