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Database And Systems Management Markets Grew In 2011
The global database and systems management markets grew in 2011defspite a weak economy, according to IDC
Twitter To Open Source Encrypted Text Software For Android
Twitter has made the source code of Whisper Systems'TextSecure software available on its GitHub.
Employees’ Emails Stolen In US Chamber Of Commerce Breach
The Chinese government may have breached the US Chamber of Commerce and stolen Asian policy information
IBM Takes Its Big Data Analytics To Academia
IBM's programme to spread its business analytics products to universities embraces Scotland and Northern Ireland
Facebook Plans To Include Adverts In Users’ Newsfeeds
Facebook is to ring in the new year by beginning to insert adverts into users newsfeeds and updates
Google Signs Mozilla Search Deal For Firefox
Google and Mozilla have reached agreement on a new three year search deal for the Firefox web browser
Nuance Buys Vlingo As Voice Recognition War Grows
As Apple and Google square up over voice recognition, Nuance is to acquire Vlingo despite being sued by the company
Oracle Shocks Investors After Missing Forecasts
Oracle has sent a tremor through Wall Street after it missed analyst forecasts, causing its shares to plunge
Army’s Lax Security Highlighted In US WikiLeaks Hearing
The theme of the pre-trial testimony of WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning is that US military security was lax
Oracle Seeks Early Trial Against Android To Stop Developer Drift
Oracle has asked for a trial as early as January in its case against Google, because Java is losing ground to Android
Adobe Updates PhoneGap With Windows Phone Support
Open source mobile development framework, PhoneGap, has been updated to support Windows Phone
Salesforce Buys Rypple To Counter SuccessFactors
Salesforce.com has responded to SAP's bid for SuccessFactors with the cheaper acquisition of Rypple
MPs Oppose Social Media Riot Shutdown
A committee of MPs have said social networks should not be closed or blocked during civil disorder
VMware Brings Windows To Kindle Fire
Kindle Fire users can now run Microsoft Windows thanks to the latest virtualisation software from VMware
Christmas Hackers And The Sanity Clause
New devices and first-time users provide the ideal mix for Christmas exploits so take a secure grip from the start, advises Eric Doyle
Hillingdon Googles For Business Apps Cloud
The London Borough of Hillingdon is migrating its 3,500 staff to the Google Apps for Business Cloud service
Private Mail Used For Business Now Subject To FOI Searches
The ICO has released new guidance stating that private emails and texts may be subject to Freedom of Information Act searches
IBM’s Top 5 Innovations Will Change Your Life Within 5 Years
The 2011 predictions cover green power, mind-reading machines, desirable junk mail, DNA passwords, and digital profusion
Novell-Microsoft WordPerfect Lawsuit Ends In Mistrial
An antitrust case rooted in the mid-1990s has floundered after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous decision
Healthy EU And US Data Protection For Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft says its Office 365 cloud platform now conforms to European Union and HIPAA privacy regulations
Facebook Launches Timeline-based Profile Redesign
Users can try out the Timeline of their Facebook life before its official release next week
Google Takes Street View To Post-Tsunami Japan
Google adds 'before and after' images of areas of Japan affected by March's earthquake and tsunami
Atos Orgin To Abandon Internal Email
A giant French firm has said it will ban the use of email systems for internal messages within two years
App Store Downloads Pass 100 Million For Apple
Apple's App Store passed more than 100 million downloads this year and Christmas is yet to come
Samsung Phone Sales Top 300m Thanks To Galaxy
Samsung's Galaxy phones helped it top the 300 million handset unit sales mark so far this year
Google Clever Sense Buy Could Date Apple’s Siri
Google buys Clever Sense for its restaurant-recommending app which could become Android's Siri
Apple’s iCloud Must Play Nicely With MS Outlook
Apple'sd iCloud doesn't synchronise properly with Microsoft Outlook. J Gerry Purdy, provides some advice
No Sign of Reader Fix As Adobe Patches ColdFusion
Adobe released a fix for ColdFusion but no date has been set for the Reader zero-day vulnerability
Google Develops Social Activity Service, Schemer
Google is looking to inject fun back into social networking with the development of the Schemer service