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The secret to designing user-friendly interfaces for desktop software

In Depth
Author: Lindsay Clark
Date: 04 July 2008

By the 1990s, user-friendliness had become so ubiquitous in software development that even the fictional programmers in Douglas Coupland's novel Microserfs...

Jobs on the line: Apple directors face new legal battle

News
Author: Adrian Bridgwater
Date: 04 July 2008

Several board-level directors at Apple, including CEO Steve Jobs, are facing a repeat litigation battle as they are sued for their connection to the company's...

Video: Microsoft and Bill Gates - past, present and the future

Video
Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 26 June 2008

Bill Gates's leaves Microsoft, the software company he co-founded and developed on 27 June, 2008. Watch this video to find out more

HP unveils green printing strategy

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 23 May 2008

HP has unveiled an environmental printing strategy for consumers and businesses. The...

Moving closer to the internet as an operating system

In Depth
Author: Arif Mohammed
Date: 23 May 2008

The internet is arguably evolving as an operating system in its own right, with IP, HTML, SMTP and other underlying protocols combining with online application frameworks such as SOAP, web services, Ajax, Ruby on Rails and mash-ups. Added to this are remote web-based storage services, and increasingly sophisticated online applications. The result looks like an OS operating in the 'cloud'.

Bradford & Bingley deploys Oracle self-service HR platform

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 23 May 2008

Bradford & Bingley has deployed a self-service human resources system from Oracle.

Newham council tests for Vista compatibility

News
Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 22 May 2008

Newham Borough Council has tested its core business applications for compatibility with Windows Vista six months in advance of a council-wide rollout across 5,000 desktop PCs.

Users should “beware” of Microsoft ODF support plans

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 22 May 2008

The ODF Alliance has greeted with scepticism Microsoft's announcement of its intention to include support for the Open Document Format in the first half of 2009.

Revealed - Government plans to tap phone and internet use

News
Author: Cath Jennings
Date: 22 May 2008

The Home Office is considering radical plans to develop a centralised surveillance system to track in real-time every kind of electronic activity undertaken by citizens.

Executives divided over pros and cons of social networking

News
Author: Bill Goodwin
Date: 21 May 2008

Should staff be allowed to use social networking sites such as Facebook at work, or should they be banned?

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