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08 June 2009
News: Twitter launches 'verified account' service

Micro-blogging service Twitter has unveiled a beta version of its much-talked about 'verified accounts' service.
News: Bing gains traction in UK search market

Microsoft's new Bing search engine appears to be gaining traction in the UK. But Google remains the leader by a massive margin, according to online market share analysts at Hitwise.
News: Microsoft Bing more popular than Yahoo

Despite only being launched this month, Microsoft's Bing has already overtaken Yahoo in the search market, says StatCounter Global Stats.
News: Russia launches Windows XP antitrust case

Russian antitrust regulators are investigating Microsoft's retirement of Windows XP and could file formal charges as early as next month, according to a government statement on Thursday.
News: Opera Mobile 9.7 launches in beta

Opera software has made the beta version of its latest mobile browser Opera Mobile 9.7 publicly available.
News: Google Android the star of Computex 2009

Netbooks, smartbooks, CULV laptops and other gadgets captured widespread attention last week at the Computex Taipei 2009 tradeshow.
News: Cut-price Windows 7 'to cost only £60'

Windows 7 could retail for only $100 - around £60 - according to calculations based on Microsoft's earlier Windows Vista cost-cutting move.
06 June 2009
News: Unix celebrates its 40th birthday

It was 40 years ago this summer that Ken Thompson, a programmer at AT&T subsidiary Bell Laboratories, wrote one of the most important pieces of software ever created - Unix.
News: Microsoft Bing versus Google & Yahoo

We compare top features of three search engines - Bing, Google, and Yahoo to find out which is best.
05 June 2009
News: Google Chrome for Mac and Linux launched

Google has released a developer-only version of its Google Chrome browser for Mac and Linux systems.
News: Radical changes planned for Google Docs

Google has revealed it plans to make radical changes to its Docs productivity suite over the next 12 months.
News: Microsoft Office challengers to grow in 2010

Microsoft Office is still the most prevalent productivity suite among enterprise customers, but 2010 could see more adoption of competitive suites as companies ponder their next investments in this area, according to a new report by Forrester Research.
News: Windows 7: What happens next?

Microsoft confirmed this week that it will release Windows 7 on October 22. However, there are plenty of milestones between now and then. Here's a breakdown of Microsoft's Windows 7 roadmap
04 June 2009
News: Firefox 3.5 pushed back to June 10

Mozilla has pushed back launching the release candidate of Firefox 3.5 in a bid to fix 10 bugs in the web browser.
03 June 2009
News: Opera beats iPhone in mobile browser share

Opera is the world's number one mobile browser, overtaking the Apple iPhone's Safari browser in May 2009 - according to data from StatCounter Global Stats.
News: Opera unveils beta version of Opera 10

Opera Software has made the first beta of its latest web browser,Opera 10, publicly available.
News: Microsoft reveals launch date for Windows 7

Microsoft has announced that it will ship Windows 7 to customers worldwide on October 22
02 June 2009
News: Adobe hikes CS4 price by 10 percent

Adobe has revealed it will increase the cost of Creative Suite 4 suites in the UK, in a bid to realign UK pricing with the rest of Europe.
01 June 2009
News: Windows 7 Starter edition limits scrapped

Microsoft has announced that it is removing the three-application limit on Windows 7 Starter edition.
30 May 2009
News: The 20 best games that never were

For every game that becomes a must-have title, there are hundreds that never see the light of day. From obscure titles to black sheep in well-established franchises, we've rounded up the 20 most famous games that were never made publicly available.