The Virtualization Wars: Microsoft and Citrix v. VMware

Watch this battle unfold. The virtualization wars are just getting started.

On one side we have Microsoft, which announced changes in its licensing structures this week.

Rulers of the Cloud: Google Becomes the Cloud, Search is a Feature

The shortest way to describe this is that Google is no longer a verb. It's becoming a noun. Not just the few clicks to find information, but the information itself and the experience surrounding it.

Weekend Reading: Rework, by Fried and Hansson

This week we've got a book hot off the presses for your weekly dose of entrepreneurial reading as 37signals founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson are back with their second book in four months.

Microsoft Updates Bing iPhone App and Removes It from All International iTunes Stores

Microsoft just launched a new version of its Bing iPhone app. The iPhone app gives you comprehensive access to Bing's core services, including Bing maps and directions, as well as news and image search.

General Motors Wants To Augment Your Windshield

Last week we told you about how Chevrolet, a division of General Motors, was bringing an augmented reality (AR) marketing promotion to SXSW in Austin.

Travelers Love the Mobile Web - But Most Don't Use Travel Apps Yet

Once upon a time, you had to bring travel guides, maps and paper tickets on every trip. Today, you can just take your smartphone and get access to all of this information without having to lug a couple of books and magazines around with you.

Formspring.me: Another Startup Packing Its Bags for Silicon Valley

News broke yesterday that popular online Q&A startup Formspring.me had raised some $2.5 million in venture funding and would be relocating to Silicon Valley from Indianapolis.

Twitter Search Is About Popularity

For many people, Twitter offers a larger, more diverse stream of constantly flowing data than they've ever had to deal with before in their life.

Novell Gets Ready To Release Pulse and Federation with Google Wave

Novell is providing the first glimpse of Pulse, its new real-time collaboration service. The new service will eventually fully integrate with Google Wave.

If You Tell Them On Facebook, They Will Come...Again and Again

In continuing to look at the way that Facebook has become a driving force behind online news consumption, Heather Hopkins of Hitwise has dove into the numbers again, this time examing how Facebook users compare with others in return visits.