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30 November 2009
News: Chrome OS tweaked for Dell Mini 10v netbook

A Dell engineer has released a tweaked version of Google's prototype Chrome operating system what runs on the company's Mini 10v netbook.
News: NearLondon offers 3D digital recreation of capital

NearLondon - software that allows PC users to explore a 3D version of the capital from their computer will be available from today.
28 November 2009
News: The top 5 Google Chrome OS myths exposed

When it comes to Google's Chrome OS - it has been surrounded in misconceptions and misinformation.
News: Top 10 free software apps for your laptop

Laptops and netbooks may give you the freedom to work on the go, but we also find that working on the move throws up a few frustrations.
News: Microsoft Office 2010: The five best bits

Microsoft has finally made the beta version of Office 2010, its productivity suite, available to the public. Here are five reasons that you should download the beta and check out what Microsoft Office 2010 has to offer.
27 November 2009
News: Microsoft Office 2010 FAQs: what you need to know

The beta version of Office 2010 is now available. We answer your burning questions about the productivity suite
26 November 2009
News: Ikee iPhone worm hacker lands lucrative job

The hacker who created the Ikee iPhone worm because 'he was bored', may be smarter than he first appeared. Ashley Towns has shown no regret over writing the bug, but he has subsequently landed a job with an Australian company that develops legitimate iPhone apps.
News: Emblaze First Else to 'revolutionise smartphones'

Emblaze Mobile this week said that its upcoming First Else smartphone and Linux-based Else Intuition operating system will revolutionise the mobile phone market.
News: Struggling Wikipedia sheds thousands of editors

Research has shown that almost 50,000 editors left online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in the first quarter of this year: 10 times the number who deserted the site in the same period of 2008.
News: Google revamps mobile movie search

Google has revamped its mobile app that offers info and search options to identify movie choices more easily wherever you are.
News: Microsoft holds back open source Windows 7 tool

Microsoft says it is still testing a revamped Windows 7 installation tool that it has admitted includes open-source code, delaying the re-release of the utility.
25 November 2009
News: Opera Mini use surges 11 percent

The number of mobile phone owners using Opera Mini surf the web has increased by 11 percent since September this year.
News: Google to keep displaying 'racist' Michelle Obama shot

The top-ranked result for US first lady Michelle Obama on Google's image search engine last week was a racist caricature that depicted her with the face of a chimpanzee, just below a link to a suggested Google search for the terms "Michelle Obama Monkey".
News: Four years in prison for Godfather of Spam

One of the most notorious U.S.-based spammers was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for a scheme that used spam to manipulate stock prices in order to make a profit.
News: Windows 7 overtakes Mac OS X market share

Windows 7 passed the 5% market share milestone last weekend, which put it, if only temporarily, above the total market share of all versions of Apple's Mac OS X, a Web measurement firm said today.
24 November 2009
News: Internet Explorer users given security advisory

Microsoft has issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at Internet Explorer.
News: Photoshop available on Google Android phones

Adobe has made its photo editing tool for mobile phones available on the Google Android platform worldwide, after launching the product in the US earlier this month.
23 November 2009
News: Windows 8 set for release in 2012

Windows 8 will be with us in 2012, according to Microsoft roadmaps apparently revealed at last week's Professional Developers' Conference (PDC).
News: Google Chrome OS available on BitTorrent

Chrome OS, the operating system that Google released to open source yesterday, has been compiled and posted for download on several file-sharing sites, Internet searches showed today.
21 November 2009
News: Analysis: the two fatal flaws in Google Chrome OS

Randall C Kennedy argues that a lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history. Here's why Google Chrome OS is destined to fail.