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New 4G auction plan could clear deadlock

New 4G auction plan could clear deadlock

Ofcom has revised earlier proposals for the upcoming 4G auction in ways that could end the repeated delays in bringing fast mobile broadband to the UK Read more

12 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Oracle and Google bosses clash over patents in court

...Ellison gave evidence to support Oracle's assertion that Google should pay licence fees and damages for its use of the programming language in the... Read more

18 April, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Everything Everywhere promises to reinvest 2G windfall

...Everything Everywhere makes from the sale. Right now, it pays £33m in licence fees to the government each year for its 1800MHz spectrum. However, as... Read more

4 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Google: Oracle altered Java Android code evidence

...giant. In a filing on Thursday, Google also accused Oracle of extracting licence fees for intellectual property it did not own, and said that the... Read more

15 November, 2010 by David Meyer

IBM data server comes to Ubuntu

...be able to use IBM DB2 Express-C in the cloud without licence fees, although it remains proprietary and no source code is available. IBM... Read more

21 July, 2010 by Jack Clark
Karaoke Toolbox 1.0

Karaoke Toolbox 1.0

...convert MP3+G files to DVD format with the tools provided (additional licence fees may apply). As an alternative, you can customise the application to... Read more

29 March, 2012
SOCAN 1.0.4

SOCAN 1.0.4

...users: determine which licence(s) apply to your business and calculate your licence fees on your mobile device!SOCAN is the Canadian copyright collective that... Read more

29 October, 2011

SWsoft turns in Virtuozzo 64-bit performance

...advantage of 64-bit x86 chips, but the firm is still charging licence fees per core Read more

27 September, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Removing J.D. Edwards reveals PeopleSoft weakness

...its purchase last year of J.D. Edwards contributed $114.9m in licence fees to its 2003 revenue. Previously, the company had lumped revenue from... Read more

10 March, 2004 by Alorie Gilbert

Apple cuts Mac OS X Server licence fees

Apple is hoping to persuade Microsoft and Linux customers to switch to Mac with a more flexible and reasonable licence pricing structure Read more

14 October, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

MP3 alternative to shield developers

...a format for online music that will carry none of the patent licence fees associated with MP3 and other proprietary technologies. The foundation is designed... Read more

28 February, 2001 by John Borland

Olympics told to go open source

HP and IBM are trying to ensure open source software is used to run the Beijing games, but a lack of local expertise could leave the move stuck in the starting blocks Read more

5 December, 2005 by Andy McCue

Seizing opportunities to go open source

Switching to open-source software makes business sense when presented correctly Read more

4 November, 2003 by Russell Dyer

Microsoft slashes Exchange fees

Companies will pay one fee for each employee to access Microsoft's Exchange email software, rather than paying for every device the worker uses Read more

30 June, 2003 by Ina Fried

Microsoft, the NHS, licence fees and oddness

While looking around in the strange and interesting world of Microsoft and the NHS, I found this; a page offering NHS... Read more

29 June, 2009

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

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PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

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Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

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Andy Bolstridge

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Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

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