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Unshackled EMI man says fight against file sharing is useless

Unshackled EMI man says fight against file sharing is useless

As an employee of global music giant EMI Per Erik Johansen felt the need to toe the company line when it came to the prickly subject of file sharing and illegal downloads.
Stewart Meagher Feb 16 2009 12:56AM Software
Twitter plans new revenue model

Twitter plans new revenue model

Twitter said it will start producing products that will bring it more revenue, after reportedly raising US$35m in funding from US venture capital firms Benchmark and Institutional Venture Partners.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 16 2009 12:43AM Software
Top ten unlucky IT incidents

Top ten unlucky IT incidents

No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines. But unluckiness happens no matter what the date.
Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson Feb 16 2009 12:43AM Software
Apple speaks out against jailbreaking

Apple speaks out against jailbreaking

Apple is speaking out in the debate over allowing users to 'jail break' mobile phones.
Shaun Nichols Feb 15 2009 8:39AM Software
UNIX clock reaches historic milestone

UNIX clock reaches historic milestone

UNIX users around the world witnessed a historical moment in computing history Saturday when the epoch time clock rolled over onto 1234567890.
Iain Thomson Feb 15 2009 8:39AM Software
Gartner predicts virtualisation to snowball

Gartner predicts virtualisation to snowball

Software virtualisation is likely to continue apace this year, as firms look to reduce costs and improve resource utilisation in their IT environments, according to new figures from Gartner.
Phil Muncaster Feb 15 2009 8:39AM Software
Microsoft to open branded retail stores

Microsoft to open branded retail stores

Microsoft has announced plans to open a series of branded retail stores, as part of a new operation to remake the company's retail strategy.
Shaun Nichols Feb 15 2009 8:39AM Software
Analyst: SaaS and open source ‘won’t happen’ in 2009

Analyst: SaaS and open source ‘won’t happen’ in 2009

Software as a service, the model by which software is hosted and delivered over the network, “will not happen” in 2009, according to Gartner research director, Andrew Rowsell-Jones.
Brett Winterford Feb 13 2009 3:32PM Software
Palm dumps Palm OS in favour of Pre

Palm dumps Palm OS in favour of Pre

Palm has confirmed that it is dropping the Palm operating system to concentrate fully on the Web OS currently developed for the forthcoming Palm Pre.
Iain Thomson Feb 13 2009 3:26PM Software
Windows 7 should be out for Christmas

Windows 7 should be out for Christmas

Microsoft has given its strongest hint yet that Windows 7 will be in the shops by Christmas.
Iain Thomson Feb 13 2009 3:26PM Software
Silverlight shines on Linux

Silverlight shines on Linux

Novell has unveiled a new open source project which will allow Linux users to access Microsoft Silverlight content.
Phil Muncaster Feb 13 2009 6:36AM Software
Sun launches JavaFX Mobile

Sun launches JavaFX Mobile

Sun Microsystems has launched the JavaFX Mobile platform today, promising to let developers create rich applications across the broadest possible range of mobile devices, from consumer handsets to smartphones.
Phil Muncaster Feb 13 2009 6:36AM Software
Interwoven and Software AG appoint Aussie execs

Interwoven and Software AG appoint Aussie execs

Kyle McManus has returned to the Interwoven fold and will once again assume the role of managing director for Australia and New Zealand.
Staff Writers Feb 12 2009 3:02PM Software
Microsoft cuts off Windows 7 beta

Microsoft cuts off Windows 7 beta

Microsoft has ended the availability of the Windows 7 beta download.
Shaun Nichols Feb 12 2009 2:58PM Software
Oracle explains product integration strategy

Oracle explains product integration strategy

Oracle has given more details on its post-acquisition strategy and has outlined its plans for the development of social tools in enterprise software.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 12 2009 6:28AM Software
Civica bolsters Queensland presence with Practical buy

Civica bolsters Queensland presence with Practical buy

Civica has snapped up Toowoomba-based Practical Computing Services and will use the newly-acquired office as its headquarters in Queensland.
Staff Writers Feb 11 2009 3:17PM Software
GlassFish gets LAMP stack and multimedia add-on

GlassFish gets LAMP stack and multimedia add-on

Sun Microsystems has added an integrated LAMP stack and communications server add-on developed with Ericsson to its open source GlassFish Web platform.
Staff Writers Feb 11 2009 3:15PM Software
Google PowerMeter tracks home juice use

Google PowerMeter tracks home juice use

Google wants consumers to have direct access to real-time electricity information, and has developed plans for a PowerMeter tool while setting forth its latest agenda for the development of a "smarter" electricity grid.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 11 2009 6:22AM Software
Salesforce.com forecasts a 'cloudy' Spring

Salesforce.com forecasts a 'cloudy' Spring

Salesforce.com has rolled out the latest version of its hosted CRM platform.
Shaun Nichols Feb 10 2009 3:00PM Software
Microsoft offers green reporting tools

Microsoft offers green reporting tools

Microsoft is offering its Dynamics AX 2009 customers a free dashboard that will capture data on energy consumption from the underlying enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 10 2009 3:00PM Software

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