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10 March 2011
News: Google Android outsells Apple iPhone on Tesco

UK mobile network Tesco sold more handsets running Google Android than Apple iPhones in February this year.
News: Safari and IE hacked first at Pwn2Own contest

Apple's Safari and Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) both fell to the first hackers who tried their luck on the browsers at the opening day of Pwn2Own.
News: Internet Explorer 9 launching March 14

Microsoft has revealed that the final version of Internet Explorer 9 is launching on March 14.
09 March 2011
News: Skobbler offline maps come to Google Android

Skobbler has made its offline map, ForeverMap, available to Google Android users.
News: 25% of 8 to 12 year olds have a Facebook profile

A quarter of kids aged eight to 12 have set-up their on profile on a social network, despite being below the age limit imposed by sites such as Facebook, says Trend Micro.
News: Microsoft patches critical Windows drive-by bug

Microsoft shipped three security updates that patched four vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.
08 March 2011
News: Opera opens the doors to mobile app store

Opera has officially opened the doors to its mobile app store.
News: Firefox 4 users urged to update graphics drivers

Mozilla has urged users to update their graphics cards drivers if they want to take advantage of Firefox 4's hardware acceleration.
07 March 2011
News: we7 Android app lets users listen to music offline

We7 has unveiled an app for smartphones running Google Android that allows users to create their own personal radio stations that can be listened to even when the handset is not within reach of an internet connection.
News: Google uses 'kill switch' to wipe apps remotely

Google is improving the security in its Android app store after more than 50 apps containing malware were discovered in the Android Market.
05 March 2011
News: 14 free software speed boosts for your PC

If upgrading your PC is out of the question, you still have plenty of options for increasing its pep. Here are some suggestions that are worth a try. Depending on your system, changing a few simple software settings can lead to massive performance gains.
News: Retro browser war: IE6 vs Netscape in 2011

What if you took the raw, pre-patched, 10-year-old versions of Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6.1 and tried to surf the modern web? What would happen?
04 March 2011
News: Apple 'to patch Safari before Pwn2Own'

Apple will patch its Safari browser before the Pwn2Own hacking contest kicks off next week, security researchers hinted.
News: Microsoft : We won't update IE before Pwn2Own

Microsoft today revealed that it will not update Internet Explorer (IE) before the Pwn2Own hacking contest begins next week.
News: What Google Honeycomb has that iPad 2 iOS lacks

During the Apple iPad 2 launch this week, Apple supplied only a few morsels of what to expect from the version of iOS that will ship with the iPad 2. That's fitting, perhaps, given that what we heard makes iOS 4.3 sound like only a nominal revision of the operating system.
News: XP and Vista users get anti-AutoRun update

Microsoft last week changed how it delivers an update that disables AutoRun, a Windows feature that big name worms, including Conficker and Stuxnet, have used to infect millions of PCs. The company is now pushing the update to Windows XP and Vista users automatically.
03 March 2011
News: Hands On: Hunted: The Demon's Forge

Gears of Warcraft? That's what the cynics are saying, but there's more to Hunted: The Demon's Forge than hard bodies and hard combat. Well, only just.
News: International iPlayer will cost £6 a month

An iPlayer app for Apple's iPad that will allow web users outside the UK to use the BBC catch-up TV service will cost just over £6 per month.
News: Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps

More than 50 applications containing malware have been discovered in Google's app market for its Android mobile OS, a sign that hackers are hard at work trying to compromise mobile devices.
News: Mozilla follows Google, patches Firefox as prep for Pwn2Own

Mozilla has followed in rival Google's footsteps and patched 11 security flaws in its Firefox browser before a hacking contest kicks off next week.

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