The RIM messenger service, popular with teenagers, helped spread the word about looting across London
Google and Microsoft are patently at odds over Android's intellectual properties – but who's coming off best, asks Nicholas Kolakowski
Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd
Mission critical Web applications can be supported and monitored 24x7 under Rackspace's latest service
The Met took to Twitter to warn off would be hackers as the US government reported on hacktivists
Google has complained about "bogus" patents used against it. It should join the campaign against software patents, says Clint Boulton
A British schoolgirl is the new Microsoft Excel world champion, triumphing at the finals in San Diego
Dell will add PowerEdge C servers, services and its vast channel and sales networks to Cloudera's software
Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday fixes bugs in Internet Explorer, Windows desktop and server, and Visio
An Android app from China can record and transmit phone conversations without the owner being aware
The government is listening to ideas about data transparency and open to triggering new business ideas
Dell's security division has unearthed the HTran bouncer that acted as a go-between in the RSA Security hack
The ICO says public authorities with Twitter accounts must respond to tweeted FoI requests
A Google executive has lambasted Apple, Microsoft and Oracle for allegedly plotting against Android
Android phone users are regularly being hit by numerous malware varieties, according to a Lookout report
Google's Chrome 13 browser declared stable with Instant Pages, print preview, better Omnibox and bug fixes
Microsoft and Apple are being questioned about Nortel's former wireless patents and Android-bashing
The Digital Opportunity report is set to shake up intellectual property laws to make them fit the digital age
RIM today unveiled the Bold and Torch phones it hopes will address its declining smartphone fortunes
Apple and Google may need each other, but Clint Boulton believes Steve Jobs wants to kill Android to settle scores…
WANdisco offers uberSVN and its app store to unify the software Apache Subversion development process
Spanish authorities are examining HP's claims of anticompetitive practices by Oracle relating to Itanium support
Researchers have shown off the ability to discover personal data using simple face recognition software
Adobe has launched an HTML5 tool - but there are still plenty of reasons why Flash will continue, says Peter…
The Document Foundation has put out what it calls the first version of LibreOffice that's ready for business
Google's Chrome browser has jumped ahead of Firefox in the UK following a massive advertising campaign
As Microsoft berates Google's Gmail, Google is getting more aggressive with a new tool to bring in non-Gmail users
Radio wave propagation may be a form of pollution but it could be a source of free, ubiquitous energy
Facebook has followed Mozilla, Google and others in offering cash for the disclosure of security flaws