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Turning smartphones into language translators

News More language translation tools becoming available in mobile app stores, enhancing mobility of business travelers in foreign countries, say handset makers.

Tuesday, September 15 2009 05:03 PM

Tags: Mobile applications, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Tool, Optical Character Recognition, software tool, food, marketing

Energy independence to boost green efforts

News Countries will increasingly work on more eco-friendly design efforts, including building architecture, to help minimize their reliance on oil, says Autodesk CEO.

Tuesday, November 04 2008 08:05 PM

Tags: Green IT, Product development and design, Autodesk Inc., Carbon Footprint, Tool, Singapore, Geothermal Energy, software, plastics, software tool

Smartphone roulette for app makers

News The market for business apps is booming, but makers of such applications face make-or-break choices among BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm and others.

Friday, June 12 2009 11:19 AM

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Apple Inc., NetSuite Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Developer, Microsoft Windows Mobile

BCS thinktank to help protect 2012 Olympics

News A new British Computer Society group will focus on cybercrime forensics, training and evidence, and will work with the police to counter possible IT security threats to London 2012.

Wednesday, December 17 2008 11:52 AM

Tags: Hacking, PC security, Conference, Cybercrime, Training, software tool, chairman, U.K., Internet, Olympic Games

Microsoft crunches numbers on energy, carbon

News Part of an environmental sustainability push, Microsoft updates is Dynamics packaged applications for midsize companies to tally energy use and to calculate greenhouse gas emissions.

Tuesday, February 10 2009 08:53 AM

Tags: Green IT, Software, Microsoft Corp., Energy, Carbon Emission, Renewable Energy, electricity grid, Dynamics AX Application, Environment, energy efficiency

CentOS Linux developers threaten mutiny

News Programmers behind the Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone demand that its founder share project control--or maybe they'll leave.

Friday, July 31 2009 09:31 AM

Tags: Linux, Open source, PayPal, Red Hat Inc., Project, Open-source Software, Developer, Advertisement, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, proprietary software

Researchers exploit flaws in SSL, domain authentication system

News Dan Kaminsky and Moxie Marlinspike explain how flaws in the way domain names are verified on the Internet could allow attackers to impersonate a site and steal information from unsuspecting Web surfers.

Friday, July 31 2009 11:12 AM

Tags: Network security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Web sites, Authentication, Security, SSL, Domain Name, Web Browser, Vulnerability

JobStreet.com to open 4th Indian office

News JobStreet.com, Malaysia's Internet company of the year for 2000, plans to open its fourth Indian office located in Chennai, next month.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:23 PM

Intuit launches Windows patch tool

News Quicken-maker enters crowded market for software that helps companies manage fixes to Microsoft's operating system.

Wednesday, May 25 2005 09:28 AM

Tags: Security Management, Security applications/tools

Bluetooth comms easily sniffed: Report

News A new software tool could allow confidential information to be stolen from mobile communication devices over the air, according to science magazine New Scientist.

Thursday, August 14 2003 04:25 PM

Banking tech show kicks off in S'pore

News Firms including Microsoft, EMC, Oracle, IBM, i-flex solutions and Infosys are taking part in a banking technology conference held in the island republic.

Monday, October 20 2003 03:56 PM