Google has declined to confirm a report that it narrowly met its deadline for submitting a response to the European Commission over its antitrust concerns about the company. The search firm had been in negotiations with European ...
Hewlett-Packard researchers are developing a cloud-based "avatar" to manage all of a user's mobile devices and wireless networks. Their idea is to give individual users an identity that transcends the many smartphones, tablets and other ...
Google thinks it might have found an answer to the vexing problem of forgotten or weak passwords: "physical" passwords, which might come in the form of a piece of jewelry such as a ring. In a research paper, two of its engineers write ...
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A built-in PDF viewer component based on JavaScript and HTML5 Web technologies has been added to the beta version of Firefox 19, Mozilla said Friday. The browser maker described the built-in PDF viewer as more secure and safer than ...
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IDG News Service-Continuing its push to virtualize all aspects of the data center,VMware is acquiring software-defined networking firm Nicira for$1.26 billion,the companies announced Monday. "I believe we have the same opportunity to do ...
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South Korea-based Hyundai Motor and its subsidiary Kia Motors America (KMA) have added the Google Maps application programming interfaces (API) to the Hyundai Blue Link telematics platform to improve car connectivity. Features of the API ...
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VMware has got eyes for storage.For a couple of years now the server virtualisation giant has incorporated useful features into its hypervisor to help manage shared storage. But now VMware wants more,and it is setting out a vision to ...
Microsoft will shine the spotlight this week on SharePoint's new 2013 version at a conference devoted to the popular collaboration server, but recently acquired Yammer may grab substantial attention. While Microsoft has detailed ...
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IDG News Service - SAP on Wednesday made a series of announcements meant to define itself as a major player in the enterprise social software market with a superior approach to rivals such as Salesforce.com. A new platform called SAP Jam, ...
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Amazon today announced a new hub in central London to focus on the development of digital media products. The eight-floor workplace in Glasshouse Yard, near Barbican and close to Silicon Roundabout, will house the design and development ...
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The Apple effect is rubbing off on Citrix, with the desktop virtualisation specialist posting 16% year-over-year growth for the second quarter of 2012. Sales of iPads and tablet computers have driven adoption of XenApps, said Citrix CEO ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft last week began providing European consumers a "browser ballot screen" for Windows 8, a move that may be just the first of several steps the company will take to head off a new antitrust investigation. According ...
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IDG News Service - Another of the patents Apple relied on in a $1 billion infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics has been called into question by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office (USPTO). The move, if not successfully opposed ...
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European antitrust officials have widened their investigation into Microsoft's browser practices to include four different allegations against Windows 8 and Windows RT, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Antoine Colombani from the ...
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Vodafone is the latest UK technology company to invest in start-up technology businesses in London. The mobile giant will open a new technology and incubation centre in East London, an area dubbed as Tech City due to its proximity to the ...
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