Software

Welcome To The Era Of Co-Opetition

The deal beetween Apple and IBM signals a change in how large technology businesses approach competition, says Anne Cave-Penney from…

10 years ago

Sophos: One Infected Machine Sends Up To 30 GB Of Spam A Week

A compromised computer could hit 5.5 million email addresses with spam every week without its owner ever noticing

10 years ago

HP To Sue Former Autonomy CFO And Accuses Mike Lynch Of ‘Fraud’

HP steps up war of words, promises to sue former Autonomy CFO and says Mike Lynch conducted “fraud”

10 years ago

Australian Students’ Anaemia Diagnosis Tool Wins Microsoft Imagine Cup

Two medical students receive a $50,000 cheque from Microsoft after winning worldwide finals with an app that can diagnose anaemia

10 years ago

Mozilla Admits Developer Password Breach

Red faces and embarrassment all round at Mozilla after a serious breach of developer details

10 years ago

UK Team Brings Its Local Social Network To Imagine Cup 2014

A social network developed during telepresence meetings is fighting for the $50,000 Innovation prize

10 years ago

‘Hand Over Your Source Code’, Russia Tells Apple And SAP

“To prove you are not spies, we require your source code”, Russia tells Apple and SAP

10 years ago

Samsung Profits Fall, Despite Android Domination

Samsung profit falls, as research suggests Android is on the verge of turning smartphone platforms into a one-horse race

10 years ago

Twitter Adds MadBits Image Search, Reports Growth

Twitter acquires an image search startup, and reports encouraging financial results

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Driverless Cars To Join British Roads Next Year

The AA thinks few motorists will be interested when driverless cars are allowed on public roads from next year

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Mozilla Appoints Chris Beard As Permanent CEO

Mozilla resolves its leadership troubles as interim CEO Chris Beard is appointed permanent chief exec

10 years ago

CoreOS Linux Distribution Pushed To Stable Release

The new Linux version CoreOS is now production ready after being released to the stable release channel

10 years ago

Samsung Delays Launch Of First Tizen Smartphone

Fresh doubts about the future of Tizen are raised by latest delay, which Samsung says is to allow for the…

10 years ago

New Firefox For Android Brings Customised Home Pages

The mobile browser gets unique homepage add-ons, new APIs

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Teradata Acquires Two Hadoop-Related Start-Ups

Revelytix and Hadapt will become part of Teradata’s R&D arm

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Hortonworks, HP Tighten Relationship With £30m Investment

Hewlett-Packard makes a significant investment in the Hadoop distribution vendor Hortonworks

10 years ago

Amazon Pays The Price For Heavy Investments

The e-commerce giant makes a bigger than expected loss as it gears up to take on Apple and Google

10 years ago

IT Life: How Databases Will Change The World

Open source databases that meet business challenges will produce great changes, says Patrik Saller

10 years ago

Secure Linux Distribution Found To Contain A Privacy-Busting Flaw

TAILS Linux, used by Edward Snowden to communicate with journalists, is patching holes in one of its network overlays

10 years ago

Facebook Reaps Mobile Ads Benefit, As Profits Climb 138%

Facebook reveals stunning financial results, as returns from mobile advertising reaches new heights

10 years ago

Government Adopts Open Document Formats

The British government switches to the ODF document format, but Microsoft is not happy

10 years ago

Yahoo Bolsters Mobile Analytics With Flurry Purchase

Yahoo continues to look outside its business to add value, with the acquisition of mobile analytics startup Flurry

10 years ago

Former Autonomy CFO Files To Halt HP Settlement Deal

Former Autonomy CFO files court papers to halt HP's “collusive” settlement with disgruntled shareholders

10 years ago

EU Slams Tardy Apple Over In-App Purchases

Apple has been singled out for particular criticism by the European Commission over in-app purchases

10 years ago

Microsoft Plans To Retire MapPoint Software By The End Of The Year

The venerable ancestor of Microsoft’s navigation apps will be finally laid to rest - and UK favourite AutoRoute goes too

10 years ago

IBM Hardware Struggles Continue As Profits Rise

IBM did not enjoy a particularly great second quarter, but cost-cutting helped Big Blue pull in a profit

10 years ago

Microsoft Confirms It Will Axe 18,000 Jobs

Satya Nadella ends Microsoft staff uncertainty with confirmation that 14 percent of the workforce will lose their jobs

10 years ago

“Catastrophic” Flaw In LibreSSL Found And Fixed

The random number generator in the library that's meant to replace OpenSSL was not really random

10 years ago

Box Offers Unlimited Storage And Office 365 Integration

Box says it's not selling storage, it's selling a platform and that Microsoft Office, Office 365 and Outlook integration will…

10 years ago

Microsoft Staff Braced For Headcount Cull – Report

Microsoft reportedly prepares to reduce its workforce following its acquisition of Nokia's handset unit

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