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Operating systems software

• Video: Facebook users hit by survey scam, Sophos warns

  Facebook users are being hit by a survey scam which is spreading virally across the social network, warns security firm Sophos.  Continue Reading

• CES 2011: Embrace IT consumerisation

  Industry gurus are warning that the old ways of doing things cannot continue. The idea of travelling to a place of work, working at least an eight-hour shift using tools that work provides dates back to the industrial age. Productivity was a measure...  Continue Reading

• What is the future for traditional loyalty card schemes?

  Consumers are now better informed than ever, thanks to the richness of information available on the internet. People can find out all sorts of information on products from social media sites, news groups, blogs and the like, along with online ...  Continue Reading

• Video: Royal engagement search results poisoned, warn security firms

  Some search results related to the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton lead to rogue websites that offer fake anti-virus scans, security firm...  Continue Reading

• Meeting the technology and business challenges of managing mobile workers

  Mobile devices have become a standard part of today's multinational organisations - most companies would struggle to operate without them. According to researcher IDC, 35% of the workforce will be mobile by 2013.  Continue Reading

• Buyer's guide to OpenOffice 3.3: what can it offer to small businesses?

  Released this summer with the final product expected soon, the Openoffice 3.3 beta is giving Microsoft's proprietary suite of 'productivity applications' a good run for its money.  Continue Reading

• Buyer’s guide to mobile computing: Microsoft Windows Phone 7

  Part two of four As Microsoft prepares to launch Windows Phone 7, Jenny Williams asks if Microsoft's new mobile operating system will be good for business  Continue Reading

• Stereoscopic 3D animation: Shrek and How to train your dragon

  Already cutting a fiery swath through the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon provides an object lesson in just how far stereoscopic 3D animated films have progressed.  Continue Reading

• Adobe Creative Suite 5: an overview

  Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 is vast: 15 core applications covering web design, Flash design and development, print design and publishing, and video production. The previous release was Creative Suite 4 in September 2008. Has Adobe done enough to ...  Continue Reading

• Video: What's new in Adobe Creative Suite 5

  Creative Suite 5 comes with a new application called Flash Catalyst, 64-bit versions of Premiere Pro, After Effects and Photoshop, and hundreds of new or improved features in each application. Acrobat 9.0 is the same version as in CS4.  Continue Reading

• Video: Designing and developing with Flash in CS5

  Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 is vast: 15 core applications covering web design, Flash design and development, print design and publishing, and video production. The previous release was Creative Suite 4 in September 2008. Tim Anderson takes a look at ...  Continue Reading

• Case Study: Globe Telecom - Gaining marketing agility with smart promotions

  Globe Telecom needed to reach a new level of agility in the creation and management of promotional service offerings.  Continue Reading

• Case Study: EasyJet flies to the cloud to up e-mail security and down costs

  Budget airline EasyJet has achieved a 35% savings over three years by switching to a cloud-based software-as-a-service e-mail security system.  Continue Reading

• Fujitsu75: VME upgrades to cloud computing

  Forty years should be old age for an operating system, but the Virtual Machine Environment (VME) is far from being pensioned off, and Fujitsu is investing to develop it further.  Continue Reading

• Sneaking a smart phone into the enterprise

  Are smart phones connected to the corporate network a good idea?  Continue Reading