items tagged with Software

'Oh my darling Clementine' sings SPSS
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-01-15 00:04:33
Analytics software specialist SPSS has released a new version of Clementine, its data mining software.

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'Photoshop Online' for consumers, not pros
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-03-04 14:56:30
The idea of a web-based version of Photoshop has attracted lots of attention. Media coverage has been clear that the software would be even simpler than Photoshop Elements, but so much of the surrounding chatter has missed that point that Adobe has provided further clarification.

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'Storm' still doing damage
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-01-31 18:05:13
The Storm/Dorf/Peacomm worm continues to circulate in various guises, and represented almost half of the malware detected in January by security vendor Sophos.
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'Tasers set to stun' says discoverer of iPhone 'kill switch'
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-08-08 01:53:06
When Jonathan Zdziarski found a clue suggesting that Apple's iPhone firmware included a mechanism for disabling applications that appear on a hit list maintained on the company's servers, the conspiracy theorists came out in force. But as the saying goes, "just because you're paranoid, that doesn't mean They aren't out to get you."

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.Mac to MobileMe cutover causes angst as servers go down
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-07-11 00:50:18
Apple's rebranding of its .Mac Internet service to MobileMe is throwing users into disarray as the service has been offline for prolonged periods. Users find that some services still work while others aren't operational at all.

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0-day bug shatters Windows
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2006-11-07 02:30:53

Security researchers have identified an unpatched vulnerability in Windows. The flaw - which affects all supported versions of Windows bar Windows 2003 - resides in a security bug in Microsoft XML Core Services, specifically an unspecified security bug in the XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX Control.

1 million users of Facebook iPhone App, web version had 1.5m
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-27 06:01:24
The TechCrunch “Mobile Web Wars Roundtable” brought forth an interesting stat from Facebook: it has 1m people using the new Facebook app, so a strong transition seems to be taking place from the old web app.

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10 million Skype plug-ins downloaded
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-02 03:53:15
Skype says more than 10 million third-party Skype Extras have been downloaded since the arrival of Skype for Windows 3 last December. But since there are over 170 million registered Skype users, that figure isn't as impressive as it seems at first glance.

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100 reasons Linux beats Windows
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-27 23:30:15
That's right; you heard me. Here are – count 'em – one hundred reasons why Linux beats Windows.
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14.7m workers in Microsoft ecosystem
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-10-18 22:24:47
An IDC study says "Microsoft-related activities" account for 14.7 million jobs around the world. Is this a good thing?

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150 ways to let hackers in
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-02-06 03:51:29

To paraphrase Paul Simon, there are 150 ways to leave your software open to attack, according to Fortify Software, the Palo Alto-based security software specialist.

1m iPhone 3Gs sold, 10 million apps and millions of frustrated customers
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-14 11:29:09
So, the iPhone 3G sold 1 million units by Sunday US time after launching in 21 countries, and 10 million apps via the App Store, but iTunes activation, MobileMe and firmware update snafus left millions of customers fuming, too.

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2008 kicks off with critical Vista/XP patch
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-03 15:47:39

Microsoft's first set of security bulletins for 2008 may be slim, but will include a fix for a critical vulnerability in XP and Vista.

2008: A year of the Linux Distillery in review
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-12-31 01:23:09
As 2008 draws its final breath let's reflect on some of the highlights of the year. There were major new FOSS releases, battles with Microsoft, arguments to further the cause of Linux as a viable server and desktop platform and more.

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2008: Not the year of the Linux desktop
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-01-03 08:00:40
The new year is less than a week old but the talk has already begun. Yes, we are hearing that hackneyed old saw again - this will be the year of the Linux desktop. Some so-called pundits say it directly, some in an indirect manner but they aren't holding back.
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2Clix sues Whirlpool founder over forum posts
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-09-12 02:38:02
In what could be a test for the freedom of Web 2.0 style public posting to sites in Australia, Brisbane-based accounting software provider 2Clix Australia Pty Ltd has lodged a $150,000 law suit against Simon Wright, the founder of one of Australia's most widely visited telecommunications user forums, Whirlpool.net.au.

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3G Motorola Q smart phone to ship as the 'Q Pro'?
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2006-10-17 07:45:04

Motorola announced it was working on a 3G UMTS version of its Q Windows Mobile-based smart phone way back in February this year. It promised to ship the product in Q4. So why are smart-phone watchers getting into such a fuss about the Motorola Q Pro?

4 days until Ubuntu’s Hardy Heron takes off
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-19 22:31:48
Hardy Heron, the latest version of Ubuntu, arguably the world’s most well known version of Linux, is set to be released in a mere four days. Keen as I am on – shock horror – Windows Vista, and less of a shock, Mac OS X, I await the release of Ubuntu’s newest bird with great anticipation.

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