Software

Novell: Community Wants OpenSUSE Foundation

The openSUSE Linux version is going to a foundation because users demanded it, says Novell's community manager Jos Poortvliet

14 years ago

Microsoft-Backed Consortium Still After Novell Patents

Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and EMC's consortium, CPTN Holdings, is apparently still intent on acquiring 882 Novell patents

14 years ago

IBM And Samsung Expand Chip Research Partnership

IBM and Samsung are co-operating in semiconductor technology R&D for mobile devices and other products

14 years ago

SAP Acquires Security As Black Hats Take Aim

As SAP buys into ID management, an event at Black Hat DC will put Web-enabled SAP apps in the line…

14 years ago

T-Mobile Backtracks On Data Cap Cuts

New data caps will not affect existing customers, says T-Mobile in a humiliating climb-down

14 years ago

2011 To Be A Major Year For Mobile

2011 will be a major year for mobile and wireless devices, says J. Gerry Purdy, in his analysis of upcoming…

14 years ago

How Do You Forge A Digital Identity?

IT is now charged with the job of extending existing IDs or incorporating new ones to accommodate a digital presence,…

14 years ago

Government To Cut Costs With Cloud Computing

The government will look to outsourcing and cloud computing to cut costs in 2011, predicts Ovum

14 years ago

SAP Financial Analytics Module Unveiled By Oracle

Court battles over, Oracle still sees value in releasing a BI analytics application for SAP databases

14 years ago

Irish Opposition Party Website Hacked By Anonymous

The Anonymous group has hacked Fine Gael's website, and stolen thousands of confidential details

14 years ago

Judge Sets Assange Extradition Hearing

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face an extradition hearing on 7 and 8 February, a judge has pronounced

14 years ago

Google Lets Android Speak For Itself At CES

Google quietly hovers over CES like a proud father; Android has grown to be a big baby, says Clint Boulton

14 years ago

Concerns Raised Over OpenSUSE Spin-Off

Linux version OpenSUSE could move to its own foundation, in Attachmate's acquisition of Novell

14 years ago

Facebook Shut Down Rumours Debunked

Facebook will continue to operate, the company has confirmed, after false reports that the site will close

14 years ago

Android Gingerbread Spotted On Apple iPhone

Developers have demonstrated Android 2.3, commonly known as Gingerbread, running on an iPhone 3G

14 years ago

Why One Third Of UK Users Plan To Swap ISP

Users aren't happy, but customer disatisfaction makes the world go round, says Peter Judge

14 years ago

RIM Ordered To Block Porn Sites In Indonesia

BlackBerry maker RIM must censor online porn by 21 January to avoid being shut down in Indonesia

14 years ago

Google Apps Gets Anti-Spam Tool

Google has added DKIM signing to Google Apps, giving users a way of steering clear of spam filters

14 years ago

Iceland Hits Back At WikiLeaks Investigation

The US ambassador has been called to explain why an Icelandic MP is under investigation over WikiLeaks

14 years ago

Google Reveals Android SMS Trouble Was Two Bugs

Google has fixes ready for two separate SMS bugs in Android, which it says only appeared rarely

14 years ago

Spam Declines As Botnets Rethink Their Strategies

Spam levels fell over Christmas but Symantec reckons this may be the lull before a storm coming in 2011

14 years ago

RIM Wants Two Years Grace On Indian Access

Research In Motion sees the Indian demands to access its email network as a threat to its business model

14 years ago

Android Eases Past iPhone in US Smartphone Race

Google's Android operating system has now overtaken Apple's iOS in the US smartphone market

14 years ago

Motorola Xoom Tablet Impresses CES Crowd

Motorola's tablet device, the Xoom, has wowed the crowds at the CES Show with its 3D capabilities

14 years ago

50,000 Hacked iTunes Accounts For Sale In China

Stolen iTunes accounts go for as little as 10p on a leading Chinese shopping site, and credit cards are at…

14 years ago

Google Hasn’t Given Up On Social Yet

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said Google has give up on social. Clint Boulton disagrees, but Google won't beat Facebook…

14 years ago

Facebook May Have To State Financials – Or Go Public

Facebook is near the SEC's 500-private shareholder threshold and may have to publicly state financials by 2012

14 years ago

CIOs Warned That Cloud Could Be A Smokescreen

Don't use software-as-a-service just because it is easier, or because you hope to hide the issues, warns Ovum

14 years ago

Kaspersky: Truncated URLs May Lead To Botnet Hell

Shortened tweeted URLs can often lead to malicious websites, warns Kaspersky

14 years ago

LinkedIn Rumoured To Go Public In 2011,

Professional social networking site LinkedIn is planning to go public later this year, according to reports

14 years ago