Software

Poll: What ‘Alternative’ Phone Would You Like To Try?

Other than iOS and Android, which phone OS gets your vote?

12 years ago

Ubuntu On A Phone Or Firefox OS: Which Scares iPhone And Android Most?

We want a good, clean fight. No lawsuits, patent trolls, or being inspired by Apple products. Let's get it on!

12 years ago

Twitter IPO Estimated To Reach $11 Billion

Twitter grows in value, as the IPO rumours emerge

12 years ago

Samsung Chooses Tizen As Alternative To Android

Smartphones running the open source OS are expected to appear later this year

12 years ago

Ubuntu For Phones Launched By Canonical

This year, Ubuntu, the most popular Linux-based operating system in the world, is coming to a phone near you

12 years ago

Student Discovers Security Flaw In Facebook New Year App

Jack Jenkins found and disclosed the bug, but didn’t even get a “thank you” in return

12 years ago

Digital Sales Smash £1bn Barrier In 2012

E-commerce thriving as overall entertainment market declines

12 years ago

Autonomy’s Lynch Says HP Is ‘Backtracking’ Over Fraud Claims

Autonomy fraud allegation apparently diluted in HP filing

12 years ago

Microsoft Rushes Fix For Internet Explorer Vulnerability

Microsoft has rushed out a tool to repair a zero-day vulnerability in older versions of Internet Explorer

12 years ago

Demand For Agile Developers Outstrips Supply

The number of jobs for agile developers has outnumbered qualified candidates by nearly 5 to 1 over the past two…

12 years ago

Google Voice Calls Remain Free In North America

Domestic Google Voice calls in Canada and America will remain free in 2013, the search giant has confirmed

12 years ago

Queen’s Christmas Message To Be Broadcast In 3D

The Queen's Christmas message will use 3D technology for the first time, 80 years after the first royal Christmas broadcast…

12 years ago

UK Government Announces First Wave Of New Digital Services

Coalition pushing on with 'Digital by Default' strategy as 18 departments announce plans for new projects

12 years ago

Raspberry Pi Runs a Mobile Phone Network In Cambridge

The £25 Raspberry Pi becomes a GSM base station

12 years ago

IT Life: Open Source Clouds For Customers

Open source and cloud are John Hudson's favourite tech, a bicycle is is favourite transport

12 years ago

Instagram Completes Retreat On Selling User Photos

Instagram reverts to the old wording of its terms and conditions following a massive user backlash

12 years ago

Google Quickoffice Opens Up MS Office On Apple iPad

Apple iPad users can now open and edit Microsoft Office documents on their tablets, thanks to the Quickoffice app

12 years ago

Oracle Builds Cloud Challenge With £536m Eloqua Deal

Oracle has ramped up its cloud confrontation with Salesforce.com after the acquisition of Eloqua

12 years ago

IBM Beefs Up Big Data With StoredIQ Purchase

IBM is adding to its growing 'big data' arsenal with the decision to acquire software maker StoredIQ

12 years ago

Google Expands Apps Vault Archive Availability

Google Apps Vault, the search engine's data governance solution, is now available to existing customers

12 years ago

Instagram Denies It Claimed Ownership Of Users’ Images

Instagram promised not to sell user photos after a policy change gave it “perpetual” rights to uploaded images

12 years ago

Google Maps iOS App Hits 10 Million Downloads

In its first 48 hours of being released, the Google Maps app for iOS has hit an impressive 10 million…

12 years ago

Open Source Cloud Strategies Help Firms Innovate

Open source clouds win on costs, freedom and scalability, says a report

12 years ago

Raspberry Pi Gets Its Own App Store

Software for the miniature computer grows into a separate ecosystem

12 years ago

Twitter Archive Opens: Some Users Can Download All Their Tweets

Limited number of users get to download their Twitter archive in one tidy package

12 years ago

Google Sees Little Demand For Windows 8 Apps

Google is in no hurry to develop native apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone, due to small demand

12 years ago