Software

Google adds language translation to Gmail

Google adds language translation to Gmail

Google has launched a new translation feature in Gmail which could allow colleagues in global organisations to communicate with each other in their native language.
Phil Muncaster May 21 2009 6:24AM Software
Virtualisation loses its lustre at USQ

Virtualisation loses its lustre at USQ

If you think server virtualisation is a walk in the park, Brian Kissell, chief technology officer at the University of Southern Queensland, has a few lessons you should probably hear.
Brett Winterford May 21 2009 6:13AM Software
Microsoft hooks up with HP on unified comms

Microsoft hooks up with HP on unified comms

Microsoft and HP inked a four year partnership at Interop 2009 in Las Vegas today around end-to-end unified enterprise communications.
Sylvie Barak May 20 2009 6:07AM Software
Microsoft takes Security Development Lifecycle to all developers

Microsoft takes Security Development Lifecycle to all developers

Microsoft will launch additions to its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) programme today, designed to enable all software developers to integrate the SDL more tightly into the development process.
Phil Muncaster May 20 2009 5:56AM Software
Microsoft and Linux team up on software licensing

Microsoft and Linux team up on software licensing

Microsoft and the Linux Foundation have joined forces over proposed changes in the law over software contracts.
Iain Thomson May 19 2009 3:20PM Software
Mozilla looks to go beyond browser tabs

Mozilla looks to go beyond browser tabs

The developers behind the popular Firefox browser are looking at ways to eliminate the practice of tabbed browsing.
Shaun Nichols May 19 2009 9:57AM Software
Microsoft touts its open document credentials

Microsoft touts its open document credentials

Microsoft has made a number of announcements today designed to boost its standing in the open document standards world.
David Neal May 19 2009 6:10AM Software
Wolfram Alpha launches to mixed reviews

Wolfram Alpha launches to mixed reviews

The much-heralded Wolfram Alpha computational knowledge engine has finally launched.
Phil Muncaster May 19 2009 6:10AM Software
CBA's NetBank gets personal touch

CBA's NetBank gets personal touch

The Commonwealth Bank has launched a new feature on its NetBank online banking site that allows users to choose how their financial data is presented to them.
Brett Winterford May 18 2009 4:30PM Software
Visual Studio beta launches this week

Visual Studio beta launches this week

Microsoft is set to release next week the first beta of its long-awaited Visual Studio 2010 tools suite.
Phil Muncaster May 18 2009 6:46AM Software
McAfee buys Solidcore

McAfee buys Solidcore

McAfee has announced it is to acquire banking and retail software firm Solidcore Systems in a US$43 million deal which will give the firm cutting edge whitelisting capabilities and access to the embedded devices market.
Phil Muncaster May 18 2009 6:46AM Software
Mozilla's Fennec lands for Windows Mobile

Mozilla's Fennec lands for Windows Mobile

Mozilla’s much hyped mobile web browser Fennec has finally been made available for the Windows Mobile operating system.
Phil Muncaster May 18 2009 6:46AM Software
Top 10 disappointing technologies

Top 10 disappointing technologies

Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.
Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson May 18 2009 6:46AM Software
Companies urged to embrace the piracy model

Companies urged to embrace the piracy model

Companies should try to copy pirates rather than wasting time trying to beat them, according to experts at a UK conference.
Phil Muncaster May 16 2009 9:22AM Software
MySQL founder creates Open Database Alliance

MySQL founder creates Open Database Alliance

Monty Widenius, the main author of MySQL, is setting up the Open Database Alliance (ODA) to consolidate work on the database.
Iain Thomson May 16 2009 9:22AM Software
Grocon caches CAD files at building sites

Grocon caches CAD files at building sites

Building developer Grocon has started ‘pre-caching’ large CAD files at building project sites to reduce latency and stop employees from saving the files locally.
Staff Writers May 15 2009 3:06PM Software
Google owns up to service outage

Google owns up to service outage

Google is blaming an error in its traffic routing system for causing a service outage that lasted several hours overnight.
Shaun Nichols May 15 2009 11:50AM Software
Ryanair to charge for online check-in

Ryanair to charge for online check-in

Budget airline Ryanair has said it will charge passengers £5 (A$10) to check in online.
Angelica Mari May 15 2009 6:47AM Software
Google simplifies migration path to Gmail

Google simplifies migration path to Gmail

Google has updated Gmail to make it easier for users to migrate from competing email providers.
Rosalie Marshall May 15 2009 6:26AM Software
Mozilla predicts Firefox majority by 2013

Mozilla predicts Firefox majority by 2013

Mozilla is predicting that its Firefox browser will overtake Internet Explorer as the browser of choice by 2013.
Iain Thomson May 14 2009 2:17PM Software

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