Microsoft Corp has extended the sale of Windows XP to large computer manufacturers and retailers until the end of June 2008, five-months longer than its original deadline. Windows XP will now be available from stores and on new PCs until ...

 

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According to research by ISP, Eclipse Internet, 82 per cent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK would like more guidelines from the government on how to reduce their carbon footprints. Eclipse Internet surveyed 250 SMEs across the ...

 

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Steve Case, the co-founder of AOL, has joined with other industry leaders to launch an innovative online credit card company. The company, Revolution Money, is a subsidiary of Case's investment company, Revolution LLC. Revolution Money has launched two products, Revolution MoneyExchange ...

 

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Microsoft has changed its licencing terms, making it easier for PC manufacturers to allow customers who purchase machines with Vista installed, to switch to the earlier Windows XP operating system if they wish to. The offer only applies to Windows Vista Business ...

 

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Arizona State University has announced that students will test a new product by a major internet company, which will be launched later this year. The product includes 3D-modelling and video gaming features. The university has an ongoing relationship with Google, and there are ...

 

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Adobe Systems Inc has announced two major upgrades to its digital photo and video software - Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for Windows. Both applications now feature the Adobe Lightroom interface complete with charcoal grey colours. Customers ...

 

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According to a report by IT consultancy Capgemini on behalf of the European Commission, the UK government's online services have improved significantly since last year. The services are now rated fifth best in Europe for sophistication and availability, compared with ...

 

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On-line 3D modelling firm, Brandsauce, has developed an innovative technique which creates high-quality brand images at a significantly lower cost than traditional product photography. The online technique also gives a faster turnaround time than traditional methods, and allows the client much more control ...

 

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Intel's CEO, Paul Otellini, kicked-off the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco with predictions of a low power future for the company. Otellini promoted Intel's low-power chips for MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), which will reduce the power consumption of its handheld ...

 

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SAP is unveiling its new line of Web-based business management programs, code-named A1S, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Web-based software, also known as on-demand software or software as a service, has traditionally been the focus of smaller companies such ...

 

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Mozilla Corporation has spun off its Thunderbird e-mail client into a separate company and invested $3 million to get the business off the ground and expand its programming staff. Mozilla has dubbed the new organisation MailCo for the time being. ...

 

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Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington are developing innovative sensors to quickly read huge amounts of data on a hard disk. The new sensors are designed to cope with the increasing amount of data being stored on ...

 

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Microsoft has patented a technology for digital rights management that is believed to be unbreakable. The technology, known as 'stealthy audio watermarking', protects digital content even when it is distributed without DRM protection. It inserts and detects watermarks in audio signals which ...

 

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IBM and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, have developed a method of printing patterns with molecules. The technique involves precisely arranging particles as small as 60 nanometers on a soft, rubbery template. (To give an idea of the ...

 

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Firefox, Mozilla's open-source Internet browser, passed the 400 million download mark on Friday, continuing its rapid growth in popularity. Firefox was launched in 2004 and took one year to reach 100 million downloads. It achieved 200 million downloads a year later. Firefox is ...

 

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In a YouGov survey of UK workers for Orange Business Services, 71 percent of respondents said that their companies either do not offer flexible working practices, or discourage flexible working even if it is available. Over a third of ...

 

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Leaders from the open source community are meeting senior government officials at the Westminster eForum on 12 September, to discuss open source software and the economy. Alan Cox, developer of the Linux kernel, and Mark Taylor, president of the Open ...

 

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Intel has released its latest generation of quad-core processors, beating AMD which plans to release its Barcelona quad-core processors next week. Intel's Xeon 7300 series can provide three times the performance per watt than the company's previous dual-core models. With ...

 

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A new survey by Ipsos MORI identifies Wi-Fi as the most important technology to consumers when they are purchasing new PCs. Wireless connectivity was found to be more important than enhanced processing power, portable connectivity and the internet. Half ...

 

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Card not present (CNP) fraud has soared by 22% in the UK over the last year according to retail watchdog Early Warning. According to Early Warning's research, the problem is worst in London, with postcode area SE18 having the highest level of ...

 

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