Software

iPad App Store Goes Live In UK

Apple opens up access to the App Store for its tablet device to fans outside of the US, but locks…

15 years ago

Oracle Bags Secerno’s Database Security

Oracle is buying database security vendor Secerno in a bid to grab its database firewall technology

15 years ago

VeriSign Sells Authentication Business to Symantec for $1.3bn

Barely a day after the rumours started to fly, Symantec confirms plans to buy VeriSign's identity and authentication security business

15 years ago

Google Touts Enterprise Cloud With VMware

Google launches new version of hosting platform and a VMware partnership to help bring enterprise Java developers to the cloud

15 years ago

Google Sets Its Wave Platform Free

Google has opened up Google Wave to everyone for free, one year after introducing the real-time collaboration platform to Google…

15 years ago

Survey Suggests Vista Stigma Lifting

Microsoft’s reputation among consumers experienced a lift after the release of Windows 7, according to the latest US index, but…

15 years ago

Evidence Mounts of Facebook Backlash

A survey found two thirds of Facebook users are thinking of quitting amid privacy criticism

15 years ago

Twitter Launches Official iPhone App

Twitter's own mobile app has finally arrived on the iPhone, after previoulsy landing on Blackberry and Android

15 years ago

UC Standards Group Doesn’t Include Cisco or Avaya

HP, Polycom and Microsoft have launched a Unified Communications group, but Cisco and Avaya are playing a different game

15 years ago

Europe Finally Gets Digital Agenda

Digital manifesto for the region faces criticism on open source and copyright expectations

15 years ago

Could Office 2010 Boost Windows Mobile 7?

Office 2010 has a mobile version - and it could be the making of Windows Mobile, says Nicholas Kolakowski

15 years ago

Microsoft Hits Salesforce With Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Microsoft has gone legal and slapped Salesforce.com with a patent infringement lawsuit, alleging its CRM service infringed nine Redmond patents

15 years ago

Rackspace Plans UK Cloud Services

Hosting company Rackspace is bringing its cloud services to the UK, using a green data centre in Slough

15 years ago

Facebook Launches Fast Free Mobile Option

Facebook's new 0.facebook.com address does not incur expensive data charges - and will soon be available through 3 UK

15 years ago

CA Launches Chorus To Make Mainframes Cool

CA's Chorus is intended to give mainframes the kind of tools that younger staff need

15 years ago

Facebook Promises to Clean Up Its Privacy

Facebook's director of public policy promises changes in radio interview

15 years ago

HP Unveils Location App for Android, BlackBerry

Researchers at HP have revealed they are working on Gloe, an app that lets users search for, tag and bookmark…

15 years ago

CEOs Want To Get Creative, Says IBM

Chief executives see the world getting more complex, and want to get creative in response, according to an IBM survey

15 years ago

IT Industry Hit Hard By UK Government Cuts

The IT industry will be hit by spending cuts in the UK budget, but green vendors could see fresh opportunities

15 years ago

Will Facebook Fears Make Users More Aware?

Now ordinary people are concerned about Facebook's privacy practices, Larry Walsh asks: will they change their behaviour?

15 years ago

Oracle Launches Enterprise Update To MySQL

Database and enterprise application giant Oracle has released the first major upgrade of the open source relational database since Oracle…

15 years ago

Microsoft Gives Hotmail Social Networking Update

Microsoft has announced substantial updates to Windows Live Hotmail

15 years ago

Microsoft Pays £138m To Settle VirnetX Lawsuit

Microsoft is to pay $200 million (£138 million) in order to settle a patent-infringement suit from communications specialist VirnetX

15 years ago

Porn Controversy Sees Jimmy Wales Give Up Wikipedia Admin Rights

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has given up his admin rights, after he angered editors by removing images that he deemed…

15 years ago

CA Looks To Cloud With Name Change

The marketing people have been busy once again after CA (formerly known as Computer Associates) changed its name again, this…

15 years ago

YouTube Tops 2bn Downloads A Day

Now aged five, YouTube has twice as many viewers as the major US TV channels, but critics say it could…

15 years ago

Microsoft Hits Back At Google Docs

Microsoft claims that Google Docs does not enhance its Office products and shows how migrating documents to the Google Apps…

15 years ago

Google Stops Selling Nexus One Online

Operators, will sell the Nexus One, as Google admits to failure in its bid to flog it online

15 years ago

HTML5 Security Facts That Could Impact Developers

Application security pros say HTML5 brings with it a new set of security concerns for developers

15 years ago

Microsoft And Google Clash Over Office 2010

Alex Payne, director of Microsoft's online product management team, argues that Google Docs does not enhance Microsoft Office

15 years ago