Software

Mozilla Hopes Jetpack API Will Take Off

Mozilla Labs wants the open-source development community to try out Jetpack, the lab's new API

16 years ago

Yahoo Launches Voice-Activated iPhone Search

Users can speak into their device in order to activate a oneSearch query, pulling in results for everything from restaurant…

16 years ago

Google Improves Security With Chrome

Google Chrome 2.0 browser includes some new security features with which to arm itself as it competes in a browser…

16 years ago

Rumoured Mac Tablet Could Face Off With Kindle

Apple could be rolling out a Mac Tablet in the first half of 2010, according to widely circulated Wall Street…

16 years ago

Free Software To Become A Euro Election Issue

Free software pact gives supporters something better to vote on than disgust over MP's expenses

16 years ago

Red Hat Sues Switzerland Over Microsoft Monopoly

£8 million a year to Microsoft, with no public bidding. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, say open…

16 years ago

Local Government Sets Green Computing Example

Local government is stealing a march on central government in its use of virtualisation to harness cost savings and power…

16 years ago

The Time Is Right For Desktop Linux, Says Report

Open source desktops haven't been a hit so far, but the recession, virtualisation, and the failure of Vista could change…

16 years ago

Google Says No To Newspapers, Yes To Online News

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has said while his company is not interested in buying physical newspapers it could put…

16 years ago

Google Polishes Chrome Browser

Google has high hopes that Chrome's unique features will make it a suitable competitor to Microsoft Internet Explorer and other…

16 years ago

Opera Browser Doesn’t Need The iPhone, Says Von Tetzchner

The iPhone's effect on the mobile Internet is over-rated, says Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner. What the whole world needs…

16 years ago

Motorola Launches Wi-Fi Only Windows Phone

It looks like a Windows Mobile phone, but it's got no cellular. Motorola thinks this could save money for your…

16 years ago

Number 10 Dodges Phorm Investigation Calls

Despite threats of EC legal action and consumer complaints, the Prime Minister's Office has said Phorm is not its problem

16 years ago

BlackBerry Location Apps Are The Most Expensive

A report comparing the RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone and Google Android application stores finds RIM offering the highest prices and…

16 years ago

Windows 7’s XP Mode Could Boost Linux and The Mac

Window 7's XP Mode will get users used to the idea of desktop virtualisation - and make it easier for…

16 years ago

Cisco Wireless Launch Includes WebEx On the iPhone

Collaboration and UC on all devices - and a new wireless switch, as well

16 years ago

Google Launches Gmail Translation Tool

Google has introduced several new features in 2009 to Google Apps and Gmail designed to make those services more robust…

16 years ago

Twitter Won’t Raise Cash Via Adverts

Twitter has experienced explosive growth in the three years since its initial rollout, with some 9.3 million users in March…

16 years ago

Mozilla Prism Makes Web Apps Behave Like Desktop Apps

Business and netbook users of web apps will find Prism a particular time saver and it helps web app developers…

16 years ago

Recession: Why It Means Disaster For IT Security

Threats are growing as fast as ever - or faster. But companies simply cannot afford the levels of security expenditure…

16 years ago

Wolfram Alpha “Answer Engine” Challenges Google Search

New knowledge tool understands questions, instead of just searching, according to controversial inventor Stephen Wolfram

16 years ago

OpenOffice.org 3.1: Better Performance

The 3.0 release of OpenOffice left some issues in the productivity suite. This new version makes a good job of…

16 years ago

Google Outages Raise Questions About Cloud Future

Google and other cloud-based services have been experiencing outages of several hours' duration throughout 2009

16 years ago

Why The Mainframe Will Never Die

Users need support in ever more demanding workloads, greening strategies and cloud computing models, which guarantees the mainframe's continuing relevance,…

16 years ago

Google Blames Outage on Asian Web Traffic Jam

While the outages of services such as Gmail are usually only temporary, the popularity of these Google services often means…

16 years ago

Windows 7: An End To the Anti-Virus Nightmare?

Anti-virus software is all rubbish, says Andrew Garcia. He's hoping that Windows 7's baked-in security could finally set him free…

16 years ago

Secure Tweets: Three Business Apps Rated

Socialcast, Socialtext and Huddle; three services offering the features of Twitter, Facebook and other Web 2.0 technologies but palatable to…

16 years ago

IBM Makes Lotus Notes Better On iPhone And BlackBerry

New Notes beta uses Microsoft ActiveSync to reach more devices

16 years ago

Citrix Receiver for iPhone: Enterprise Apps Go Mobile

If you are using Citrix XenApp to distribute applications to Windows machines, you should look at Citrix Receiver for iPhone…

16 years ago

Intel And Novell Planning Netbook Linux Platform

Novell announced it will create a Moblin-based product for netbooks that it will push to OEMs and ODMs.

16 years ago