Software

Assange Says Facebook Is American ‘Spying Machine’

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has dismissed Facebook as nothing more than a spying machine for the CIA

14 years ago

New RIM PlayBook Apps Won’t Be Game-Changers

RIM's Facebook and video-conferencing apps for PlayBook are unlikely to change the game for the tablet, says Nicholas Kolakowski

14 years ago

Microsoft Reorganises Around Developers

Microsoft has tweaked the structure of its Developer Division to help it compete in a highly contested market

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Earnings Call Suggests Trouble Ahead

Microsoft reported strong quarterly earnings, but a bit of softness in numbers hints at potential future difficulties, says Nicholas Kolakowski

14 years ago

Microsoft Office 365 Beta: First Look

It is still a beta, but Microsoft's cloud version of Office has impressive management capabilities

14 years ago

IE9 And Firefox Launches Fail To Attract New Users

The boost new Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers aimed to deliver has not stopped a gradual decline

14 years ago

BMC Buys Coradiant For User And App Monitoring

BMC has acquired a specialist in user experience and application performance monitoring

14 years ago

Bin Laden Attack Accidentally Tweeted By Witness

An Abbottabad resident tweeted about a noisy night of helicopters and explosions - not realising the truth

14 years ago

New Malware Tricks Exploit PDF Vulnerability

Researchers have identified PDF files, sent as email attachments, that encode attack code inside an image file

14 years ago

Ubuntu Puts Users First With Unity Interface

The highly anticipated release of Canonical’s Linux features Unity, a new user interface to replace GNOME

14 years ago

Royals’ Decision To Wed Online Sets Internet Records

The wedding of William and Kate made online connections glow with activity but proved too hot for the BBC

14 years ago

Bidders Gather For Sale Of Ailing MySpace

News Corp hopes to raise $100 million from the sale of MySpace, a property it paid $580 million for six…

14 years ago

Android To Get Video Chat After Google Talk Upgrade

Google Talk for Android is to be upgraded over the air with voice and video chat capabilities

14 years ago

PHP Fog Readies Cloud Platform For Launch

PHP Fog has revealed that its new PHP-based cloud platform-as-a-service will soon be available

14 years ago

More Cloud Misery As Yahoo Mail And Flickr Go Dark

Two of Yahoo's most popular services were down for several hours for a million users, the company said

14 years ago

Google Hands Over £10,000 For Chrome Fixes

Google has patched 27 security holes in Chrome and rewarded bug hunters with just under £10,000

14 years ago

Google Earth Offers Wedding Route Insight

Those hoping to get a peak of the royal couple in the flesh can now consult Google Earth for the…

14 years ago

Smartphone Apps Used To Track Royal Wedding

Developers have not been idle preparing for the royal wedding, with numerous mobile apps now available

14 years ago

Security Firms Warn Of Royal Wedding Malware

Spammers and hackers are jumping on the royal wedding bandwagon in order to make some quick cash

14 years ago

Google Apps Follows MS Office 365 With Flexible Billing

Google Apps for Business gets a flexible payment plan but businesses with more than 10 users must pay up

14 years ago

Novell Merger With Attachmate Completes At Last

Novell will operate under the Novell and SUSE Linux business units and brands as Attachmate merger finalises

14 years ago

Westminster Abbey Blocks Twitter At Royal Wedding

Signal jamming technology will be deployed at Westminster Abbey to avoid disruptions to the royal wedding

14 years ago

First Round To Oracle In Google Android Java Suit

In Oracle's lawsuit against Google, the judge has sided with Oracle on the interpretation of certain patent terms

14 years ago

Google Adds Sales Reports To Android Market

Android Market developers now have the option to view monthly reports of their application sales

14 years ago

Gartner Sees Healthy Growth In Operating System Market

The operating system market was worth £18.3 billion in 2010, predictably with Windows leading the way

14 years ago

Amazon EC2 Outage Will Not Be Forgotten

Amazon has waved the all-clear flag, but there still are a lot of smoldering IT managers who haven't yet cooled…

14 years ago

Spammers And Cold Callers Face £500,000 Fine

The Information Commissioner will be cracking down on unwanted email and phone marketing from 25 May

14 years ago

WebM Project Attracts Support For Cross-Licensing

The WebM Project has circled its wagons around a cross-licensing pool as MPEG-LA prepares to attack

14 years ago

Amazon Battles Apple Over Claims To ‘App Store’ Name

Amazon has overturned Apple's cart by issuing a counter-suit against its "App Store is a trademark" claim

14 years ago

Android Stretches US Lead To 37% Smartphone Share

Android's ascent in numbers is reflected in Nielsen's discovery of a preferential shift from Apple

14 years ago