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SAP Says Oracle Is Appealing Copyright Infringement Payout
Case could last for another two years at least
Firefox 15 Takes On Rivals In Performance Tests: In Pictures
How does the latest version of Mozilla's browser measure up to its rivals on Windows and Mac OSX?
Windows 7 Market Share Finally Overtakes Windows XP
Windows 7 overtakes Windows XP for the first time, two years after surpassing Vista
SAS Plans Savvy SaaS Splash for Big Data
SAS is getting SaaSier says UK director Mark Wilkinson
HP Releases Open-Source webOS Beta
HP has released the beta-test version of its webOS mobile platform in desktop and OpenEmbedded builds
Google Adds Features To BigQuery
Google has added batch query support and Excel queries to its BigQuery big data analytics service
Big Data – The Austerity Buster
Mark Young thinks big data could be the development which finally allows us to lift our faltering economy
Valve Says Non-Game Steam Software Coming In September
Digital distribution platform will welcome creativity and productivity software
Microsoft Tests Windows 8 With 30,000 Employees
As of mid-July Microsoft has migrated 30,000 internal users to Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10, giving it insights into support, security and user experience
Analyst: HP Should Axe PCs, Printers
USB analyst Steve Milunovich has argued that HP is facing competition on too many fronts, and should focus squarely on services
Facebook Enters Gambling Market With ‘Bingo Friendzy’
World’s first real-cash Facebook game launched in the UK
SAP Warns On Profit Forecast
SAP has warned that it is falling short of its internal profit goal for the first half of 2012, and will have to cut costs sharply to meet its full-year profit forecast
Liferay Opens Open-Source Tools Marketplace
Liferay Marketplace gives enterprises access to a range of open-source applications and tools
Safari For Windows Quietly Vanishes
Harry Houdini would be impressed
Mozilla Begins Firefox 15 Beta Testing
Mozilla's Firefox 15 beta includes memory leak protection and support for the Opus audio format
Judge Rules Microsoft Did Not Kill Novell WordPerfect
After eight years in court, the WordPerfect case is thrown out
Home Office Creates Private Police Technology Company
Police ICT Company will cut costs by combining contracts
Dragon Systems Creators Sue Goldman Sachs Over $580m
The bank was paid $5 million for advice that led to Dragon's demise
Quiz of The Week: Is Microsoft Office Your Friend?
How well do you know the most popular software suite in the world?
Yorkshire Company Punished For Using Unlicensed Software
Business Software Alliance gets £6,500 in settlement fees
LeWeb 2012: Senzari Smart Radio Comes To UK
A social music service that feeds on Facebook has been launched in the UK
Opera 12 Browser Goes Faster
The definitive alternative browser gets a face-lift
Microsoft Component Vendors To Merge
Japan's GrapeCity, a key Microsoft component provider, is to acquire US-based ComponentOne
Google Apps To Ease Compliance With EU Privacy Regulations
Google will offer model contract clauses to help businesses stay on the good side of the law
Microsoft: Windows XP Costs More Than An Upgrade
Microsoft is touting the savings to be had with Windows 7 - but admits XP still accounts for 42 percent of 'commercial' deployments
Cisco Axes Cius Tablet
Cisco will no longer invest in its two-year-old Cius tablet, shifting its focus to software-based collaboration efforts
IBM`s New Cloud Offering Bolsters Smarter Commerce Strategy
IBM's new cloud-based offering is aimed at chief marketing officers and marketing departments that focus on business-to-consumer services
Report: Dell May Buy Quest Software
Dell is reportedly considering an acquisition of Quest in a move to reduce the company's reliance on PC and server hardware
Spiceworks Launches Cloud Services Detector
New features for the business social network help to keep track of cloud services used on a company's network