Software

Microsoft is making available to testers preview versions of its Windows Server 8 and Microsoft is making available to testers a developer preview of Windows Server 8, the complement to its Windows 8 client. Microsoft says Windows Server 8 will be heavily influenced by its experience running Windows Azure, the cloud based operating system that…

VMware has given us a twofer and updated both its desktop flagship products and is releasing VMmware Workstation 8 for Windows and Linux, and VMware Fusion 4 for Mac users. The Fusion update makes Fusion more Mac-like and allows users to virtualize Mac OS X under VMware Fusion. Fusion 4 offers support for more than 200 guest OSes, a bit less than…

HTC wants its own mobile operating system and HTC has some of the more successful handsets that run the search giant’s Android operating system. Taiwan News Channel reported that Cher Wang, chairman of HTC, stated that the company can use any OS it wants and it is uncertain which operating system HTC would purchase and optimise by adding the HTC…

Google has a long standing tradition of naming updated versions of their Android operating systems after desserts and he Ice Cream Sandwich update has been pushed back to Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean being one of the few dessert names to start with a J, there is a very good chance it could be the next name and Ice Cream Sandwich is said to be a big…

Apple has released Security Update 2011-005 for Lion and Snow Leopard via their Software Update Utility and website for direct download, this update is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. It also addresses a specific security issue with fraudulent certificates from DigiNotar and the release includes versions for Mac OS…

Agile Bits has released version 3.9 of 1Password, its popular identity management app for OS X and the new release includes several enhancements and a few new features, the biggest news is that 1Password 3.9 is a Lion-only application, so users of pre-10.7 versions of OS X will have to stick with 3.8, is also built using a 64-bit architecture for…

Parallels Desktop has always been a great way to switch seamlessly between operating systems without the need to reboot your Mac and this new version, regardless of which system you're running at the time, when you open a file type that's for another operating system, Parallels Desktop automatically recognizes the file type and launches it in its…

RIM's new QNX software for BlackBerry which is expected in early 2012 will be Android App compatible and RIM has not publicly announced this feature for its mobile devices, it has announced that the QNX-powered PlayBook tablet will be able to run Android apps. BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will get the long-awaited native email and PIM functionality…

Apple has released 10.7.1 Update in the Mac App Store and if you wish to update you can download this update from the Software Update or the Mac App Store, but keep in mind you have to have already purchased OS X Lion. The update should mean that users newly purchasing OS X Lion will receive 10.7.1 directly rather than having to install the base…

ERPLY introduce credit card reader the latest addition to a growing field of NFC and mobile payment devices. This device is specially designed for small and large businesses. If you attached with an iPad's charging port, the peripheral will send user's credit card information to ERPLY's point-of-sale and inventory management software. This allowing…