Archive for September, 2009
Electric Pocket Announces BugMe! for BlackBerry
BugMe!, one of the original mobile apps, offers smart notes, tasks and alarms to BlackBerry users
Wye Valley UK (PRWEB) September 30, 2009 — Today, Electric Pocket Limited has brought BugMe!, the simple, fun and essential mobile app, to BlackBerry users. For well over a decade, PDA and smartphone users have been using BugMe! to create [...]
Perspective’s CLM Now Utilised By 52 Local Authorities Around The UK
Student Monitoring Software Is Popular With UK Authorities
London, UK (PRWEB) September 30, 2009 — 52 local authorities around the UK are now utilising learning management software produced by Perspective, a leading authority in apprenticeship training and student monitoring.
With an increasing number of students undergoing vocational training, learning management solutions have become vital in ensuring that [...]
Goba Chooses Deltek Vision
Leading South African consultancy joins the growing community of global Vision users
London, UK (PRWeb UK) September 30, 2009 — Deltek, (NASDAQ:PROJ) the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused businesses, announced today that it is to supply and implement Deltek Vision, the leading solution for professional services firms of all sizes, to Goba (PTY) [...]
Software matches pairs of kidney donor-recipients
(CHICAGO TRIBUNE) - Computer programmers at the University of Michigan have launched a new kind of matchmaking: putting would-be kidney donor-recipient couples with incompatible tissue types together with other similar couples who are cross-compatible.
The Kidney Paired Donation Transplant Program has made six such matches so far, said University of Michigan Health System spokesman Bruce Spiher.
“The [...]
Global CIO: Bill Gates Blasts China Over Corporate Software Piracy
(INFORMATION WEEK) - In a Q&A session at Carnegie Mellon University this week, Bill Gates said two of the five most-profitable businesses in China don’t pay for the software they use. Those businesses, he said, are only two of many examples of a massive trend in that country—and although Gates smiled a lot as he [...]
Free software is dead. Long live open source
(CNET) - One of the most inspiring things I’ve witnessed in my 10-plus years in open source is its gradual embrace of pragmatism. By “pragmatism” I don’t mean “capitulation,” whereby open source comes to look more like the proprietary world it has sought to displace. Rather, I would suggest that the more open source has [...]
Game First-Half Profit Drops 66% on Software Products
(Bloomberg) — Game Group Plc, the U.K.’s biggest electronics games retailer, said first-half profit dropped by two-thirds after year-earlier sales were boosted by “record- breaking” software products.
Net income in the six months ended July 31 fell to 7.7 million pounds ($12.6 million) from 22.9 million pounds in the same period a year earlier, the Basingstoke, [...]
Social Media Is Important In Keeping Content Fresh For Users According To Reality Digital
Websites Can Benefit From Real Time Updates
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 25, 2009 — Social media can play a vital part in keeping a website fresh and appealing to its users according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of online community software for brands and businesses.
With a vast amount of business and other activities now [...]
m62 Launches New Sport and Leisure PowerPoint Templates Section to Website
m62 visualcommunications has launched a new section on its website, containing free downloadable PowerPoint templates designed specifically with Sport and Leisure in mind.
Liverpool, UK (PRWEB) September 26, 2009 — m62, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has launched a new section on its website, containing free downloadable PowerPoint templates designed specifically with Sport and Leisure [...]
The second wave in open source
(COMPUTER WORLD UK) - The economic malaise currently gripping the globe has claimed many victims, but one area of business that has actually benefited is open source software adoption.
This is not just because open source software can generate savings in software license costs – it is also because of the depth and breadth of quality [...]
