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  • 28 February 2011

  • News: 21 years of Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe's Photoshop celebrates its 21st birthday this month, and with 12 major releases under its belt GeekTech decided to take a brief look back at the graphics editor that could--hilarious cat picture included!

  • News: How Google's search changes affect your website

    Google has supposedly declared war against "content farms," yet has never come out and said that. In fact, all Google says in a Thursday blog post is that it has launched "a pretty big algorithmic improvement" to how it ranks search results. Google writes that its goal is to improve rankings so that supposed "high-quality" sites will rank higher than "low-quality" content.

  • News: Microsoft unveils latest gesture interfaces

    The future is here (well, sort of) with the latest in gesture technology from Microsoft. Not only could you soon be able to draw without ever touching the screen or a mouse, but the screen could follow your eyes to project a 3D image directly at you. Check out this video from Microsoft Research on YouTube as Microsoft's Applied Sciences director, Steven Batchiche, shows off the latest gesture tech.

  • News: Study: which mobile web browser is fastest?

    Sick of waiting for pages to load on your mobile device? Get an iPad or iPhone. That’s the upshot of a mobile browser speed study done by a company called Gomez. They found that Apple’s mobile version of Safari was fastest and BlackBerry’s browser the slowest.

  • 26 February 2011

  • News: PowerPoint alternatives: the best presentation tools revealed

    PowerPoint has long set the standard in presentation software, ubiquitous as it is through Microsoft's Office productivity suite. Numerous alternatives have emerged in recent years, however, many of them priced far below the £239.99 cost of Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business - or even free.

  • News: 4 free Firefox extensions for business

    Many businesses have switched away from Internet Explorer in the past few years, and while Firefox is a popular tool in the corporate world, few workers exploit its full power. However, just a handful of free extensions can provide invaluable business tools.

  • News: 12 must-have Android apps for working on the go

    The Android Market features some 88,000 apps and rising. But which ones are indispensable to working on the go, and which ones would just clutter up your smartphone? We've pick out 12 apps that are keepers. They can help you stay connected and keep your work streamlined, no matter where you are.

  • 25 February 2011

  • News: Google moves to shuffle down low-quality sites

    Google has made a significant change to its search engine that will push further down in its rankings websites that pilfer content from other places on the Internet or do not offer high-quality information, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.

  • 24 February 2011

  • News: Mozilla to skip CSRF bug patch in next Firefox update

    Mozilla has revealed it will ship security updates to Firefox 3.5 and Firefox 3.6 next Tuesday, ending a debate about whether to wait for a patch that affects Adobe's software.

  • 23 February 2011

  • News: Microsoft pulls Windows Phone 7 update for Samsung

    Microsoft has pulled a software update for Samsung phones running its Windows Phone 7 OS after it caused problems with those devices.

  • News: Windows Phone 7 update jams some mobile phones

    Microsoft's first Windows Phone 7 update is apparently causing some users' phones to not work, with the company advising at least one person to take his device into a store.

  • News: iTunes feature to avoid duplicate gifts may have privacy risks

    Apple's iTunes Store that can reveal what content another person has downloaded, which could be a privacy concern for users of the service, says a research scientist at MIT.

  • News: Windows 7 SP1 available for download

    Microsoft has started offering Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on Windows Update

  • 22 February 2011

  • News: AccuWeather joins Lexmark's SmartSolutions

    Lexmark is continuing to increase its selection of SmartSolutions for its internet-connected printers with an app that lets users browse the world's weather.

  • News: Android 3.0 Honeycomb 'ported to Nexus One'

    Until now, Google's upcoming Android OS software Honeycomb has been reserved for just tablet devices.

  • News: Mozilla delays final Firefox 4 beta

    It's looking increasingly unlikely that Mozilla will ship Firefox 4 this month.

  • News: Microsoft rolls out first Windows Phone 7 update

    Microsoft has released its first update for Windows Phone 7 handsets.

  • 21 February 2011

  • News: Angry Birds coming to Windows Phone 7

    Windows Phone 7 users looks set to be able to enjoy Angry Birds on their handsets after the game's developer Rovio confirmed it was planning a version for Microsoft's mobile platform.

  • News: Google ups speed of Chrome 10

    Google has released the first beta of Chrome 10, touting the new version's faster JavaScript engine.

  • News: Microsoft improves efficiency of flash memory

    Microsoft research project makes flash storage work more efficiently in conjunction with RAM and hard disk for speedier reads and writes.

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