Software developer Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) plans to make the cloud computing development platform Project Orleans open source. Project Orleans is popular for creating services for Xbox hits Halo 4 and Halo Reach . The Project Orleans engine
This holiday season, Microsoft ‘s hardware partners launched several $199 Windows laptops to curb the rise of Google Chromebooks. Notable devices include Hewlett Packard ‘s HP Stream 11, Acer ‘s Aspire E 11, and Asus ‘ EeeBook
The Apple ( AAPL ) IBM ( IBM ) alliance targeting enterprise customers made headway last week, even as Microsoft ( MSFT ) extended License Mobility to Google ( GOOGL ), which saw its legal troubles in Europe take