IE9 will close performance gap, Microsoft says
Microsoft today claimed that its next browser, IE9 (Internet Explorer 9), has nearly closed the JavaScript performance gap between itself and rivals made by Mozilla and Google, even though the browser has been in development only a few weeks.
Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s president of Windows and Windows Live, acknowledged that [...]
Microsoft today claimed that its next browser, IE9 (Internet Explorer 9), has nearly closed the JavaScript performance gap between itself and rivals made by Mozilla and Google, even though the browser has been in development only a few weeks.
Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s president of Windows and Windows Live, acknowledged that Microsoft had catching up to do. “We know we have a lot of work to do in some areas of performance,” Sinofsky said today at the PDC (Professional Developers Conference).
IT professionals asked to do more work for less pay and fewer benefits might be able to forgive their employers’ financial choices, but industry watchers say high-tech workers won’t soon forget being treated poorly during the most recent economic recession and will look to find other employment opportunities as soon as the recovery gets und
Microsoft revealed on Wednesday ambitious plans for the next version of its Silverlight browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications, including faster startup times and software development improvements as well as more capabilities for running applications outside of a browser.
LOS ANGELES — Microsoft will pass out beta code Wednesday it hopes will define the next evolution of directories. It’s a modular add-on that is built on a database and designed to add querying capabilities and performance never before possible in a directory.
Nokia says its Linux-based Mameo operating system is the future of its high-end smartphones, ending hope for Symbian OS to reign supreme. The change emphasizes how far behind the world’s largest handset maker has become.
Google phone rumors are back with a vengeance, spurred on by reports that the Internet behemoth Google is partnering with phone maker HTC on a “super” Android device thinner than the Droid and iPhone.
The release date for this Google-branded phone is early 2010, according to TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington who reported a Google Phone was in the works Tuesday.
EMC is extending its Avamar backup software to all parts of an enterprise’s infrastructure with clients for PC and Mac desktops and laptops.
The software for automated backup and recovery, which EMC acquired by buying Avamar in 2006, already backs up the contents of corporate servers and uses deduplication to more efficiently store it. Avamar 5.0, available immediately, lets enterprises add the same backup capability to individual client systems and does not require a per-client license.
PORTLAND, Ore. — High tech startup companies today are most likely to be software application vendors or social networking sites. One wouldn’t expect a new hardware vendor to attract significant venture capital.
Microsoft plans to make its Business Process Management (BPM) software, BizTalk Server, work very closely with the just-announced AppFabric .Net application server within several years.
An updated cross-licensing agreement between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices expands their rights to use third-party chip makers to manufacture x86 chips under certain conditions.
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