Applications

Wed, September 01, 2010 - VCC, a nationwide retail construction company, finds that giving project managers smartphone access to customer data is a big boost in attracting new business.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - Oracle is hoping to entice a younger generation of Java programmers into its fold by offering students complimentary admission to the upcoming JavaOne and Oracle Develop conferences.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - Apple on Wednesday announced iTunes 10, a major upgrade to its music jukebox and media management software. Leading the changes in this version is a social networking component aimed at helping users discover new music.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - Apple will release an update to its mobile operating system next week that fixes many bugs while introducing several new features to iOS. The company showed off those features Wednesday during its fall music media event in San Francisco.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - Check Point's Security Gateway software is now available in a virtual edition that is compatible with VMware virtual environments.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - The combination of free open source and virtual machines is hard to beat; here are some of the handiest virtual appliances you'll find.

Wed, September 01, 2010 - Salesforce.com rolled out a new service on Wednesday that integrates business-contact information with its own CRM (customer relationship management) application and Chatter collaboration software.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Windows and operating systems in general have lost their status as the center of innovation in the IT industry, VMware CEO Paul Maritz, himself a former Microsoft executive, said as VMworld kicked off Tuesday.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - SAP customer Airgas said Tuesday that its "highly customized" implementation of the vendor's ERP (enterprise resource planning) software is looking like a major success.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Google plans to begin rolling out to Gmail users on Tuesday a new feature designed to automatically rearrange messages in their inbox so that the most important and pressing ones appear at the top.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Chrome users yesterday bombarded Google's Gmail support forum with complaints about music suddenly playing in the background when they reached their inboxes.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Choose only ten Mac Gems? Are you kidding? As Macworld's resident Gem-meister, I not only test every Mac Gem, but I also end up using many of them regularly, so choosing a list of ten must-haves is an excruciatingly difficult task.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Full IT cost transparency is not a "nice to have" anymore, says a new Forrester Research report. It's a required competency that organizations will need to avoid two big business pitfalls and remain competitive.

Tue, August 31, 2010 - Google recently released a version of its Chrome Web browser code named the Canary Build. It uses an all-yellow variant of the regular Chrome icon, but there may be confusion as to what actually distinguishes it from the other, official releases of Google's browser.