Excel's comedy of errors needs a new script, not new scripting
Opinion Microsoft reanimates the wrong corpse
Applications20 Sep 2022 | 110
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Document Foundation starts charging €8.99 for 'free' LibreOffice
Only in the Mac App Store, as part of FOSS-for-biz strategy software org admits may not quickly deliver results
Applications20 Sep 2022 | 96
Microsoft rolls out stealthy updates for 365 Apps
Good thing Redmond has a brilliant track record with patches
Applications15 Sep 2022 | 48
SAP user group questions value for money amid plans to increase support fees
Unbundling of products, cloud shift, support for older ERP products make customers query inflation-based rise
Applications15 Sep 2022 | 3
Automating Excel tasks to come to Windows and Mac
Not just for the web anymore: Microsoft Office Scripts coming for the macro-managers among us
Applications13 Sep 2022 | 42
SAP to increase support fees in January to offset inflation costs
Maintenance and software installation prices heading north for range of agreements
Applications12 Sep 2022 | 3
Open source biz sick of FOSS community exploitation overhauls software rights
Lightbend's Akka shifts from Apache 2.0 license to BSL 1.1 – but critics not pleased about pricing
Applications08 Sep 2022 | 41
IBM wins contract to support NHS App
Smartphone software set to link more services to patients despite privacy fears
Applications06 Sep 2022 | 24
Snap to lay off one in five employees as losses mount
Original shows, games, the company's other apps, and more also being axed
Applications31 Aug 2022 | 9
Micro Focus bought by Canada's OpenText for $6b
Resting place of Novell – and one-time home to SUSE – finds new life in the Great White North
Applications26 Aug 2022 | 15
PanWriter: Cross-platform writing tool runs on anything and outputs to anything
FOSS Fest Sometimes you just want something dead simple that can maybe handle bold, italics, and a hyperlink or two
Applications24 Aug 2022 | 126
Universal Unix tool AWK gets Unicode support
From original author Brian Kernighan, one of the original Unix team
Applications23 Aug 2022 | 47
Weighing the less mainstream Ubuntu remixes: Including China's Kylin
We look at the official flavors, but there are more out there
Applications19 Aug 2022 | 9
Google shuts off IoT Core services shortly after announcing API stability commitments
Customers could be better off with specialist providers and service partners, Chocolate Factory decides
Applications19 Aug 2022 | 40
LibreOffice improves Microsoft compatibility with version 7.4
If you absolutely must keep using those proprietary formats, walk this way
Applications19 Aug 2022 | 84
MariaDB buys geospatial specialist CubeWerx
Long list of open standards contributions part of journey to REST-based GIS stack, companies say
Applications19 Aug 2022 |
Tech analyst Forrester finds enterprise software is recession-proof
As mission-critical nature of software supports prices, users also find reason to invest
Applications18 Aug 2022 | 2
Excel @ mentions approach general availability on the desktop
@CEO, that macro looks sus, amirite?
Applications17 Aug 2022 | 41
There's no place like GNOME: Project hits 25, going on 43
Desktop environment celebrates milestone birthday with a beta
Applications17 Aug 2022 | 37
Microsoft unveils native Arm64 support in the .NET Framework
Older operating systems excluded from the 4.8.1 release party
Applications10 Aug 2022 |
One to watch: Open-source code that measures your exposure to CCTV
Like a Geiger counter but for surveillance cameras
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 30
Microsoft's Teams goes native on Apple, retains a human touch
There'll be a welcome in valleys of Wales for language translation
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 18
Education officials urged to curb student snoopware
Or just see it as preparing them for the future
Applications04 Aug 2022 | 7
Equifax software bug messed up credit score calculations for weeks
About one in ten computations for loans, credit cards, etc said to be wrong
Applications03 Aug 2022 | 14
Microsoft thinks there are people on 2G networks who want to use Outlook
Offers 5MB Outlook Lite App that works on phones with only 1GB RAM
Applications03 Aug 2022 | 42
Apple sued by French media over App Store power
Gros fromages take on big Pomme
Applications02 Aug 2022 | 19
Oracle to hike support fees in line with inflation
US looks forward to 8% increase while consumer prices spike around the globe
Applications25 Jul 2022 | 15
SAP lowers profit outlook due to cost of Russian withdrawal
Sticker shock: Russia, Belarus withdraw to cost it more than initially thought.
Applications21 Jul 2022 |
Microsoft tweaks Store policy for open source once again
Paid-for open source is OK. But here's a form to report the scammers
Applications19 Jul 2022 | 17
Dev's code manages to topple Microsoft's mighty SharePoint
On Call And the app still runs... to this day
Applications15 Jul 2022 | 192
South Korea's Kakao removes external payment method amid Google Play standoff
Google gets its way after meeting with internet company and Korea Communications Commission
Applications11 Jul 2022 | 3
Microsoft delays controversial ban on paid-for open source, WebKit in app store
Embrace, extend, excuses
Applications08 Jul 2022 | 34
Judge rejects another Microsoft appeal against surplus license reseller suit
Windows giant's UK tentacle still on the hook over pre-owned on-prem software market dominance
Applications08 Jul 2022 | 19
If you can find and fix this subtle Chromium bug that breaks some extensions, there's $8k waiting for you
Unlucky few percent of netizens affected by weird timing issue
Applications05 Jul 2022 | 9
Rufus and ExplorerPatcher: Tools to remove Windows 11 TPM pain and more
Turn off chip detection, bypass need for a Microsoft account, change how Explorer works
Applications04 Jul 2022 | 105
Microsoft teases Outlook Lite for Android
What are the 'main benefits' of Outlook? Whatever they are, that's all you'll get
Applications04 Jul 2022 | 33
W3C overrules objections by Google, Mozilla to decentralized identifier spec
Oh no, he DIDn't
Applications01 Jul 2022 | 69
Open source Office rival Collabora releases web-based CODE 22.05
Already host your own file-sharing tool? Now you can add a web-based office suite on top
Applications01 Jul 2022 | 2
Intuit pulls QuickBooks from India, uncomfortably quickly
Walks away from enormous but parochial market, while leaving global development teams in place
Applications01 Jul 2022 | 4
Old-school editor Vim hits version 9 with faster scripting language
All of the famed user-friendliness and ease of use – and 'drastically' better performance
Applications30 Jun 2022 | 48
Microsoft plans to dig through your Edge Collections to make suggestions
Updates inbound to that browser you use to download a different browser
Applications30 Jun 2022 | 46
Thunderbird 102 gets a major facelift, Matrix chat support
Mozilla's messaging client appears to have benefited from sponsor shakeup
Applications30 Jun 2022 | 43
NASA's Psyche mission: 2022 launch is off after software arrives late
Launch window slides into 2023 or 2024 for asteroid-probing project
Applications27 Jun 2022 | 4
UK's Post Office shells out for SAP software it thought it had
'Significantly under-licenced' but didn't factor in Customer Success Manager when dealing with reseller
Applications21 Jun 2022 | 15
Unbelievably clever: Redbean 2 – a single-file web server that runs on six OSes
'Write once, run anywhere' finally came true, thanks to APE and the Cosmopolitan libc
Applications20 Jun 2022 | 42
Telegram adds paid tier as it cracks 700 million users
Without so much as a mention of encryption, but with a pastel-hued emoji-heavy nod to ‘sustainable monetization’
Applications20 Jun 2022 | 7
Microsoft CRM tool to pull sales data from email, Teams calls, Office 365
Out-of-the-box integration with Salesforce and Dynamics: SAP, Oracle CRM customers must wait
Applications16 Jun 2022 | 5
Thunderbird is coming to Android – in K-9 Mail form
Rumble heard as two faithful friends merge into lycanthropic chimæra
Applications15 Jun 2022 | 64
How one techie ended up paying the tab on an Apple Macintosh Plus
On Call Oh my word, do you remember MacWrite? It just works, right?
Applications10 Jun 2022 | 169
NHTSA upgrades Tesla Autopilot probe, could lead to recall
Up for debate is whether Autopilot, or humans behaving badly, is the reason for Tesla's iffy safety record
Applications09 Jun 2022 | 20
Linux Mint adopts Timeshift from overworked original developer
Team lead Clement Lefebvre takes over maintaining backup tool from UMix creator
Applications09 Jun 2022 | 22
Apple dev roundup: Weather data meets privacy, and other good stuff
WWDC No AR/VR glasses but at least RoomPlan will let you make rapid 3D room maps
Applications08 Jun 2022 | 5
Windows on Arm users finally receive Native PowerToys
A full two years after the release of Surface Pro X, but they're ready for action
Applications08 Jun 2022 | 4
Microsoft updates Azure Form Recognizer: Invoices go multi-language
Power Apps Express Design doesn't get to have all the AI fun
Applications07 Jun 2022 | 1
Microsoft delays next Exchange Server release to 2025
Four years later than planned – maybe that's how long it will take to make it secure?
Applications06 Jun 2022 | 33
The next time your program is 'not responding,' (do not) try these steps
Something for the Weekend Can't open that tin of beans? Put it back in the cupboard and take it out again!
Applications03 Jun 2022 | 153
That time a techie accidentally improved an airline's productivity
On Call Mainframe muddle means extra crossword time for today's hero
Applications03 Jun 2022 | 176
Salesforce shrugs off economic uncertainty with upbeat Q1 results
CEO admits integration of mega-mergers remains an ongoing project
Applications01 Jun 2022 |
TomTom to chop 10% of workforce, blames automation tech
Improvements in mapmaking platform to cost 500 employees their future at geolocation tech provider
Applications01 Jun 2022 | 40
Scribble to app: Microsoft's Power Apps VP talks us through 'Express design'
Interview Recognizing your doodles and building some software – or that's the idea
Applications01 Jun 2022 | 10
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