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Over Half Of Smartphone Sales Are Android: Gartner
The Android operating system hit 52.5 percent market share compared with 15 percent for Apple's iPhone
Model Metrics Consultancy Bought By Salesforce
Salesforce acquires mobile, social cloud specialist to bolster itself against Oracle, SAP and other rivals
Symantec IM Security Cloud Addresses Compliance
IMS.cloud blocks messages that are malicious or violate corporate policy and the user is notified
Microsoft Eyes Tablets With Windows 8 Power Tweak
Microsoft is to tweak Windows 8 power-management capabilities to broaden its tablet appeal
Who Still Cares About COBOL?
The high level language beloved by banks, COBOL is 50 years old and still in widespread use, says Ed Airey of Micro Focus
Top-Secret Google X Laboratory Revealed
Google X is reportedly a top-secret lab working on robots, space travel, and Internet-connected light bulbs
Windows Phone Plus Nokia Tempts Developers
Microsoft, Nokia and Windows Phone appear to have eclipsed RIM in developers' eyes
OpenTouch UC Platform Launched By Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent’s OpenTouch platform offers communications links to any devices, plus multimedia support
Salesforce Takes On Microsoft With Do.com
Salesforce has released a Heroku-based project management app using Gmail and Google Docs
Apple iPhone 4S Battery-Life Bug Patched In iOS 5
Apple has fixed its mobile device battery life problem, which mainly hit the iPhone 4S, with an iOS 5 update
Solaris 11 Released As Cloud Virtualisation OS
The first Solaris release under Oracle is tuned for Sparc chips and Oracle applications but targets the cloud
Two Thirds of Brits Prefer Bank Clicks To Bank Clerks
Research shows that more Brits than ever use online banking with two of three using it at least once a week
Amazon, Oracle, MS Awaiting webOS Decision?
HP is making a final decision about the webOS garage sale and this could attract several buyers, says Nicholas Kolakowski
FBI Smashes $14 Million Click-Fraud Cyber-Gang
US and Estonian law enforcement officers have arrested six people for a sophisticated clickjacking scam
Seniors’ Health Tracked By Avatars In WebSphere
The University of Alberta's virtual world in IBM's Websphere traces elderly patients' health and activity
Cloud And Virtualisation Packed Into Fedora 16
Fedora 16 has a host of snazzy cloud and virtualisation tools to make it easier to manage virtual systems
Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Asked To Block Newzbin2
Three more ISPs have been asked by the MPA to block illegal file-sharing site Newzbin2
Rackspace Now Supporting On-Site Private Clouds
Rackspace has expanded its support to manage OpenStack private clouds in customers' data centres
Apple’s iCloud Will Attract New Developers
The launch of the iPhone App Store created a rush to build third-party services. J Gerry Purdy thinks iCloud may have the same effect
Online Privacy Tools Too Complex To Be Effective
Opt-out privacy tools to block online tracking are confusing their users, says CyLab researchers
Brand Pages Move Google+ Towards 60m Users
Google+ could add 20 million users by the end of the year, thanks to Google.com, Hangouts and Pages
Windows Phone Unlock Tool Goes Official
ChevronWP7 Labs now lets users run home-made code on Windows Phones with Microsoft's blessing
Consumers Hold Firms Accountable For Breaches
Consumers demand better data protection or their business goes elsewhere: Unisys Security Index
AMD To Axe 10 Percent Of Staff In Cost-Savings Push
AMD says the job cuts will position the company to pursue efforts in low-power computing and the cloud
IBM Uses Analytics To Boost Security Systems
IBM's data analytics expertise is being applied to data from several sources to identify security threats
‘Cocktails’ Time For Web Developers: Yahoo
A new set of developer tools for Web applications using HTML5, JavaScript, Node.js and CSS3 released by Yahoo
Apple Admits iPhone 4S Battery Drain, Promises Fix
Apple has admitted there are battery life problems in iPhone 4S but an iOS 5 update is in hand to reduce the load
Informatica Teams Up On Free Hadoop Parser
The Informatica/Hortonworks parser turns complex data into structured or semi-structured format in Hadoop
Google Search displays Wraparound Shop Views
Google Search and Places are being integrated to show local business features beside search results