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 The Register - Software: ApplicationsBiting the hand that feeds ITCopyright: Copyright 2009, Situation Publishing
Mozilla aborted IE in Firefox clothing Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:18:52 GMT Google we're notAt one point, Mozilla considered building a plug-in that would turn Microsoft's Internet Explorer into a decent browser. But unlike Google, it quickly abandoned the idea.…
Firefox and Chrome updates spike stability bugs Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:03:32 GMT Bonfire Night alternative browser fixesMozilla has pushed out a new version of Firefox that fixes a number of stability bugs that pose possible security concerns.…
Opera in top secret iPhone talks? Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:39:12 GMT We did not approach Apple...'at that time'OpenMobileSummit Opera boss Jon von Tetzchner says that one day Apple's iPhone will run third-party browsers. But he won't be drawn on whether the company is poised to offer a Jobsian version of Opera itself.…
Vint Cerf mods Android for interplanetary interwebs Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:17 GMT 'Hot dead birds' protocol comes to earthOpenMobileSummit Internet founding father cum Google evangelist Vint Cerf is working to bring his interplanetary interwebs protocol to mobile networks here on earth.…
Google launches privacy Dashboard service Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:30:29 GMT What does Google know about me?Google has launched a Dashboard service that's designed to show how much the search engine giant knows about its users online activities.…
Orb goes Mac - at last Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:50:06 GMT Photos, music via little fluffy cloudOrb, the Slingbox-in-software app that allows you to access your music, TV and photos on any device, has finally unleashed its long-awaited Mac version.…
Mozilla plots Firefox interface overhaul Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:12:12 GMT 'Dated' UI gets cross-platform makeoverMozilla has detailed plans to revamp and simplify the user interface of Firefox.…
Linden Lab unveils Sadville: Enterprise Edition Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:14:34 GMT A private Second Life in a $55,000 boxSome companies like IBM have an uncanny attraction to Linden Lab's virtual world, Second Life. They claim the software provides a 3-D collaboration space that's viscerally superior to what traditional mediums such as teleconferencing, instant messaging, or video conferencing can provide.…
Google embraces Wave's permission chaos Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:28:54 GMT It's for your own goodEnterprise 2.0 Google is embracing complete user-access anarchy in its new-age collaboration tool, Google Wave, so that early testers won't be tempted to fall into their old emailing habits.…
Brussels readies full investigation of Oracle Sun Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:22:03 GMT Larry's stubbornness backfiring?Oracle has resigned itself to the likelihood of a full European competition investigation into its takeover of Sun Microsystems.…
Microsoft adds higher price to SQL Server's new features Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:17:33 GMT The rising cost of dataMicrosoft is bumping up the price of its SQL Server database for the first time in four years.…
IBM hurls defiance at Microsoft after communications pitch flop Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:26:43 GMT 'Trust me, this stuff works'Enterprise 2.0 IBM suffered through an extremely glitchy demo of its unified communications software at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference today, but it still preserved enough bravado to challenge Microsoft to a throw-down.…
Microsoft's SQL Server gets appliance of iron Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:02:02 GMT Test code challenges OracleNear-final code for Microsoft's next SQL Server database is due today, wrapping in hardware from partners to help counter Oracle's proprietary Exadata appliance.…
Big business bullies EU into open source U-turn Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:58:14 GMT Definition replaced with dubious vaguenessThe European Union has long promoted open source software, but it seems that years of expensive lobbying by big software companies has finally worn down the bureaucrats' resistance.…
Yahoo! open sources uber web server Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:12:45 GMT '400-terabytes-a-day' Traffic Server lands at ApacheYahoo! has open sourced the back-end software platform that underpins the company's webmail client and countless other applications offered up across its sweeping web portal.…
Skype for Linux set for open source Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:23:35 GMT 'In the nearest future'Skype for Linux will be open sourced at some point in "the nearest future."…
Novell tongue-lashes LA for Google cloud switch Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:58:15 GMT What savings? What security?Los Angeles has broken a lot of hearts in its history. You're on top of the world one day, then tossed into the heap the next when the new big thing arrives.…
Firefox 3.6 beta promises speed injection Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:33:13 GMT Fox on the runMozilla pushed out a first beta version of Firefox 3.6 on Friday, ahead of a planned release by the end of the year.…
Microsoft smothers Sage and Intuit challenger Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:52:25 GMT Good-enough accountingMicrosoft's Office Accounting software, used to challenge Sage and Intuit, has become the latest victim of corporate cuts.…
vBulletin denies busting downloads in paid-up protester ban Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:08:20 GMT Own employee says otherwiseUpdated Forumware giant vBulletin has vehemently defended its decision to ban paying customers from its own support forums after they complained about its new licensing scheme.…
Facebook to share more user data with advertisers Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:25:58 GMT In a language Canadians can understandFacebook has rewritten its privacy policy to cut out legal jargon and has indicated it plans to broaden the types of user data it shares with advertisers.…
IBM erects fedware for The Man 2.0 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:02:02 GMT Big Blue descends on gov servicesIBM is sinking its teeth deeper into government IT today with a new software framework that joins the company's expansive middleware portfolio into a neat package for The Man 2.0.…
Oracle sees future in Sun's GlassFish Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:12:05 GMT A user is a user is a userOracle's drip feed of promises on Sun Microsystems' software has now extended to middleware, open-source, and tools.…
Google sued for super-skinny Chrome polishing Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:19:24 GMT I have a patent on your CourgetteMobilephoneware maker Red Bend Software has sued Google for patent infringement, claiming that the web giant's Chrome browser steps on an algorithmic patent it secured in 2003.…
Mozilla's SeaMonkey 2.0 exits cryptobiosis Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:24:49 GMT Monkey SeaMonkey 2Mozilla will let you browse the web like it's 1995 with the latest release of its "all-in-one internet application suite," SeaMonkey 2.0.…
Firefox 3.5.4 fixes critical memory flaws Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:48:04 GMT Vulns found all alone in moonlightMozilla trotted out Firefox 3.5.4 yesterday, which patches 16 vulns - 11 of which were critical bugs.…
Forum king vBulletin muzzles paid-up protesters Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:17:45 GMT No support for youBig-name forumware outfit vBulletin has banned multiple paying customers from its own support forums after they complained about a recent overhaul of the company's pricing scheme.…
Firefox nabs 30 million users in eight weeks Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:39:58 GMT Mozilla CEO TweetethInternet Explorer's dominance of the browser world continues to melt away at a steady but glacial pace — with Mozilla earnestly waving a hair dryer.…
IBM stirs up new mashup tools for Cognos Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:38:56 GMT Also soups up Mashup CenterIBM has launched a new mashup service for its Cognos 8 business intelligence suite today, as well as updated its Mashup Center software to plug into more enterprise sources.…
Amazon rains MySQL from the heavens Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:40:31 GMT Simple DB of a different kindAmazon has floated a new cloud based on MySQL, giving sky-high developers instant access to a database that's not its very own SimpleDB creation.…
Microsoft inflates Web Office test program Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:28:24 GMT Limited potentialMicrosoft's Outlook format isn't the only things being opened up.…
Dassault picks up PLM unit from Big Blue Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:41 GMT $600m to control its own futureDassault Systemes, which arguably gave IBM a credible toehold in the Unix business in the late 1980s, has bought IBM's PLM software business unit for $600m.…
Google stalks your social circle Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:57:09 GMT All in the name of friendship, you understandGoogle took its beach towel down to the social networking pool yesterday with the release of its latest Facebook-apeing Web 2.0-stylie search tool.…
Sun's MySQL fork survival theory ripped Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:02:02 GMT GPL does code, not 'brand'If Oracle screws up MySQL, the community will fork and the database will live on under another name - leaving Oracle high and dry.…
IBM bites hard into business analytics Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:32:37 GMT Information-led transformationIBM is betting business analytics software will be the next big wave hitting IT in the next decade, as more companies seek to cut costs by plumbing and optimizing all the data they're sitting on.…
Obama's White House web gets all open sourcy Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:19:17 GMT It's a, er, magic, um, programming languageBarack Obama's White House website has switched to an open-source content management system, ditching the proprietary CMS used by the Dubya administration.…
Man gets 3 years in clink for eBaying Adobe prods Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:19:20 GMT $1.4m in piratewareA 46-year-old Virginia man has been sentenced to over three years in prison for selling pirated Adobe software on eBay, the US Justice Department has said.…
Google Reader burrows deeper into your web-addled brain Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:22:24 GMT Now that's magicMountain View has tweaked Google Reader to help tailor content on its Web 2.0 feed more neatly, by tracking a user's online habits.…
Japanese algorithm 'can tell if you're about to die' Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:32:01 GMT Doomware marks users for deathApparently respectable programmers in Japan claim to have developed an algorithm which can tell, merely by listening to a person briefly, whether or not they are about to die.…
Office 2010 beta coming next month Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:48:17 GMT Testing times for MicrosoftMicrosoft plans to shove a Office 2010 public beta out the door in November.…
MySQL daddy backs EU's Snoracle probe Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:48:24 GMT My baby needs a new homeMySQL author Monty Widenius has come out in favor of regulators probing Oracle's ownership of MySQL - and against Sun and Oracle execs past and present.…
Oracle and Sun fingered for Sidekick fiasco Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:48:28 GMT Just think what they'll do to Microsoft when they mergeThe combination of Oracle and Sun has apparently scored a massive hit on Microsoft even before the firms consummate their merger.…
Google spins Docs preview into Gmail Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:52:50 GMT TPS reports without leaving your inboxGmail users who share Google Docs with friends and coworkers now have an easy way to preview documents right inside their inbox.…
Google's Postini Fail pinned on bad filter, hardware glitch Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:55:56 GMT Oh, and 'malformed types of messages'The extreme email delays the plagued users of Google's Postini message management service earlier this week were caused by a shoddy email-filter update and a power-related hardware failure involving the company's database storage servers.…
Mozilla tantalises fans with Firefox 3.6 test build Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:20:05 GMT Code freeze done, but beta not coming until W7 eveMozilla has pushed back the release of its Firefox 3.6 beta by another week, although an early build of it is now available for any brave testers out there desperate to tinker with it from today.…
Lloyds TSB's online banking system shows no love for Firefox Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:53:21 GMT Only supports IE and, er, Netscape NavigatorMany Lloyds TSB business customers who use Firefox as their default browser are currently unable to access their online banking accounts.…
Google unclogs its Postini Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:37:10 GMT 'System 7' mail delays sorted, says Chocolate FactoryGoogle says it has resolved the email delivery problems that plagued its Postini message management service for several hours yesterday, telling customers that no data was lost.…
Oracle looks to mobile and iTunes interfaces Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:15:26 GMT iPhone, anyone?OpenWorld 09 Oracle is increasing its focus on mobile and interface construction in the next planned releases of its Java IDE and underlying framework.…
Google Docs updated with three-headed bug Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:02:27 GMT Print, import, and export snafuGoogle Docs users are having trouble printing, exporting, and importing files, following a recent update to the alleged Microsoft killer.…
Opera takes Unite for spin with browser beta release Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:20:47 GMT No sign of fat lady for browser/server hybridNorwegian browser maker Opera has pushed out a beta version of Opera Unite.… |
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