Hacking Team vulnerability fixed for Windows, OS X and Linux machines
Adobe has issued yet another update for Flash Player to patch a critical vulnerability revealed in documents leaked from spyware maker Hacking Team.…
Microsoft rains cash on OpenBSD Foundation, becomes top 2015 donor
Those OpenSSH bugs aren’t going to patch themselves
Microsoft has handed a pile of money to the OpenBSD Foundation, becoming its first-ever Gold level contributor in the process.…
Office 365 prices ‘to rise by up to 13 per cent’
Will hit Euro-zone, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia, and Canada
+Comment Microsoft looks to have increased the price it will charge for Office 365 in the Euro-zone, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia, and Canada.…
Apple spared from paying a day’s revenue in patent damages bout
Judge bins jury’s award in iTunes software showdown
Apple will not have to cough up the $533m (£347.61m) in damages it was on the hook for after losing a patent infringement battle.…
British Airways cracks open its API doors for developers
Flying pension scheme dips toe in the water – but nothing else
British Airways is giving developers tentative access to small amounts of its data, launching a scheme to open up some of its APIs.…
SatNad’s blathering could see Lumia ‘killed’. Way to go, chief!
Microsoft’s self-inflicted PR crisis. Memo: Speak clearly
Microsoft’s boss has attempted to explain the future of its mobile platform in a latest public statement addressed to staff. But, this being from Satya Nadella, such is the verbal haze, it’s hard to make out any clear shapes at all.…
THE END of WINDOWS EVERYWHERE. Is that really what Nadella wants?
‘Universal Apps’ … without a smartphone
Comment In April 2014, Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business, including its Windows Phone products and expertise, for EUR 5.44bn (around $7.5bn at the time).…
Jolla cuts hardware biz loose to concentrate on Sailfish licensing
Things will be clearer next week at the Mobile World Congress, hopefully
Hardware and software outfit Jolla is to give up making hardware, with that part of the business set to be taken on by a new, yet-to-be-announced company, with Jolla then concentrating on its Sailfish OS.…
We tried using Windows 10 for real work and … oh, the HORRORS
Better, worse, prettier or uglier?
In depth Every time I’ve looked at Windows 10, it hasn’t been long before I’ve run away screaming. As recently as May the ISO was nowhere near ready for prime time. Testing Windows 10 seemed to me like volunteering to be an unpaid drug trial guinea pig – it would be painful and could potentially give you horrible side effects, and you wouldn’t even have an envelope of cash at the end to show for it.…
Firefox to speed up dev cycle, go multi-process, rip and replace UI – soon
Big changes could take ‘a while,’ say Moz bods
Mozilla is planning big changes in how it builds its Firefox web browser, including speeding up its release schedule and – in the long term – getting rid of some of the Mozilla-specific technologies that have traditionally been used to build the browser’s UI and add-ons.…