The company wants to encourage developers to migrate 16 million existing Windows applications to its cross-platform format
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TechWeekEurope identifies some of the most interesting companies in the health-tech sector
Apple Releases Swift Playgrounds To Teach Kids Coding On iPads And iOS 10
The Cupertino company looks to encourage students to learn its Swift programming language
Adobe Flash Hit By Dozens Of Critical Flaws
The latest scores of vulnerabilities could allow attackers to take over a system or steal information, says Adobe
Amazon Echo Coming To UK And Germany
The Echo presents opportunities for smart home software developers
Space Tech Gets £2m Funding And Earth Observation Portal
The government is aiming to boost development of UK technologies based on earth observation satellites
HPE Aruba Gives Mobile and IoT Networks API Flexibility
Mobile First Platform allows the integration of third-party services via APIs and delivers real-time network information.
Harrow Council Integrates Watson AI Into Social Care Pilot
The cognitive technology is to help individuals and carers manage personal health budgets
IBM Reveals Power8 Linux Servers Aimed At AI and Big Data Workloads
Big Blue's new servers mix Power8 processors with Nvidia's NVLink technology
Moke Malware Hops Over From Windows And Linux To Threaten Mac OS X
Backdoor.OSX.Mokes can swipe data from Apple's operating system
Google Snaps Up API Firm Apigee To Boost Cloud Offering
The buy is aimed at boosting enterprise cloud offerings for web and mobile apps, Google says
HPE Slices ‘Non-Core’ Software Assets And Offloads To Micro Focus For £6.6 Billion
HPE enters a second wave of efficiency measures, honing focus on the cloud
McAfee To Return As Intel Splits Its Security Arm Into Stand-Alone Business
Intel Security will no longer be inside the chipmaker's main business
New Cabinet Office Minister Welcomes Smaller IT Suppliers
New 'Supplier Standard' aims for closer collaboration with industry and better access for smaller businesses
Apple iWork Gains Real-Time Collaboration To Challenge Microsoft Office 356 And Google Docs
Apple's productivity suite gets an update to keep competitive with Google and Microsoft apps
Dell Completes $60bn EMC Buy
Nearly 11 months after it was announced, the merger has created Dell Technologies, the world's largest private tech firm
Microsoft Launches UK Cloud Data Centres
The Ministry of Defence and the NHS are amongst those signed up to use Microsoft's UK-based cloud infrastructure
IT Glitch Grounds British Airways Check-In System
A major system crash caused the airline lengthy delays and forced it to return to a manual check-in process.
OpenOffice In Danger Of Retirement, Warns Project Leader
Lack of developers blamed, but others cite poor support from Apache for the Microsoft Office alternative
HPE ‘In Talks’ To Offload Software Division
No comment from HPE amid another report it is to sell its software division, including Autonomy
Why VMware, Pivotal Will Replace Quest as Dell Software
ANALYSIS: Dell and VMware aren't admitting it, but VMware and Pivotal are now, in effect, the new Dell Software
Tales In Tech History: Linux Celebrates 25th Birthday
A humble open source software project from Finland has thrived for 25 years despite decades of competition from rival proprietary operating systems
Linus Torvalds Gives GPL Credit for Linux’s Success
On the 25th anniversary of Linux, its creator details Linux's history to date and why he credits the GPL for the operating system's success
Tech Quiz Of The Week: Linux At 25
How well do you know Linux, the open source operating system?
Red Hat CEO Tells LinuxCon Crowd What Makes Linux Stand Out
Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, explains at LinuxCon how the open-source management style works
Microsoft Office And Skype Will Come Preloaded On Lenovo Smartphones
Microsoft and Lenovo agree software and licensing deal
LinuxCon To Highlight How Linux Has Changed In Its 25 Years
Linux users are set to assemble for the annual LinuxCon event, this time celebrating the 25th anniversary of the technology and how it's changed.
Microsoft Open Sources Powershell Tool
Also opens Powershell to both Linux and Mac OS X platforms, as Redmond continues open source push
Report: Cisco ‘Set For Biggest-Ever Round Of Job Cuts’
The company may lay off up to 20 percent of staff as it shifts toward software and the cloud
EU ‘Seeks To Limit Digital Comms Encryption’
The EU wants to force WhatsApp, iMessage and other Internet-based tools to abide by tougher data-protection rules, leaked documents say