Technology/Software news

Logitech Vid Software Designed Exclusively for Video Calls, Sets Up With Webcam Installation

North American consumers can enjoy the best of today’s technologies and tomorrow’s operating system

Major update to browser delivers significant performance improvements, privacy enhancements, support for new Web standards, and greater customization options

Microsoft Corp. today announced the start of the Windows 7 Upgrade Option program enabling consumers and small businesses to receive Windows 7 when they purchase a qualifying Windows Vista personal computer starting June 26, 2009. Under the program, designated PCs pre-installed with premium versions of Windows Vista will qualify for licenses of the equivalent Windows 7 product.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) is offering millions of companies and consumers the chance to save hundreds of dollars on each of their Microsoft Office licenses by providing support for Microsoft Office 2007 with the newest version of Lotus Symphony, IBM's free of charge productivity software suite.

Apple® today announced that more than 11 million copies of Safari® 4 have been downloaded in the first three days of its release, including more than six million downloads of Safari for Windows.

Displaced Workers Now Have Access to 17 Products and Enhanced eLearning; Employers Get Discount for Hiring Program Participants; New Term License for AutoCAD software

Citi announced today that it has introduced Web and Mobile versions of the CitiFX Pro margin FX trading platform for Hong Kong clients. CitiFX Pro clients are now able to access their accounts and trade realtime via three state-of-the-art platforms: CitiFX ProTrader (the current desktop version), CitiFX Pro Web and CitiFX Pro Mobile.

Introduction of Mediaroom with virtualization delivers up to sixfold reduction in server hardware; it now also provides an ideal platform for small deployments and reduces operator costs to launch and grow IPTV services.

Babylon Announces the Launch of its New Version - Babylon 8; After More Than 55 Million Users Worldwide and Following the Success of Previous Versions, Comes the New and Innovative Version - Babylon 8

At its annual investor briefing today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the availability of its unique "stream computing" software that enables massive amounts of data to be analyzed in real time, delivering extremely fast, accurate insights to enable smarter business decision-making. The new software is called IBM System S

Nik Software announces today that Sharpener Pro 3.0, its popular digital photographic plug-in offering the most advanced and powerful sharpening solution for photographers, is now available for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.3 and higher.

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of a new BlackBerry push API (application programming interface) that will enable developers to push real-time content to BlackBerry® smartphones.

As demand for mobile apps continues to grow, AT&T* today released the top 10 performing applications based on new sales from January through March, offering a closer look at what consumers are doing with their phones beyond talking, texting and tweeting.

First server workload profiling, analysis and planning solution to give customers ongoing visibility into their virtual infrastructure

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced that all Cruzer® Enterprise models currently shipping are FIPS certified, offering corporate and government IT departments a valuable tool in managing their secure hardware ecosystem.

Business Analytics Features Generate New Intelligence

NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today announced support for the Adobe® Flash® Platform for the Digital Home. The optimized implementation of Flash technology for Internet connected televisions, set-top boxes (STB), Blu-ray players and other devices in the digital living room is expected to be supported on NXP’s IP STB platforms, the STB225 and STB222.

“Strobe” to Simplify Delivery of Custom Online Media Players for Content Owners

Closes Outblaze Ltd. Asset Acquisition to deliver Secure Web Mail on LotusLive.com