Software

Android or Apple: Battle Of The App Stores

Google's open approach for Android apps is up against the tight control of Apple. Tom Jowitt asks, can they both…

14 years ago

Redmond Touts Personal Clouds And Traditional PC

Microsoft's marketing offensive at its Worldwide Partner Conference continues after executives used it to tout the market dominance of the…

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Ten Errors Of Judgement

Microsoft is laying off staff, despite having plenty of money in the bank. Has the company just run out of…

14 years ago

Google Developing Interactive Video Ads

CEO Eric Schmidt says Google is experimenting with interactive video ads

14 years ago

Facebook and The Panic Button Panic

Child protection agency Ceop argued over how much presence it should have on Facebook. It should be making its message…

14 years ago

Oracle Readies Huge Security Update

Oracle is readying a massive security update that will contain 59 security patches, including 13 for its database products.

14 years ago

Google Unveils DIY Android App Builder

With Google's App Inventor, people with no programming skills, can make apps for Android, the compnay promises

14 years ago

Facebook Adds Optional Ceop Panic Button

Facebook has given in to pressure and added the Ceop child protection button - as part of an optional app

14 years ago

Google Updates Android 2.2 SDK

Google is offering a new software development kit (SDK) for the Android 2.2 operating system, also known as Froyo

14 years ago

Symbian Looks To Developers With PDK 3.0 Release

Developers can now download version 3.0 of the Symbian Product Development Kit, before the arrival of handsets running the S^3…

14 years ago

NTP Slaps Tech Giants With Patent Lawsuit

NTP is suing technology giants such as Apple, HTC, LG Electronics, Microsoft and Motorola for alleged infringing its email patents…

14 years ago

Ten Reasons Why Firefox Will Lose To Chrome

Firefox will ultimately lose to a better designed browser, with more potential for the future, says Don Reisinger

14 years ago

Microsoft Will Ship Four Patches Next Tuesday

On Patch Tuesday Microsoft will fix a bug which a Google engineer controversially revealed

14 years ago

Android Gained Share, Before iPhone 4 Arrived

Google's Android gained market share in the quarter before the launch of the iPhone 4 - bit Blackberry still leads…

14 years ago

Mozilla’s Firefox 4 Beta Faces Chrome Challenge

Mozilla has asked for feedback on the new beta version of Firefox launched this week

14 years ago

Why Codeplex Will Grow Away From Microsoft

Microsoft started the Codeplex Foundation, but technical director Stephen Walli says it will emerge as an independent open source force

14 years ago

Businesses Warned To Prepare For Mobile Search

SMBs are being warned to prepare their websites for mobile searches as a new survey highlights the rising use of…

14 years ago

ICO Raps Councils for Losing Child Data

As the ICO publishes a code of practise for the storing of personal data, three local councils are rapped for…

14 years ago

EC Says Cloud Will Evaporate Without Open Standards

The rise of the internet and cloud services would not have been possible without openness, the EC has said

14 years ago

HTC Profits Boosted By Android

HTC says its net income jumped 33 percent for the second quarter, and total revenue exceeded 58 percent year on…

14 years ago

Facebook Privacy Hit By German Legal Challenge

A German data protection official is accusing Facebook of violating the country's strict privacy laws

14 years ago

Mozilla Releases Firefox 4 Beta

Mozilla has launched the next major version of its popular open-source web browser

14 years ago

Twitter App For Blackberry Finally Launched

Research In motion (RIM) has launched its official Twitter for BlackBerry application after months in beta

14 years ago

LG To Launch Android-based Tablet

LG Electronics has announced a tablet that will run Windows 7, and is also planning an Android-based version as well

14 years ago

Google And Facebook: Opt-In Is Coming

As Facebook gets sued, and Google faces government criticism, eWEEK Europe says the inevitable result will be regulations that make…

14 years ago

Apple iPhone 4 Will Bite Into Operator Profits

According to Strand Consult, large subsidies for the new Apple smartphone may cut into mobile operators' profits

14 years ago

Google’s ‘Hands Off’ Approach Damaging Android

Android developers say Google's hands-off approach and lack of management of its Android Market is hurting the company

14 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Says No To Nexus Two Phone

The boss of Google has said there are no plans for a Nexus Two phone... because the Nexus One was…

14 years ago

HP Donates Battery Recycling Patent To Eco Scheme

Battery recycling and reducing gold in chips are among the technollogies HP has given to a shared patent scheme

14 years ago

Fans Petition Google Over Skype-Killer

A grassroots petition has begun for people who desire a desktop VOIP client for Google Voice

14 years ago