Software

Mozilla toasts 400 million Firefox downloads

Mozilla toasts 400 million Firefox downloads

Mozilla has announced that Firefox has passed the 400 million download milestone just three years after its launch in November 2004.
Staff Writers Sep 13 2007 6:59AM Software
Amazon joins search for Steve Fossett

Amazon joins search for Steve Fossett

Amazon has opened up its Mechanical Turk service to help search for missing aviation pioneer Steve Fossett.
Tom Sanders Sep 12 2007 10:47AM Software
IBM joins OpenOffice.org community

IBM joins OpenOffice.org community

IBM has decided to join the OpenOffice.org development community to collaborate on future versions of the software.
Matt Chapman Sep 12 2007 8:14AM Software
Illegal Halo 3 gamers get 8,000 year ban

Illegal Halo 3 gamers get 8,000 year ban

Several Xbox 360 gamers have had their Xbox Live accounts and consoles banned until 12 December 9999, after getting hold of a pre-release version of Microsoft's highly anticipated Halo 3 shooter.
Staff Writers Sep 11 2007 3:33PM Software
New game offers cash for killing

New game offers cash for killing

A new online game is offering cash prizes if players manage to shoot other players and stay alive themselves.
Iain Thomson Sep 11 2007 3:28PM Software
New standard offers zero-configuration virtualisation

New standard offers zero-configuration virtualisation

A group of six server builders and virtualisation vendors plans to reveal a new standard to help IT departments automate the installation and deployment of virtual machines.
Tom Sanders Sep 11 2007 8:20AM Hardware
Apple slips security fix into iTunes update

Apple slips security fix into iTunes update

Apple has included a fix for a remote code execution vulnerability for the OS X and Windows versions of its latest iTunes 7.4 release.
Shaun Nichols Sep 10 2007 3:20PM Security
AMD opens door to ATI Linux drivers

AMD opens door to ATI Linux drivers

AMD's ATI division is reversing its open source strategy by offering better open source drivers.
Tom Sanders Sep 10 2007 9:52AM Hardware
Cognos snaps up Applix for US$339 million

Cognos snaps up Applix for US$339 million

Business intelligence tools vendor Cognos is to buy analytics company Applix for $339 million.
Andrew Charlesworth Sep 10 2007 9:51AM Software
Four-socket Intel Xeon targets virtualisation

Four-socket Intel Xeon targets virtualisation

Intel has unveiled its 7300 and 7200 series Xeon processors and the new 7300 chipset.
Tom Sanders Sep 10 2007 9:49AM Software
IBM puts hypervisor in Flash memory

IBM puts hypervisor in Flash memory

IBM has unveiled a new server chipset that allows users to run a virtualisation hypervisor off a USB memory key instead of requiring it to be installed on a hard drive.
Tom Sanders Sep 10 2007 9:47AM Software
Japan to develop Google rival

Japan to develop Google rival

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is to set aside between ¥14m and ¥15m (around £60m) to research new online search technologies in an attempt to wrest some control away from search giants such as Google.
Staff Writers Sep 7 2007 2:03PM Software
Mozilla quietly resurrects Eudora

Mozilla quietly resurrects Eudora

Developers at the Mozilla Foundation have released the first beta versions of the new Eudora email application.
Shaun Nichols Sep 5 2007 8:26PM Software
Microsoft claims 'global support' for Open XML

Microsoft claims 'global support' for Open XML

Microsoft today claimed that its Open XML data format is enjoying "strong" global support.
Robert Jaques Sep 5 2007 12:07PM Software
Video gaming linked to childhood obesity

Video gaming linked to childhood obesity

New research claims to have found a "strong correlation" between videogame playing and obesity among children and young adults.
Robert Jaques Sep 5 2007 11:30AM Software
Google patent sparks G-phone speculation

Google patent sparks G-phone speculation

Google has filed a patent application for a mobile payment system, fuelling rumours that the search giant may launch a mobile phone.
Iain Thomson Sep 5 2007 7:52AM Software
Chinese monks fight web ninja claims

Chinese monks fight web ninja claims

The head of the Shaolin Monastery, birthplace of the Chinese art of Kung Fu, is suing an internet user for suggesting that its monks were beaten in combat by a Japanese ninja.
Iain Thomson Sep 4 2007 1:33PM Software
Westpac’s website crashes again

Westpac’s website crashes again

For the second time in just three months, Westpac’s online banking services have suffered a blackout, locking out customers and businesses from accessing their accounts.
Mitchell Bingemann Sep 4 2007 12:04PM Software
US court grants Spamhaus reprieve

US court grants Spamhaus reprieve

Spamhaus has been granted temporary relief in its recent legal battle with a US marketing firm, after a US Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court had not properly calculated damages against the UK anti-spam organisation.
Shaun Nichols Sep 4 2007 7:26AM Software
NBC ends iTunes contract

NBC ends iTunes contract

Television studio NBC is to stop selling its shows on Apple's iTunes store after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the pricing of each episode.
Shaun Nichols Sep 4 2007 7:09AM Software

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