Continuing on its mission to bring greater simplicity to users of its cloud platform, VMware has announced its agreement to acquire Zimbra, a provider of email and collaboration software, from Yahoo
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IBM Plans To Share Patent Plans With Customers
IBM, which once again was the top patent producer in the industry in 2009, is now ready to share its IP processes and software with customers
Progress Software Snaps Up Savvion for £30 Million
Progress Software has beefed up its business process management credentials after snapping up Savvion for $49 million (£30 million)
Government Plugs Microsoft With Online Training Course
The government is promoting Microsoft's proprietary software as part of a plan to get more UK adults online, despite arguing for greater adoption of open source in the past
Microsoft Offers Modified Word Versions To Comply With Ruling
Microsoft begins offering customers modified copies of Microsoft Office in order to comply with a court order to pull copies of the productivity application
Chinese Authors Receive Google Apology
Google has apologised to the Chinese Writers Association for failing to communicate properly after the authors complained Google uploaded books without authors' permission
Twitter Hiring Push Focuses On Security And Products
In a sign of Twitter's increasing commercial focus, the micro-blogging site has announced it is to hire 27 new employees in a push for profitability
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Questions Privacy Expectations
Privacy is no longer a social norm, according to the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg commenting on the rise of social networking
Visa Receives £37m Over Data Breach Incident
Heartland Payment Systems agrees to pay as much as $60 million (£37m) to Visa to address losses by credit and debit cardholders affected by the data breach Heartland suffered in 2008
Microsoft Requests Judicial Review Of Word-Ban Case
Microsoft requests that all 11 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit review a long-running case between the software giant and i4i
French President Pushes For ‘Google Tax’
President Nicolas Sarkozy has added his support for a proposal that could see foreign Internet firms such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo being taxed for business in France
Software Auditors Crack Down As Recession Bites
Software auditors risk becoming "revenue-generating" traffic cops as the recession put pressure on vendors to collect every penny of revenue
Palm Invites Developers To Join WebOS Programme
Palm has opened its webOS developer programme to all developers, and has also announced new phones and operator support.
Google Pushes Nexus One On Search Homepage
Google is using its search homepage to push its newly released Nexus One smartphone, as well as its Chrome web browser
Cisco Pushes Home Telepresence At CES
Cisco Systems is looking to bring its telepresence capabilities into the home, a strategy Cisco officials will talk about at the Consumer Electronics Show
Curtains Open On New Opera Chief Executive
Opera Software is moving forward under chief executive Lars Boilesen and delivering a new devices browser and new SDKs, or software development kits
Iomega Offers Virtual PC Clones
Storage provider Iomega is now offering technology that will allow users to keep a virtual copy of their computer in their pocket
Social Networking Suicide Can Be Painful
Security expert condones Facebook's decison to block Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, which deletes profiles from the social networking site
Review: IBM’s Proventia Management SiteProtector
IBM's Rational AppScan and ISS Proventia IPS GX5108 combine proactive application vulnerability scanning with live IPS attack reports to provide powerful web application protection.
Microsoft Announces Office 2010 Pricing At CES
Microsoft has announced pricing for its upcoming Office 2010, which is slated for release in June.
Analysts Question Nexus One Enterprise Security
Analysts question how Nexus One security will stack up against the Apple iPhone and other devices, and whether that will be enough to win over enterprises.
Opera Founder Von Tetzchner Stands Down
The straight talking CEO and co-founder of Opera Software has stepped down after fifteen years in charge of the web browser maker
The Products That Will Make A Splash In 2010
Some of the biggest events of 2009 served mostly to set the stage for bigger things in 2010: Oracle/Sun, Microsoft Azure, Office, Ubuntu and Chrome OS will make big waves
U2’s Bono Stage Dives Into File-Sharing Debate
The Irish rocker has cited China's clampdown on online free speech as evidence that ISPs could do more to tackle illegal sharing of movies and music
Mobile Broadband Device Sales Set To Soar
Mobile devices that can connect to the Internet are expected to grow 55 fold by 2014 according to the latest research from an industry watcher
Mozilla Unveils ‘Firefox for Maemo’ Release Candidate
The Mozilla Foundation has published the first release candidate of its browser, designed for Nokia's Linux-based mobile platform
Palm App Catalog To Sell Paid-For Apps In UK
Palm's European e-commerce developer programme for WebOS is set to launch in March, providing greater choice for European Pre users
Support Grows For The ‘Save MySQL’ Petition
A last ditch campaign to convince the EC to halt Oracle's acquisition of MySQL is gathering pace, but will Larry Ellison take any notice?
Does Apple Belong In The Workplace?
Products such as Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition have enabled Apple to compete in a Windows-dominated corporate world, but Mac penetration remains departmental rather than company-wide
Symantec Reveals SaaS Plans For 2010
The security company has discussed its plans for the SaaS space in the coming year