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Countdown to CeBIT
News ZDNet UK will be talking to security companies such as Kaspersky, as well as the Russian Software Developers Association (Russoft), about the state of IT security both in Russia and globally. We'll also be discussing coding security issues with...
[March 13, 2007, 7:46]
Jane Wakefield: The week that was
News Its attempt to change the goalposts of the software industry by offering StarOffice as a free, Net-based alternative to Microsoft's Office has some commentators wondering if Sun chairman Scott McNealy has become a tad obsessed with outwitting Gates.
[September 3, 1999, 7:00]
Adobe e-form will target Microsoft
News Microsoft is touting similar advantages for InfoPath, a part of the dramatically revamped Office productivity software line the company plans to introduce in a few months. As a government, I can't require you as a citizen to buy a piece of software...
[July 15, 2003, 9:23]
Security experts warn of mobile-conferencing risks
News Ong Geok Meng, Asia-Pacific and Japan head of the anti-malware research team at McAfee Avert Labs, said companies should give mobile and PC security equal weight. Ong noted that more software vulnerabilities had been found in PCs than in...
[March 24, 2009, 14:03]
Jane Wakefield: Thankyou for the music...NOT!
News College dropout Shawn Fanning has come up with a software system that lets surfers swap MP3 files -- basically creating a huge online library of tunes (including, I am sure, bucketfuls of Black Lace and Survivor).
[May 8, 2000, 11:18]
MS unveils Whistler Embedded beta
News Embedded operating system companies typically receive a large fraction of revenue from the consulting and support fees required to customize the operating system and other software for the device being designed.
[December 19, 2000, 8:57]
Oracle witness: Microsoft 'will compete' with SAP
News Bass' testimony could bolster a central argument in Oracle's defence -- that Microsoft is gearing up to increase its share of the market for software programs that help big companies with their accounting and human resources tasks.
[June 17, 2004, 11:30]
Siemens tackles Microsoft IPTV dominance
News The software giant is already considered by many to be the leader in this nascent market, with a software package that manages distribution of video content from the time it's picked up from a network until it reaches the set-top box in the home.
[June 14, 2005, 12:24]
Macromedia: Tussling with Longhorn
News The product, which has lived under the code name Royale up until it was formally announced at the beginning of this week, is a combination of server software and other tools to enable traditional Web application developers to create components in...
[November 21, 2003, 13:25]
NCI scores big deal for interactive TV in UK
News The Redwood Shores, Calif.company announced on Tuesday that it would be providing next-generation interactive TV software to U.K.telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless plc. The company's bid beat out Microsoft (MSFT) and another set-top software...
[March 11, 1998, 10:08]
Norway's second city embraces Linux
News For its part, the software giant has been keen to rubbish the alleged discounts on offer through a series of events aimed at dispelling what it called "the myths" surrounding Linux. A key plank in its argument is that open-source software isn't...
[June 15, 2004, 15:15]
Beware of keeping your head in the clouds
Blog An Autumn 2009 poll of over 300 (ISC)2 certified security professionals, indicated that over 92 % anticipate employees will circumvent the IT department to trial Software as a Service or cloud-based solutions
[December 10, 2009, 12:55]
China inspects Windows code
News In order to develop its own software industry and maintain security, China has produced its own version of Linux, Red Flag Linux, as well as its own office productivity suite, RedOffice, which go head-to-head with Microsoft's own Windows and...
[February 28, 2003, 14:41]
Et tu? IBM, Sun kill JavaOS for business
News While IBM and Sun continue to cooperate on Java development, they have scuttled plans for joint marketing of the JavaOS, joint software channel programs, and joint developer programs. IBM partner SevenMountains Software, whose TaskForce software...
[August 23, 1999, 8:39]
Symantec spots potential instability in Vista
News Highlighting issues in early builds of Windows Vista does not accurately represent the quality and depth of the networking features, the software maker said. A networking stack is a complex piece of software that takes many years to mature.
[July 18, 2006, 17:25]
IBM to offer Crusoe ThinkPads
News In order to run existing software, the chip uses so-called 'code morphing' software developed by Transmeta to translate Intel-standard instructions to Crusoe's own. Last month Transmeta said that the show would reveal a number of big name...
[June 6, 2000, 13:41]
Hackers: Corporate security stinks!
News The conference -- whose speakers include creators of major open-source security tools as well as security specialists -- has brought together not theorists but the software mechanics who create and break network security for a living.
[March 30, 2001, 8:13]
Building Microsoft's gaming empire
News But they have none of the same advantages in this generation, like superior graphics, being the only console to play DVDs, or exclusive software. But as the game world welcomes these new consoles — and the first round of games for them — Microsoft...
[October 23, 2006, 12:40]
The new face of Microsoft
Leader While outsiders may see this as another battle in the religious war between the de facto champion of proprietary software and the ragged but virtuous massed ranks of the open source community - talks between the generals may have relegated the...
[August 25, 2005, 13:35]
Windows 2000 may be complete
News But the Redmond, Washington, software giant has said for the last several months it is on track to release the program to its manufacturing plants by the end of the year -- a step that "freezes" the software in the form customers will eventually see.
[December 15, 1999, 12:22]
