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Julia programming language, cloud computing, cybersecurity worries: Research round-up

All the facts and figures that matter to you and your business from the past month in technology news.

September 6, 2019 by Mark Samuels

The biggest events in Linux's history

A year by year summary of the most significant events in Linux's history to date.

August 27, 2019 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

How Microsoft lost its monopoly in web browsers

At the dawn of the Internet age, Microsoft used every trick it knew to dominate the World Wide Web. That strategy worked for a few years, but aggressive antitrust enforcement and equally aggressive competitors crushed the company's onetime dominance. Here's a quarter-century of history that explains just what happened.

August 23, 2019 by Ed Bott

Cloud services: 24 lesser-known web services your business needs to try

In this guide, we've spotlighted 24 cloud-based services that can take your business to the next level. There's a huge world of opportunity and available resources beyond Google, Dropbox, Salesforce, Amazon, and Microsoft.

April 19, 2019 by David Gewirtz

Windows 10 May 2019 Update: The new features that matter most

Windows 10 version 1903, which will be officially dubbed the May 2019 Update, begins rolling out soon. Here are some of the new capabilities you can expect in yet another feature-packed semi-annual release. (This gallery is based on a near-final Insider Preview release.)

April 4, 2019 by Ed Bott

Cloud computing trends, where developers want to live, AI skills, and 5G: Research round-up

All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.

March 11, 2019 by Mark Samuels

Create your own free Adobe Creative Cloud with free and open source software

While Creative Cloud has its strong benefits, it's also costly. If you want to accomplish most of what you can with Creative Cloud, but pay absolutely nothing, these products can help.

December 5, 2018 by David Gewirtz

Data center automation, IT skills, IoT and digital transformation: Research round-up

Our analysis of the data that matters from the past month.

December 5, 2018 by Mark Samuels

These rooms full of TVs are how Amazon gets Prime Video to look sharp on every device

Photos: Amazon needs to test its video service across lots and lots (and lots) of TVs. Here's an inside look.

December 3, 2018 by Steve Ranger

IT spending, smartwatches, AI and the cloud: Research round-up

We tell the story of key technology trends from the past month.

October 3, 2018 by Mark Samuels

How to turn your iPhone into a business workhorse: Add these apps and accessories, and tweak these settings

Here's how, with a few tweaks and accessories, you can transform your iPhone into a business workhorse that will allow you to get serious work done.

August 28, 2018 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

The dumbest passwords people still use

Everybody knows that 12345 is a bad password. But what they're using instead isn't much stronger

June 20, 2018 by Leslie Gornstein

Research round-up: Cloud computing, IoT and cybersecurity, iPhone X and more

12 graphs which explain the tech news of the last month.

May 11, 2018 by Mark Samuels

Photos: Inside vast abandoned mine set to be world's biggest data center

Norway's newest white-space data center has opened in a former mine. Lefdal Mine Datacenter could become the world's largest once of three of its five levels are filled.

July 14, 2017 by Stig Øyvann

Image tools for better online engagement

Make your posts more engaging and encourage more clicks and comments with these image-editing and graphics tools.

June 23, 2017 by Eileen Brown

Square serves up custom-built platform for Australian restaurants

Australia is the first global market outside of the United States where the POS has been rolled out.

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StarHub to offer hyperscale data centre services through AirTrunk

Available to StarHub customers from mid-2020, AirTrunk's 60-megawatt facility will be essential in meeting anticipated need for hyperscale data centre support with the emergence of 5G mobile edge computing capabilities, says the Singapore telco.

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Run a computer in liquid? Spanish firm's cooling tech offers solutions to big data centers

You might think electricity and liquids don't mix, but an immersive-cooling company has other ideas.

October 15, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

New Surface line gets set of AI-powered features for the workplace

Microsoft reveals how it fine-tuned its new Surface lineup to improve automation and productivity in Office 365.

October 15, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

Amazon unveils .sg marketplace, two years after Prime Now launch

US e-commerce giant launches Amazon.sg with "millions of products", replacing the international selection on its Prime Now app in Singapore, but some customers say the local marketplace offers a smaller product selection than before.

October 14, 2019

Can Amazon and Microsoft challenge Apple and Google's grip on app stores?

Move over, Google and Apple. Consumers want and deserve another option that is free from your undue influence. Read more: https://zd.net/2LXLM1J

October 10, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

Flinders University taps into Microsoft Azure, 365, and Dynamics 365

The cloud-based transformation is part of the university's 2025 strategy to become a top 10 university in Australia.

October 9, 2019

RMIT Online expands AWS partnership with new cloud courses

One of the courses will provide an RMIT credential.

October 2, 2019

How Dropbox wants to declutter your digital workspace

ZDNet's Natalie Gagliordi explains that through a series of new platform updates, Dropbox is trying to help workers manage the rats nest of digital files, apps and channels that clog their screens. Read more: https://zd.net/2nMuIlH

September 27, 2019 by Karen Roby

Amazon's Echo, Alexa parade: What it all means

Here are Larry Dignan's key takeaways from Amazon's 2019 hardware event and what it means for smart home integration, privacy and digital assistants. Read more: https://zd.net/2l96cua

September 25, 2019 by Karen Roby

MuleSoft strategy sets up an example for the whole industry to follow

How MuleSoft patched a critical security flaw and avoided a disaster.

September 20, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

The tech industry embraces sustainability

ZDNet's Stephanie Condon tells Karen Roby about Salesforce's new Sustainability Cloud, as well as ways the tech industry is working to reduce its carbon footprint. Read more: https://zd.net/30fvhqE

September 20, 2019 by Karen Roby

Why one Java developer jumped to Salesforce and hasn't looked back

A former Java developer explains why he made the jump to Salesforce and offers practical advice to software engineers considering a similar career change.

September 19, 2019 by Bill Detwiler

Oracle takes another step toward goal of building world's first autonomous cloud

Billed as the world's first autonomous operating system, Oracle Autonomous Linux provisions itself, scales itself, tunes itself, and patches itself while running.

September 19, 2019 by ZDNet Editors

Australian Department of Health wants to reduce paperwork with SaaS solution

A request for tender has been launched to help facilitate electronic meeting papers and support a minimum of 200 end users.

September 18, 2019

Linksys Cloud Manager, First Take: Affordable wi-fi administration for multi-location businesses

October 29, 2018 by Cliff Joseph

Hands-on with the Thinkware F800 Pro: A dash cam that does everything you need

May 14, 2018 by Eileen Brown

Densify review: Take control of your public cloud spending

February 1, 2018 by Alan Stevens

Visio Online, First Take: Web-based diagramming with basic options

November 10, 2017 by Mary Branscombe

Lima Ultra: Tiny, personal cloud storage that just misses the mark

August 16, 2017 by Charlie Osborne

Amazon Echo review: Alexa is the first digital assistant that is actually helpful

October 21, 2016 by Steve Ranger

Smartway2 review: BYOD put to use for room-booking and hot-desking

March 4, 2015 by Alan Stevens

Xero (2014) review: Cloud-based accounting service for SMEs continues to improve

This cloud-based small-business accounting service provides a well-planned set of tools for staying on top of your finances and streamlining the processes involved.

November 26, 2014 by Alan Stevens

Azure RemoteApp beta preview: Cloud-hosted desktop apps for multiple platforms

Microsoft is developing a set of cloud-based tools for managing and deploying session virtualisation servers, allowing you to publish and share apps on Windows, iOS, Android, OS X and (soon) Windows Phone devices. We take the beta for a test drive.

May 12, 2014 by Simon Bisson

Xero Touch for Android, First Take: Much-improved native mobile Xero client

A quicker and slicker new app for the online Xero accounting service adds automatic reconciliation of bank accounts, allowing Android users to stay on top of their finances.

March 5, 2014 by Alan Stevens

Office 2013: a pleasant surprise

After a week of using Office 2013 we're pleasantly surprised. The changes Microsoft has made to support Windows 8 — and specifically Windows 8 tablets — are logical, and they work well with more traditional ways of using Office.

July 16, 2012 by Simon Bisson

Windows Intune 3.0: Preview

Version 3.0 of Microsoft's cloud-hosted management platform is now available, adding support for mobile devices — including iPhones, iPads and Android.

July 12, 2012 by Simon Bisson

Xero

Xero is an affordable online accounting service that delivers key bookkeeping functionality for small businesses in an admirably straightforward way.

May 2, 2012 by Alan Stevens

Actinic Online

A big step up from Actinic Express, which it replaces, Actinic Online delivers everything an SME requires to build and run an online store via the cloud. It's not perfect, but it is affordable and worth evaluating if you need to start selling online.

March 6, 2012 by Alan Stevens

Cortado ThinPrint Printer Dashboard

Cortado's ThinPrint Printer Dashboard is a potentially useful cloud application for monitoring the printers on your network. We had a few issues in this review, which hopefully will be addressed in a forthcoming update.

November 14, 2011 by Terry Relph-Knight