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What Google’s Victory In Java Case Signifies To The IT World

ANALYSIS: Following court loss to Google over Java and the exit of a key Linux thought leader, Oracle must regain credibility in the open source community

Software

Microsoft Office Online Users Can Chat While They Collaborate

Microsoft is adding to the browser-based software's co-authoring capabilities, allowing users to chat as they work together on Office content

mobile OS

Google To ‘Shame’ Manufacturers Too Slow At Updating Android

Android maker hopes that listing those who are slow to provide updates will help improve adoption ahead of Android N launch

Office Suites

Microsoft Backtracks Over ‘Sneaky’ Windows 10 Upgrade Notification

Criticism over “nasty” and “deceitful” trick as recommended Windows 10 update causes concern

Innovation

Oculus VR DRM Is Cracked In Just 24 Hours

Virtual reality headsets at risk of piracy after DRM software is hacked to allow Oculus software to be ported to other VR devices

Mobility

Android Software Flaw Affects ‘Up To 60 Percent’ Of Devices

Critical QSEE vulnerability through fake Android apps could allowing hackers access to your device

mobile OS

Google Releases Android N, Firebase Analytics, New ASIC

Google I/O 2016: Google gives developers and businesses Android N mobile OS update, freely available analytics engine and new ASIC for machine learning apps

ERP Suites

NetSuite Offers Unified Billing System To ERP Customers With SuiteBilling

New billing suite aims to unify the entire billing process, no matter what business model is in use

Cloud

SAP HANA Will Run On Microsoft Azure Public Cloud

Microsoft Azure will be certified for all types of HANA workloads as SAP software and Office 365 get integrated

Mobile Apps

How To Build A Mobile App

Nick Black, CEO of app developer Apadmi explains how you can build your own mobile app in seven simple steps

Security

Google To Disable Flash In Chrome This Autumn

The search giant is looking to phase out Adobe's Flash in favour of HTML5 amid battery and security fears

Open Source

Updated £4 Raspberry Pi Zero Adds Camera Connector

'Thousands' of Raspberry Pi Zero devices will be built every day to satisfy demand for the cheapest flavour of Pi

Security

Facebook Open-Sources Its Capture The Flag Competition Platform

Security gamification technology has already been used for hundreds of contests, helping to improve the state of security education

M2M

Google Open Sources Nest ‘Thread’ IoT Networking Platform

Google wades into IoT standards war by opening up protocols behind Nest

Security

How Linux Kernel Development Impacts Security

At CoreOS Fest, Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel, declares that almost all bugs can be security issues

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CyberCrime

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update Tackles Exploited Flash And IE Flaws

“Critical” patches for zero-day vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, and Windows

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Office Suites

Microsoft Publishes Office 365 Education Roadmap

Microsoft offers students and teachers forward insight into its plans for Office 365 for the education market

Mobile Apps

BlackBerry Remains Convinced Software Is Its Future

Carl Wiese tells TechWeekEurope why BlackBerry’s software portfolio means it isn’t going away anytime soon - even if hardware is still a problem

Software

Windows 10 Is Now Running On 300 Million PCs, Tablets And Smartphones

But Microsoft warns users to act fast to update, as free Windows 10 upgrade offer ends on 29 July

Cloud

Microsoft SharePoint Is Revamped For Mobile, Cloud

SharePoint finally arrives for the mobile world with apps for iOS, Android and Windows 10

Browsers

Opera Brings Native Adblocking To Android And Desktop Browsers

Opera Mini gets built-in adblocker for Android that claims to boost page loading speeds by 40 percent, while stable desktop version with feature is also released

Browsers

Google Chrome Replaces Internet Explorer As World’s Most Popular Web Browser

Internet Explorer is pushed into second place by Chrome, but what about Microsoft Edge?

Software

Microsoft Stops Cortana Working With Anything Except Bing And Edge

Searches made using Cortana will only open in Bing and Microsoft Edge as struggle for browser and search market share intensifies

Broadband

iPass Targets Mobile App And IoT Integration With Wi-Fi SDK

iPass makes its network selection tech available to developers who want constant connectivity

Authentification

Microsoft Patches Office 365 Flaw That Exposed Files And Emails On Federated Accounts

Microsoft patches Office 365 vulnerability that had not been exploited in the wild despite its relative ease

Cloud

Dropbox’s Ease Of Use Is ‘Essential’ To Attracting More UK Businesses

Dropbox pins hopes on usability to expand European business, arguing it will make companies more secure and productive if employees actually want to use it