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Twitter Analytics Now Free For All
Any registered user can now track their tweets and scrutinise followers
Microsoft Purges 1,500 ‘Misleading’ Apps From Windows Store
Microsoft pledges rogue app purge from its Windows Store, with 1,500 'misleading' products already removed
Salesforce Reinvents Its Social Elements, Launches ‘Community Cloud’
A social network for work – haven’t we seen this before?
Google Upgrades Chrome For Windows To 64-Bit
The new release is faster, twice as stable, but there is no support for some older plug-ins
Mozilla Launches £20 Firefox OS Smartphone In India
Intex Cloud FX has a 3.5-inch screen, a 1GHz processor and 128MB of RAM
New Linux Certification Exam To Meet Skills Demand
The Linux Foundation wants to expand global talent pool of Linux professionals with new certification and exam
SanDisk, Seagate And Western Digital Join The Linux Foundation
The new members will help Linux developers with money, expertise
Alfresco To Drive Growth After Funding Injection
Open source enterprise content specialist Alfresco gets £27 million to power international growth
IT Life: “At AtTask, We Kick SaaS!”
Nothing would persuade Eric Morgan back off the cloud
HP Sales Benefit From PC Upswing, But Growth Remains Elusive
The upswing in PC sales help HP post a modest rise in quarterly sales, but growth remains an ongoing problem
Hacked US Hospital Operator Thought To Be Victim Of Heartbleed
TrustedSec says hackers got into Community Health Systems database through unpatched Juniper equipement
Hundreds Of Police Officers Investigated Over Social Media Use
The law enforcement is struggling with Facebook and Twitter
Munich Looks To Switch Back To Windows
Fresh from the completion of its Linux migration, the City of Munich, under a new mayor, is now considering scrapping its open source programme
Kaspersky Launches Free Android Vulnerability Scanner
Kaspersky Fake ID Scanner looks for familiar bugs like Heartbleed, MasterKey and FakeID
eBay Working On Plan To Accept Bitcoin – Report
Bitcoins could be about to accepted by Braintree, an eBay-owned PayPal subsidiary
Sage Takes Its SMB Accounting Software To The Cloud
Sage 50 Accounts gets a new interface, Sage Drive support, two mobile apps and a subscription model
Hacker Roots Silent Circle’s Blackphone At DefCon
SIlent Circle doubts whether the hack could take place in the wild, but still thanks 'Justin Case' for his contribution to the security of the platform
UK Entries Win First F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize Challenge
Two data solutions from the UK win the first round of Tata Communications' F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize, which aims to solve the sport's technological challenges
DefCon: John McAfee Launches Complaints Website
BrownList offers anyone a chance to complain about anything, and promises to keep those complaints online until the end of days
Critical WordPress Plugin Bug Was Ignored By Developers
Any website using the Custom Contact Forms plugin should apply a patch as soon as possible
IBM Agrees Chinese Cloud Partnership
IBM is touting its cloud service as a way to allay Chinese security concerns about foreign technology
Facebook Tightens Security With PrivateCore Purchase
The social network is beefing up the securtity of its servers with the purchase of a US software start-up
Yahoo And Google To Work Together On Encrypted Email
Yahoo promises to implement end-to-end PGP encryption by 2015
IT Life: Taking On Development Donkey Work
Ross Mason invented Mule to make development easier. As strategy VP at Mulesoft, he says don't taken anything for granted
Welcome To The Era Of Co-Opetition
The deal beetween Apple and IBM signals a change in how large technology businesses approach competition, says Anne Cave-Penney from Capgemini
Sophos: One Infected Machine Sends Up To 30 GB Of Spam A Week
A compromised computer could hit 5.5 million email addresses with spam every week without its owner ever noticing
HP To Sue Former Autonomy CFO And Accuses Mike Lynch Of ‘Fraud’
HP steps up war of words, promises to sue former Autonomy CFO and says Mike Lynch conducted “fraud”
Australian Students’ Anaemia Diagnosis Tool Wins Microsoft Imagine Cup
Two medical students receive a $50,000 cheque from Microsoft after winning worldwide finals with an app that can diagnose anaemia
Mozilla Admits Developer Password Breach
Red faces and embarrassment all round at Mozilla after a serious breach of developer details