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Microsoft restructures to get ahead in advertising

Microsoft restructures to get ahead in advertising

Microsoft announced today that it will be changing the way it approaches its web-based advertising operations.
Shaun Nichols Aug 15 2007 2:48PM Software
US standards board votes against OpenXML

US standards board votes against OpenXML

Microsoft's campaign to standardise its Office OpenXML file format took a hit today when a US committee voted against approving the format and supporting it for approval by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Shaun Nichols Aug 15 2007 2:37PM Software
Scots language database takes the high road

Scots language database takes the high road

Shoud auld acquentance be forgot, an niver brocht tae mynd?.
Iain Thomson Aug 15 2007 2:18PM Software
EA delays games for OS X

EA delays games for OS X

Two months after game maker Electronic Arts promised to increase its development efforts for OS X, Mac users are still waiting to get in the game.
Shaun Nichols Aug 15 2007 12:57PM Software
BBC may have to pay iPlayer royalties

BBC may have to pay iPlayer royalties

ISPs are in negotiations with the BBC over its iPlayer software and may ask the corporation for royalty fees to cover bandwidth use.
Iain Thomson Aug 15 2007 12:12PM Software
Virtualisation ready for the big time

Virtualisation ready for the big time

Virtualisation technology is ready to support mission-critical applications, according to a recent survey conducted by managed hosting provider Rackspace.
Robert Jaques Aug 15 2007 10:19AM Software
Banking crisis hits Second Life

Banking crisis hits Second Life

The Second Life bank has closed due to insolvency. The bank was unable to meet US$180,000 in withdrawal requests.
Tom Sanders Aug 14 2007 5:03PM Software
SCO stock plummets on Unix verdict

SCO stock plummets on Unix verdict

Shares for SCO fell by nearly 72 percent on Monday as shareholders responded to a court ruling that stated that the company doesn't own the copyrights of the Unix operating system.
Tom Sanders Aug 14 2007 5:00PM Software
Google axes paid video downloads

Google axes paid video downloads

Google has discontinued its paid video download service. The service offered users online access to premium videos, mostly television shows.
Shaun Nichols Aug 14 2007 2:00PM Software
Online video chaos causing frustration

Online video chaos causing frustration

The massive explosion in user generated content is creating frustration for internet users, according to a recent survey from Kelton Research commissioned by online video site Weshow.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2007 1:52PM Software
US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough

US boffins claim graphics processing breakthrough

US computer scientists have developed a technique that allows the generation of highly complex images like smoke-filled bars and smog-choked cityscapes without the computational drag and slow speeds that have dogged previous computer graphics methods.
Robert Jaques Aug 14 2007 1:50PM Software
Business process management software market booming

Business process management software market booming

The market for business process management suite (BPMS) software is booming, new research reveals.
Robert Jaques Aug 14 2007 1:48PM Software
Sony pulls three retro games from PSN

Sony pulls three retro games from PSN

Sony has pulled three of its retro PSOne games from the PlayStation Network (PSN), its online networking platform for the PlayStation 3, due to severe technical issues.
Staff Writers Aug 14 2007 12:55PM Software
Google makes appeal to packrats

Google makes appeal to packrats

Google has launched a new service that will allow users to expand their Picasa and Gmail storage limits.
Shaun Nichols Aug 14 2007 11:45AM Software
Firefox ponders marketing overhaul

Firefox ponders marketing overhaul

The Mozilla Corporation is preparing a number of changes to the marketing of the open source Firefox browser in a bid to further grow market share.
Tom Sanders Aug 14 2007 6:15AM Software
DARPA finalises urban challenge contestants

DARPA finalises urban challenge contestants

Software-driven cars could be in your city soon. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the 36 teams selected to take part in its Urban Challenge contest.
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2007 1:53PM Software
Universal goes DRM-free

Universal goes DRM-free

Universal has announced that it is abandoning the practice of embedding digital rights management (DRM) software in its music.
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2007 12:19PM Software
Facebook adds ad hoc ad-block

Facebook adds ad hoc ad-block

Social networking site Facebook has introduced a feature that gives advertisers the option not to appear on specified pages.
Staff Writers Aug 13 2007 10:53AM Software
Google gets behind open source

Google gets behind open source

Signs up to Open Invention Network (OIN).
Iain Thomson Aug 10 2007 2:24PM Software
Online travel bookings boom in China

Online travel bookings boom in China

Largest agent now handling five per cent of flights.
Simon Burns Aug 10 2007 2:05PM Software

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