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Google+ Gets Tastier ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ Flavour
Google+ gets some design and performance tweaks for better results on Android 4.0
Apple iPad Dominance Will Disappear by 2015
Apple's iPad's dominance in consumer tablets will be eroded by 2014-15 but not in the business market
Will Android Fragmentation Bother Consumers?
Google has been criticised for fragmenting Android, but is it that really such a big deal for the average consumer, asks Clint Boulton
OpenMAMA Offers Open-Source Messaging
Financial services firms and the Linux Foundation announce OpenMAMA messaging API
Microsoft Offers Commercial Kinect Developer Kit
Microsoft is to allow developers to build business apps using its hands-free Kinect gaming kit
ARM Challenges Intel With 64-Bit PC And Server Chips
The ARMv8 chip architecture will bring ARM into closer competition with Intel and AMD in server and PC markets
Facebook To Build Sustainable Data Centre In Sweden
Facebook is set to build a hydroelectric powered data centre just 62 miles south of the Arctic Circle
Lawsuits Against Amazon Treble in 2011
Amazon has been sued 11 times over 30 different patents in 2011, a three-fold increase from last year
Nokia Signs Up Former HP WebOS Chief
Nokia has poached Richard Kerris from HP's webOS unit, and made him head of developer relations
Nokia Touts Kinetic Bendy Phone For Cold Hands
Nokia has been showing off a prototype handset that can be controlled by twisting and bending it
Nokia Seeding Developers With 25,000 Free Lumias
Nokia has been handing out truck loads of Lumia Windows Phones to developers at Nokia World 2011
First OpenStack Public Cloud Is Hosted By Internap
The OpenStack framework has been chosen as the base for a public cloud-computing platform from Internap
Internet Of Things Conference Underway In Poland
The European Union has high hopes for the Internet of Things at the Future Internet Week conference
Linux Kernel Released With Virtualisation Boost
Linux 3.1 includes support for OpenRISC, NFC, Wii controllers and advanced virtualisation features
Security Is Draining Down The Plughole Of Privacy
Little by little we are giving up our privacy and with it security ebbs away without us realising what we are losing, warns Eric Doyle
Google Redesigns Reader Ahead Of Google+ Integration
Google has stripped some features from Reader as it prepares to integrate the product with its social network
Facebook Offers Developers HTML5 Resource Centre
Facebook has opened a HTML5 Resource Centre to help developers build and test HTML5 apps
Microsoft Delivers Compiler As A Service Preview
Microsoft has released a preview, codenamed Roslyn, that opens up C# and Visual Basic APIs
Strong Microsoft Revenues, Despite Cloud
Microsoft posted strong quarterly results but cloud and online services are not yet major revenue drivers
Gundotra And Brin Promise Google+ Pseudonyms
Using different names in Google+ will pave the way to busienss pages, promised co-founder Sergey Brin
Real-Time Collaboration Added To Google Docs
Google Docs has been given real-time collaboration capabilities, not unlike those seen in Google Wave
Microsoft Could Make New Bid For Yahoo
Despite a lucky escape in 2008, Microsoft is reportedly leading a bid to buy its partner Yahoo
RIM Reveals BBX Operating System For BlackBerry
RIM discussed the upcoming BBX OS at its DevCon event but gave few details of the Google and Apple basher
Endeca Buy Boosts Oracle’s Big Data Management
Oracle plans to acquire Endeca Technologies to improve its access to unstructured and Big Data
Apple Has A Few Good Days In Patent Courts
Apple has brushed off legal challenges from HTC and Samsung but the future may not be so bright
The Cloud’s Not The Limit For LibreOffice
LibreOffice's first annual conference shows it to be in rude health following its fork from OpenOffice, says Iris Cheerin
Symantec Partners Armorize To Scan For Malverts
AdVantage uses Armorize technology and Symantec's clout to battle malvertising from the cloud
Task Manager Restyling For Microsoft’s Windows 8
Windows 8 will feature a reworked Task Manager to serve casual and power users in different ways
Motorola Offers HTML5 Tool For Windows Devices
Motorola Solutions has launched RhoElements HTML5 framework for Windows Embedded and CE apps