Oslo: Opera Software shares soared over 20 per cent on Tuesday on talks that Facebook was in discussion to buy the firm, while analysts said competition from Google and others could push the price tag of any deal over $1 billion. Shares of Oslo-listed Opera, coveted for its advanced mobile phone software technology, jumped as much as 26 per cent, valuing the firm at over $800 million. Opera's mobile technology,...
02:03 AM, May 30, 2012
New York: Dell Inc is expected to reach an agreement to buy network security software maker Quest Software Inc as soon as this weekend after a previous deal fell apart, several people familiar with the matter said. Dell is planning to offer between $23 and $26 per share to buy the enterprise systems management software maker, two sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the discussions were not public....
10:34 AM, May 26, 2012
Bangalore: Software industry leader NR Narayana Murthy on Sunday appeared to have joined the debate on policy paralysis at the Centre when he said the government has not been able to provide clarity on definition of software exports for over a year now causing inconvenience to the industry. "I have tremendous faith in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is an excellent minister and an excellent person. But it has been...
04:24 AM, May 21, 2012
New York: Adobe is launching the latest version of its software package for designers and Web developers. Adobe Systems Inc. unveiled Creative Suite 6 on Monday at an event in San Francisco. CS6 includes Photoshop, Illustrator and other programs. Unlike previous versions, which came shrink-wrapped in a box, Creative Suite 6 will be available on a monthly subscription basis as part of Adobe's Creative Cloud offering. Subscriptions will start at...
10:57 AM, Apr 24, 2012
Bangalore: India's leading IT services provider HCL Technologies will partner with US-based GridPoint to develop software for smart energy solutions, the company said late on Monday. "As part of the multi-year deal, we will enhance GridPoint's software solutions to help accelerate the pace of delivering new capabilities to the market," HCL vice-president Rajeev Swahney said in a statement. The acceleration will help GridPoint meet the increased demand for smart energy...
01:37 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Sony Mobile has announced to roll out the Sony software upgrade including the uplift to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for their 2011 Xperia smartphones. According to Sony's blog post, "The software will initially be made available for Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray for consumers in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Norway. The software roll out will continue over the next 4-6 weeks, becoming...
11:56 AM, Apr 15, 2012
Helsinki: Nokia said on Saturday it has fixed a software bug in its Lumia 900 smartphones which went on sale a week ago in the United States, its answer to Apple's iPhone. Earlier this week Nokia said its first 4G phone, which it markets with the strapline "an amazingly fast way to connect", can occasionally lose its data connection due to the bug. It promised to fix the problem around...
02:43 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New York: A reporter's job figures among the ten worst professions, alongside the likes of butchers, waiters and dishwashers, as per a new study by the US-based consultancy CareerCast, which has named a software engineer's occupation as the best for the year 2012. The annual study has ranked a total of 200 jobs from best to worst on the basis of five core criteria such as physical demands, work environment,...
02:30 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Bangalore: India's leading software exporters are expected to face a challenging year ahead due to growing competition, an uncertain global economy and rising US rhetoric against shipping of jobs to low-cost locations ahead of the November presidential election. That may well take the shine off strong January-March results for companies such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services, which benefited from cost-conscious customers bumping up demand. The results are set to...
01:13 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Helsiniki: Nokia Corporation says it will compensate Lumia 900 users in the United States with $100 in credit at AT&T because of a software problem that could cause a break in data connections. The cell phone maker says it will swap users' phones for an updated Lumia 900 and that all buyers of the phone would receive the $100 credit. The Finnish company launched the Lumia 900 phone in the...
10:29 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Helsinki: Struggling cellphone maker Nokia has found a software bug in its new flagship Lumia 900 model, dealing a blow to its ambitions to re-enter the lucrative US smartphone market. The glitch, which Nokia said on Wednesday it would fix early next week, can in some cases cause the phone to lose its data connection. Nokia lost smartphone market dominance to Apple and Google in part due to its weak...
03:28 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Toronto: Research In Motion on Tuesday launched software that enables its large "enterprise" customers to manage Apple and other rival devices through the same servers as they use for the BlackBerry smartphone and Playbook tablet. The new Mobile Fusion software, first announced in November, is a recognition by RIM of a growing preference by many users inside big corporations and government to access professional communications over their personal devices, often...
11:17 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Here comes good news for Nokia Lumia 800 users. Nokia has now announced a new software update (the third software update in four months) for the Lumia 800, which will help bring improvements in battery life. "This software version for the Lumia 800 (1600.2487.8107.12070) brings significant improvements in battery performance and power management," said the company in a blog post. The update was earlier scheduled for 18 April....
01:00 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Mumbai: IT major Infosys on Monday toppled Reliance Industries as Sensex's most influential scrip for the second time in less than two weeks. Measured in terms of its weightage on the key index of Indian stock market, the Sensex, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) had been consistently enjoying its position as the most influential stock for many years till early December 2011. RIL had slipped below Infosys on many occasions for...
07:03 PM, Mar 19, 2012
London: Computer giant Microsoft has reportedly created a software dubbed the "Universal Translator" that can convert English language spoken to it into 26 different languages. Frank Soong and Rick Rashid - from the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington - created the software which can also speak in the user's own voice, the Daily Mail reported. The scientists hope that the software will one day allow visitors to foreign countries have...
11:29 AM, Mar 15, 2012
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