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Leak reveals Windows 7 'family pack' licensing plan

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:04:16 GMT

Microsoft plans to release a "family pack" version of its Windows 7 operating system. Family pack versions of Windows 7 can be installed...

Twitter spurs Bing and Facebook real-time initiatives

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:37:00 GMT

Microsoft and Facebook have both announced initiatives in response to pressure from Twitter to provide real-time updates online.

Microsoft extends government deal after public bodies fail to sign up

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:57:00 GMT

Microsoft has extended the duration of a software licencing offer it made to the UK public sector, after government organisations failed to buy enough software licences.

Oracle defends delay of OFM 11g

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:06:39 GMT

Oracle has defended the timing of the release of the latest version of its Oracle Fusion Middleware product, saying it is bang on the target. Oracle...

Oracle Fusion 11g will 'simplify enterprise computing', says president

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:33:00 GMT

Oracle's latest Fusion Middleware 11g is a key part of Oracle's strategy to help organisation solve complex integration problems, says Oracle president Charles Phillips.

Charles Phillips unveils Oracle's next-generation software

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:38:00 GMT

Oracle president Charles Phillips is in London today for the launch of Oracle Fusion Middleware...

Email archiving the easy way...Online

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:11:00 GMT

The complexities of archiving email in-house are often underestimated - there's painful maintenance and upgrades of hardware and software - not to mention the difficulties predicting storage requirements for the future.

British Airways shelves ERP project as recession bites

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:34:00 GMT

British Airways has shelved plans to roll-out a company-wide ERP system because it doesn't want to spend cash in the face of a recession.

Firefox 3.5, the fastest yet, says Mozilla

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:18:56 GMT

The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox web browser includes features to allow increasingly powerful web applications....

Apple releases iPhone OS version 3.1

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:15:00 GMT

The first version of the next operating system for the Apple iPhone has been released to developers.

Firefox compressed for mobile devices

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:41:56 GMT

Road warriors who want to use the Firefox browser on their mobile computing devices but find themselves cramped for memory can now download a compressed...

Cryptography breakthrough paves way to secure cloud services

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:47:00 GMT

A research student who had a summer job at IBM, has cracked a cryptography problem that has baffled experts for over 30 years. The breakthrough may pave the way to secure cloud computing services.

Microsoft could offer Windows 7 on a USB stick

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:43:00 GMT

Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a USB stick to help users without CD or DVD drives upgrade their machines.

Fast Track protects sports business with e-mail continuity

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:41:00 GMT

Sports marketing agency Fast Track has invested in e-mail continuity technology to avoid potential losses of £8,000 an hour.

Will London Stock Exchange scrap Tradelect?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:22:51 GMT

Whether the London Stock Exchange decides to scrap its core trading platform or upgrade it will be a lesson to all project teams when developing core...

Java delays approval of Oracle’s Sun takeover

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:08:00 GMT

The US Department of Justice wants more time to consider Oracle's $7.4bn Sun deal before giving its approval.

Balancing IT costs during a recession

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:48:00 GMT

Face facts; business is bad. For most businesses, the sustained growth seen in the past 15 years is history.

Sales of PCs will grow by end of year, but no thanks to Windows 7

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:22:30 GMT

Analysts at Gartner are now predicting that sales of PCs will grow during Q4, but reckon Windows 7 will only have a "very modest" influence. The latest...

London Stock Exchange could soon ditch core trading platform

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:05:00 GMT

The London Stock Exchange's could abandon its core trading system. Tradelect.

Free iPhone OS 3.0 download takes off

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:54:36 GMT

Three-quarters of iPhone users have already upgraded to the latest version of the device's operating system. iPhone software maker