Microsoft Publishes Moonlight Patent Covenant

Microsoft has pledged not to sue end users developing third party distributions of Moonlight, after it published the patent covenant

15 years ago
Glide Beats Chrome OS – And Turns IE Into An OSGlide Beats Chrome OS – And Turns IE Into An OS

Glide Beats Chrome OS – And Turns IE Into An OS

Transmedia has stolen a march on Google's Chrome OS with Glide, which turns Internet Explorer into a browser OS with…

15 years ago
Open Source Resolution: Try Harder In 2010!Open Source Resolution: Try Harder In 2010!

Open Source Resolution: Try Harder In 2010!

If Linux vendors are serious about displacing Windows, they could try harder, says Jason Brooks. How about a New Year's…

15 years ago
All I Want For Christmas Is An iPhoneAll I Want For Christmas Is An iPhone

All I Want For Christmas Is An iPhone

Apple's 3G iPhone is the most popular handset in the United States, closely followed by the BlackBerry 8300 Series

15 years ago
Netbook Growth Expected To Slow Going ForwardNetbook Growth Expected To Slow Going Forward

Netbook Growth Expected To Slow Going Forward

2009 has been an excellent year for netbook sales, but one industry watcher has warned that growth will slow going…

15 years ago
Vodafone Offers Free Internet For ChristmasVodafone Offers Free Internet For Christmas

Vodafone Offers Free Internet For Christmas

Vodafone UK has entered into the Christmas spirit after it announced that it is giving away free internet access between…

15 years ago
BlackBerry Users Suffer Second Outage In A WeekBlackBerry Users Suffer Second Outage In A Week

BlackBerry Users Suffer Second Outage In A Week

Not again. BlackBerry users in North America have suffered a second network outage in seven days

15 years ago
Researchers Look To Body Heat As Power SourceResearchers Look To Body Heat As Power Source

Researchers Look To Body Heat As Power Source

Researchers have developed a device that “harvests” the waste heat from human bodies and converts it into usable power for…

15 years ago
Latest OLPC Design Resembles Potential Mac TabletLatest OLPC Design Resembles Potential Mac Tablet

Latest OLPC Design Resembles Potential Mac Tablet

The tablet follow-up to the $100 laptop appears to follow a similar design to that mooted for Apple's rumoured touch-screen…

15 years ago
UN Secures IT’s Role In Limited Copenhagen AgreementsUN Secures IT’s Role In Limited Copenhagen Agreements

UN Secures IT’s Role In Limited Copenhagen Agreements

Even getting IT on the agenda at the UN talks was a "painful challenge" according to insiders

15 years ago
Obama Finally Appoints US Cyber-Security ChiefObama Finally Appoints US Cyber-Security Chief

Obama Finally Appoints US Cyber-Security Chief

U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Howard Schmidt to step into the role of cyber-security coordinator

15 years ago
Microsoft Facing Word Sales Ban In Jan 2010Microsoft Facing Word Sales Ban In Jan 2010

Microsoft Facing Word Sales Ban In Jan 2010

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholds lower court decision that orders world's largest software maker to stop…

15 years ago
HP Investigates African-American Facial Recognition IssuesHP Investigates African-American Facial Recognition Issues

HP Investigates African-American Facial Recognition Issues

Hewlett-Packard is investigating the facial recognition software used with some of its PCs after a YouTube video seemed to show…

15 years ago
Scareware On The Rise Over 2009 Says FBIScareware On The Rise Over 2009 Says FBI

Scareware On The Rise Over 2009 Says FBI

From serving malicious ads to poisoning search engine results for recently deceased actress Brittany Murphy, rogue antivirus operations have been…

15 years ago
Red Hat Announces 18 percent Q3 Rise In ProfitsRed Hat Announces 18 percent Q3 Rise In Profits

Red Hat Announces 18 percent Q3 Rise In Profits

Red Hat reported financial results for its fiscal year 2010 third quarter, showing revenues up 18 percent

15 years ago
IT Firm Aims To Make Buildings GreenIT Firm Aims To Make Buildings Green

IT Firm Aims To Make Buildings Green

Telent plans to cut costs by making buildings smarter, uniting heating and lighting with IT, and modernising the facilities management…

15 years ago
Testers Get Speedy Opera 10.5 Pre-AlphaTesters Get Speedy Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha

Testers Get Speedy Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha

The pre-alpha version of the Opera 10.5 browser has been released, which Opera is claiming is up to seven times…

15 years ago
Sales Of Mobile Devices To Almost Double In Five YearsSales Of Mobile Devices To Almost Double In Five Years

Sales Of Mobile Devices To Almost Double In Five Years

Shipments of mobile devices, including smartphones, netbooks, and consumer electronics are expected to nearly double by 2014

15 years ago

Users Risk Christmas Penalty From Too Much Online TV

An increasing number of people are watching their favourite TV shows online, but are risking a penalty for excessive downloading

15 years ago

Apple Ships Firmware Update For Problem iMacs

Apple has issued a firmware update after complaints that some of its 27-inch iMacs were suffering from flickering screens

15 years ago

Companies Warned About Christmas Switch Off

If British businesses were to switch off their electronic equipment in empty offices during the Christmas period, they could save…

15 years ago

IBM And Vodafone Use Mobile Tech To Combat Malaria

IBM and Vodafone are using SMS and web technology to manage the supply of anti-malarial drugs in Tanzania

15 years ago

Project Canvas Wins Provisional Approval From BBC Trust

The BBC Trust has given its provisional approval for the BBC to participate in Project Canvas, a video-on-demand service in…

15 years ago

Wind-Powered Data Centre Launched in Illinois

Other World Computing (OWC) has become the first US data centre operator to run its entire operation using an on-site…

15 years ago

Hungary Backs Open Standards But Lags On Open Source

Hungary's decision to back open standards is seen as evidence that the government is ahead in adopting open approaches to…

15 years ago

BT Targets Olympic Deadline For NGA Rollout

The rollout of superfast broadband is ahead of schedule and BT has said it should be installed in 40 percent…

15 years ago

Dell Updates Inspiron Mini 10 Notebook

Dell will offer an updated Inspiron Mini 10 netbook in early January

15 years ago

Palm Releases Ares Mobile Development Tools Beta

Palm announces the public beta availability of Project Ares, which the company says is the first complete set of integrated…

15 years ago

IBM Plans To Boost Cloud Tech In 2010

IBM will ramp up its cloud computing efforts in the messaging and collaboration market in 2010

15 years ago

Ford Turns Hot-Rods Into Hot-Spots

Ford says it will introduce the second generation of its Sync in-car connectivity system

15 years ago