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Yahoo Pulls The Plug On GeoCities

Its official. Yahoo has finally closed its free web hosting service that it acquired for billions of dollars at the…

15 years ago

Symbian Foundation Launches Horizon App Service

The Symbian Foundation has launched an application publishing program for developers writing apps for the mobile operating system

15 years ago

Gartner Predicts Application Development Shake Up

Gartner has predicted that in five years time, at least 25 percent of new business applications will be built by…

15 years ago

Apple Allows Developers To Bypass Apps Store

Apple developers previously had to post both paid and free versions of their mobile applications on Apple's App Store

15 years ago

Windows 8 Will Be In The Cloud, Whatever Ballmer Says

Microsoft is working on Windows 8 - and it will be heavily based on the cloud, whatever Steve Ballmer may…

15 years ago

Toxic Vendors Will Need Standards to Clean Up Their Act

Corporate accountability director says the recent green leaf Apple turned over is only a small step along a long road…

16 years ago

Adobe looks to the Cloud with ColdFusion 9

Adobe Systems has unveiled a slew of product announcements around its ColdFusion development environment

16 years ago

Lord Carter: 2Mbps Broadband Is Like The Minimum Wage

The government's universal broadband provision may be slower than we'd like, but it's an essential part of social inclusion, said…

16 years ago

Are Clouds Compliant?

Never mind security and cost. There's one question around cloud computing that could be a show-stopper, says Peter Judge. Do…

16 years ago

NetSuite Targets SaaS App At iPhone

NetSuite customers with iPhones can now get their ERP data on the go, thanks to an application with the company's…

16 years ago

Microsoft, SAP And Accenture In Carbon Reporting Tie-Up

The Carbon Disclosure Project is partnering with Accenture, Microsoft and SAP to establish a new global climate change data reporting…

16 years ago

Google Answers Microsoft Chrome Frame Security Criticisms

Google has responded to Microsoft criticism that its Chrome Frame plug-in increases IE's attack surface

16 years ago

WebsiteSpark Launch Aims To Boost Microsoft Web Development

A new Microsoft programme aims to beef up its web development platform ecosystem and foster innovation for professional web developers…

16 years ago

Vodafone Jumps On Mobile Cloud Services Bandwagon

Vodafone is calling its new internet services for the mobile and the PC, Vodafone 360, the “most personal address book…

16 years ago

Microsoft Joins Open Source Cloud Project

Zend Technologies, in association with IBM, Microsoft and others, has launched the Simple API for Cloud Application Services project

16 years ago

Cloud Security Issues Come To The Fore

While some commentators dismiss cloud computing for security and regulatory  reasons, other viewpoints are emerging at a virtual summit

16 years ago

The Cloud Has Better Patching And Scaling

Video:  Cloud-based applications do not play Russian roulette with security, says Eran Feigenbaum, stage magician and head of security at…

16 years ago

MySpace Open Sources Distributed Computing Framework

MySpace has both announced and open-sourced a new technology known as Qizmt, an internally developed framework for distributed computation based…

16 years ago

Oracle Ads Challenge IBM And Promise Sun SPARC Support

While IBM and HP say SPARC/Solaris is doomed, Oracle promises to spend more on the platform than Sun currently does

16 years ago

EU Backs IBM’s Multimedia Search Engine

The SAPIR research project can find related pictures even if they haven't been indexed by humans - unlike traditional search…

16 years ago

New Microsoft Open Source Foundation Doesn’t Allay Suspicion

Microsoft's Codeplex Foundation, ostensibly supporting open source, arrives at a time when the company's actions are under suspicion, as usual

16 years ago

Stop Over-Clocking Your Data Centre Fans, Says Sun

Throwing energy at servers to keep them chilled is a waste of money - and bad for the environment

16 years ago

Hungary Says Yes To Open Source – But Keeps The Lion’s Share For Microsoft

ULX, Red Hat and other  open source solution providers can now tender for public sector IT contracts in Hungary -…

16 years ago

Startup Offers Open-Source VMware-Based Cloud Platform

Eucalyptus, a startup that developed an Amazon EC2-compatible internal cloud computing environment has released its first commercial product

16 years ago

Reputation Engine Touted As Norton 2010 Weapon in Malware Battle

Symantec has released Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010, touting the products' anti-malware use of reputation technology as…

16 years ago

Microsoft Has To Face Impact Of Windows 7 Zero-Day Flaw

Analysis: Microsoft Windows 7's security problem reportedly affecting a release candidate of the hotly anticipated OS launch may damage its…

16 years ago

RightNow Buys Social Software Firm To Match Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com rival RightNow has agreed to buy enterprise social software concern HiveLive as the social bridge to its multichannel contact…

16 years ago

Blade Networks Get NEC, Juniper Investment

NEC and Juniper have invested in data centre networking specialist, Blade Network Technologies, as they look to gain traction in…

16 years ago

Microsoft Cozies Up To Government With Jobless Initiative

Software giant targets smaller UK businesses and rising unemployment, getting 500,000 back to work over the next three years

16 years ago

CBI Calls For Government Support On Low-Carbon Innovation

British innovation needs better support and incentives to take on low-carbon technologies, says business group

16 years ago