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Google Delivers New Add-Ons For Docs And Sheets
Google Docs and Sheets upgraded with new add-ons as Google takes the fight to Microsoft Office
WhatsApp Android Flaw Exposes User Chats
Dutch researcher warns that WhatsApp user chats on Android devices are highly vulnerable to theft
Twitter Says Sorry After Another Outage
Twitter says sorry after its network crashes again on Tuesday, just days after another outage
Federal Judge Freezes US Assets Of Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles
The head of the defunct bitcoin exchange will not be able to access his money. Oh, the irony.
Canonical: Ubuntu Mobile Probably Won’t Appeal To iPhone Users – CeBIT 2014
Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth says developers and Android enthusiasts are likely to be tempted by converged computing - not iPhone users
Patch Tuesday Update Tackles Critical IE Flaw
Microsoft patches 23 vulnerabilities, including the recently revealed Internet Explorer zero-day flaw
UK Start-Ups To Compete For A Share Of $500,000 At Nvidia Event
Three GPU computing pioneers will travel to Emerging Companies Summit in California
Mozilla Stops Developing ‘Persona’ Single Sign-On Service
The project is handed over to the community as Mozilla focuses its attention on Firefox Accounts
Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto Denies Being Bitcoin Creator
The quiet Japanese-American man says he never admitted creating the virtual currency
Privacy Groups Call For Probe Into £11.4bn Facebook WhatsApp Takeover
US regulators face calls from privacy advocates to investigate Facebook's expensive acquisition of WhatsApp
Google Apps To End BlackBerry Enterprise Server Support
Google Apps ability to connect to BlackBerry Enterprise Server will get harder after 2015
Newsweek Claims To Have Found The Creator Of Bitcoin
The publication says the 64-year old Satoshi Nakamoto from California created the virtual currency to ease international transactions
MWC 2014: Mozilla Says Firefox OS Will Fill The Entry-Level Vacuum
Mozilla vice president of mobile Andreas Gal tells TechWeekEurope about the budget-friendly future of Firefox OS and the likelihood of a UK launch
Mozilla Explores Faster Web Loading With Mozjpeg Encoder
Mozilla announces the Mozjpeg JPEG encoder to enable faster loading times for web pages
Winklevoss Twins Use Bitcoin To Pay For Virgin Galactic Space Trip
The twins who claim to have invented Facebook praise the spirit of exploration, compare Richard Branson to Marco Polo
Big Data Firms Predict Mainstream Adoption In 2014
Get on board the big data train now, or surrender the advantage to competitors, warns an industry panel
Facebook Cracks Down On Gun Toters
Facebook to warn any gun dealers using illicit sales tactics
GoDaddy Reveals OpenStack Cloud Support
GoDaddy publicly reveals its support of OpenStack, but in reality has been using it for months
IBM Closes Purchase Of DBaaS Provider Cloudant
Big Blue completes its acquisition of database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider Cloudant
MWC 2014: Finland Is Rooting For Jolla ‘Big Time’
Jolla co-founder Stefano Mosconi discusses platform's future at MWC
Yahoo To Ditch Third Party Login ID Option
Yahoo is to insist that users login via a dedicated a Yahoo ID, and not by using Google or Facebook accounts
Skype On Outlook.com Rolls Out To Global Users
After a year of preview testing, Microsoft Webmail users can now use Skype without leaving their inbox
Mt Gox Finally Admits It Lost $500,000,000 In Bitcoin
The exchange has launched a dedicated call centre to handle furious investors after admitting that it lost 750,000 bitcoins belonging to customers, and 100,000 of its own
MWC 2014: CEO Rob Glaser Talks Up RealPlayer Cloud
Glaser says the service is not attempting to compete with YouTube.
Dell Upgrades SonicWall Mobile Access Platform
Dell releases a new version of its SonicWall secure mobile access platform to help businesses with BYOD admin
Microsoft Pays Bing Users With OneDrive Storage
Microsoft promotion offers users additional OneDrive storage if they use its Bing search engine
The Big Boys Are Rocking The OpenStack Bandwagon
HP and IBM have picked up on OpenStack quickly, says Chris Preimesberger. But the real kudos should go to the inventors of the open source cloud platform
Ford Drops Microsoft And Opts For BlackBerry’s QNX
BlackBerry's QNX division receives a boost following reports Ford is to use it instead of Microsoft in its cars
MWC 2014: IBM Targets App Developers With Watson Mobile Challenge
IBM challenges developers to build mobile apps that can deliver the power of Watson in the palm of your hand