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Rumours Suggest 5-Megapixel iPhone In June
A conference hall booking and an order for camera units - does this add up to Apple's iPhone 4G?
Escaped Criminal Uses Facebook To Taunt Police
The unsavoury side of Facebook has been exposed after an escaped criminal used it to taunt police, and the social networking site is also being cited in an increasing number of divorce cases
iPlayer Increasingly Used In Bed As Top Gear Dominates
Top Gear is one of the most watched programs on the iPlayer, and according to the BBC, people are increasingly taking their laptops to bed to watch it
Twitter Buys Location Service Provider
Twitterers will be saying what's happening... and where, with Mixer becoming part of Twitter
Telefonica To Acquire Jajah For £129 Million
Telecom giant Telefonica has dipped into its cash reserves to acquire small Silicon Valley VoIP provider, Jajah, for $207 million (£129 million)
Microsoft Publishes Moonlight Patent Covenant
Microsoft has pledged not to sue end users developing third party distributions of Moonlight, after it published the patent covenant
Glide Beats Chrome OS – And Turns IE Into An OS
Transmedia has stolen a march on Google's Chrome OS with Glide, which turns Internet Explorer into a browser OS with its own storage
Open Source Resolution: Try Harder In 2010!
If Linux vendors are serious about displacing Windows, they could try harder, says Jason Brooks. How about a New Year's resolution to fix annoyances?
Microsoft Facing Word Sales Ban In Jan 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upholds lower court decision that orders world's largest software maker to stop selling its popular Word program effective Jan. 11.
HP Investigates African-American Facial Recognition Issues
Hewlett-Packard is investigating the facial recognition software used with some of its PCs after a YouTube video seemed to show it can't recognise African-Americans
Scareware On The Rise Over 2009 Says FBI
From serving malicious ads to poisoning search engine results for recently deceased actress Brittany Murphy, rogue antivirus operations have been going strong all year
Red Hat Announces 18 percent Q3 Rise In Profits
Red Hat reported financial results for its fiscal year 2010 third quarter, showing revenues up 18 percent
Testers Get Speedy Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha
The pre-alpha version of the Opera 10.5 browser has been released, which Opera is claiming is up to seven times faster than the engine in Opera 10.10
Users Risk Christmas Penalty From Too Much Online TV
An increasing number of people are watching their favourite TV shows online, but are risking a penalty for excessive downloading
Hungary Backs Open Standards But Lags On Open Source
Hungary's decision to back open standards is seen as evidence that the government is ahead in adopting open approaches to IT, but some experts are skeptical about the announcement
IBM Plans To Boost Cloud Tech In 2010
IBM will ramp up its cloud computing efforts in the messaging and collaboration market in 2010
Twitter Makes A Profit Thanks To Google And Microsoft
Twitter is now making a profit thanks to two lucrative search deals with Google and Microsoft
E-Reader Content Deals Signal Increasing Competition
A number of content deals is pointing to an intensifying battle between the various makers of e-readers devices
O2 Admits Data Network Failure
O2 has admitted responsibility for some iPhone users being unable to connect to the Internet over the past 48 hours, but has so far failed to resolve the problem
Cisco Helps Cops Capture Crooks With Video Cloud
The networking giant's technology is being used to underpin an online evidence repository developed by stun-gun maker Taser International
Details Emerge Of Latest Twitter Attack
The attack that took down Twitter on 17 Dec. used legitimate credentials to log in and redirect Twitter.com to a site purporting to be under the control of the Iranian Cyber Army
Avatar Movie Could Boost 3D TV Sales
As James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi epic "Avatar" lands in cinemas, Sony and 3-D cinema technology specialist RealD announce a partnership to bring that 3-D experience home via Sony's Bravia LCD HDTVs
Google Develops One-Click Translation Service
The newly added one-click translation feature of the Google Sites wiki application lets visitors automatically translate site content
Microsoft Delays Visual Studio 2010 For More Testing
Microsoft has decided to push back the launch of Visual Studio 2010 to take more time to address performance issues reported by testers
VMware Survey Touts Virtualisation Benefits
A VMware survey has, somewhat predictably, touted the benefits that virtualisation can offer small to medium businesses
Novell’s Mono Project Launches Moonlight 2.0
Novell's Mono Project has announced the release of Moonlight 2.0, an open source Linux implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight Internet application platform.
CERN Embraces Huge Cloud For Scientific Community
The CERN laboratory in Switzerland, home of the Large Hadron Collider, is piloting the world's largest cloud computing environment for scientific research
Shuttleworth Steps Down As Canonical CEO
In a surprise move, Mark Shuttleworth the CEO of Canonical has announced he is stepping down to refocus his attention on cloud computing
Microsoft Confirms MSN China Microblogging Site Plagarism
Microsoft publicly admitted that a MSN China microblogging site, Juku, improperly copied code from Taiwanese startup Plurk