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Sun sets $1 million open source bounty

Sun sets $1 million open source bounty

Sun Microsystems has announced plans to kick-start the development of its open source projects..
Shaun Nichols Jan 30 2008 11:36PM Software
U2 manager calls for P2P crackdown

U2 manager calls for P2P crackdown

The manager of rock band U2 has called on ISPs to crack down on illegal music downloads in order to keep bands in business..
Iain Thomson Jan 30 2008 7:08AM Software
Google Labs unveils new search tricks

Google Labs unveils new search tricks

Google is inviting users to experiment with new ways of using its search engine..
Shaun Nichols Jan 30 2008 7:08AM Software
Windows Vista sales top 100 million

Windows Vista sales top 100 million

Microsoft has sold more than 100 million units of Windows Vista since releasing the software 14 months ago.
Shaun Nichols Jan 29 2008 3:45PM Software
Adobe touts Flash Server 3

Adobe touts Flash Server 3

Adobe has unveiled the latest versions of Flash Server allowing site owners to stream content to users via Flash media files.
Shaun Nichols Jan 29 2008 3:43PM Software
Mobile game revenues to reach US$3bn by 2012

Mobile game revenues to reach US$3bn by 2012

The US market for mobile games will rise from less than $800m in 2007 to more than US$3bn by 2012, according to analysts.
Staff Writers Jan 29 2008 3:35PM Software
Arbor to acquire Ellacoya

Arbor to acquire Ellacoya

Service control solutions provider Arbor Networks will acquire Ellacoya Networks, a company focused on carrier-class broadband service optimisation.
Staff Writers Jan 29 2008 2:24PM Software
New draft version of HTML published

New draft version of HTML published

The World Wide Web consortium (W3C) has published an early draft of HTML 5, the first major revision of the web markup language since 1997..
Guy Dixon Jan 28 2008 10:03PM Software
linux.conf.au set to kick off in Melbourne

linux.conf.au set to kick off in Melbourne

Melbournites beware, Linus Torvalds and his colony of penguins are arriving in force for the annual Free and Open Source Software conference,linux.conf.au.
Liz Tay Jan 25 2008 4:56PM Software
Commercial value research unit combines business with academia

Commercial value research unit combines business with academia

A newly launched business intelligence unit in Sydney will be providing an insurance policy of sorts to organisations looking to have their data analysed.
Liz Tay Jan 25 2008 3:38PM Software
US search activity dips in December

US search activity dips in December

US web users conducted 9.6 billion searches at the core search engines during December 2007, representing a 3.9 per cent decline on November, according to market research firm comScore.
Clement James Jan 25 2008 3:07PM Software
Baidu aims to be big in Japan

Baidu aims to be big in Japan

Leading Chinese language search firm Baidu has launched a Japanese language version of its search engine.
Clement James Jan 25 2008 3:05PM Software
eBay chief executive steps down

eBay chief executive steps down

EBay chief executive Meg Whitman will step down from her post in April.
Shaun Nichols Jan 25 2008 3:01PM Software
Wikipedia survey to analyse volunteer community

Wikipedia survey to analyse volunteer community

A newly announced collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation, the United Nations University and Maastricht University has set out to conduct the first-ever, comprehensive survey of Wikipedia.
Liz Tay Jan 25 2008 10:58AM Software
Office 2007 users go back in time

Office 2007 users go back in time

Software developer Addintools has created the Classic Menu for Office 2007, which overrides the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface..
Staff Writers Jan 25 2008 7:50AM Software
IBM bolsters SOA with AptSoft buy

IBM bolsters SOA with AptSoft buy

IBM has purchased AptSoft Corporation in an effort to boost its presence in the service oriented archtiecture (SOA) market..
Shaun Nichols Jan 25 2008 7:50AM Software
Red Hat Linux gets openSUSE support

Red Hat Linux gets openSUSE support

The openSUSE Build Service framework, designed to encourage developers to compile packages for multiple Linux distributions, has been extended to support CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux..
Robert Jaques Jan 25 2008 7:50AM Software
Student journalist sentenced to death

Student journalist sentenced to death

A journalism student from the northern province of Balkh in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death following a court ruling that he had spread anti-Islamic messages..
Staff Writers Jan 25 2008 7:50AM Software
Oz Company reaps benefits from merger with Fonality

Oz Company reaps benefits from merger with Fonality

Australian CRM solutions developer, Insightful Solutions said its 2007 merger with US IP PABX vendor, Fonality promises to bring benefits for the companies both here and overseas.
Lilia Guan Jan 24 2008 3:30PM Software
User generated content hits Australian TV

User generated content hits Australian TV

A new television initiative has set out to bring the YouTube generation to Australian TV. Launched this week as a national first, user generated ‘Participation TV’ links 3G phone capabilities with broadcast TV, giving mobile-ready youth a shot at their thirty seconds of fame.
Liz Tay Jan 24 2008 12:30PM Software

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