Technology/Software news

Avaya IP Office Release 5 Delivers Greater Scalability, Business Continuity and Workforce Productivity

The world’s first OLTP Database Machine was unveiled today by Oracle Chief Executive Officer, Larry Ellison; and Sun Executive Vice President John Fowler.

Opera Software today released Opera Mini 5 beta, the newest update to the world’s most popular Web browser for mobile phones. Opera Mini has mobilized the Web by making it easy to use and available for people everywhere.

Part of the next wave of Office-related products, Microsoft Project 2010 helps customers reduce costs, improve efficiency, and simplify project and portfolio management.

Developed by the Mono Project, MonoTouch enables .NET developers to leverage their existing skills, code and libraries to create iPhone applications

iTunes 9, the latest version of the world's most popular software application to purchase, manage and play media, is packed with innovative features such as iTunes LP, Home Sharing and Genius Mixes, as well as a redesigned store and improved syncing.

New version of single sign-on solution delivers broad application and platform interoperability to help customers and partners lower costs, reduce complexity and mitigate risk.

Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system (OS) is the first OS to integrate OpenCL, a cross-platform open standard that makes it possible for developers to tap into the vast gigaflops of computing power currently in the graphics processing unit (GPU) and use them for any application.

Symantec Corp. today announced it was among the first vendors to achieve VMware Ready™ Data Protection status, indicating successful integration of Symantec Backup Exec, NetBackup and NetBackup PureDisk with VMware vSphere™ 4.

Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X v10.6 Snow Leopard™ will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders.

Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition available today; will ship with new Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition.

New Product Releases Help IT Organizations Streamline Core Software QA Tasks

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces it has entered IDC’s Top 100 of Worldwide Packaged Software Vendors.

Solutions optimize and accelerate IT and business processes through automation and self-service.

LifeLock, Inc., the leader in providing consumers with proactive identity theft protection, and Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), whose Norton brand provides Internet security to millions of consumers, today announced a strategic partnership to offer American consumers online and offline security and identity protection through promotionally-priced product bundles, educational outreach and a united effort to lobby for stronger penalties for identity thieves.

Symantec Corp. today expanded its ability to protect enterprises against web-based threats with the addition of Web Gateway 4.5 to its Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition.

Software Offers Faster Performance, Enhanced Animation Workflows, Expanded Physics Capabilities and Improved Interoperability

Collaboration Key as Developers Connect on Mobile Applications for Verizon Customers; V CAST Apps to Launch this Year

Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters added FASB Accounting Standards Codification(TM) to its industry-leading online platform -- Checkpoint(R).

Forty years ago today, on July 20, 1969, the world watched as the crew of Apollo 11 took the first human steps on the surface of the Moon. In celebration of this historic occasion, Google is launching Moon in Google Earth, an interactive 3D atlas of the Moon, viewable with Google Earth 5.0.