Software

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

Pressure On Facebook Over Privacy Continues

The latest privacy concerns have some users threatening to delete their accounts with the social networking service

15 years ago

Adobe Launches Apple Smear Campaign

Adobe has taken out a new ad campaign to blast Apple for its closed approach regarding developer licensing and touting…

15 years ago

Sybase Deal Signals SAP Commitment To In-Memory DB

The acquisition of Sybase by enterprise software giant SAP shows its commitment to its in-memory database technology push

15 years ago

Facebook Makes Security Changes Amid Privacy Concerns

Facebook tightens security as it deals with the continuing fallout over changes to its privacy settings

15 years ago

Tech CFOs Optimistic Over Economy And Jobs

The bean counters at tech companies are sounding an optimistic note over the state of the economy and jobs market

15 years ago

Wikipedia Refreshes Interface And Improves Navigation

Wikipedia has changed its navigation, search and editing features in an effort to improve the user experience

15 years ago

Android 2.2 Boasts Massive Performance Boost

Google Android 2.2 sports a 450 percent performance boost over Android 2.1, as well as tethering and serving as a…

15 years ago

Verizon Confirms Google Partnership For Android Tablet

More competition looms for the Apple iPad, after Verizon confirmed it is working with Google to offer consumers a tablet…

15 years ago

Why SAP’s £3.9 Billion Sybase Buy Makes No Sense

Nearly £4 billion is a lot of money for a database product that is losing out to Oracle, say the…

15 years ago

SmartDeploy Eases Windows 7 Migration: Review

Prowess’ SmartDeploy Enterprise uses a combination of virtual machines and other technologies to migrate from XP to Windows 7

15 years ago

Palm Purchase Could Propel HP Into UC

With the right partners, HP could turn a WebOS tablet into a compelling device customisable for unified communications, says Andrew…

15 years ago

Microsoft Unveils Cloud Enabled Office 2010

Microsoft has unveiled the final versions of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010

15 years ago

Google Hits Back At Microsoft Office 2010

Office 2010 may add a cloud version, but Google has hit back with a claim that it supports collaboration better…

15 years ago

Apple Disputes Researcher’s Android Findings

Apple has labelled a market report on 150,000 US consumers as “limited”, after it concluded that Google Android had overtaken…

15 years ago

EMC Aims For Speedy Dedupe With DD Boost

The product announcements continue to roll out from EMC, after the storage giant launched software designed to accelerate backup integrated…

15 years ago

Goodbye Gordon: The Labour Tech Legacy

From ID Cards and the Digital Economy Act to YouTube, Gordon Brown met tech pitfalls, but there are some bright…

15 years ago

Video: Open Source Is Key To Cloud Innovation

Open source is critical in realising the benefits of the cloud and allows for greater strategic flexibility, says Red Hat's…

15 years ago

Why Office 2010 Needs Both Mobility And The Cloud

Microsoft's Office 2010 might finally lose dominance of productivity software, says Nicholas Kolakowski, for two reasons: the cloud and mobility

15 years ago

BSA Says Piracy Costs Industry Billions

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) reported software theft cost the IT industry £34 billion last year, with China leading the…

15 years ago

US Patent Office Supports Claim Against Microsoft Word

Microsoft has bee handed another setback in the long-running patent infringement case leveled against it by Canadian firm i4i

15 years ago

Web Consortium Launches New Business XML Tool

The World Wide Web Consortium announces the availability of the XProc specification for managing XML-rich processes

15 years ago

Mozilla Boss Steps Down To Join VC Firm

Mozilla CEO John Lilly has announced that he will be stepping down

15 years ago

Mozilla Outlines Product Plans For Firefox 4

Mozilla has begun work on Firefox 4, and in an effort to gather public feedback, has outlined early product plans…

15 years ago