Software

Firefox, Chrome Browsers Demo WebRTC Comms

Users of the Firefox and Chrome browsers can now video chat without the need for pesky plug-ins

12 years ago

Twitter Set To Introduce Two-Factor Authentication

A job posting suggests Twitter is getting serious about security

12 years ago

Even Cheaper Raspberry Pi Launched

The tiny Linux board has lost the Ethernet, USB, and $10 off its price tag

12 years ago

SAS Brings Visual Analytics To Smaller Organisations

SAS' Visual Analytics software has now been adapted to users including work groups and medium-sized businesses

12 years ago

BSA: Over Half Of UK SMBs Have Used Illegal Software

BSA warns small companies that buying counterfeit software could lead to something more troublesome than a fine

12 years ago

IT Life: Teradata CTO Heralds ‘Analytics For Good’

Teradata CTO Stephen Brobst tells TechWeekEurope about spending 20 years in analytics and advising Barack Obama

12 years ago

TotalBooX Sells eBooks By The Page

An Israeli start-up wants to stop people from buying books before they read them

12 years ago

Oracle Fails In Attempt To End HP Itanium Lawsuit

Oracle has lost a bid to end a legal dispute with HP over Intel's Itanium processor, meaning the penalty phase…

12 years ago

Facebook Grows Despite Sharp Profit Fall

Facebook has recorded impressive revenue growth thanks in part to its growing focus on mobile devices

12 years ago

Tel Aviv – Where Start-Up Culture Has Its Time Machine

Israel's government and private sector nurture new talent at the Time incubator

12 years ago

Microsoft Targets Consumers With New Office 365

Microsoft is hoping consumers will be willing to pay £6 a month to access its new cloud-friendly version of Office

12 years ago

Cisco’s Warrior: Unified Data Centres Are Still Best

Monolithic networks are great says Padmasree Warrior, especially if they include standard SDN interfaces

12 years ago

New Twitter Transparency Site Shows Rise In Government Data Requests

There's a decline in copyright notices, but a rise in government user information requests

12 years ago

Ubuntu On A Phone: Hands-On Preview

Everything you wanted to know about Canonical’s upcoming mobile OS

12 years ago

Logitech May Sell Video Conferencing Business

Following poor financial results, Logitech has said it is considering selling businesses including the LifeSize video-conferencing unit

12 years ago

Privacy Campaigners Call On Microsoft For Skype Transparency

Post-Microsoft acquisition changes continue to pique privacy advocate interest in Skype

12 years ago

Apple Blamed After Google Maps Loses App Crown

Google Maps is no longer the most popular mobile app in the US, having been overtaken by Facebook

12 years ago

Symantec Announces Job Cuts Despite Positive Results

As many as 1,000 Symantec employees could go

12 years ago

Linux Developer Alan Cox Leaves Intel, Slams Fedora 18

Open source legend takes a sabbatical for “family reasons”

12 years ago

Take Big Data Seriously, Warns Analyst

IT planners are being told to 'believe the hype' surrounding big data, according to new research from Ovum

12 years ago

Yahoo! Swallows Social News Startup Snip.It

The revamp of Yahoo! continues as it acquires social news clipping service Snip.it...and then shuts it down

12 years ago

Mozilla Tempts Developers With Firefox Smartphones

Mozilla is to offer developers a preview of the Keon and the Peak smartphones running the Firefox OS

12 years ago

IBM Posts Healthy Profits After Growth Market Focus

IBM's profits were up in the fourth quarter due to strong software and hardware performance, but revenues declined

12 years ago

TweetDeck Closure Letter Is A Sign Of Closer Ties With Twitter

TweetDeck will close as a company but client will continue as Twitter builds up its walled garden

12 years ago

Go Daddy Sued For Hosting ‘Ex-Girlfriend’ Porn Site

Plaintiffs demand the hosting company shares responsibility for violating their privacy

12 years ago

Social Internet ‘Could Split Britain Further Apart’

Government advised to think about the negative impact of technology on social integration

12 years ago

BT Joins StartUp Britain Initiative

As part of the deal, the telecoms provider has launched a digital start-up hub

12 years ago

Google Docs To End Support For Old Office Formats On 31 January

Google Docs' end of support for older Microsoft Office formats was originally scheduled for last autumn, but was pushed back…

12 years ago