Software

ECMAScript 5: The Long-Awaited Javascript Update

Ten years in the making, Javascript 5 doesn't break new ground but contains useful enhancements.

16 years ago

Gmail Suffers Two New Outages

Google's Gmail service reportedly failed at 11am this morning - but our evidence is there was an earlier failure with…

16 years ago

Ballmer Discusses “Valuable” Yahoo Deal

Microsoft and Yahoo had a much-publicised battle in 2008 surrounding a possible takeover

16 years ago

Twitter Founder Denies Acquisition Rumours

In March 2009, the site had a reported 9.3 million users, boosting its popularity immensely both among the general public…

16 years ago

Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) Has Security Gaps

Cisco has formed impressive partnerships for its new UCS, but why is there no security provider.on the list?

16 years ago

Oracle Is Nuts To Stick With Sun Hardware

Larry Ellison has committed Oracle to investing more in Sun's SPARC, apparently because he think servers are like iPhones. That's…

16 years ago

Micro Focus Buys Borland And Compuware Division

UK software giant grows in the testing area

16 years ago

London Olympics Says No To Open Source

Despite a mission to make the games as financially and environmentally sustainable as possible, the organisers of London 2012 have…

16 years ago

Microsoft To Lose Another 3000 Staff

That more or less completes the 5000 announced earlier. But there could be more in store

16 years ago

T-Mobile UK To Merge?

Deutsche Telekom has reportedly put its UK mobile network, T-Mobile up for sale. That's to be expected, with its numbers…

16 years ago

ISO 27001 Security Management? “It’s Bloody Brilliant!”

Security standards let management push back against over-enthusiastic IT security fans, says governance expert Alan Calder

16 years ago

Sceptics Spike £460 Million Apple-Twitter Rumours

Unsubstantiated rumours say Apple is buying Twitter for $700 million, but commentators don't believe it

16 years ago

Windows Server 2008 R2: Better For Virtualisation

The new 64-bit-only Windows Server hosts a number of virtualisation improvements but migration may be problematic

16 years ago

Google Apps Connector for Blackberry: Best Of Both Worlds?

Google's cloud-based Gmail, delivered through enterprise-grade Blackberry servers, sounds like the best of both worlds, but is it?

16 years ago

Windows 7’s Costly Compatibility Issues

Polished yes, but elevated costs ensuring hardware and software compatibility may hold back business adoption of Windows 7

16 years ago

Office 2007 Service Pack 2: A Major Update

Tighter server integration keeps Office ahead of Linux/OpenOffice, but SP2 could create headaches for IT organisations.

16 years ago

Zenprise Software Finds Lost Blackberrys

GPS location can tell you if you just left it in your other jacket, and whether someone else is using…

16 years ago

Will Oracle Ditch Sun’s Open-Source Commitments?

Sun has an impressive list of open source projects. How many will survive if Oracle takes over?

16 years ago

Microsoft SharePoint Secured

How to cut through the hype and choose the right SharePoint security product.

16 years ago

Smart Grid Meters Use IM

Intelligent meters are using the XMPP "presence" standard to keep a better grip on power usage

16 years ago

Hacker Broke Into Twitter Via Yahoo Mail

The hacker reportedly was able to view data belonging to President Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and actor Ashton Kutcher

16 years ago

Conficker’s Celebrity Hid The Real Threat

Just as human celebrities distract us from the real stories, the Conficker panic took our eyes from the numerous hard-working…

16 years ago

Wireless Can Beat The Recession – If It’s Playful

The recession may slow the market for mobile devices, but innovations in mobile services could speed up, according to experts

16 years ago

Facebook Used To Track Swine Flu

Facebook becomes the latest social-networking site to monitor the spread of swine flu, tracking the occurrence of flu-related words and…

16 years ago

NHS Moves To Microsoft Exchange

The world's biggest email migration went all right. But what about the stalled £12.7 billion project for patient records?

16 years ago

Google Defends Medical Records System

Health care IT has become an increasingly important segment of the IT industry, with major players ranging from Google to…

16 years ago

Small Businesses Unsure About Social Networks

While small businesses feel increasingly optimistic about the economy, many midmarket companies are less embracing about Web 2.0 developments such…

16 years ago

Google Fixes Chrome Bug, Blames Microsoft IE

If your PC uses two browsers in tandem - say Google and IE - whose job is it to protect…

16 years ago

RIM BlackBerry Service Fails In Europe

Enterprise customers have their mobile email interrupted for around an hour, due to network failover

16 years ago