Software

Intel Software Suite Launch Targets Big Data Analytics

Intel builds upon its Hadoop distribution with the introduction of the Intel Data Platform for big data analytics

11 years ago

Microsoft Releases Oracle On Azure Cloud Details

Microsoft outlines the details for Oracle subscription plans running on its Windows Azure cloud platform

11 years ago

Microsoft Turns On Multifactor Authentication For Office 365

To minimise the risk of breaches, Microsoft turns on multifactor authentication for the user base of Office 365

11 years ago

Mozilla To Introduce Advertising Into Firefox

The new feature called ‘Directory Tiles’ will display curated, sponsored content

11 years ago

Microsoft To Rebrand Office Web Apps As ‘Office Online’

After the SkyDrive decision, Microsoft readies another product rebrand for its free 'Office Web Apps' cloud service

11 years ago

Microsoft Surprises With IE Patch Tuesday Update

Microsoft springs a surprise and decides to include a massive IE update in its Patch Tuesday release. Meanwhile, Adob e…

11 years ago

Bill Gates Q&A Reveals Product Role at Microsoft

Bill Gates opens up during a playful Q&A session about his revised role at the software giant

11 years ago

Viber Denies Acquisition Rumours

The Cyprus-based messaging start-up is set to remain independent - denying all knowledge of the takeover story

11 years ago

Jolla Releases Source Code For Sailfish Browser

Sailfish browser becomes the first open sourced internal app as Jolla invites community to make improvements

11 years ago

Mozilla Improves Multi-Device Operation With Firefox Accounts

The upcoming feature will improve synchronisation, and prepare Firefox for introduction of new user-specific services

11 years ago

Microsoft Officially Brings Power BI Analytics To Office 365

Microsoft's business intelligence release brings big data analytics to one billion Office users

11 years ago

Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Claims To Be Fixing Network-Wide Vulnerability

The exchange resumes currency withdrawals, but refuses to send Bitcoins to third-party wallets until further notice

11 years ago

Russian Government Says Bitcoin Is Illegal

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office says Bitcoin is used for money laundering, and should be avoided

11 years ago

Apple Kills The Only iOS-Compatible Bitcoin Trading App

Apple has dumped the Blockchain application from its App Store – and Bitcoin users are threatening to dump their iPhones

11 years ago

Twitter Starts Taking Applications For ‘Data Grants’

A few lucky research organisations will get free access to the platform's public and historical data

11 years ago

Firefox 27 Boosts Security

Sean Michael Kerner welcomes Firefox 27, which fixes some holes and catches up on security tech such as TLS

11 years ago

Vivaldi: A Privacy-Friendly Social Network Opens For Business

Co-founder of Opera Software Jon von Tetzchner unveils his latest project in Iceland

11 years ago

BTC China Exchange Resumes Taking Deposits In Yuan

The largest Bitcoin exchange in the world says the memo banning virtual currency transactions was misunderstood

11 years ago

Chrome Apps Go Mobile For Android And iOS Users

Developers can now build their first Chrome Apps for mobile users running on the Android and iOS platforms

11 years ago

VoltDB Upgrades In-Memory Operational Database

VoltDB upgrades its in-memory database with enhanced analytics, expanded integrations, and MySQL migration

11 years ago

App Developers Face Deadline For In-App Purchases

Mobile app developers have just two months to comply with new in-app purchase regulations

11 years ago

Facebook Beats Expectations With Record Earnings

Facebook has beaten analyst expectations after it revealed its best-ever quarterly results

11 years ago

Cisco Touts ‘Fog Computing’ With New IOx Platform

Cisco's new IOx platform includes a Linux OS to push software to network edge for IoT

11 years ago

EasyGroup Attacks Crowdsourced Delivery Startup Easybring

London-based parent of EasyJet claims the crowdsourced delivery service infringes on its trademarks

11 years ago

Image Of Samsung Tizen Smartphone Surfaces On Korean Website

Alleged Tizen-powered Samsung ZEQ9000 image and specs leak onto the Internet

11 years ago

Maude: Open Formats Could Free UK Government From Microsoft Office

Government to save tens of millions of pounds through open formats instead of Microsoft Office software

11 years ago

OpenStack Revamps To Build Cloud Momentum

The OpenStack Foundation reveals its plan to get more users to contribute ideas to an open-source cloud effort

11 years ago

Bitcoin Entrepreneur Charlie Shrem Charged With Money Laundering

The co-founder of BitInstant allegedly conspired to supply Silk Road with Bitcoins

11 years ago

Microsoft Reveals Data Centre Secrets And Joins Open Compute Project

Facebook's Open Compute Project can share Azure, Bing and Office365 data centre designs now Microsoft has signed up

11 years ago

US Companies Allowed To Publish NSA Data Request Numbers

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo and LinkedIn win a battle against the NSA, but the war is far from over

11 years ago