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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
Lack of IT standards hampering UK war effort

Lack of IT standards hampering UK war effort

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has warned that differing US suppliers' proprietary software standards are hampering the ability of British forces in Afghanistan to make full use of data from unmanned air-reconnaissance vehicles (UAVs).
Parliamentary reporter Nov 8 2008 7:22AM Software
HP rolls out new storage platform

HP rolls out new storage platform

HP has announced details of its SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP) which will allow enterprises to run completely virtualised storage-area network systems.
Shaun Nichols Nov 8 2008 7:15AM Software
Simplified UC tools will dominate market in 2009: analyst

Simplified UC tools will dominate market in 2009: analyst

Unified communications (UC)-as-a-service was the future of the UC industry, an analyst told guests at yesterday’s Frost & Sullivan ICT Roundtables.
Kathryn Small Nov 7 2008 3:03PM Software
Ballmer encourages broadband development to speed Azure

Ballmer encourages broadband development to speed Azure

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has given his ’encouragement’ to the Australian government and telcos to come together and ’get on with’ making high-speed broadband in Australia a reality.
Ry Crozier Nov 7 2008 12:04PM Software
MySQL feast on Sun CMT to benefit Intel

MySQL feast on Sun CMT to benefit Intel

MySQL is making use of easy internal access to Sun hardware to give it a head-start to run on future Intel-based commodity multi-core servers.
Ry Crozier Nov 7 2008 12:03PM Software
Redhat and AMD migrate VMs across CPUs

Redhat and AMD migrate VMs across CPUs

AMD and Redhat have demonstrated VM live migration across CPU architectures and CPU vendors, potentially commoditising server processors.
Charlie Demerjian Nov 7 2008 5:39AM Software
BlackBerry gets Documents To Go upgrade

BlackBerry gets Documents To Go upgrade

Dataviz has unveiled a new version of its Documents To Go suite for the BlackBerry which enables users to work with Microsoft Office files on their mobile handset.
Daniel Robinson Nov 7 2008 5:30AM Software
IBM adds Mac support to Lotus Symphony

IBM adds Mac support to Lotus Symphony

IBM has added Mac support to Lotus Symphony, allowing Apple users to access the free application suite from their desktop.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 7 2008 5:30AM Software
Opinion: It's time to pull the plug on PowerPoint

Opinion: It's time to pull the plug on PowerPoint

In the era of the podcast and myriad other pervasive, rich media, view-anytime communications technologies, do we need live presentations?
Steve Hipwell Nov 6 2008 2:56PM Software
Microsoft wants to lure Internet startups

Microsoft wants to lure Internet startups

Microsoft launched a new programme Wednesday to help small Internet business upstarts grow up by using its software, technical support and connections at a discount.
Egan Orion Nov 6 2008 6:23AM Software

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