Internet giant Google is closing in on Waze, an Israeli-based mobile app company that offers a free social GPS application featuring turn-by-turn navigation. Facebook and Yahoo in its bid to acquire the company, with an all-cash offer, ...
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Apple on Tuesday updated OS X Mountain Lion, likely for one of the last times, with a combination of compatibility and reliability bug fixes as well as vulnerability patches. The update to OS X 10.8.4 -- the first from Apple since ...
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Informatica has given its virtual data machine technology a proper name and is planning to create versions of it that can run on anything from high-end servers in private data centers to small devices and sensors. Dubbed Vibe, the "VDM ...
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Development platform vendor Verivo Software wants to provide the back end for mobile enterprise apps to make it easier for corporate programmers to add features such as off-line access and authentication. As company CEO Steve Levy puts ...
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Compuware Corporation, the technology performance company delivering a new generation of APM, has released PureStack Technology. Compuware believes it is the first solution to finally expose how IT infrastructure conditions impede the ...
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Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle’s effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable technology to end users. The ...
Google threw the gauntlet down before the software industry to clean up its mistakes faster than has been done in the past. Critical vulnerabilities in software programs being actively exploited by hackers should be made public seven days ...
Kain Ikat, an online supplier of Indonesian ikat and tenun fabrics, has recently announced the addition of new fabrics, scarves, bags, hijab, and clothes to its collection. The company’s expanded inventory is a result of several new ...
Oracle plans to make changes to strengthen the security of Java, including fixing its certificate revocation checking feature, preventing unsigned applets from being executed by default and adding centralized management options with ...
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This year's prestigious international HERMES AWARD has been won by Bosch Rexroth. "This year's HERMES AWARD has been won by Bosch Rexroth, an internationally successful manufacturer of high-tech products. For many years the company has ...
The garments factories located in Western and Eastern Java of Indonesia have opted for relocation to central Java because of its cheaper labour costs. Major reason cited for the relocation of garment factories to central Java is that the ...
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A freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes. Called Joeffice, it works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as well as in browsers, according to the ...
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Global technology consultancy ThoughtWorks has launched its latest Technology Radar as part of the company’s commitment to revolutionising the IT industry. The Radar provides insight and advice into the cutting-edge techniques, ...
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A recent intrusion on the computer network of Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor was the result of a large cyberespionage operation of Indian origin that for the past few years has targeted business, government and political ...
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Samsung will host a US$800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface. The South Korean company said Monday entrants in its "Smart App Challenge 2013" must make use of ...