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Open Office 3.0 beta out

Open Office 3.0 beta out

A new version of Open Office has been released for evaluation by the general public. The latest release, 3.0 supports the OpenDocument format as standard and will work with files from most relevant applications.
Staff Writers May 8 2008 4:25PM Software
ClearCube spins of software arm

ClearCube spins of software arm

ClearCube is spinning off its software business and launching it as a separate company, called VDIworks. VDIworks will focus on desktop management and software the firms said.
Staff Writers May 8 2008 4:25PM Software
Salesforce claims security standards boost

Salesforce claims security standards boost

Salesforce.com claims to be the first publicly traded software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor to receive the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 security certification..
Staff Writers May 8 2008 7:18AM Security
Windows XP SP3 hits the web

Windows XP SP3 hits the web

Microsoft has begun widespread distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 3.
Shaun Nichols May 8 2008 7:18AM Software
OLPC group sets up shop in Australia

OLPC group sets up shop in Australia

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is gearing up to launch an Australian branch in the coming months and working to lobby the Government to fund programs in local communities.
Ashley Clark May 7 2008 3:34PM Software
Adobe adds Flash to meetings

Adobe adds Flash to meetings

Adobe is looking to take a stake in the market for online meetings with a new version of its browser-based Acrobat Connect meeting tool..
Shaun Nichols May 7 2008 12:16PM Software
Xobni touts social network for the inbox

Xobni touts social network for the inbox

US startup Xobni has launched an add-on software module for Microsoft Outlook which the firm claims can organise a user's inbox by 'relationships'..
Clement James May 7 2008 12:16PM Software
Developers hunt for 'Satan' in software code

Developers hunt for 'Satan' in software code

Software developers are known to hide all sorts of 'Easter eggs' in their code, but code search engine Krugle has revealed just what might be found among the billions of lines of open source code available on the web..
Clement James May 7 2008 12:16PM Software
Wikipedia in court over defamation claims

Wikipedia in court over defamation claims

Wikipedia has been caught up in a defamation case after a New Jersey literary agent received an unflattering entry in the online encyclopaedia..
Shaun Nichols May 7 2008 12:16PM Software
Google trademark move sparks outrage

Google trademark move sparks outrage

Google has revised its UK trademark protection policy to allow non-trademark owners to bid on trademarked terms within AdWords..
Staff Writers May 7 2008 7:40AM Software
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid

Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid

Microsoft has abandoned its efforts to acquire Yahoo..
Shaun Nichols May 6 2008 4:48PM Software
DMCA complaint prompts Google to take down open source project

DMCA complaint prompts Google to take down open source project

Google has yet again succumbed to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and has taken down an open source project which allowed a high-definition video decoder called CoreAVC to run on Linux systems.
Sylvie Barak May 6 2008 7:47AM Software
Software doubles P2P file sharing speeds

Software doubles P2P file sharing speeds

Researchers have developed file sharing software that doubles peer-to-peer (P2P) transfer speeds by identifying nearby computers.
Liz Tay May 5 2008 3:40PM Software
UK firm Pixsta takes on Google

UK firm Pixsta takes on Google

UK-based advertising platform Pixsta has launched with the bold claim that it can challenge Google's dominance of the web search market..
Clement James May 5 2008 2:48PM Software
Japanese civil servant in web porn frenzy

Japanese civil servant in web porn frenzy

A Japanese civil servant has been fined and demoted after viewing a staggering 780,000 pornographic websites over a nine-month period..
Iain Thomson May 5 2008 2:48PM Software
SAP CRM integrated with BlackBerry

SAP CRM integrated with BlackBerry

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and software giant SAP have teamed up to offer tailored versions of business applications which can be accessed using the popular handheld emailing device.
Rosalie Marshall May 5 2008 2:09PM Software
SAP struggles with hosted ERP

SAP struggles with hosted ERP

Business software giant SAP is slowing down the rollout of its new hosted applications, as it struggles to reign-in the operating costs of the service.
Gareth Morgan May 5 2008 2:09PM Software
IBM boost for smaller firms

IBM boost for smaller firms

IBM has launched new initiative and new software designed to remove the cost and complexity of delivering IT for small and mid-sized firms
Phil Muncaster May 5 2008 2:09PM Software
HP broadens its scope with Exstream acquisition

HP broadens its scope with Exstream acquisition

Computer giant HP has obtained Exstream Software, which provides software to streamline the creation and delivery of personalized documents.
Ashley Clark May 5 2008 12:14PM Software
Darl McBride remains clueless

Darl McBride remains clueless

SCO group CEO Darl McBride again said that UNIX "System V is in Linux" when he testified in the Novell v. SCO lawsuit on Wednesday.
Egan Orion May 5 2008 7:44AM Software

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