British Gas says free software can save firms thousands of pounds
Telegraph.co.uk
The South Bank at night. Prominent features in this image include the National Theatre and Hayward gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, the London Eye and Waterloo station Photo: JASON HAWKES / BARCROFT MEDIA By Richard Tyler Thousands of businesses are …

Summary Box: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion releases new software for its …
Washington Post
DETAILS: The free software allows for built-in email, calendar and contacts on the tablet. When RIM launched the PlayBook last April it said would add the critical features within 60 days, but kept pushing that back. PLAYBOOK'S WOES: In December, …
BlackBerry PlayBook finally gets email
Finally, PlayBook gets email

New Tools Make Self-Publishing E-Books Easier
CIO Today
For those who want to make an e-book that's a multimedia extravaganza, Apple just released iBooks Author, a free software app for Apple computers that offers drag-and-drop self-publishing tools for iBooks. Scott Nicholson, a prolific author with 70 …

Software Helps Improve Software
Product Design & Development
This is a rather inefficient method to produce error-free software,” says Professor Ralf Reussner from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He compares this process with the construction of a bridge: “If you want to build a bridge, you do not simply …

Dining Calendar
New York Times
Thursday is National Chili Day, so in front of Virgil's Real Barbecue, 152 West 44th Street, there will be free samples of Texas chili dishes from noon to 5 pm A Benefit for a Park The come-on is a free sample of wines and spirits made in Brooklyn at …

Debian Project formally sets software patent policies
ITworld.com
At first, you might think a statement from the Debian Project denouncing software patents was as obvious as "the sky is blue," or "Richard Stallman will make you write GNU/Linux 500 times if you call free software 'open source,'" but nonetheless, …
Debian Project announces a patent policy

New Cinedeck RX software Release Expands Capabilities
4RFV
A new free software upgrade is set to expand the deployment capabilities of the Cinedeck RX for broadcasters and mobile OB operators. Available from today the Cinedeck RX v3.1 software will extend Cinedeck RX's native, multi-codec support to include …

Devon IT Extends Free VDI Blaster(TM) Software License Program to all Dell …
MarketWatch (press release)
Dell Customers Can Receive Free Software Licenses for a Limited Time. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Devon IT, a leading provider of thin client and VDI hardware and software solutions, today announced that any Dell customer can …

Image optimizers. Free.
ZDNet UK (blog)
By Jake Rayson , 17 February, 2012 12:14 Oh Free Software, how brilliant are you? I was looking for an online PNG (oronounced “ping” graphics format optimizer, to squash down my delightful but chunky graphics. I know from somewhere that you can reduce …

Free Sample Mommas deals for this week
ABC2 News
Fill out the form to request a free sample of Emergen-C Kidz. *One sample sent per email address, per household. While supplies last. Download or order the latest booklet from Sun-Maid: " Fruit & Sunshine " (You also have the choice to send for "New …