Software

Microsoft Launches Hohm Energy Management Tool

Microsoft joins the likes of Google in launching online tools to help consumers manage their energy usage

15 years ago

Experts Question Dell Streak Form Factor

Dell calls its upcoming Streak a tablet, but critics, most of whom haven't yet seen it, aren't sure

15 years ago

Facebook Unveils Privacy Revamp

Facebook has slashed the number of settings required to make all information private and create one control for user content.

15 years ago

LinkedIn Lets Users Track Connections on Twitter

LinkedIn adds a feature to its Tweets application that lets users track their LinkedIn connections on both LinkedIn and Twitter

15 years ago

Apple Music Strategy Under Government Scrutiny

Apple could be under examination by the Department of Justice for its deals with music labels to distribute songs and…

15 years ago

Virtualisation, Cloud And Voice Drive Ethernet Growth

Ethernet switch and router spaces are seeing strong revenue growth, driven by virtualisation, cloud computing, and voice and video-over IP,…

15 years ago

Google Pac-Man Cost $120.5m In Lost Productivity

Users spent more than 4.8 million hours of time playing Google's free Pac-Man game last Friday, a time drain that…

15 years ago

Adobe Sets Adobe Reader Free For Android Users

Adobe has released Adobe Reader for Android to the Android Market, just after Google pledged support for Adobe's Flash and…

15 years ago

eWEEK Europe Launches iPhone App

Get eWEEK Europe's news and opinion on your iPhone with our new free app

15 years ago

Facebook Plans To ‘Drastically Simplify’ Privacy

In the face of a user backlash, Facebook has announced plans to update its privacy settings

15 years ago

Security Researchers Reveal Browser Tab Threat

A new attack technique takes advantage of open browser tabs to launch phishing sites without the user's knowledge

15 years ago

Dell to Launch Android Tablet In UK

Dell's Streak Android tablet looks like a pint-size iPad killer, and the UK gets it first

15 years ago

Analysts Warn Vendors On Software Liability

The UK is leading the way in turning the tables on software vendors and providers in terms of liability

15 years ago

Institute for Web Science Axed In Spending Cuts

Academic organisation led by Tim Berners-Lee will no longer receive funding under new government’s £6.2 billion efficiency plans

15 years ago

ITU Wants Half The World Online By 2015

The ITU has stepped up demands for nations to extend broadband networks and deliver a "global information society"

15 years ago

Promoted Tweets Protected From Third-party Ads

Revised developer terms of service deny third parties ability to inject paid tweets on any service that uses its API

15 years ago

Salesforce CEO Hits Out at Microsoft ‘Ally Thugs’

Salesforce chief Marc Benioff used strong language during a recent earnings call to describe a patent-infringement lawsuit brought by Microsoft

15 years ago

Facebook Chief Acknowledges Privacy Criticisms

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits mistakes in changing the social network’s privacy controls and repeats a pledge to simplify them in…

15 years ago

Google TV Gets Cautious Welcome

Analysts have given Google’s upcoming Android 2.1-based TV offering the thumbs up, but caution that the IT industry is littered…

15 years ago

Enterprise IT Drives Solid State Adoption

A new report finds high performance needs are driving early successes for flash SSDs in the enterprise server sector

15 years ago

Windows Phone 7 Faces Android 2.2, iPhone OS 4

Microsoft's launch of Windows Phone 7 will bring it into direct opposition with Apple iPhone OS 4, as well as…

15 years ago

Poll Reveals Widespread Concern Over Facebook Privacy

Sixty percent of respondents to a Sophos poll say they are considering quitting Facebook due to privacy fears

15 years ago

IBM Pushes Sybase Migration to DB2

IBM has introduced pushing a new technology to allow Sybase ASE applications to connect to a DB2 DBMS

15 years ago

Juniper: Carrier Business Models Are Broken

Cisco’s attempts to acquire new markets are all very well, but the key to giving customers what they want is…

15 years ago

Dell Looks to Tablets After Strong First Quarter

Dell reports net income of $584 million for its first fiscal quarter and considers the tablet PC will create a…

15 years ago

Analyst Predicts Tablet Goldrush From iPad Success

With the iPad, Apple kicked open a door that numerous competitors are expected to follow it through, sending tablet sales…

15 years ago

German Court Declares Software Patents Legal

A German decision has gone against EU policy and advice from open source experts, making software patentable

15 years ago

Google Offers Cloud Storage For Developers

Google Storage for Developers utilises the RESTful API and Google's existing storage and networking infrastructure to store code from cloud-computing…

15 years ago

Sybase Launches Sybase Mobility Platform

Sybase has unveiled its Sybase Mobility Platform, a framework for bringing business applications and services such as banking and analytics…

15 years ago

Google Latitude API Lets Users Display Location

Google has launched an API for Google Latitude: the friend-finding service that lets users display their locations on Google Maps

15 years ago