Application software

In a bid to increase the interest of developers in the Facebook platform, the social networking giant held a special online event which offered a roadmap of upcoming features and functionalities that will be introduced on its...

EDITORIAL: Visit any website and there's a good chance that it will send a cookie to your computer. But unless that cookie is essential, its delivery could become illegal under a strange new plan that has, very quietly, won EU...

Search engine giant Google is said to be in advanced talks to buy micro blogging phenomenon Twitter according to several sources closed to the negotiations. Claims to this seemingly incredible announcement appeared on tech news...

Online retailers are facing spiralling packaging recycling costs in the run up to Christmas, according to one industry expert. While online retailers will sell more this Christmas than ever before, they will also face a rising...

The Scene2008 is the start of a new mobile revolution. It’s all about data, or more precisely information. We have the BlackBerry to thank for that, and the new high speed networks. Discard previous ideas as to a...

Several people wrote in response to an off-hand comment I made in last week's feedback section on computer glitches, mentioning that I rarely go to see a movie in the theater anymore, preferring to wait for it to come out on DVD...

IT managers do not need to be convinced that security is important: they already know that it’s a business imperative. It’s the CEOs who need to be persuaded. As the 2004 edition of Ernst & Young’s annual Global Information...

EDITORIAL: There is money to be made from the software of defunct developers. Some of it is locked in vaults, but anyone can ask for the keys and find a Bill Gates starter kit: source code, documentation, maintenance tools,...

Christmas music in shops is "torture", the "forgotten pollutant" which shop workers must be able to silence for the sake of their sanity, according to activists, trade unions and a peer. The government is being asked to...

It's an old American tradition: we stuff ourselves with turkey and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day, then rush out the next day to work off all those extra calories by engaging in a strenuous exercise called "Christmas shopping."...

After devoting the effort to define good policies and implementing consistent security processes and infrastructure, many organizations are lulled into a false sense of confidence.Effective security is a dynamic process that...

We have had the chance to do an e-terview with Michael Meeks who is a leading OO.o developer and currently working with Novell. Read more as we ask him ten questions about Microsoft, The OLPC, Religion and Wikipedia.Q. Michael...

This is a followup to yesterday's five tips from Communispace. 6. Just plain ask. Companies often over-think how to phrase a question or issue to community members. The best way is to just ask, simply and straightforwardly....

According to a press release from Smile, the Internet bank, 16 October marks the beginning of National Identity Fraud Prevention Week. I’m sure someone somewhere is making up all these weeks but the press release also came with...

Yesterday we learned that Microsoft will be taking the unusual step of spifing resellers 20% of their license sales — in addition to their normal margins. It seems that it’s going to be more profitable to become a reseller of...