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Competition: Design An Office Device And Get To Build It For Free
Can you create a robot that would make office life easier? We'll pay for it!
Facebook Sees Strong Quarter Fuelled By Mobile Ads
Strong growth in mobile advertising revenues has helped Facebook record positive financial results
Twitter Issues ‘Ridiculous’ Security Advice To Media
Twitter ridiculed for suggesting companies should keep Twitter use to one machine
Google Releases Heart Of Glass Source Code
Now, developers can run their own software on the “intentionally unlocked” platform
Brocade Pushes SDN Strategy With Software-Only Network Appliances
Brocade delivers software-only network appliances to push SDN forward
I Didn’t Steal Secrets From Opera, Says Former Developer
Opera accuses Trond Werner Hansen of breach of contract and claims £2.2m in damages
IBM Upgrades MobileFirst And Launches MessageSight
Big Blue launches the MessageSight appliance for the M2M sector and refreshes its MobileFirst solution
SAS Updates Business Analytics For Cloud
SAS has upgraded its analytics engine with the ability to be deployed in either private or public clouds
Imperva: LivingSocial Could Have Fallen Victim To Unpatched Software
Security experts try to deduct the cause of the hack that exposed 50 million accounts
Canadian Government Intends To Tax Bitcoins
A statement from the Canadian tax agency reveals it is keeping a close eye on the virtual currency market
IBM Acquires UrbanCode For Software Delivery Automation
IBM has beefed up its Rational toolset for software developers after the acquisition of UrbanCode
Government Hopes To Earn £500m With Its IT Service Tools
First-of-a-kind joint venture with Capita aims to cash in on the government's ITIL And PRINCE2 services standards
Amazon Sales Surge Due To Digital Content And Cloud
Amazon posted a mostly positive set of results as it benefits from retail, the cloud and digital content
IBM’s Rometty Demands Faster Reactions From Staff
Ginni Rometty's motivational video tells IBM staff to get moving
First Firefox OS Smartphones Sell Out In Hours
Firefox OS developer handsets are already sold out
AP Twitter Feed Hacked And Claims White House Attack
Hackers compromised the Twitter feeds of the Associated Press and falsely reported White House explosions
Activist Investor Takes £1.3Bn Stake in Microsoft – Report
A hedge fund has reportedly acquired a stake in Microsoft; a move that could cause headaches for Steve Ballmer
Twitter To Close TweetDeck iPhone, Android And AIR On 7 May
Twitter turns attention to web-based TweetDeck
Yahoo Shuts Down More Services, Including Chinese Mail
Yahoo gives six services the boot and will shut down Yahoo Mail China in four months
Government Names Open Standards Board
Standards Hub hopes to get more open source into government
Open Xchange: Why The World Needs Another Productivity Suite
OX Text respects file formats, says Frank Hoberg, co-founder of Open Xchange
Twitter Targets Keywords For Promoted Tweets
Twitter to let advertisers target keywords for more relevant promoted tweets
Google Touts Play Store Visibility For App Developers
Google is providing developers with better visibility for their tablet-based apps on the Android Play Store
Dell Looks To App Availability With Kemp Load Balancer
Dell has incorporated Kemp's LoadMaster R320 in its PowerEdge server to ensure enterprise application availability
HP To Embed Leap Motion Control In Its Devices
Technology developed by Leap Motion can track individual movements of all ten fingers, precise to 0.01mm
First Jolla Sailfish OS Smartphone To Be Revealed In May
New smartphone will be shown off next month with Kickstarter-style pre-sale incentive programme
Oracle Fixes 42 Java Flaws
For the second time in just over two months, Java gets a load of fixes
Xamarin Offers Test Cloud Service For Mobile Developers
Mobile developers can now take advantage of a new Test Cloud service from Xamarin to test their mobile apps
Video: Experts Weigh In On ‘Weightless’ – Part IV
Fourth part in TechWeekEurope’s video series looks at security of the Weightless standard and the purpose of the Weightless SIG