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MS opens source code to inspire trust
News On Monday, Microsoft took the wraps off its project, code-named Palladium, to design new hardware and software that could better guarantee the security of user data and let companies control data that they "own" while on a consumer's PC.
[June 26, 2002, 11:10]
Linux invades iPod
News Apple released iPod last October and the device immediately made an impact on users, with its sleek shirt-pocket design and large song capacity. Last week Tex9, a small software development firm in San Francisco, released version 1.0 of an iPod...
[July 29, 2002, 15:53]
Sexism in IT: Debate rages on
News The recent comments made by the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, about what he sees as a "stupid" male geek culture in IT have once again highlighted an issue perennially in the background of any discussion about the development of the...
[September 27, 2007, 15:38]
Microsoft takes out Xbox hacker
News The company went into the manufacturing side of the mod chip business last August when it acquired OpenXbox, a mod chip design intended to allow upgrades. Hackers have latched on to mod chips as a conduit for running homemade software on the Xbox...
[October 3, 2002, 14:05]
Quotes of the Week, Sept 29-Oct 3
News A couple of years ago there were only a handful of Web design agencies - now the industry is worth approximately £100 million. If we have [a commitment to support all of Java Development Kit 1.1], you will see both sides publicly support everything...
[October 3, 1997, 10:24]
Dell to buy Alienware
News We're not going to sacrifice the design of a product for the sake of the efficiency," he said. But Dell's efficiency will not hurt Alienware's product development process, Gonzalez said. There will be no cross-marketing of Dell and Alienware PCs on...
[March 23, 2006, 9:30]
Knowledge Management for Stolen Wheelie Bins
Blog Sunrise’s Sostenuto came out on top because of its web-based design, which means staff at any location can access the system; its sophisticated management reporting; the simple automation of IT support processes and overall value for money.
[January 18, 2009, 23:43]
New-look PCs coming this autumn (part 2)
News A new set of PC design guidelines, called PC 2001, will also include guidelines for building easy-to-use PCs, Whalley said. Intel is expected to continue to push the development of Easy PCs by announcing the availability of the Easier to Use...
[August 5, 1999, 8:23]
Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'
News One of Protocol Buffers' major design goals is simplicity," he wrote. Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast...
[July 10, 2008, 12:53]
Australia stalls bid to patent e-commerce
News A vocal opponent of the patent, Matthew Tutaki, head of business development with Web technology firm Syntropy Systems, said technically the patent leaves every company conducting business transactions across Australia's borders over the Internet...
[July 16, 2003, 8:39]
IBM moves to 'off the rack' services
News For example, a program for setting up Web-based customer account management can be reused widely among banking industry customers, reducing the need for IBM to design and write that code again. Offshore companies, offering everything from...
[June 6, 2006, 15:50]
Nokia taps replacement handset market with 6610
News The basic hygiene factors of a phone.the design, battery life, size and weight, are still important, but by the time you're buying your third, fourth or fifth handset in the replacement cycle over many years, you become more educated about what...
[June 17, 2002, 13:33]
Adobe offers Flash Catalyst for testing
News Adobe on Monday released a public test version of a new design and development tool called Flash Catalyst, along with test code for Flash Builder 4, the latest version of its development environment. Adobe said it rebranded Flex Builder to more...
[June 1, 2009, 16:42]
Macromedia plans Web makeover for UK government
News The unit, which launched in the US last October, is a way of formalising the relationship that the Web design and development company has had with various government departments for several years. Macromedia Government, officially launched in the...
[June 17, 2004, 14:45]
Mozilla plans thank you surprise as Firefox growth continues
Talkback I and the rest of the web design community dread to think what that means. Microsoft have discontinued development of IE as in the next version of windows codenamed longwait, sorry horn - longhorn the internet browser does not exist - all web...
[December 15, 2004, 9:04]
Microsoft throws IE7 standards bone to developers
News We have certainly heard the clear feedback from the Web design community," Chris Wilson, lead program manager for the Web platform in IE, said in reference to support for the PNG standard. In a blog entry posted on Friday, a member of Microsoft's...
[April 26, 2005, 10:30]
Adobe to buy Macromedia
News For Web design, Macromedia has the established DreamWeaver against Adobe's more recent GoLive product. By combining our powerful development, authoring and collaboration software - along with the complementary functionality of PDF and Flash - Adobe...
[April 18, 2005, 10:15]
Borland gets personal with new tools
News Called Borland Core Software Delivery Platform, or Core SDP, the suite includes four products designed for various tasks within a collaborative development project, including design, programming, testing and gathering application requirements.
[February 8, 2005, 8:45]
Red Hat Linux 9 Professional review
Reviews The result is a well-organised and attractive design. Beyond that, you'll find everything from strategy games to advanced server packages, plus development tools and every conceivable type of utility, bundled with the OS.
[May 13, 2003, 10:03]
IBM plans more Linux-powered PDAs
News The reference design, which will allow people to create several different kinds of PDAs, will be available from IBM Microelectronics and a few partners in March, the company said. By taking this approach, IBM hopes to make it easier for smaller...
[January 22, 2003, 7:38]
