Software

Android App Use Dominated By A Handful Of Players

Android users spend most of their time on just a tiny fraction the apps available, according to a survey

13 years ago

IBM Chip Prototypes Mirror The Human Brain

IBM's prototype “cognitive computing” chips act like a brain, collecting and analysing information

13 years ago

HP’s webOS Ambitions Were Doomed To Fail

Hewlett-Packard is killing, or selling, its much-publicised webOS but a Gartner analyst said it never stood a chance, says Nicholas…

13 years ago

Microsoft Windows 8 To Include App Store

Microsoft has confirmed that the forthcoming Windows 8 operating system will include an app store

13 years ago

Facebook Hacked By British Student

A student has appeared in court to face charges that he allegedly hacked into the servers of Facebook

13 years ago

Facebook Exec Takes Swipe At Google+

A Facebook executive has hit out at Google's increasingly popular social networking site, Google+

13 years ago

Facebook ‘Rioters’ Jailed As BBC Is Accused Of eLooting

Jail sentences of Facebook “riot organisers” bring protests while the BBC is criticised for e-looting Twitpics

13 years ago

W3C Opens Up Web Standards Development Process

The World Wide Web Consortium has announced measures for developer participation in Web standardisation

13 years ago

Spam Hits Pre-Rustock Takedown Levels

A spam outbreak is hitting levels not seen since Rustock was disabled in March, according to Commtouch

13 years ago

Mozilla Offers Firefox 6.0 For User Download

Firefox users can now get their hands on Firefox 6.0, just two months after the arrival of version 5.0

13 years ago

Microsoft Quick To Woo Android Refugees

Microsoft has already begun its overtures to Android phone makers displaced by the Google-Motorola deal, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Google+ Posts Now Indexed On Search Results

Google+ posts will now be integrated on Google.com, providing users are signed into their accounts

13 years ago

Adobe Launches Code-Free Website Design Beta

Adobe has released a beta version of its new Muse web design tool for free download

13 years ago

LinkedIn Backtracks Over User Privacy Changes

LinkedIn has relented, following public pressure, after it quietly changed its users’ privacy settings

13 years ago

Google Misdirection In Patent Spat Is Gamesmanship

Microsoft and Apple are using patents suits to bash Google. Google is hitting back in this colossal waste of time,…

13 years ago

Increasing Availability Of Contactless POS Terminals

ABI Research reports NFC providers and smartphones are stimulating the contactless payments market

13 years ago

LinkedIn Privacy Concerns After User Setting Change

LinkedIn has quietly changed its users' privacy settings without explicitly warning of the change

13 years ago

Facebook Denies Making Phone Numbers Public

Syncing mobiles with Facebook does not reveal contact numbers in public, says the social networking giant

13 years ago

Enterprise SSD Keeps Hitachi In The Race

Ultrastar high-endurance NAND flash solid state drives serve as Tier 0 layer for high-transaction applications

13 years ago

Anonymous Facebook Threat May Be Malware Lure

Threat of Anonymous "killing" Facebook is either a hoax or the work of a small group linking to malvertising

13 years ago

Bing Rallies To Second In Search But Facebook Suffers

Experian Hitwise's latest figures show traffic gains for Bing searches but more losses for Facebook

13 years ago

Most Mobile Apps Fail To Secure Personal Logins

ViaForensics tests showed that 76 out of 100 mobile apps did not store user account names securely

13 years ago

Facebook Messenger For iPhone And Android

Facebook Messenger service for smartphones extends one-to-one and group Messages beyond the desktop

13 years ago

Google+ Eating Up Engagement Time Of Users

Google+ is a hot commodity, chomping user engagement from Facebook and Twitter, says Bloomberg/YouGov

13 years ago

RIM Blog Hacked After Police Offered BBM Access

As London burned, Team Poison hacked RIM's Inside BlackBerry blog to protest against company helping police

13 years ago

Opera Looks To China With ‘Oupeng’ Mobile Browser

Opera Software is venturing into the Chinese market with a new mobile browser dubbed “Oupeng”

13 years ago

Windows 7 Approaching Top Spot OS Slot

Analysts say Windows 7 is gaining fast on the venerable Windows XP - and leaving Vista well behind

13 years ago

Facebook ‘Reads’ User Updates For News Feature

A new Facebook feature scans users' posts and then groups messages around particular topic pages

13 years ago

Twitter Sparks Spontaneous London Cleanup

After another night of looting in London, a Twitter campaigner has mobilised volunteers for the clean up

13 years ago

Google Updates Google+ Mobile Features

Google+ has been updated with more Huddle messaging controls and support for Apple iPad and iPod Touch

13 years ago