Both Apple and AT&T are facing more legal woes after a US Judge issued the green light for a class-action case, over the practise of 'locking' users into iPhone contracts
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Oracle Readies Huge Security Update
Oracle is readying a massive security update that will contain 59 security patches, including 13 for its database products.
Troy Tackles Fraud With HP Printer Toner
A company has developed special toner that will activate a hidden red dye if fraudsters try to tamper with a printed document
Government Appeals For Broadband Access Ideas
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt will ask telecom firms how to tackle the broadband divide in the United Kingdom
Google Unveils DIY Android App Builder
With Google's App Inventor, people with no programming skills, can make apps for Android, the compnay promises
Fox And Cameron Announce Bid To Get The Poor Online
Digital champion Martha Lane Fox and Prime Minister David Cameron plan to get the poorer elements of society off expensive paper-based services
Government’s Online Tools Used Against Digital Act
The FSF is calling on opponents of the law to use the government's online feedback service to call for it to be repealed
Facebook Adds Optional Ceop Panic Button
Facebook has given in to pressure and added the Ceop child protection button - as part of an optional app
Google Funding High-Quality YouTube Videos
YouTube Partner Grants pay £3.34 million to video producers to create high-quality videos
Microsoft’s Bing Gaining On Google
Microsoft's Bing continued to make incremental gains against Google in the U.S
IBM Develops Genome Research Cloud
IBM and the University of Missouri are teaming up to share genome research over a cloud infrastructure
Yahoo Search Sees Boost From iPad
Yahoo has seen a 7x boost in visits from owners of Apple's iPad tablet computer
Chinese Government Renews Google’s Licence
China has renewed Google's content provider licence, after the search giant bowed to pressure and stopped providing a route round censorship
Reports Claim iPhone Patch Won’t Cure Antenna Issues
Online reports suggest that Apple's upcoming software patch won't fix the antenna issues experienced by some users
Google Updates Android 2.2 SDK
Google is offering a new software development kit (SDK) for the Android 2.2 operating system, also known as Froyo
Symbian Looks To Developers With PDK 3.0 Release
Developers can now download version 3.0 of the Symbian Product Development Kit, before the arrival of handsets running the S^3 mobile OS
NTP Slaps Tech Giants With Patent Lawsuit
NTP is suing technology giants such as Apple, HTC, LG Electronics, Microsoft and Motorola for alleged infringing its email patents in mobile phones
BT And Council Deliver Fibre To Kent Village
Residents in a Kent village used a £13,000 grant from the local council to get BT to bring superfast fibre to its area
Hacker Takes Millions Of Pirate Bay Passwords
Hackers took four million passwords from the controversial media-sharing BitTorrent site Pirate Bay - as a demonstration
BT Reaches Pay Deal With Union To Avert Strike
It is all quiet on the industrial front after BT reached a reached a deal with union leaders for an "unprecedented" three-year pay rise worth more than 9 percent
Google Street View Cars Back On The Road
The Street View cars are back - without any Wi-Fi equipment, says Google
Ten Reasons Why Firefox Will Lose To Chrome
Firefox will ultimately lose to a better designed browser, with more potential for the future, says Don Reisinger
IT Firms Predict Job And Revenue Growth
three-fifths of IT firms expect prospects to brighten in the second half of this year
Microsoft Will Ship Four Patches Next Tuesday
On Patch Tuesday Microsoft will fix a bug which a Google engineer controversially revealed
Android Gained Share, Before iPhone 4 Arrived
Google's Android gained market share in the quarter before the launch of the iPhone 4 - bit Blackberry still leads in the US
Mozilla’s Firefox 4 Beta Faces Chrome Challenge
Mozilla has asked for feedback on the new beta version of Firefox launched this week
Why Codeplex Will Grow Away From Microsoft
Microsoft started the Codeplex Foundation, but technical director Stephen Walli says it will emerge as an independent open source force
Apple iPad Set To Dominate Tablet Market
Apple is expected to sell more 20 million iPads in 2011 and will dominate the tablet sector, but Dell risks being left behind, according to a Barclays Capital analyst
YouTube Mobile Site Upgraded For Speed
YouTube has updated its mobile site that now offers faster speed, along with the ability to create playlists
Businesses Warned To Prepare For Mobile Search
SMBs are being warned to prepare their websites for mobile searches as a new survey highlights the rising use of smartphone based local search apps