Software

Google Challenges Facebook With Social Search

Google is taking its Social Search project to its core search engine with new features – a move to challenge…

15 years ago

Compuware And BMC Offer New Management Tools

More systems management software is on the way, after both Compuware and BMC brought out new versions of their IT…

15 years ago

Apple iPad Users Will Request Corporate IT Support

Corporate IT managers need to prepare for employees bringing their iPads into work and requesting to sych up the new…

15 years ago

Twitter Launches Local Trends In 15 Cities

Twitter has launched its trends feature for fifteen cities around the world so that people can track the most popular…

15 years ago

Free Software Campaigners Disrupt iPad Launch

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) says Apple should drop restrictions on music, video and e-books

15 years ago

Oracle Outlines Plans For Absorbing Sun

Oracle has explained how it is morphing the creator of Java, Solaris and its 27,600 employees into its own database-driven…

15 years ago

Oracle Finally Completes Sun Acquisition

With just hours to spare before an official announcement, Oracle has completed its multi billion dollar purchase of Sun Microsystems

15 years ago

Government To Slash IT Costs With Open Source, Green Tech

The government's new IT strategy could cut sector spending by £3.2bn a year, but open source experts remain unconvinced about…

15 years ago

Cisco Expands Its Telepresence Offerings

Cisco Systems is releasing a protocol designed to improve interoperability with other telepresence systems, as well as applications to expand…

15 years ago

Social Networking Boosting Haiti Aid Efforts

Large numbers of Facebook users have donated money, food or clothing to help the disaster relief efforts in Haiti

15 years ago

Pope Urges Priests To Embrace Web 2.0

The Vatican reaches out to priests, asking them to embrace the Internet and Web 2.0 tools such as blogging in…

15 years ago

Oracle Promises Business As Usual For Java

Developers can expect is consistency as far as Java is concerned, according to an Oracle executive

15 years ago

IBM Sweetens Migration Path For Sun Customers

IBM is seeking to lure Sun Microsystems customers to its solutions, following the EU's permission for Oracle to acquire the…

15 years ago

Apple Continues To Shine With Latest Results

Apple announces that its fiscal first quarter of 2010 was its best yet, with new sales records for the Mac…

15 years ago

Gates Calls For Higher Taxes To Help US Recovery

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates makes an appearance on ABC to talk about the US economy and his charitable works

15 years ago

Acer Preparing E-Reader And App Store

An Acer executive has confirmed the PC vendor plans to launch an app store, an e-reader, and a netbook running…

15 years ago

MP3 Developers Launch Digital File Successor

Updated: The team which created the MP3 file format has unveiled a new file format that enables the inclusion of…

15 years ago

Space Station Gets Direct Twitter Access

Astronauts at the International Space Station now have personal access to the Internet following a system upgrade at the ISS

15 years ago

Facebook Doubles US Users

Facebook's great 2009 growth through its fifth year recalls that of Google, which took off and went public after its…

15 years ago

Apple Tablet Will Need To Retail For Around £450

Online retailer Retrevo surveyed site visitors about what they want and don't want from an Apple tablet

15 years ago

China Slams Clinton’s Internet Freedom Speech

Beijing has reacted angrily to the speech of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calling it an unjustified attack on China

15 years ago

Google Beats Forecasts After Impressive Profit Hike

Google has beaten the street after recording fourth-quarter earnings and sales that trumped analyst expectations

15 years ago

Music Industry Threatens Civil Action Against Oink Founder

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is threatening civil proceedings against Alan Ellis, who raised £185,000 through BitTorrent tracker…

15 years ago

Review: VMware’s View 4 Improves VDI Performance

VMware View 4 uses a specialised transport protocol to squeeze out lag time and significantly increase the number of monitors…

15 years ago

EC Gives Blessing To Oracle Takeover Of Sun

It was good news for Larry Ellison after Oracle finally gained approval from the European Commission over its acquisition of…

15 years ago

Nokia Launches Free Sat-Nav For Smartphones

Nokia has launched a free global navigation service for its smartphones, which it hopes will give it a competitive edge…

15 years ago

Organisations Not Fully Exploiting Virtualisation Benefits

New research has found that many British firms are not fully realising the benefits of virtualisation, due to a lack…

15 years ago

$100 Laptop Project Recruiting Haiti Volunteers

The earthquake-hit country is just one of the destinations where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation wants to send…

15 years ago

Oracle Announces Meeting On Sun Acquisition

Oracle is now confident enough that the European Commission will finally sanction its acquisition of Sun Microsystems that it has…

15 years ago

Next Incarnation Of SQL Server Nearing Release

Microsoft plans to release SQL Server 2008 R2, currently in the CTP phase, by May

15 years ago