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RSS programs in newsGoogle open sources data-moving tool
News The tool, which has been in use for several years at Google, handles the process in which the company encodes almost any sort of structured information that needs to be passed across the network or stored on a disk, Google open-source programs... [11 Jul 2008]
Artificial Intelligence - alive and kicking
News Shadbolt explained: "What AI is much more about is micro intelligence - it's lots of little places where programs are popping up with a very limited capability but in its own area it's pretty smart. There's all of these little programs that give... [10 Jul 2008]
Microsoft slow to resolve technical docs problems
News Microsoft was required to issue licences for companies who want to write programs for the Windows computer operating system, and also provide technical information about Windows to help make the programs work. [25 Jun 2008]
Google Android facing delays?
News Android has also not won broad support from large mobile-software developers, and some said it is hard to develop programs while Google makes changes as it finishes its own software, the Journal reported. [23 Jun 2008]
Universities blamed for games industry skills crisis
News Many of the current crop of games industry employees learnt to create programs by getting creative with the home computers of the 1980s and 1990s - hardware such as the Atari ST and Sinclair Spectrum - so the rise of plug-and-play games consoles... [19 Jun 2008]
Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' After a long-announced transition, 30 June marks the end of an era at Microsoft. Well, really it's the end of two eras. Not only does the date mark the departure of Bill Gates but another... [16 Jun 2008]
IBM sings a Symphony to rival Office
News Lotus Symphony, based around the open-source OpenOffice.org, has been available as a free beta download since September 2007, and the word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs are already bundled in IBM's Notes products. [09 Jun 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' Security vendor PC Tools has released more research to back up its claim that Vista is far from immune to infection. In an attempt to reinforce its claim that Vista is less secure than Windows... [21 May 2008]
Developers snub Vista for XP
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' A survey has found an overwhelming majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system. [19 May 2008]
Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' 4. Software giant Microsoft has claimed user "complacency" is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. [16 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' 4. Software developers from NeoSmart, a not-for-profit technology-development organisation, claim they have successfully bypassed User Account Control, a security feature in Windows Vista. [29 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30 June, if customers demand it... [24 Apr 2008]
Critics label Microsoft's OOXML a 'marketing tool'
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' 4. The developer of XML and a former International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee chair have both claimed Microsoft was interested in having Office Open XML (OOXML... [21 Apr 2008]
Windows XP SP3 a go this month?
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' The third and final service pack for Windows XP could be available by the end of April, according to a leaked Microsoft schedule. The alleged schedule for the release of XP Service Pack 3 (SP3... [16 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Windows 'collapsing' under own weight
News Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…' 4. Microsoft's Windows juggernaut is collapsing under its own weight, as it tries to support 20 years of applications and becomes more complicated by the minute, according to analyst firm... [11 Apr 2008]
