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Microsoft unveils new server tech for SMBs

Microsoft unveils new server tech for SMBs

Microsoft unleashed its latest range of enterprise-class server technologies for medium and small businesses yesterday, claiming it would give firms a competitive boost and help cut costs.
Sylvie Barak Nov 14 2008 6:37AM Software
Google improves enterprise search offering

Google improves enterprise search offering

Google has enhanced its enterprise search offering to allow businesses to incorporate new pages into web site search results more quickly.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 14 2008 6:34AM Software
Little Big Planet release rows continue

Little Big Planet release rows continue

IF IT WAS NOT bad enough that the cutesy platform game Little Big Planet was delayed because a soundtrack might possibly offend a minority of hardline Muslims, it now seems that the Sony’s moderation has got players miffed.
Nick Farrell Nov 13 2008 2:58PM Software
‘Cavalier’ Google burning enterprise Apps bridge

‘Cavalier’ Google burning enterprise Apps bridge

Google’s strategy of sneaking its hosted applications into enterprise environments without the knowledge of IT appears to be working, but its ‘cavalier’ attitude to the enterprise way of doing things may also be its undoing, Gartner has said.
Ry Crozier Nov 13 2008 2:16PM Software
Marshal merges with 8e6

Marshal merges with 8e6

Marshal has merged with 8e6 Technologies, a US-based Web vendor, and formed a new company, Marshal8e6.
Lilia Guan Nov 13 2008 10:10AM Software
China classes Web addiction as clinical disorder

China classes Web addiction as clinical disorder

Internet addiction has been branded a clinical disorder by psychologists in China, adding fuel to the global controversy on whether or not incessant Internet use should officially be recognised as a mental disorder.
Sylvie Barak Nov 13 2008 12:23AM Software
Microsoft promises easier development cycles

Microsoft promises easier development cycles

Microsoft has pledged to help programmers using Visual Studio and .NET Framework to create applications that are more secure and privacy-enhanced, as well as to simplify everyday development tasks.
Ian Williams Nov 13 2008 12:16AM Software
Alfresco study highlights business use of open source

Alfresco study highlights business use of open source

Companies looking to implement open source enterprise content management (ECM) solutions are shunning Microsoft's Silverlight and .NET in favour of Ajax and Java, according to the latest annual survey from Alfresco.
Phil Muncaster Nov 13 2008 12:16AM Software
AIG Life forks out $10m for tech upgrade

AIG Life forks out $10m for tech upgrade

AIG Life is starting a $10 million, three-year technology upgrade to provide a completely electronic way for financial advisers to quote and issue its insurance policies, including from mobile devices.
Staff Writers Nov 12 2008 2:26PM Software
Linux boots in 2.97 seconds

Linux boots in 2.97 seconds

Software engineers at Japan's embedded Linux software vendor Lineo announced technology last week that can boot a low-power computer system within 2.97 seconds, the company claims.
Egan Orion Nov 12 2008 6:29AM Software
Microsoft inks search deal with Sun

Microsoft inks search deal with Sun

Sun has agreed to bundle Microsoft's search system with the latest version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE.).
Shaun Nichols Nov 11 2008 3:42PM Software
Netbooks eat into Microsoft revenues

Netbooks eat into Microsoft revenues

Netbooks may be little, but they seem to be causing big problems for Microsoft, which blames them for a drop in first-quarter earnings and decreased revenues, despite increased sales of Microsoft operating systems.
Sylvie Barak Nov 11 2008 6:31AM Software
Google considers opening its platform

Google considers opening its platform

Google could be mulling a move which would allow outside developers to play around with the firm’s development stack, according to comments by Google exec, Dave Girouard at a Web 2.0 Summit panel in San Francisco.
Sylvie Barak Nov 11 2008 6:31AM Software
VMware brings virtualisation to mobile phones

VMware brings virtualisation to mobile phones

VMware is to put virtualisation technology on mobile phones so that users can combine multiple profiles, such as one for business and one for personal use, into one handset.
Daniel Robinson Nov 11 2008 6:24AM Software
Microsoft opts for Windows 7 for next embedded release

Microsoft opts for Windows 7 for next embedded release

Microsoft has confirmed that the next version of Windows Embedded will be built on Windows 7.
Daniel Robinson Nov 11 2008 6:24AM Software
Analytic tools boost WWF fundraising

Analytic tools boost WWF fundraising

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is extending the use of business intelligence (BI) tools and implementing more web innovation to better use data about charitable donors.
Angelica Mari Nov 10 2008 3:19PM Software
Unified Comms experts talk about ROI, Google, govt and philosophy

Unified Comms experts talk about ROI, Google, govt and philosophy

At the Frost & Sullivan ICT Roundtable, representatives from five major unified communications (UC) firms talked about demonstrating ROI to potential clients, the philosophy behind product development, the use of UC in government and Google's role in the expanding market.
Kathryn Small Nov 10 2008 3:02PM Software
Hack paves way for unlocked Android

Hack paves way for unlocked Android

Google's first foray into the world of mobile phones, the Android G1, has been hacked just days after being released into the wild.
Stewart Meagher Nov 10 2008 1:21AM Software
OASIS approves Chinese software standard

OASIS approves Chinese software standard

The International Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) has approved the China Electronics Standardisation Association (CESA) Unstructured Operation Markup Language (UOML) as the first ever international standard developed in China, local Chinese media reported today.
INQUIRER Staff Nov 10 2008 1:21AM Software
The top 10 greatest geeks of all time

The top 10 greatest geeks of all time

Behind every great technology there’s almost always a great geek, the men and women whose vision and invention helped create the world and its technology as we know it.
Iain Thomson , Shaun Nichols Nov 10 2008 1:15AM Software

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