Software

Nuance Acquires SpinVox For £64m

After weeks of speculation, enterprise-grade speech-to-text processing firm Nuance acquires SpinVox in a deal worth $102.5 million

15 years ago

Security Holes Discovered In Google Calendar and Twitter

A security researcher uncovered some holes in Google Calendar and Twitter that may allow an attacker to steal cookies and…

15 years ago

Microsoft In 2010: Windows 7, Bing And Cloud Computing

Cloud computing could boost Microsoft's market share in the enterprise, but the company could struggle in other areas, notably the…

15 years ago

Google’s Nexus One Is Not An iPhone

Apple iPhone observers say Google's Nexus One phone can't compete - but what if the game is actually a different…

15 years ago

Tories Look To Connect With Voters Via Crowdsourcing Platform

The Conservative Party have offered a one million pound cash prize for developers that can create a website to ‘harness…

15 years ago

Escaped Prisoner Still Using Facebook To Taunt Police

An escaped prisoner continues to use Facebook to taunt British police for their inability to catch him over the Christmas…

15 years ago

Government Reveals True Cost Of Filesharing Clampdown

The Government has revealed that its Internet piracy measures will cost consumers £500 million, or an additional £25 a year…

15 years ago

What Microsoft Must Do To Succeed In 2010

Microsoft had a relatively successful year. But 2009 is nearly history and Microsoft must look ahead to 2010

15 years ago

IBM Makes 2010 Smart City Predictions

IBM offers a series of five predictions about how cities will grow smarter and what technologies will aid in that…

15 years ago

Rumours Suggest 5-Megapixel iPhone In June

A conference hall booking and an order for camera units - does this add up to Apple's iPhone 4G?

15 years ago

Escaped Criminal Uses Facebook To Taunt Police

The unsavoury side of Facebook has been exposed after an escaped criminal used it to taunt police, and the social…

15 years ago

iPlayer Increasingly Used In Bed As Top Gear Dominates

Top Gear is one of the most watched programs on the iPlayer, and according to the BBC, people are increasingly…

15 years ago

Twitter Buys Location Service Provider

Twitterers will be saying what's happening... and where, with Mixer becoming part of Twitter

15 years ago

Telefonica To Acquire Jajah For £129 Million

Telecom giant Telefonica has dipped into its cash reserves to acquire small Silicon Valley VoIP provider, Jajah, for $207 million…

15 years ago

Microsoft Publishes Moonlight Patent Covenant

Microsoft has pledged not to sue end users developing third party distributions of Moonlight, after it published the patent covenant

15 years ago

Glide Beats Chrome OS – And Turns IE Into An OS

Transmedia has stolen a march on Google's Chrome OS with Glide, which turns Internet Explorer into a browser OS with…

15 years ago

Open Source Resolution: Try Harder In 2010!

If Linux vendors are serious about displacing Windows, they could try harder, says Jason Brooks. How about a New Year's…

15 years ago

Microsoft Facing Word Sales Ban In Jan 2010

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholds lower court decision that orders world's largest software maker to stop…

15 years ago

HP Investigates African-American Facial Recognition Issues

Hewlett-Packard is investigating the facial recognition software used with some of its PCs after a YouTube video seemed to show…

15 years ago

Scareware On The Rise Over 2009 Says FBI

From serving malicious ads to poisoning search engine results for recently deceased actress Brittany Murphy, rogue antivirus operations have been…

15 years ago

Red Hat Announces 18 percent Q3 Rise In Profits

Red Hat reported financial results for its fiscal year 2010 third quarter, showing revenues up 18 percent

15 years ago

Testers Get Speedy Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha

The pre-alpha version of the Opera 10.5 browser has been released, which Opera is claiming is up to seven times…

15 years ago

Users Risk Christmas Penalty From Too Much Online TV

An increasing number of people are watching their favourite TV shows online, but are risking a penalty for excessive downloading

15 years ago

Hungary Backs Open Standards But Lags On Open Source

Hungary's decision to back open standards is seen as evidence that the government is ahead in adopting open approaches to…

15 years ago

IBM Plans To Boost Cloud Tech In 2010

IBM will ramp up its cloud computing efforts in the messaging and collaboration market in 2010

15 years ago

Twitter Makes A Profit Thanks To Google And Microsoft

Twitter is now making a profit thanks to two lucrative search deals with Google and Microsoft

15 years ago

E-Reader Content Deals Signal Increasing Competition

A number of content deals is pointing to an intensifying battle between the various makers of e-readers devices

15 years ago

O2 Admits Data Network Failure

O2 has admitted responsibility for some iPhone users being unable to connect to the Internet over the past 48 hours,…

15 years ago

Cisco Helps Cops Capture Crooks With Video Cloud

The networking giant's technology is being used to underpin an online evidence repository developed by stun-gun maker Taser International

15 years ago

Details Emerge Of Latest Twitter Attack

The attack that took down Twitter on 17 Dec. used legitimate credentials to log in and redirect Twitter.com to a…

15 years ago