Software

Open Source Groups Call For Novell Patents Inquiry

The OSI and FSF have complained that selling Novell's patents could terminally threaten the future of Linux

14 years ago

Patent Evidence Grows Against Google’s Android

Oracle's claim that Google broke Sun's Java patents is backed by code, says an expert

14 years ago

Twitter Bird Catches Anti-Virus Scam Worm

A worm spreading rogue URLs has hit Twitter, seeking to con users into downloading fake anti-virus software

14 years ago

eWEEK Readers Doubt Government Cloud

You doubt the wisdom of government data in the cloud. Next up, social networking: friend or foe?

14 years ago

Microsoft And HP Launch Converged Appliances

Microsoft and HP have joined to combine four productivity tools in a single, ready-to-install appliance

14 years ago

Social Network Scams: Biggest Security Threat For 2011

Facebook may not be up to the job of securing its service, or may not care, warns Graham Cluley of…

14 years ago

Apple COO Cook Dismisses Tablet Rivals

Apple COO Tim Cook has dismissed the company's tablet rivals and laid into Windows and Android

14 years ago

Samsung Denies Charge Claims For Android 2.2 Update

Samsung has denied rumours that it is charging carriers for the Android 2.2 update

14 years ago

IBM Profits From Huge Mainframe Sales Rise

IBM continues to see strong demand for big iron, after sales of System z mainframes rose nearly 70 percent

14 years ago

Rackspace Provides Clouds That Comply With EC Laws

Rackspace Hosting has extended its European base in the UK with new cloud services

14 years ago

Microsoft Offers Free Office OneNote For iPhones

Microsoft's note-taking application is a free download for US iPhones but it will also reach the UK soon

14 years ago

ACS:Law File-Sharing Fiasco Astonishes Judge

Trying to drop file sharing cases, ACS:Law has got itself in a worse tangle

14 years ago

EMC Revs Up Its Software And Adds 41 Products

EMC took its cue from Oracle and staged one of the most extensive product launches in its 32-year history

14 years ago

Android To Dominate Mobile Markets In 2011

Smartphones will take off in 2011, with Android predicted to overtake Apple's iOS by the end of the year

14 years ago

Is The EC’s Google Antitrust Investigation Biased?

The European Commission's questions to Google advertisers and search rivals about how it promotes its own web services are leading,…

14 years ago

LG May Offer Non-4G Model Of G-Slate In UK

Multiple versions of LG’s Android-based G-Slate could soon be available outside the US

14 years ago

Facebook Disables Phone Number Sharing

Facebook has 'temporarily' disabled a feature that allows phone number and address sharing, following criticism

14 years ago

Tayside Police Puts Bobbies On The Tweet

Community police officers in South Perthshire will use Twitter to help prevent crime

14 years ago

Oracle’s VirtualBox Adds Resource Controls: Review

Oracle VirtualBox 4.0 has a cleaner user interface and more controls for desktop virtual machines, while keeping a low-cost position

14 years ago

Google Chrome Browser Adds Enterprise Features: Review

Google has added crucial enterprise management features to the Chrome browser

14 years ago

Microsoft Heats Up Competition With Dynamics CRM Online

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, coming next month, is aimed at battling against Salesforce.com and Oracle

14 years ago

What Do Facebook Users Gain From Sharing Data?

Facebook claims that users will benefit from sharing their contact details with developers. Pull the other one, says Sophie Curtis

14 years ago

Facebook Says Users Have Privacy Control

Sharing contact details is all about improving user experience, says Facebook

14 years ago

Nokia’s Free Ovi Music Service Killed By iTunes

The Ovi Music Unlimited service will be scrapped this year as Nokia admits DRM-free services win

14 years ago

Critics Bash Facebook For Sharing Phone Numbers

Rogue apps will be able to harvest contact details shared by Facebook, warn experts

14 years ago

Mozilla Starts Firefox Beta 4 Public Testing

With Firefox Beta 4 Mozilla has included Panorama group-tabbing technology and speed and performance improvements

14 years ago

Wiki Boss Slams Apple App Threat To Web Openness

Wales blasted Apple's stranglehold on its apps market as the biggest threat to diversity and openness on the net

14 years ago

Avoid Android Market’s Cesspool With Amazon Apps

Amazon's forthcoming app store holds the promise of a polished alternative to Android Market with better and more-visible apps, says…

14 years ago

Android Honeycomb Successor Mooted For May

The next build of Android following Honeycomb (or Android 2.4 or 3.0) is slated to arrive on phones this summer

14 years ago

Apache Launches Updated Open Source Database

The next generation Cassandra open-source database has been announced by The Apache Software Foundation

14 years ago