Salesforce.com has beaten Wall Street's expectations for its third quarter and expects to crack the $3bn mark this year
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Google Play Continues Music Push With Europe Deal
Google continues to enhance its online music service after signing a deal that will add 5.5 million tracks
HP Takes £5bn Charge For Autonomy ‘Accounting Improprieties’
Whistleblower claims Autonomy was over-valued, HP may sue
Twitter Criticised After Ruining Free Client
Tweetro developer forced to charge money to keep the user numbers down
Start-up Scales Search Optimisation For The Enterprise
InboundWriter has updated its enterprise-grade search-engine optimisation software, improving the scalability and precision of the service
Sumo Logic Uses Event Logs To Track Network Performance
Sumo Logic's cloud-based data analytics service studies data about a client's network and applications to learn about the network's performance and find ways to improve it
IBM Drops Lotus Brand
IBM is to axe the Lotus brand from its collaboration software products, using the IBM brand alone for new versions of Notes and Domino
Israel And Hamas Conflict Spills Onto Twitter
The bitter fighting between Israel and Hamas migrates on to Twitter
Metro Newspapers To Address “Smart Boredom” With Swiping
Metro commuter freesheet available on more platforms, geddit?
Mozilla Revenue Grows 33 Percent
Royalties paid by Google keep the free software community well-supplied
Microsoft Research: Beyond Kinect, And Open Source Robots
Scanners, sensors and a football-playing chair – just another day at Microsoft Research Cambridge
Quiz of the Week: Security 2.0
We've ironed out the flaws in a new version of our security quiz...
First Department Websites Move To GOV.UK
Maude's great consolidation process begins
Microsoft Offers Up IE10 Preview For Windows 7
Microsoft has made available a preview of its Internet Explorer 10 browser for Windows 7 users
Microsoft Demonstrates Real-Time Speech Translator
Rick Rashid speaks Mandarin Chinese without learning it
Mozilla Bigs Up ‘Digital Literacy’ at MozFest 2012
Mozilla Foundation launches new projects aiming to teach children how to code
IBM Baffled As It Is Sued Over SAP Software Implementation
IBM says Avantor claims are "misguided"
Jim Zemlin: Proprietary Software Is Doomed
SPAIN: Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation tells Silicon News that Linux and open source must win in the end
German Company Creates ERP Device Based On Raspberry Pi
The orange box can support up to three users, will ship before the end of the year
Dell SecureWorks Will Probe Customers’ Social And Family Lives
Security arm of Dell offers to look for leaks coming from the top
IT Life: Keeping Janet Turned On
Janet is one of the most important networks in the UK - we meet one of the key men helping keep her switched on, Peter Kent
Oracle Beefs Up Cloud Portfolio With Instantis Acquisition
Oracle continues its acquisition streak with the purchase of cloud project management specialist Instantis
Twitter Password Reset Gaffe Scares Users
Twitter sends password resets out to too many people
Skype Launches Networking Platform For SMBs
TechWeekEurope looks at Skype In The Workspace, a new platform that aims to help small companies grow
CloudStack Achieves First Release As Apache Incubator Project
CloudStack 4.0 adds integrated Amazon Web Services support, among other features, as the project expands beyond Citrix
Obama Victory Tweet Breaks Record
A Tweet by the campaign staff of US president Barack Obama became the most-retweeted Twitter post in history, surpassing a record previously set by Justin Bieber
Report: Microsoft Preparing Office For iOS, Android Debut
Microsoft will finally release Office for Android as well as Apple's iPhone and iPad devices early next year, according to a report
Windows Live Messenger To Be Retired In Favour of Skype
Users are invited to merge accounts with Skype before shutdown in Q1 2013
Terracotta Launches ISV Partner Programme For Big Data Memory
Terracotta is to work with software vendors on offering real-time big data access to their customers using the BigMemory Go big-data memory product
Maude Launches Government Digital Strategy: FT Innovate 2012
We will make public services agile, flexible and digital by default, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude