Collaboration Suites

VeriSign Sells Authentication Business to Symantec for $1.3bn

Barely a day after the rumours started to fly, Symantec confirms plans to buy VeriSign's identity and authentication security business

15 years ago

Google Sets Its Wave Platform Free

Google has opened up Google Wave to everyone for free, one year after introducing the real-time collaboration platform to Google…

15 years ago

Evidence Mounts of Facebook Backlash

A survey found two thirds of Facebook users are thinking of quitting amid privacy criticism

15 years ago

Twitter Launches Official iPhone App

Twitter's own mobile app has finally arrived on the iPhone, after previoulsy landing on Blackberry and Android

15 years ago

UC Standards Group Doesn’t Include Cisco or Avaya

HP, Polycom and Microsoft have launched a Unified Communications group, but Cisco and Avaya are playing a different game

15 years ago

Facebook Launches Fast Free Mobile Option

Facebook's new 0.facebook.com address does not incur expensive data charges - and will soon be available through 3 UK

15 years ago

Facebook Promises to Clean Up Its Privacy

Facebook's director of public policy promises changes in radio interview

15 years ago

Will Facebook Fears Make Users More Aware?

Now ordinary people are concerned about Facebook's privacy practices, Larry Walsh asks: will they change their behaviour?

15 years ago

Microsoft Gives Hotmail Social Networking Update

Microsoft has announced substantial updates to Windows Live Hotmail

15 years ago

Porn Controversy Sees Jimmy Wales Give Up Wikipedia Admin Rights

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has given up his admin rights, after he angered editors by removing images that he deemed…

15 years ago

Microsoft Hits Back At Google Docs

Microsoft claims that Google Docs does not enhance its Office products and shows how migrating documents to the Google Apps…

15 years ago

Pressure On Facebook Over Privacy Continues

The latest privacy concerns have some users threatening to delete their accounts with the social networking service

15 years ago

Facebook Makes Security Changes Amid Privacy Concerns

Facebook tightens security as it deals with the continuing fallout over changes to its privacy settings

15 years ago

Wikipedia Refreshes Interface And Improves Navigation

Wikipedia has changed its navigation, search and editing features in an effort to improve the user experience

15 years ago

Palm Purchase Could Propel HP Into UC

With the right partners, HP could turn a WebOS tablet into a compelling device customisable for unified communications, says Andrew…

15 years ago

Google Hits Back At Microsoft Office 2010

Office 2010 may add a cloud version, but Google has hit back with a claim that it supports collaboration better…

15 years ago

10 Things To Remember About Facebook Privacy

Facebook might be the world's largest social network, but it also suffers from some privacy and security issues that should…

15 years ago

SharePoint 2010 Offers More: Review

Administrators and users will both find much to like about Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2010, offering easier upgrading and better management…

15 years ago

Facebook: The New Soft Security Target

Facebook has a slack attitude to privacy, and if its users don't keep their wits about them it will become…

15 years ago

Twitter Bomb Joker Guilty Of ‘Menacing’ Tweet

A man has been fined £1000 after posting a joke on Twitter about blowing up a snow-bound airport

15 years ago

The Biggest Security Threats Now

Web 2.0 and the recession have prompted CIOs to invest in anti-malware protection, patch management, data loss prevention and safer…

15 years ago

US Government Weighs In On Facebook Privacy

Privacy groups have complained to the US FTC, while others fear proposed privacy rules will hurt online commerce

15 years ago

SMBs Struggle To Understand Social Media

Blogs, Facebook and Twitter are now used by most small to medium businesses in the US, although many remain unsure…

15 years ago

Facebook Fixes Flaw That Exposed User Chats

Facebook has plugged a security hole that exposed users' live chat sessions and pending friend requests

15 years ago

Skype Launching Group Videoconferencing

Skype plans to introduce a group video chat feature that will help it better compete with the likes of Cisco,…

15 years ago

Microsoft Launches Social Aggregation Site

Microsoft revealed a technical preview of Spindex, a new Web service designed to aggregate users' social-networking feeds

15 years ago

Microsoft announces Dates For Kin Launch

Microsoft formally announced that its Kin One and Kin Two phones would be available for online pre-order starting on 6…

15 years ago

Twitter Adds Embedding Option For Tweets

Twitter is to launch embeddable tweets so that people can easily insert tweets into their blog and news stories

15 years ago

Google Brings Gmail Back To Britain

Users of Google's email service in the UK will be able to use @gmail.com domain names from this week

15 years ago

IBM Planning Green Sim City Game For Sustainability Training

The systems giant has created what it calls a "serious game" to help individuals recognise the importance of solving problems…

15 years ago