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• 17 February 2010

• News: Microsoft reveals Office 2010 UK pricing

  Microsoft has revealed the pricing for its forthcoming productivity suite, Office 2010, in the UK.

• 16 February 2010

• News: How Windows Phone 7 could help Bing

  The first look at Microsoft's latest mobile platform, Windows Phone 7, reveals it looks very stylish indeed.

• News: Apple blocks hackers from App Store

  Apple has blocked two well-known iPhone hackers from accessing the iTunes app store.

• News: Government snubs Windows 7 for Vista

  The government is planning to upgrading the PCs in the House of Commons from Windows XP to Windows Vista, rather than Microsoft's latest OS, Windows 7.

• News: Opera 10.5 confirmed as 'world's fastest' browser

  The beta version of Opera's latest browser, Opera 10.5 is currently the world's fastest browser, benchmark tests show.

• 15 February 2010

• News: HTC Windows Phone 7 smartphone coming in Q4

  HTC has revealed it will launch its first smartphone featuring the latest version of Microsoft's mobile phone OS, Windows Phone 7, in the Q4.

• News: ARM demos smartbooks and DIY smartphones

  ARM has been showing off reference designs for smartbooks and Android-based mobile phones based around its low-power processors. Dual-core Android smartphones are set to launch by the end of this year

• News: Nokia & Intel merge mobile platforms into MeeGo

  Nokia and Intel revealed they will merge two of their mobile operating systems into Meego, a Linux-based, open operating system for everything from advanced smartphones to netbooks, connected TVs and tablet computers.

• News: Mobile giants take on Apple with single App Store

  Twenty-four mobile operators have formed the Wholesale Applications Community in a bid to compete with Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market

• 13 February 2010

• News: The 10 best Google Labs experiments

  Google lets all of its employees spend 20 percent of their working week on whatever takes their fancy.

• News: Is augmented reality the next big thing in smartphones?

  Augmented reality in smartphones is set to become the next big thing. We look at what the concept is, what it'll be used for and whether current smartphones can handle the technology.

• News: Pictures: Take a tour round Google Ocean

  We take a look at Google Showcase - a new range of multimedia tours in Google Earth that feature some of hottest surf and dive spots, important shipwrecks, large underwater mountains and vast canyon systems running along the seafloor.

• 12 February 2010

• News: 4 in 5 Brits buy software without checking reviews first

  Nearly four in five Brits purchase software online without checking out reviews of the product first, says Softwareload.co.uk

• News: Opera Mini has more than 50 million users

  More than 50 million mobile phone owners used Opera Mini to browser the web from their handset during January this year.

• News: Google upgrades Chrome for Mac

  Google has given the Mac beta of its Chrome browser support for extensions that had previously been available only in a less stable 'developer"'build.

• News: Microsoft blog offers glimpse of Windows 8

  Microsoft has revealed what Windows 8, the theoretical next version of Microsoft's ubiquitous OS, will be likein a cached version of a Microsoft blog post.

• News: Microsoft tackles cracked Windows 7 copies

  Microsoft will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks

• News: Fix available for critical Adobe flaw

  Just weeks after patching a critical flaw, Adobe Systems is rushing out another patch for its Reader and Acrobat software. The company also patched a critical issue in Flash Player Thursday.

• 11 February 2010

• News: Windows XP BSoD caused by Microsoft update

  Microsoft's latest security update has crippled a number of Windows XP PCs with the notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).

• News: Opera 10.5 is 'fastest ever' browser

  Opera had unveiled the beta version of its latest web browser, Opera 10.5, which it claims offers is its fastest ever.

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