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Microsoft's online store in India gets hacked

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:45:17 GMT

SOFTWARE REDEVELOPER Microsoft has had its retail web site in India hacked, with a Chinese group posting what looks to be usernames and passwords on the web site.

Microsoft redesigns its logo for Windows 8

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:01:40 GMT

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has allegedly reworked its legendary logo for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system release.

RIM says current devices won’t be upgraded to Blackberry 10

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:00 GMT

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CANADIAN GADGET MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) has confirmed that its current Blackberry devices won't be upgraded to its upcoming Blackberry 10 operating system (OS).

HTC phones will get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of March

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:39:14 GMT

TAIWANESE PHONE MAKER HTC has confirmed that a selection of its smartphones will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) by the end of March.

Microsoft says all Windows 8 Metro apps will run on ARM

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:34:00 GMT

SOFTWARE REDEVELOPER Microsoft claims that all Metro style applications on its upcoming Windows Store will support both x86 and ARM based devices running Windows 8.

Germany might give ACTA the boot

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:26:09 GMT

EUROPEAN HEAVYWEIGHT Germany might not ratify the draconian Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

Google accelerates 2D and 3D in Chromium web browser

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:00 GMT

SOFTWARE HOUSE Google has enabled GPU acceleration for 2D and 3D content in its latest Chromium web browser beta release.

EC competition chief warns against patent abuses

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:36:00 GMT

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S chief competition enforcer has vowed to take a tough line with firms that abuse patents.

Google offers bounties on bugs in Chrome OS

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:00 GMT

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has announced that in its first year of offering bounties for bug hunters that find problems in its software products it has paid out $410,000.

Microsoft announces its February Patch Tuesday

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:52:00 GMT

SOFTWARE PATCH HOUSE Microsoft is preparing its biggest February Patch Tuesday, which will contain nine update bulletins.

US will green light Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:21:46 GMT

ADVERTISING BROKER Google will get the green light from the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to complete its $12.5bn buyout of Motorola Mobility.

RIM Playbook OS 2.0 and Blackberry 7.1 video demo

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:41:16 GMT

THIS WEEK Research in Motion (RIM) held its first Developer Conference in Europe where it showed The INQUIRER its two upcoming operating systems.

Google touts website prefetching with Chrome 17

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:57:00 GMT

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has released Chrome 17, claiming that the web browser can prefetch web sites even before the user hits enter on the address bar.

Microsoft will unveil Windows 8 Preview this month

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:00 GMT

SOFTWARE REDEVELOPER Microsoft will release its Windows 8 Preview later this month.

Microsoft says it will play nice with patents

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:08:00 GMT

SOFTWARE MONOPOLIST Microsoft has announced that it wants to work with industry and its competitors in a more friendly way and will look to license its patents to them, as opposed to chase them through the courts.

Google will offer cloud storage

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:17:01 GMT

INTERNET SERVICES GIANT Google is getting set to launch a cloud based storage service it will call Google Drive.

FTC urges background screening applications to comply with credit reporting laws

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:30:00 GMT

THE US FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC) has warned marketeers that background screening applications could violate US credit reporting laws.

Google launches Chrome for Android Beta

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:31:00 GMT

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has launched its Chrome web browser for Android Beta release in the Android Market.

Microsoft touts application caching to boost Windows 8 battery life

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:03 GMT

SOFTWARE REDEVELOPER Microsoft said it will suspend Windows 8 applications that do not appear on screen in its Metro interface to increase power efficiency.

Google says it will fairly license Motorola's patents

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:45:00 GMT

SMARTPHONE ARCHITECT Google has acknoledged the concerns of the European Commission (EC) by sending out letters to several standards organisations saying it will fairly license Motorola Mobility's patents should the merger go through.

RIM denies Android Runtime apps will bring security risks

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:42:18 GMT

CANADIAN GADGET MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) has played down the security risks of bringing Android apps to its Playbook tablet.

Google launches Google+ developer hangouts

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:45:00 GMT

ASPIRING SOCIAL NETWORKING FIRM Google has launched a Google+ developers page to improve developer relations for its burgeoning social network.

Google's appeal to remove Lindholm email from Android lawsuit is denied

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:24:51 GMT

ADVERTISING BROKER Google has lost its appeal to have an email sent by one of its engineers excluded from Oracle's Java patents lawsuit against Android.

RIM's Blackberry 10 Native SDK will be open source

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:00 GMT

CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) has said the Native software development kit (SDK) for Blackberry 10 will be committed to open source.

ITC attorney advises Barnes and Noble did not infringe Microsoft's patents

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:59:00 GMT

CLOSED SOURCE SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft looks set to lose its attempt to get Barnes and Noble's Nook tablet banned.