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Gartner predicts rise in services spending

Gartner predicts rise in services spending

Analyst firm Gartner has predicted that spending on IT services will rise by 9.5 per cent in 2008, but it warned that business leaders are increasingly seeing outsourcing solely as a means to cut costs.
Gareth Morgan Jul 25 2008 9:29AM Software
iAnywhere puts email on 3G iPhone

iAnywhere puts email on 3G iPhone

The business credentials of Apple's 3G iPhone have been boosted by Sybase's iAnywhere division, which has announced enterprise email support for the device in its iAnywhere Mobile Office suite.
Daniel Robinson Jul 24 2008 4:19PM Software
Google closes in on Digg

Google closes in on Digg

Google is on the verge of snapping up news aggregator Digg for a reported US$200m as the search giant continues to bolster its news service.
Guy Dixon Jul 24 2008 9:11AM Software
MySpace joins OpenID alliance

MySpace joins OpenID alliance

MySpace has signed up to the OpenID initiative aimed at allowing internet users to employ the same accounts and passwords across the web.
Guy Dixon Jul 24 2008 9:11AM Software
Intrusive ads turn surfers away

Intrusive ads turn surfers away

Nearly three-quarters of web users have left a favourite site because of intrusive or annoying ads, according to new research.
Staff Writers Jul 24 2008 9:11AM Software
BMC touts process automation for IT

BMC touts process automation for IT

“IT is the last bastion of manual labour in the enterprise,” declared BMC Software’s vice president of software consulting, Mary Nugent.
Liz Tay Jul 23 2008 4:34PM Software
SAP Tomorrow's never now

SAP Tomorrow's never now

SAP is to close its controversial subsidiary TomorrowNow by the end of October. In the meantime customers will be helped move to new support providers, including arch-rival Oracle.
Rosalie Marshall Jul 23 2008 9:09AM Software
World’s oldest bible goes online

World’s oldest bible goes online

The British Library has announced that it will put the remains of the world’s oldest bible online for public viewing.
Iain Thomson Jul 23 2008 9:05AM Software
Firms waste 'weeks a year' on upgrades

Firms waste 'weeks a year' on upgrades

IT managers spend an average of 44 minutes on each PC or laptop every time software needs to be upgraded, according to research from Citrix.
Staff Writers Jul 23 2008 9:05AM Software
Opinion: Microsoft-Lite

Opinion: Microsoft-Lite

What on earth has happened to Apple? The company is growing its market share according to the latest figures but it seems it can’t handle the extra numbers.
Ian Yates Jul 22 2008 3:11PM Software
SAP to kill off TomorrowNow

SAP to kill off TomorrowNow

SAP has said that it will shut its TomorrowNow subsidiary..
Shaun Nichols Jul 22 2008 1:50PM Software
Enterprises warned on open source security

Enterprises warned on open source security

A study into eleven popular open source applications has suggested that enterprises are underestimating the security risks of using the code..
Iain Thomson Jul 22 2008 1:50PM Software
Apple continues record run

Apple continues record run

Apple is reporting yet another record earnings haul..
Shaun Nichols Jul 22 2008 1:50PM Software
Ex-Microsoft manager jailed for $1m fraud

Ex-Microsoft manager jailed for $1m fraud

An ex-Microsoft programme manager who pleaded guilty in January to embezzling around US$1m has been sentenced to 22 months in jail for defrauding her employer.
Guy Dixon Jul 22 2008 8:37AM Software
Opera unveils Mobile 9.5 beta

Opera unveils Mobile 9.5 beta

Opera has taken the wraps off a beta version of its latest mobile browser, Opera Mobile 9.5.
Guy Dixon Jul 22 2008 8:37AM Software
Social networking site for both online and mobiles

Social networking site for both online and mobiles

Loop Mobile launched its MOKO Online service today as one of the first social networking sites to work fully across both online and mobile platforms.
Ashley Clark Jul 21 2008 4:13PM Software
Aussie group helps build school of the future

Aussie group helps build school of the future

A team of Australians from managed services firm Civica have been chosen to develop one of the five planned ‘Future Schools’ in Singapore.
Staff Writers Jul 21 2008 3:09PM Software
Opera Mobile 9.5 beta released

Opera Mobile 9.5 beta released

Opera has released the latest version of its mobile browser, saying that it adds many new features and will make developing for the platform much easier.
Staff Writers Jul 21 2008 2:16PM Software
Alitheia tool tests open source quality

Alitheia tool tests open source quality

The European Commission's Software Quality Observatory for Open Source Software (SQO-OSS) project has announced the release of its Alitheia Core checking platform.
Robert Jaques Jul 17 2008 3:12PM Software
US$4m centre to develop software for multithreaded supercomputing

US$4m centre to develop software for multithreaded supercomputing

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has established a new research centre as an aim to develop software for a new breed of multithreaded supercomputers.
Liz Tay Jul 17 2008 12:52PM Software

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