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• 25 October 2010

• News: Windows 8 to launch in 2012?

  Microsoft's next operating system Windows 8, looks set to be released in 2012, according to Microsoft's Dutch website.

• News: Lexmark unveils Photobucket, Picasa and MobileMe SmartSolutions

  Lexmark is continuing to expand its range of SmartSolutions apps compatible with its internet-connected printers.

• News: Apple dumps Flash from Mac OS X

  Apple has revealed it will stop bundling Adobe's Flash with Mac OS X.

• News: Google Chrome 7 now available

  Google updated its Chrome browser to version 7 and patched 11 vulnerabilities at the same time.

• News: Adobe offers Project Rome to consumers

  Adobe has launched Project Rome, a new all-in-one content creation and publishing application targeted to consumers, small businesses, and educators

• 23 October 2010

• News: Should you block access to Facebook,Twitter at work?

  Social networking has taken over the web, and your company probably, which isn't ideal, especially since they're a productivity sink and a bandwidth suck.

• 22 October 2010

• News: Bullguard unveils latest version of internet security software

  Bullguard has unveiled Bullguard Internet Security 10, the latest versions of its PC security software.

• Video: Steve Jobs demonstrates FaceTime on Mac

  FaceTime software available for Macs with OS X 10.6

• Video: Apple unveils iLife 11 features

  Updated features of iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand

• News: 5 Criticisms of Mac App Store (And Why They're Wrong)

  The Mac App Store has the potential to breathe new life into the Mac platform. With Mac marketshare rising and there being a growing number of developers with skill in Objective-C from the iOS side of things, the time is definitely right for a centralized, and familiar-looking app delivery model for the Mac. However, since Apple released the Mac App Store guidelines similar to those for iOS, there has been a fair bit of criticism going around. Here are some of the criticisms I've seen and why they're wrong (or at the very least probably shortsighted).

• News: Baidu's profits grow as Google's share falls in China

  China's largest search engine, Baidu, doubled its net profit in the third quarter as it continued to take market share from Google.

• News: Shockwave bug is critical, Adobe warns

  Adobe warned Thursday of a critical bug in its Shockwave Player that affects both Windows and Macintosh PCs.

• News: Windows Phone 7 reviews: too little, too late

  The first reviews of Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 are in. Smartphones running the new OS will soon join the millions of iPhone and Android phones, but do they stand a chance? Reviewers are sceptical about the immediate success of Windows Phone 7 devices, as they are missing too many features, but still see a chance for Microsoft's shiny new user interface.

• News: Server attack disrupts Minecraft

  On his blog, Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson explained that an attack on the server is the cause of the game's multiplayer being unavailable, adding that he isn't sure why his game was under attack.

• News: Happy Birthday Windows 7: Anniversary Stats

  Microsoft is everyone's favorite whipping boy, but it did get something right when it introduced Windows 7, which celebrates its one year anniversary Friday. Over the past year the Redmond gang has sold 240 million licenses of Windows 7. That makes the operating system - that replaced dismal Vista - the fastest selling OS in history, according to its makers. Here are some other fun numbers from Microsoft about Windows 7.

• 21 October 2010

• News: LogMeIn launches PC-screen sharing tool

  LogMeIn has launched join.me - an online meeting service that allows users to share their PC's screen with anyone who has access to the web.

• News: Apple's new Mac line-up in pictures

  Apple took a break from iPhones and iPads this week, to reveal its new Mac software and hardware.

• News: Apple reveals details of next version of Mac OS X

  In a flurry of announcements, Apple has revealed details of its new operating system, a new version of Air and further other launches

• 20 October 2010

• News: Mozilla patches 12 bugs in Firefox

  Mozilla has patched 12 vulnerabilities in Firefox, including a second patch for a 'binary planting' problem in Windows that researchers publicised last year.

• News: HP's Palm Pre 2 launching on Friday

  Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday announced the next-generation Palm OS, calling webOS 2.0 the "most significant upgrade" since the mobile platform was introduced in 2009.

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