Software
Irish Firm Delphi bought by SunGard
Dublin-based Delphi Technologies has been acquired by US firm SunGard for an undisclosed sum.
Under the deal, Delphi, which provides consulting and managed professional services to the telecoms and financial services sectors, will become part of SunGard’s European consulting business. Financial details were not revealed but reports suggest the Irish firm is worth around EUR20 million.
Delphi [...]
Windows XP SP3 Available Again
Microsoft on Tuesday resumed the availability of Windows XP SP3 at its website. Last week, the company pulled the update from its public servers due to some compatibility issues; it delayed the general release of Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), due to a last-minute discovered incompatibility. The update, released to [...]
Glitch delays Windows XP SP3 release
Microsoft has said it is delaying the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a newly uncovered glitch.
The software maker said there is a “compatibility issue” between the XP service pack and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a retail chain management program for SMEs. Microsoft advised those running Microsoft Dynamics RMS to not [...]
Five critical patches for Microsoft Users
Microsoftissued eight security fixes for its software in its regular Patch Tuesday update. Five of the eight patches, which fixed 10 security vulnerabilities, were rated as critical, Microsoft’s most severe rating. The affected software ranged from the Windows operating system to Microsoft Office. Meanwhile, the remaining three patches were rated as important, fixing flaws in [...]
Firefox 3 beta 5 released
Mozilla released its fifth beta version of Firefox 3 for Windows and the Mac on Wednesday, bringing a handful of improvements in ease of use to the open-source Web browser.
Overall, Firefox 3 beta 5 includes 750 changes from the previous beta, focusing on enhanced stability, Web site compatibility, and platform and user-interface improvements.
In [...]
Adobe brings content controls to Flash video
Adobe Systems released a new server today for putting restrictions on content delivered from its Adobe Flash Media Server. Called Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server, the software is aimed at TV and movie producers who want more fine-grained control over how users view videos. A content producer could let a user view a [...]
