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Pirate Bay trial descends into farce

Pirate Bay trial descends into farce

BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay will no longer face a charge of copying copyrighted works.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 18 2009 6:52AM Software
Veeam adds ESXi support to virtual backup tool

Veeam adds ESXi support to virtual backup tool

Veeam Software has released version 3.0 of its Veeam Backup for VMware-based infrastructure, adding a number of features including full support for VMware's ESXi bare-metal hypervisor and file-level recovery for Linux virtual machines.
Daniel Robinson Feb 17 2009 2:43PM Software
Most mobile web sites accessed from home

Most mobile web sites accessed from home

Nearly three-quarters of mobile Internet users access the web from home, and demand for mobile commerce and mobile banking services is growing sharply, according to research released today by BuzzCity.
Phil Muncaster Feb 17 2009 2:43PM Software
Apple posts new round of updates

Apple posts new round of updates

Apple has posted three updates for Mac OS X, two for Java and one for the Windows version of its Safari web browser.
Shaun Nichols Feb 17 2009 2:43PM Software
MWC: Microsoft, Nokia launch mobile app stores

MWC: Microsoft, Nokia launch mobile app stores

Microsoft and Nokia independently announced new mobile application stores at Mobile World Congress today in an attempt to mirror the success Apple enjoys with its iPhone app store.
Brett Winterford Feb 17 2009 8:55AM Software
MWC: Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.5

MWC: Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.5

Microsoft today used Mobile World Congress to announce its latest mobile operating system, 'Windows Mobile 6.5', plus an app store for its devices named Windows Marketplace for Mobile and a phone back-up service called 'My Phone'.
Brett Winterford Feb 17 2009 6:49AM Software
Apple and Microsoft face new legal action

Apple and Microsoft face new legal action

Major rivals Apple and Microsoft are both involved in new legal disputes, although for entirely separate reasons.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 16 2009 2:45PM Software
E-commerce sites failing on simple usability

E-commerce sites failing on simple usability

New research into e-commerce web sites has found that only around half of users were able to complete simple usability tasks set for them, highlighting that online retailers still have work to do to make their sites easier to use.
Phil Muncaster Feb 16 2009 2:45PM Software
Symbian Foundation picks up key allies

Symbian Foundation picks up key allies

The Symbian Foundation has announced more than a dozen new additions to its ranks.
Shaun Nichols Feb 16 2009 2:45PM Software
Microsoft to extend enterprise search to the masses

Microsoft to extend enterprise search to the masses

Microsoft has finally laid out its plans for the search technology acquired with the US$1.3bn purchase of enterprise search vendor Fast last year.
Phil Muncaster Feb 16 2009 2:45PM Software
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

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