Software

Google+ Grows to 40M Users, Revenue Nears $10bn

Google+ now reaches over 40 million members as the company continues to see profits beat expectations

13 years ago

Quanta Computer Buys Microsoft’s ‘Android’ Licence

Another Android device maker agrees to buy a licence from Microsoft rather than meet the company in court

13 years ago

Will Microsoft Feast On RIM’s BlackBerry Crumble?

If RIM can't rebuild its reputation for reliability, then it could be overtaken by Microsoft's Windows Phone, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Dennis Ritchie, Creator Of C And Unix, Dies Aged 70

Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C language and Unix, has died after a long illness, aged 70

13 years ago

Our Readers Trust Open Source

Two out of three readers use open source, but some of you don't trust it. Next: choose a tablet for…

13 years ago

Microsoft Adopts Apache Hadoop For Data Analytics

Open source Apache Hadoop to become Microsoft's Windows Azure and Server big data analyser

13 years ago

Red Hat Openly Commits To AMQP Messaging

Red Hat emphasises its support for the open-source Advanced Message Queuing Protocol

13 years ago

Citrix And Cisco Snuggle Up For Virtual Desktop Push

Cisco and Citrix are looking to make it easier to deploy large-scale desktop virtualisation projects

13 years ago

IBM Launches ‘SmartCloud’ Platform As A Service

IBM puts mission-critical applications in the cloud with its new SmartCloud platform as a service

13 years ago

BlackBerry Failure Sparks Shareholder Revolt

RIM blames a core switch for a third day of BlackBerry outage, and shareholders demand a change

13 years ago

IBM Targets HPC With Platform Computing Buy

IBM is to acquire the Canadian clustering, grid and HPC software provider Platform Computing

13 years ago

New Acts Perform At The RSA Security Circus

Roll up, Roll up. See the amazing feats as security vendors tame wild APTs and put Trojan horses through their…

13 years ago

Google+ Updated With Granular Privacy Controls

Google+ users now have more granular privacy controls to better control notifications and comments

13 years ago

Adobe Launches iPad Friendly App Publishing Suite

Adobe is looking to the Apple iPad with the launch of its Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition

13 years ago

German Police May Use Illegal Trojans As Truncheons

The Chaos Computer Club is probing malware that may be being used illegally by the German police

13 years ago

Cabinet Office Approves Bristol’s Open Source Plans

The government's cyber security arm has given Bristol council the go-ahead to use open source software

13 years ago

Oracle Open Wound Clouds The Annual Gathering

A spat between Oracle and Salesforce was the highlight of OpenWorld while cloud news took a back seat, says Eric…

13 years ago

Oracle OpenWorld Sees NetBeans 7.1 Beta

Oracle has delivered a beta version of its enhanced NetBeans integrated development environment

13 years ago

Keylogger Infects US Drone Fighter Planes

Unknown type of malware detected on US Air Force's Predator and Reaper drones systems

13 years ago

Nuance Buys Android Gesture Input Specialist Swype

Nuance's acquisition of Android phone gesture-software-maker Swype could attract Google

13 years ago

Oracle Social Network Launched For Cloud

CEO Ellison took the wraps off a business Social Network to front the new Oracle Public Cloud

13 years ago

How Steve Jobs Fell Out With Google

Apple's relationship with Google grew more contentious as Android grew bigger versus the iPhone, says Clint Boulton. Read how it…

13 years ago

Steve Jobs’ Passing Exploited By Facebook Scammers

Facebook users shared links about Steve Jobs' death while sick scammers cashed in on the interest

13 years ago

Fixes For 23 Bugs In Microsoft Patch Tuesday

IT administrators will have no critical flaws to deal with in a fairly light Patch Tuesday next week

13 years ago

EU To Give Green Light For Microsoft-Skype Takeover

The European Commission is to give its approval for Microsoft to buy VoIP service provider Skype

13 years ago

OpenStack Foundation Breaks Corporate Ties

The OpenStack cloud standards body will become an fully autonomous foundation in 2012

13 years ago

Jobs’ Huge Impact On Mobility And Technology

Apple's Steve Jobs may have gone but his impact on technology and mobility will be felt for years to come

13 years ago

Microsoft Windows 8 Pre-Beta: Review

The pre-beta of Windows 8 shows off a new UI and design features but otherwise looks familiar

13 years ago

Bounties Offered For Microsoft And Adobe Exploits

ExploitHub is offering money for client-site exploits to address 12 previously disclosed security flaws

13 years ago

Rumours Swirl Of Microsoft Bid For Yahoo

Microsoft plans to acquire Yahoo, claims Reuters. No such plans, counters Bloomberg. Who’s right?

13 years ago