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Android security hole gets patched up
News Google has begun distributing a patch to its Android mobile phone operating system, an early test for how nimbly the company can respond and how well the infrastructure works to distribute and install updates. [03 Nov 2008]
Vista, Office SP2s in the pipeline
News And, as is standard, Microsoft is continuously having conversations with key stakeholders, prior to broadly distributing test builds. While most of the excitement around Windows and Office is based on the next full... [23 Oct 2008]
Location-based Android apps take home the money
News Google made several software developers a little richer last week, distributing $3.75m in prizes for 20 applications designed for its Android mobile phone operating system. Fifty finalists were in the running for the big... [01 Sep 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Barclays began distributing the authentication devices in the second half of last year, initially sending out 500,000 units, becoming the first UK bank to distribute end-user chip and PIN terminals. The UK's... [18 Jul 2008]
BBC's Highfield hops off to Kangaroo
News Highfield will take over from interim CEO Lesley Mackenzie and will be involved in negotiations with third-party content owners, as well as distributing Kangaroo on other platforms. BBC director of future media and... [15 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News BBC tech chief, Ashley Highfield, has hit back at ISPs who want online organisations to pay extra for distributing bandwidth-draining video and multimedia content. In a posting on the BBC blog Highfield, the... [04 Apr 2008]
White Stuff settles on secure EPOS network
News Other potential uses include distributing music electronically, rather than on CDs through the post, or even piping it through from a central server to each store. Clothing retailer White Stuff is due to complete the... [02 Apr 2008]
Microsoft unveils web tool betas
News Newly enhanced with a software development kit for in-stream advertising, Microsoft's Silverlight 2 programming model is designed for developing and distributing rich internet applications that use graphics, animations... [09 Mar 2008]
Microsoft backtracks on Vista SP1 update
News Microsoft has stopped automatically distributing a prerequisite piece of software for Vista Service Pack 1, following customer complaints it had caused system problems. Microsoft has now stopped... [21 Feb 2008]
Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture
News Microsoft will begin distributing Vista SP1 via Windows Update in mid-March, according to a Microsoft blog post. Microsoft has wrapped up development of two major products, Windows Server 2008 and the Service Pack 1... [05 Feb 2008]
Is Facebook key to teaching staff better security?
News In addition to using Facebook as an education tool, Jones has developed multiple means to communicate security messages to staff, including distributing desktop wallpapers covering a range of security issues, such as how... [30 Oct 2007]
Vast software 'counterfeiting ring' smashed
News Microsoft claims the alleged counterfeiting syndicate, based in the south China province of Guangdong, is responsible for manufacturing and distributing more than $2bn worth of counterfeit Microsoft software. [25 Jul 2007]
Amazon to open DRM-less digital song store
News Record labels are beginning to warm up to the concept of offering music downloads without DRM, after waging war with peer-to-peer companies over distributing their copyrighted music and over piracy issues. [16 May 2007]
Janet chalks up text service
News Educational organisations can regulate and customise the text service so the messages sent out are clearly associated with the institution distributing them. The Joint Academic Network (Janet) has signed a deal for a... [03 May 2007]
One-third of businesses run fake Microsoft software
News Instead, the enforcement action is targeted on the channel and the resellers who are distributing the fake software. Microsoft is to 'up the ante' on tackling business software piracy after its latest figures showed... [26 Apr 2007]
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