solutions & apps

Hortonworks, HP Tighten Relationship With £30m Investment

Hewlett-Packard makes a significant investment in the Hadoop distribution vendor Hortonworks

10 years ago

Amazon Pays The Price For Heavy Investments

The e-commerce giant makes a bigger than expected loss as it gears up to take on Apple and Google

10 years ago

Former Autonomy CFO Files To Halt HP Settlement Deal

Former Autonomy CFO files court papers to halt HP's “collusive” settlement with disgruntled shareholders

10 years ago

EU Slams Tardy Apple Over In-App Purchases

Apple has been singled out for particular criticism by the European Commission over in-app purchases

10 years ago

Microsoft Plans To Retire MapPoint Software By The End Of The Year

The venerable ancestor of Microsoft’s navigation apps will be finally laid to rest - and UK favourite AutoRoute goes too

10 years ago

Microsoft Staff Braced For Headcount Cull – Report

Microsoft reportedly prepares to reduce its workforce following its acquisition of Nokia's handset unit

10 years ago

Tech4Good Awards Celebrate Digital Inclusion

The eight winners include SpecialEffect, which helps victims of paralysis play video games

10 years ago

Microsoft Boss Nadella Readies Staff For Big Changes

CEO Satya Nadella outlines his vision for Microsoft in the years ahead, and hints at major changes

10 years ago

Apple Loses Siri Patent Case In China

Chinese court rules against Apple in a patent case that could bring the iPad maker to the settlement table

10 years ago

Amazon Vows To Fight FTC Over In-App Purchases

The FTC has been promised a legal fight after Amazon threatened to bring in the lawyers over in-app purchases

10 years ago

ProtonMail Account Freed After PayPal ‘Freeze’

The ProtonMail project can once again access the money it has raised after an unpleaseant incident with the payments service

10 years ago

Google Drive Tweaked As Docs Gains MS Office Support

Google Drive updated for businesses, and Docs gets the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents

10 years ago

Taxi Drivers’ Uber Protest Backfires As Downloads Surge

European capital cities faced gridlocked traffic conditions yesterday after taxi protest at smartphone app

10 years ago

Google Is Buying Into Satellite Manufacturing To Improve Maps

The acquisition of Skybox Imaging for $500 million will allow the company to marry navigation and analytics

10 years ago

iPhone Owners Promised A Skype App Makeover

Apple fanboys will soon get a better performing and better looking Skype app for their iPhones and iPads

10 years ago

SAP Anchors Cloud Platform With HANA Database

SAP reveals a new cloud platform for businesses based around its HANA database technology

10 years ago

Alibaba Urges Staff Restraint Ahead Of IPO Bonanza

Management of e-commerce giant Alibaba warn staff of the pitfalls of sudden wealth ahead of IPO

10 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Database Systems

What do you know about the current state of the database market?

10 years ago

Microsoft And Salesforce Settle Feud With Partnership Deal

The two companies put aside their differences and agree to bring Salesforce's apps to Microsoft's Office and Windows OS

10 years ago

Salesforce Touts Mobile Business App As Sales Rise

Salesforce.com posts higher revenues as it touts a mobile app that it believes will allow users to control their businesses

11 years ago

Google Improves Cloud App Monitoring With The Acquisition Of Stackdriver

A dashboard to monitor apps hosted in the public cloud will be integrated into Google’s Cloud Platform

11 years ago

HP Spends $1 Billion On OpenStack-Based Helion Cloud Push

Hewlett-Packard is to invest $1 billion as it seeks to bolster its cloud computing credentials

11 years ago

Microsoft Patches Windows XP With IE Update

Microsoft opts to rescue Windows XP users with an emergency patch for Internet Explorer

11 years ago

Skype Removes Rude And Naughty Emoticons

Skype users slap their forehead and shake their heads after Microsoft removes potentially offensive emoticons

11 years ago

Ubuntu 14.04 ‘Trusty Tahr’ Arrives To Fill Windows XP Void

Canonical touts the new release of Ubuntu Linux as a great alternative to replace Windows XP

11 years ago

IBM Q1 Disappoints With Ongoing Hardware Decline

IBM's first quarter results make for grim reading as it reveals the lowest quarterly revenue in five years

11 years ago

Microsoft Releases Office 365 Personal

Microsoft releases Office 365 Personal - a less expensive subscription aimed at individual users

11 years ago

Fujitsu And Panasonic To Combine Chip Design Efforts

The new venture will be fabless, hire employees from both companies

11 years ago

Microsoft Shareholder Sues Company Over EU ‘Browser Choice’ Mistake

A lawsuit tries to establish who’s to blame for a “technical error” which led to a £484 million fine

11 years ago

Microsoft Upgrades Python Tools For Visual Studio

Microsoft updates its Python Tools for Visual Studio, with support for new web frameworks

11 years ago