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Google learns 10 new languages

Google learns 10 new languages

Google has added capabilities for 10 new languages to its Google Translate service..
Staff Writers May 20 2008 7:31AM Software
Firefox 3 RC1 put out for fiddling with

Firefox 3 RC1 put out for fiddling with

Break it if you can
Rob Kerr May 19 2008 12:18PM Software
Woman charged over MySpace suicide

Woman charged over MySpace suicide

A US woman was indicted last week on federal charges of fraudulently using a MySpace account to pose as a teenaged boy..
Clement James May 19 2008 12:02PM Software
Asus to offer Linux on all motherboards

Asus to offer Linux on all motherboards

Asus is to fit its entire range of motherboards with the company's Express Gate version of Splashtop Linux..
Guy Dixon May 19 2008 7:45AM Software
OLPC to ship with Windows XP

OLPC to ship with Windows XP

Microsoft has joined forces with the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project in a bid to provide inexpensive portable PCs to schoolchildren in developing countries..
Guy Dixon May 19 2008 7:45AM Software
OpenSuse joins Google Summer of Code

OpenSuse joins Google Summer of Code

The Novell sponsored openSuse project has announced that it has 10 projects being funded through Google's Summer of Code 2008..
Staff Writers May 19 2008 7:45AM Software
Developers favour XP over Vista

Developers favour XP over Vista

Software developers are still writing applications for Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Linux in preference to Windows Vista more than 16 months after its worldwide release..
Guy Dixon May 19 2008 7:45AM Software
Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

Heisenberg fan boys are shaking their heads this week to the tune of a pair of Swedish mathematicians who claim to have broken quantum cryptography.
Liz Tay May 17 2008 7:00AM Security
Yahoo enhances search tools

Yahoo enhances search tools

Yahoo has launched a new search tools for developers that will enable businesses to control aspects of their search listing.
IT Week May 16 2008 4:05PM Software
Lotus coming to BlackBerry handsets

Lotus coming to BlackBerry handsets

IBM has become the latest company to strike a deal with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM)..
Shaun Nichols May 16 2008 4:01PM Software
Texting 'does not harm' language skills

Texting 'does not harm' language skills

Regular use of texting and instant messaging does not adversely affect teenagers' core language skills, according to new research..
Robert Jaques May 16 2008 7:30AM Software
OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux

OpenSSL bug found in Debian Linux

Debian Linux got a bit of a black eye this week with the announcement that a nasty cryptographic vulnerability exists in its version of the OpenSSL package.
Egan Orion May 15 2008 3:22PM Software
BSA study reveals Aussie software piracy slightly down

BSA study reveals Aussie software piracy slightly down

Results of a study by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) signal that PC software piracy in Australia has fallen one percentage point in 2007.
Ashley Clark May 15 2008 2:34PM Software
Microsoft, RIM strike Windows Live services agreement

Microsoft, RIM strike Windows Live services agreement

A newly-announced agreement between Microsoft and RIM will give BlackBerry users access to Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger services.
Liz Tay May 15 2008 2:24PM Software
iPhone and Leopard take centre stage at WWDC

iPhone and Leopard take centre stage at WWDC

Apple plans to showcase a 3G iPhone and a new Leopard operating system to developers in San Francisco next month..
Shaun Nichols May 15 2008 7:35AM Software
EMC boosts XML management

EMC boosts XML management

EMC has released two new products today designed to boost the use of XML in enterprise document management.
Staff Writers May 14 2008 3:43PM Software
New software opens up online world to the blind

New software opens up online world to the blind

Microsoft is helping to launch new software that will make it much easier to create documents accessible to blind and print-disabled people.
Ashley Clark May 14 2008 2:36PM Software
HP EDS union set to shake up IT services market

HP EDS union set to shake up IT services market

HP’s US$13.9 billion acquisition of EDS will beef up its competitive muscle, creating an IT services company to rival market leader IBM, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Mitchell Bingemann May 14 2008 2:35PM Software
Hotmail lands on BlackBerry smartphones

Hotmail lands on BlackBerry smartphones

Web-based email and instant messaging services from Microsoft are set to arrive on BlackBerry mobile devices later this summer..
Guy Dixon May 14 2008 8:11AM Software
SCO asks for more time to reorganise

SCO asks for more time to reorganise

SCO Group, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year after losing its fight to claim ownership of Unix, has asked for more time to get itself reorganised..
Iain Thomson May 14 2008 8:11AM Software

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