Software

Google Extends Voice Search for Android

Voice Actions allows the use of spoken commands for browsing, texting and making calls, similar to technology from Siri and…

15 years ago

Twitter Launches Tweet Button For Websites

The button streamlines the process of retweeting a website link, taking the lead from existing third-party technologies such as TweetMeme

15 years ago

Microsoft Updates Database Migration Tool

A refreshed version of SQL Server Migration Assistant looks to ease migration from MySQL to SQL Server and SQL Azure

15 years ago

Microsoft To Unveil IE9 Beta Mid September

The public beta of Internet Explorer 9 will be launched on September 15, Microsoft has confirmed

15 years ago

Java Creator Admits ‘No Surprise’ Over Android Lawsuit

Java creator James Gosling has admitted he is not surprised at Oracle's lawsuit against Google over claims that Android OS…

15 years ago

Vodafone Backs Down In Row With Android Users

Vodafone has reversed its decision to install its own branded apps and bookmarks via a software update to its HTC…

15 years ago

ITV Responds To Apple TV Rebranding Rumours

Rumours that Apple is planning to rename its TV service as iTV have been met with cool defiance from Britain's…

15 years ago

Google Suit: Now We Know What Java Means To Oracle

Friday 13th could be a very unlucky day for Java, whatever the outcome of Oracle's lawsuit, says Peter Judge

15 years ago

Oracle Sues Google Over Android’s Java

Oracle claims that Google's Android OS breaks the Java patents it acquired from Sun

15 years ago

IBM Ends Legal Tussle With Oracle Over Employee

IBM has dropped its effort to stop a former Big Blue employee from joining rival Oracle

15 years ago

iPhone Exploit Code Posted Online

The source code for a new jailbreak for the iPhone has been released, leveraging two vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS mobile…

15 years ago

Google Chrome 6 Browser Goes to Beta

Google on 11 August launched Chrome 6 to beta, adding autofill to populate web forms automatically as users type in…

15 years ago

eWEEK Readers Stick With Windows XP

Linux beats Windows 7 into second place in our reader poll, behind the venerable Windows XP. Next - tell us…

15 years ago

Sony Developing Android 3.0-based Gaming Phone

Sony Ericsson is developing a phone and gaming hybrid device that will use the Android 3.0 operating system, codenamed Gingerbread

15 years ago

Vizioncore Offers Immediate Recovery Of VM Images

Vizioncore is now offering an add-on dubbed FlashRestore, that allows for the immediate recovery from the backup repository of virtual…

15 years ago

India Turns Up The Heat On RIM

The BlackBerry ban row has now shifted focus to India, after it became the latest country to threaten to ban…

15 years ago

Critical Testing: Mobile Workstation Laptops

Guidance for selecting a mobile workstation for those high-value employees who most process compute-intensive workloads on the road

15 years ago

Palm Pre At Centre Of Bugging Concern

The Palm Pre handset is at the centre of concerns that attackers could turn mobile phones into bugging devices

15 years ago

Oracle SPARC Server Road Map Holds Promise

Oracle executives are finally talking about plans for the high-end Sun SPARC servers. Now they need to execute on those…

15 years ago

Oracle Outlines SPARC And Solaris Road Maps

Oracle officials say Solaris 11 will arrive in 2011, and SPARC performance will at least double every other year until…

15 years ago

SAP Backs Government Calls For CRC Registration

The business IT specialist is hoping to benefit from what the government admits is “complex” legislation

15 years ago

Microsoft ‘Laser Focused’ On Tablets

Microsoft executive Bill Koefoed summarised Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and tablet PC strategy

15 years ago

German Privacy Regulator Objects To Google Street View

Google is bringing Street View to 20 German cities in 2010 but offering users the opportunity to have images of…

15 years ago

Hawking Team Uses Supercomputer To Explore Space

COSMOS is using one of the world's fastest supercomputers to analyse its data and research into the origins of the…

15 years ago

Windows Will Be Big In The Cloud, Says Rackspace

Linux rules the cloud, but users want greener servers for Windows too, says hosting provider

15 years ago

Linux Foundation Launches Open Compliance Scheme

The Linux Foundation announces the launch of its Open Compliance Program

15 years ago

Sybase Targets Latency With Upgraded Replication Server

Sybase has announced a version of its Replication Server that features technology designed to slash the time it takes to…

15 years ago

Nokia N8 On Pre-Order for £420 In the UK

Two sites claim Nokia's flagship N8 will be available by the end of August

15 years ago

Google, Verizon Announce Net Neutrality Plans

The net neutrality plan, proposed by Google and Verizon, would implement previously stated principles in FCC filings

15 years ago

RIM Reaches Saudi Deal Over BlackBerry Ban

Research in Motion has reportedly avoided a ban by agreeing to let the Saudi government monitor email data

15 years ago