Software

UK Firms Get 12 Months Grace On Cookie LawUK Firms Get 12 Months Grace On Cookie Law

UK Firms Get 12 Months Grace On Cookie Law

The ICO has given businesses in the UK a year to comply with new EU privacy rules concerning cookies

14 years ago
Intel Offers AppUp SMB Service On Hybrid CloudIntel Offers AppUp SMB Service On Hybrid Cloud

Intel Offers AppUp SMB Service On Hybrid Cloud

Cloud platform features a subscription- based model for software applications suited to smaller businesses

14 years ago
Embattled NHS Chief Tries To Defend IT ProgrammeEmbattled NHS Chief Tries To Defend IT Programme

Embattled NHS Chief Tries To Defend IT Programme

Sir David Nicholson, SRO for the NPfIT, was closely questioned at a hearing looking into the project's failings

14 years ago
Ballmer Windows 8 Statement Stirs Up MicrosoftBallmer Windows 8 Statement Stirs Up Microsoft

Ballmer Windows 8 Statement Stirs Up Microsoft

CEO Steve Ballmer's "misstatement" that Windows 8 will arrive in 2012 has set Microsoft officials into denial mode

14 years ago
Rising Security Risk Posed By Mobile Device LossesRising Security Risk Posed By Mobile Device Losses

Rising Security Risk Posed By Mobile Device Losses

The increasing dependence on mobile devices poses big security issues around sensitive data losses

14 years ago
Twitter Finally Buys TweetDeck For £25MTwitter Finally Buys TweetDeck For £25M

Twitter Finally Buys TweetDeck For £25M

Twitter has snapped up TweetDeck amid criticism of the microblogging site from Sir Tim Berners-Lee

14 years ago
Cloud Is Vicious Battleground For Microsoft And GoogleCloud Is Vicious Battleground For Microsoft And Google

Cloud Is Vicious Battleground For Microsoft And Google

Microsoft and Google vie savagely for business-cloud clients but analysts view the market as a dead heat

14 years ago
Millennial Kids Will Change Everything … Once AgainMillennial Kids Will Change Everything … Once Again

Millennial Kids Will Change Everything … Once Again

The establishment always views the young as being irresponsible and a threat to the status quo but Generation Y may…

14 years ago
The Twitterati Have Done The Media Barons’ BiddingThe Twitterati Have Done The Media Barons’ Bidding

The Twitterati Have Done The Media Barons’ Bidding

The exposure of Ryan Giggs on Twitter trivialises questions of protection and sweeps aside objections to media intrusion, says Peter…

14 years ago
Backup Provider Service Can Locate A Stolen PCBackup Provider Service Can Locate A Stolen PC

Backup Provider Service Can Locate A Stolen PC

Backblaze's Locate My Computer allows users to geo-locate a computer if it has been stolen or misplaced

14 years ago
Virtual Desktop Provider Kaviza Eyed By CitrixVirtual Desktop Provider Kaviza Eyed By Citrix

Virtual Desktop Provider Kaviza Eyed By Citrix

Citrix plans to buy strategic partner Kaviza, maker of VDI-in-a-Box, for its virtualised tablet capabilities

14 years ago
Twitter Plans London Base Despite Injunction ConcernsTwitter Plans London Base Despite Injunction Concerns

Twitter Plans London Base Despite Injunction Concerns

Twitter plans to open an office in London, despite concerns about British injunction law

14 years ago
LinkedIn Faces Multiple Security VulnerabilitiesLinkedIn Faces Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

LinkedIn Faces Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

LinkedIn's user profiles are vulnerable to a 'session management nightmare', an Indian researcher says

14 years ago
German Pirate Party Servers Seized By PoliceGerman Pirate Party Servers Seized By Police

German Pirate Party Servers Seized By Police

The German branch of the Pirate Party, which campaigns for civil rights on the Internet, has been raided

14 years ago
Eloqua Prepares For New EU Cookie LawEloqua Prepares For New EU Cookie Law

Eloqua Prepares For New EU Cookie Law

ePrivacy regulations for website cookie consent has spurred SaaS firm Eloqua to help its customers comply

14 years ago

Twitter Users Protest Footballer’s Disclosure Order

British injunction system under stress as footballer is named in a Scottish paper and thousands of tweets

14 years ago

Advertisers Can Geo-Locate Users With IP Tricks

Geo-location privacy issues are being investigated but IP address pinpointing will be harder to legislate for

14 years ago

Google Takes Facebook Fight Global With Social Search

Google has translated its Social Search service into 19 languages to challenge Facebook in personalised search

14 years ago

Google Places Stands Foursquare With Geo-Location

Google Places now allows users to add location data about places visited via Foursquare and other Web services

14 years ago

June Rumoured For Dell Streak Pro Tablet Release

Several reports claim Dell’s business-focused Streak Pro will offer a 10-inch screen and Honeycomb OS in June

14 years ago

Dictionary Support For Google eBooks But Papers Go

The eBookstore adds search and translate features but plans to archive newspapers have been scrapped

14 years ago

Android Extends Smartphone Lead, Gartner Finds

Android has extended its lead in the smartphone race as Windows, BlackBerry and Symbian decline

14 years ago

Orange Kicks Off The Payment Phone Revolution

Barclaycard, Orange and Samsung have launched a virtual wallet for contactless payments by mobile phone

14 years ago

A Bar-Room Tale Of Novell’s SuSE Adventure

Novell's bright hopes for SuSE failed to shine, but a chance encounter in a London bar may explain how the…

14 years ago

Google Promises Flaw Fix And Improved Privacy Tools

Google is quietly fixing its flaw and developing privacy tools, but Schmidt wants a window on your information

14 years ago

Amazon Says e-Books For Kindle Outsell Paper

The success of Amazon's e-reader has only stimulated speculation that it will launch a general purpose tablet

14 years ago

Attachmate Divides To Integrate Novell Acquisition

Four divisions will house Attachmate's products and those gained through its purchase of Novell

14 years ago

Enterprise Open Source Software Going Mainstream

Confidence in open source software has led to greater competition with proprietary licensed applications

14 years ago

General Availability Of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1

The release of Red Hat Linux 6.1 offers enhanced performance, reliability, scalability, security and more

14 years ago

Databases Face Greatest Threats From Human Error

Database professionals reveal their greatest security concerns are mistakes by their fellow employees

14 years ago