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Aviva refines online customer experience with Coverity

Sophie Curtis — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Insurance provider Aviva is using development testing software from Coverity to improve the quality of its online services and enhance customer experience.

LibreOffice 3.5 given speed boost in latest version

Katherine Noyes — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:48:00 GMT

LibreOffice has been nothing if not an active and vibrant project since it was forked from OpenOffice.org back in 2010; and it was just a few months ago that we saw the debut of LibreOffice 3.5, the software's third major release.

JavaScript founder dismisses Google Native Client, pushes ECMAScript 6

Paul Krill — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:25:00 GMT

Brendan Eich says forthcoming ECMAScript 6 is sufficient and Native Client lacks necessary vendor support

New open-source CRM app called 'Zurmo' uses gamification

Chris Kanaracus — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:55:00 GMT

The backers of a new open-source CRM (customer relationship management) application called Zurmo are hoping to stand out in a crowded field via the use of gamification, the notion of applying game-like design principles in an effort to make users engage more closely with a product.

Zengobi Curio Core 7.4.3 review

Nathan Alderman — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:50:00 GMT

Even the most organised souls can still find themselves drowning in a sea of clippings and notebooks in search of one elusive idea. Curio Core 7 (Mac App Store link) consolidates your thoughts into one useful digital space. Despite its arsenal of options, it mostly balances those powerful abilities with admirable ease of use.

AirDroid review

Liane Cassavoy — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:44:00 GMT

Today's smartphones have bigger and better screens than ever before. But, while a 4- or 5-inch screen may feel roomy on your mobile device, it's probably less than a quarter the size of to the screen that your laptop or desktop boasts. If you'd like to use all of those inches for viewing and controlling your Android phone, meet AirDroid, a handy mobile application that allows you to take complete control of your Android device via your computer's Web browser.

Moonlight fades out as Microsoft's Silverlight wanes

Paul Krill — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Developers abandon alternative version of Microsoft's Silverlight technology for non-Windows systems

Want to learn crucial web skills? Try Mozilla's new 'Webmaker' programme

Katherine Noyes — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:30:00 GMT

Mozilla on Tuesday announced a new effort aimed at helping everyday users of the Web become more proficient at developing and helping to create it.

Deutsche Telekom launches marketplace for 'Internet of Things'

Sophie Curtis — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:56:00 GMT

T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom has launched the first online marketplace for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication technologies, providing manufacturers and dealers with a global distribution channel for their hardware, software and industry apps.

Oracle prepares to enter PaaS wars with webcast event next week

Chris Kanaracus — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:52:00 GMT

Oracle may lay out how it plans to become a player in the burgeoning PaaS (platform as a service) market next week during a webcast event featuring CEO Larry Ellison and co-president Mark Hurd.

How to remove a program that lacks an uninstaller

Lincoln Spector — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:50:00 GMT

Before you try to manually remove a program, make sure there's no uninstaller. Check the Start menu. If the Start menu contains a submenu for the unwanted program, there's likely a link to the uninstaller there.

Ancoris partners Esnatech to offer voice to Google Apps customers

Sophie Curtis — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

UK-based Google Apps reseller Ancoris is teaming up with unified communications (UC) firm Esnatech to bring voice capabilities to its Google Apps customers.

Acronis partners Esnatech to offer voice to Google Apps customers

Sophie Curtis — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

UK-based Google Apps reseller Ancoris is teaming up with unified communications (UC) firm Esnatech to bring voice capabilities to its Google Apps customers.

Chrome to take top browser spot from Internet Explorer for May

Gregg Keizer — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:20:00 GMT

Google Chrome will grab the top browser spot for a full month for the first time from Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to data from StatCounter.

Google Apps achieves ISO 27001 security certification

Anh Nguyen — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:20:00 GMT

Google has announced that its Google Apps for Business has earned the international security standard ISO 27001 certification following a nine-month auditing process.

Cloud lifts the ceiling on high-end computing

Sponsored by Intel — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:41:00 GMT

Pharmaceutical modelling company Schrödinger underscored the massive potential of cloud computing in April by commissioning a 50,000-core utility supercomputer in the Amazon Web Services cloud.

Sandboxing in Mac App Store will disadvantage users, say developers

Karen Haslam — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:20:00 GMT

The implementation of Sandboxing on the Mac App Store looks set to cause a big headache for the Mac developer community, but perhaps even more importantly, it will disadvantage users.

IT professionals still struggle with patch management says McAfee

Ellen Messmer — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:04:00 GMT

Everyone talks about "risk and compliance" in security, but what do companies have to do to make it through audits and meet regulations related to information security? And what are the costs?

BullGuard Mobile Security 10 review

Eric Geier — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:45:00 GMT

BullGuard offers a mobile antivirus and security app for Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices, called BullGuard Mobile Security. For $29.95 per year, it protects you and your mobile device from viruses, spyware, identity theft, and online fraud. The app also offers antitheft, parental controls, and data backup--all of which can be accessed via BullGuard's web-based control panel (that it calls the Mobile Security Manager).

Apple files patent for 3D Safari web browsing

Ashleigh Allsopp — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:46:00 GMT

Apple have filed for a patent to browse the web in 3D, Patently Apple reported last week.

Nokia to supply traffic data for Bing Maps

Sophie Curtis — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Nokia has announced it will supply traffic information and geocoding algorithms to Microsoft's Bing Maps, allowing users to learn about incidents that might disrupt their journeys and find better travel routes.

Google to face fresh ICO scrutiny over WiFi snooping

Sophie Curtis — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:42:00 GMT

Google's conduct over the notorious “WiSpy” incident is facing fresh scrutiny from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), following the publication of a report by its US counterpart the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Oracle NetBeans 7.2 supports the latest PHP and C

Joab Jackson — Mon, 28 May 2012 08:33:00 GMT

Oracle NetBeans 7.2 IDE (integrated developer environment) will come with support for the latest versions of PHP and C .

Salesforce VP: how social enterprise is transforming business

Sophie Curtis — Mon, 28 May 2012 08:29:00 GMT

For many IT managers the word “social” is associated with frivolity, but Peter Coffee, VP and Head of Platform Research at Salesforce.com believes that organisations should not think in terms of social versus serious, or social versus professional, but in terms of social versus anti-social.

Visual Studio 11 undermines Microsoft's open source promises

Katherine Noyes — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:50:00 GMT

Microsoft has upset the open source community by increasing the potential exclusionary impact of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system.