BPG format outputs smaller images at higher quality
Noted software wizard Fabrice Bellard has devised a new raster image format that he says offers superior quality to JPEG at similar file sizes.…
Yahoo! Says! Chrome, IE Users! Should! ‘Upgrade’! To! FIREFOX!
With search deal in place, homepage message urges rival browser users to switch
Yahoo! has started urging visitors to its homepage to “upgrade to the new Firefox” – even when they aren’t using the Mozilla browser in the first place.…
Google vows: Earth will VANISH in 2015
World-mapping web API to go dark amid obsolete plugin death march
Developers who have built web apps that take advantage of the Google Earth geospatial imaging service have just 12 more months to make the most of them, because the online ad-slinger plans to shut down the Google Earth API next year.…
Oh SNAP, Microsoft! Asigra steals a march with Office 365 cloudy backup
Obvious market gap filled by non-Redmond outfit
Enterprise backup firm Asigra has added Office 365 support to its Cloud Backup product.…
No more free Windows… and now it’s all about the services
Microsoft’s ‘new business models’ on way
Microsoft won’t give Windows 10 away for free, and plans to charge for new services instead.…
Puppet Labs decides the time is right to pull Windows’ strings
Devs are looking at Windows again, so Puppet thrusts up its hand to help
DevOps darling Puppet Labs has decided to share the love with Windows.…
Microsoft pulls a patch and offers PHANTOM FIX for the mess
KB3004394 is a hot mess and the replacement KB3024777 was elusive
Another Patch Tuesday, another mess for Microsoft, which has pulled update 3004394, aka “December 2014 update for Windows Root Certificate Program in Windows”.…
Cisco to release flying pig
Sourcefire’s been bacon Snort 3.0, now wants you to fry it
Cisco’s going to release a flying pig.…
Microsoft: Hey, don’t forget Visual Basic! Open source and new features coming
Keeping the faith … but it is past time to move on
Microsoft has posted details of what is coming in the next version of Visual Basic (VB).…
Remember that Big Blue Apple? Biz apps for iPads are here
If only there was an app for bankers! Oh, there is, and retail, and…
The fruits of Apple and IBM’s enterprise software alliance were today plucked and displayed for the world to see: a bunch of apps ported to iOS that target corporate buyers of iPad and iPhones in specific vertical industries.…