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  • 21 September 2010

  • News: Microsoft new HPC Server adds SETI-like capabilities

    Microsoft today released an updated version of its Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 that can tap into compute resources throughout an enterprise as well as a cloud computing system.

  • 20 September 2010

  • News: Adobe moves up Flash fix, patches bug today

    Adobe accelerated the delivery of a patch for a critical vulnerability in Flash and will ship the fix today, rather than next week as originally scheduled.

  • News: Google demos editing of Google Docs in Microsoft Office

    Google is developing a way for Microsoft Office users to edit documents collaboratively without using Microsoft's Sharepoint collaboration server. It also has plans to extend the ability to edit Google Docs documents to mobile phones and iPads too.

  • News: Google improves sign-in security for Apps

    Google has boosted security for users of its hosted Google Apps tools by adding a new two-step verification process.

  • News: We7 offers two-week free trial of Android app

    We7 has made the full version of its music-sharing app available to smartphones running Google Android.

  • News: Classic gaming service Good Old Games shuts down

    Classic PC gaming service Good Old Games has shut down. In a statement on its website, the operators said after long consideration, the digital-rights-free download service concluded it could no longer operate the site in its current form.

  • News: Oracle plans Q1 2011 release for Fusion Apps

    The first release of Oracle's long-awaited, next-generation Fusion Applications will be generally available in the first quarter of 2011, CEO Larry Ellison said during a keynote address at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sunday.

  • News: HP readying private cloud systems for Oracle apps

    Amid tensions over ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd's move to Oracle, HP will announce a new series of systems on Sunday for running Oracle applications on a private cloud.

  • 18 September 2010

  • How-Tos: How to root a Google Android smartphone

    Despite the relative openness and flexibility of the OS, a smartphone running Google Android isn't as powerful and customisable as it could be. However, we show you how to root your handset and unlock all of its potential.

  • 17 September 2010

  • News: Adobe warns Acrobat users over third-party security patch

    After warning users earlier this week of a potential security risk in their popular Acrobat PDF software, Adobe is now cautioning users against installing a third-party patch that claims to address the issue. The vulnerability, detailed on Adobe's site, affects all versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader for various OSes, including Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and Android.

  • News: Facebook Places launched in the UK

    Facebook Places, the social network's smartphone location-sharing service launched last month, has been made available in the UK.

  • News: Google patches Google Chrome browser... again

    Google patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome this week, including one pegged critical on the Mac.

  • News: Top 10 hot topics at Oracle OpenWorld

    Oracle's annual OpenWorld conference kicks off Sunday and is set to be the biggest one yet, both in attendance and information on future technologies that could have a major influence across the tech world. Here's a look at some of the hottest topics and happenings at the event, which runs through next Thursday in San Francisco.

  • News: Samsung opens video store for phones, tablet

    Samsung on Thursday said it was opening an entertainment store to bring movies and TV shows to its smartphones and upcoming Galaxy Tab tablet.

  • News: Two thirds of Windows PCs can't use Internet Explorer 9

    Microsoft may have a tough time building significant market share for its new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser because it doesn't work on PCs running Windows XP.

  • News: Yahoo to revamp mail, search

    Yahoo will sharpen its search engine by providing richer results for news and entertainment-related queries, as well as revamp its webmail service by making it faster and more connected to Twitter and Facebook.

  • News: 5 ways Internet Explorer 9 cuts browser clutter

    Microsoft is going all out to integrate IE9, which debuted Wednesday in beta form, with Windows 7 user interface features. Take a look at the design and judge for yourself whether it's a cleaner, simpler browser.

  • News: Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 developer tools

    Microsoft today released the final version of Windows Phone 7 developer tools, opening the way to what the company hopes will be flood of applications for the revamped smartphone platform. At the same time, Microsoft is becoming more visible in what promises to be a huge marketing effort to generate consumer excitement for the October 11 launch of Windows Phone handsets.

  • News: The history of Apple Mac OS X

    Ten years after its beta debuted, we look at where the ultra-successful Apple Mac OS X operating system came from.

  • 16 September 2010

  • News: More than a quarter of UK software is unlicensed or pirated

    More than two in five computer programs in use around the world are unlicenced or pirated, says IDC.

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