Software

Reject Microsoft Office Attachments Says Free Software Group

Just say no to Word, Excel attachments say free and open software campaigners

15 years ago

Ordnance Survey Makes Mapping Data Freely Available

Ordnance Survey today released its maps to the public free of charge, as part of an initiative to make government…

15 years ago

Legal Issues Remain In Novell, SCO Linux Fight

There are still some dangling legal strings that need to be trimmed, and those won't happen for at least a…

15 years ago

Chinese Yahoo Users Suffer Hacked Email Accounts

The Yahoo email accounts of some human rights activists and journalists in China and Taiwan have reportedly been hacked into

15 years ago

New Xeon 7500 Treads On Itanium’s Toes

Intel says its Xeon 7500 gives its biggest performance jump yet. Others wonder if it spells the end for Itanium,…

15 years ago

Microsoft Issues Fix For IE Zero-Day Bug

Microsoft has patched a total of ten vulnerabilities for Internet Explorer, after issuing an emergency security update

15 years ago

Jury Confirms Novell Ownership Of Unix

SCO Group's controversial attempt to claim ownership of the Unix operating system could be at an end, after a jury…

15 years ago

MPs Say Climate Unit Blocked Data Requests

Most Climategate allegations are false, although Professor Phil Jones failed to answer all requests for information, an MPs' committee has…

15 years ago

Twitter Launches Real-time Homepage

Twitter has redesigned its front door to better reflects the stream-like nature of the site

15 years ago

LinkedIn App Arrives On BlackBerry

The professional social network LinkedIn is now available for BlackBerry smart-phone users after the launch of the LinkedIn for BlackBerry…

15 years ago

Enterprise Use Of Facebook, Google Apps Soars

Facebook, Twitter, and most Google applications are being heavily used within enterprise organisations, a survey has found

15 years ago

CIOs Tag Legacy Apps As Most Painful

Legacy applications cause the biggest headache for corporate IT management, despite them being a minor part of the overall product…

15 years ago

Orange, Carphone Warehouse To Get HTC Desire

HTC is launching an assault on the UK smartphone market, with the Desire handset now available from Orange and Carphone…

15 years ago

File-Sharing Case Against UK Teenager Is Dropped

A teenager charged with distributing copyrighted material using the BitTorrent site Oink has been acquitted due to lack of evidence

15 years ago

Review: RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express

Enterprises can use BESX to help bring the entire mobile device fleet into compliance with regulations that affect the business

15 years ago

Apple Releases Latest Update To Snow Leopard OS

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.3, its latest update to the Snow Leopard operating system

15 years ago

Europe Approves Cisco’s Tandberg Purchase

Antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have granted approval for Cisco’s $3.4 billion deal for telepresence competitor

15 years ago

HP Strike Action Called Off By Union

HP workers have suspended their two-day strike action as talks continue over pay freezes and redundancies

15 years ago

Facebook To Allow Third-Party Access To User Info

Facebook has announced another update to its privacy policy, allowing some third party applications access to users' information without prior…

15 years ago

Protecting Your Business From Social Networking Suicide

The pros of social networking outweigh the security cons, but the risks to corporate image and data are still significant

15 years ago

Review: YouSendIt Enables Secure File Transfer — Maybe

YouSendIt makes emailing large, sensitive files secure and manageable by avoiding the pain of using FTP clients and servers

15 years ago

Microsoft Pledges Support For Open Source

Microsoft continues to express its commitment to open-source software, most recently at EclipseCon and the Open Source Business Conference

15 years ago

Details Of Apple iBook Pricing Leaked Online

As the release date for the Apple iPad draws near, information regarding e-book pricing from Apple's iBookstore has leaked online

15 years ago

Data Breach Remains Top Security Worry

The ever-present threat of data breaches is keeping business executives awake at night, according to a new survey from IBM

15 years ago

Bletchley Park Gets £250,000 Government Funding

Second world war codebreaking centre Bletchley Park has been given a £250,000 government grant to pay for repairs to the…

15 years ago

Review: Casper Suite 7.2 Keeps Macs In Line

JAMF Software's changes to its Casper Suite bring Mac systems under central control, helping IT managers to track inventory and…

15 years ago

IBM and Partners Launch Cheap Cloud Netbook

IBM has teamed up with Canonical and Simmtronics to launch a cloud netbook costing just $190 (£127) for emerging markets

15 years ago

Mandelson Adds Government Backing For Innovation Centres

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced Government support for the development of a network of technology and innovation centres

15 years ago

Oracle Absorbs Sun Without Financial Harm

After acquiring Sun Microsystems, Oracle looks tanned and healthy, with solid quarterly financial results

15 years ago

Apple iPads Will Be Used At Work

Users will take their iPads to work, despite the doubts of IT managers who still don't trust Apple's iPhone, a…

15 years ago