Software

Microsoft Customises Cloud, Offline Azure Services For US Government

Microsoft has released a government edition of the Microsoft 365 bundle, with Azure Stack set to link to the Azure…

7 years ago

‘Evolutionary’ AI Tricks Classic Video Game Q*bert Into Delivering Points Overdrive

New research demonstrates evolutionary techniques may hold promise for training artificial intelligences of the future

7 years ago

GitHub Briefly Taken Offline In Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

The popular code-hosting site was taken offline for 10 minutes after being targeted by a massive 1.35Tbps DDoS attack

7 years ago

US Government Contractor Cellebrite ‘Can Unlock Latest iPhones’

Even the most recent iOS gadgets and software may not be safe from prying eyes, according to claims by Israel-based…

7 years ago

MWC 2018: Sony, Samsung Phones Zoom In On Video And Social

Sony's Xperia XZ2 introduces 4K HDR video recording and adds vibration to movies, while Samsung's S9 consolidates last year's successes

7 years ago

Google Phases Out Android Pay, Introduces ‘Google Pay’

Google Pay will combine Google's multiple payment applications, allowing users to make transactions with their device or online

7 years ago

Apple Releases iOS, macOS Fixes For Telugu ‘Text Bomb’ Bug

The issue meant a single character in the Indian language Telugu would cause applications on iPhones, iPads or Macs to…

7 years ago

Oracle Buys Security Startup Zenedge To Boost Cloud Platform

Zenedge is to expand Oracle's already strong cloud security range, following plans to build a dozen new data centres worldwide

7 years ago

Google Publishes Unpatched Flaw In Microsoft Edge Browser

The bug could allow hackers to use Edge to launch malicious Javascript code, getting around a security feature introduced last…

7 years ago

MongoDB 4.0 To Offer Multi-Document ACID Transactions

No need to choose relational databases anymore, says MongoDB, with upcoming addition of ACID transactions

7 years ago

LogMeIn To Acquire Jive Communications For £247m

Consolidation in enterprise unified communications space as LogMeIn opens cheque book for Jive Communications

7 years ago

Microsoft Office 2019 Will Only Work On Windows 10

Microsoft confirms Office 2019 will only run on Windows 10 and Windows Server, and will come with less extended support…

7 years ago

Microsoft To Phase Out Windows 10 S, Just Months After Launch

The stripped-down Windows 10 S is to disappear as a stand-alone product in Microsoft's spring revamp of the Windows product…

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Morten Primdahl, Zendesk CTO

Morten Primdahl talks about his career in IT and how Zendesk transformed from a server in a cupboard to 110,000…

7 years ago

IBM Outlines Prospects For Java In 2018

ANALYSIS: Java is still hugely popular, particularly for client-server web applications, with 9m developers. Its beauty is that it’s an…

7 years ago

IBM Finally Returns To Growth, But It’s Not All Good News

For the first time in 23 quarters sales at IBM have risen, but a quarterly loss and stagnant forecast blunts…

7 years ago

Oracle Issues Patches For Spectre & Meltdown Flaws

More patching for system administrators as Oracle releases 237 fixes to counter Spectre, Meltdown flaws

7 years ago

Veeam Buys AWS Enterprise Continuity Start-Up For £31m

N2WS provides cloud-native enterprise backup and recovery systems for Amazon Web Services, which leads the cloud platform market

7 years ago

Barcelona Aims To Oust Microsoft In Open Source Drive

The Catalonian capital is aiming to supplant proprietary software including Outlook, Office and Internet Explorer by the spring of next…

7 years ago

DeepMind Chief Recognised In New Year Honours List

Demis Hassabis has been named CBE for breakthroughs by the controversial Google-owned British artificial intelligence company

7 years ago

Apple Hit By Class-Action Lawsuits Over iPhone Slowdown

Three lawsuits filed in Illinois and California allege Apple 'interfered' with users' handsets, leading to a loss of value and…

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Novell

Not many tech firms come from the US state of Utah, but for many years Novell was the bedrock of…

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Wendy Paine, Logicalis UK

Wendy Paine from Logicalis takes use through her career in IT and talks about skiing, cycling, and, er, Citrix

7 years ago

Microsoft Previews Quantum Computing Language Q#

The company's quantum computing development kit includes the Q# language as well as local and cloud simulators, libraries and sample…

7 years ago

IT LIFE: Dan Martland, Edge Testing Solutions

Dan Martland from Edge Testing Solutions talks about how his hobby became a career and the importance of software testing

7 years ago

Mozilla To Build Breach Notifications Into Firefox Browser

A planned feature, currently in early testing, would alert users when they use a site that's recently been affected by…

7 years ago

Munich Approves €49.3m Windows 10 Migration Plan

The city Linux desktop programme has come to an end with the vote to spend more than €50m euros to…

7 years ago

CA Technologies CTO: We’ve Had To Adapt To Stay Relevant

CA WORLD 2017: CA Technologies UK CTO Rob Coleman explains the shift at the company and why its accelerator programme…

7 years ago

GitHub Notifies Developers If Their Software Project Has A Security Issue

GitHub says move is an important step for open source security

7 years ago

Microsoft Office 365 Diary: LinkedIn AI Promises To Help People Write Better CVs In Word

OFFICE 365 NEWS: Microsoft says insights gained from LinkedIn can help users write better CVs

7 years ago