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Microsoft Tests The Water With Social Network Leak
Microsoft says its socl.com launch was an accident, but the company was most likely trying to gauge a reaction, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Google Is Shutting Down Its Online Labs
To focus and prioritise its product development better, Google is closing its experimental projects site
Windows Phone Developers Get Mango App Hub
Microsoft announced enhancements to its App Hub developer portal for Mango release of Windows Phone OS
Google Adds 3D Buildings To Map Of London
Visitors to London can now navigate the streets in 3D, thanks to a Google Maps for Android upgrade
Huddle To Handle Restricted Government Documents
Huddle's collaboration application has been accredited by the government to handle restricted access data
Polycom Releases SMB Video Collaboration Platform
The system includes two room and one monitor video conferencing systems and five software licences
Apple Profits Boom As Lion Roars And Jobs Spins
Apple is having a busy day with a record-breaking quarter, the Mac OS X Lion release and a Jobs vacancy
Facebook To Google+: Ten Reasons To Switch
Facebook is a hugely successful social network, but the features in Google+ could tempt some users away
Microsoft Offers Bounty For Rustock Operators
Microsoft has offered $250,000 for information leading to the conviction of the Rustock botnet's operators
RPost Sues Adobe Over EchoSign Signatures
RPost has lodged a patent lawsuit against Adobe for technology the company only acquired days ago
Mozilla Calms Enterprise Fears With Working Group
Mozilla is re-establishing an Enterprise User Working Group to spike worries about enterprise deployments
IBM Posts Healthy Q2 Figures On Software Gains
IBM has posted a healthy set of results for the second quarter thanks to good hardware and software sales
Xamarin Strikes Mono Deal With SUSE
Xamarin has taken over Mono and will launch a .NET-based mobile development platform
Companies Buy Up .XXX Domains To Protect Brands
Businesses will have until 28 October to buy a .xxx domain for their trademark or opt out altogether
Google Unlocks The Data That Facebook Hoards
The Data Liberation Front fights Facebook by making it easy for users to take Google+ data with them
iPhone Preferred Over Android As Short-term Buy
Apple's iPhone is the favoured buy for the next 90 days, beating Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7
Adobe Buys EchoSign For Electronic Signatures
Adobe has made a strategic acquisition with the purchase of electronic signature specialist EchoSign
Intuit Update Improves SMB Website Creation
Intuit has upgraded its offering so that it is now easier for small businesses to create a website from scratch
Google To Announce Business Profiles Trial This Week
Companies selected to take part in Google's business profiles trial will be informed this week
Microsoft Bans Weak Passwords On Hotmail
Hotmail users will be prevented from using easy-to-guess passwords, to protect against dictionary attacks
Office 365 Could Validate Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy
Office 365 marks Microsoft's first foray into cloud computing, and carries some substantial risks for the company, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Cloud Vendor Lock-Ins Lock Out Secure Practices
Cloud providers are dragging their heels on the subject of federated, open cloud, impacting heavily on customer security, claims Eric Doyle
Cloud-Based Analytics Suite Launched By IBM
IBM is combining Coremetrics and Unica software, as part of its Smarter Commerce strategy
Anonymous Launches ‘AnonPlus’ Social Network
Hacktivist group Anonymous has been banned from Google+, and is working on its own social network, AnonPlus
Smartphones/Tablets Blamed For Falling Game Sales
Smartphones and tablets could be to blame for another sales decline in the video game industry
Leaked ‘Tulalip’ Site Points To Microsoft Social Efforts
A leaked web page suggests that Microsoft might be stepping up its social networking efforts
IBM Donates Lotus Symphony Code To OpenOffice
IBM is donating the source code of its Office suite (Lotus Symphony) to the OpenOffice project
Google Chrome OS Hacked Using ScratchPad App
A security researcher used Chrome OS ScratchPad to show how permissions can be abused to steal data
Adobe Issues Dev Challenge With AIR And Flash Betas
Adobe and Sony have devised a contest for developers building Adobe AIR apps for upcoming Sony tablets