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Top five iPhone applications

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 PST

Our Friday Five rundown of the top apps for your smartphone continues. Here's the iPhone app chart.

Top five Blackberry applications

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:45:00 PST

Our Friday Five rundown of the top apps for your smartphone continues. Here's the BlackBerry app chart.

Top five Android applications

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:30:00 PST

Our Friday Five rundown of the top apps for your smartphone continues. Here's the Android app chart.

Hitachi unveils ‘industry first’ 25nm SSD

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:12:57 PST

The storage giant brings single-level cell NAND flash to enterprise storage.

Valentine’s Patch Tuesday to fix 21 flaws

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:56:50 PST

Microsoft won't be spreading the love this Valentine's Day as nine security bulletins are set to be released.

Google bug bounty hunters make $410,000

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:11:58 PST

Google is rewarding vulnerability researchers handsomely as it looks to make its software safer.

LinkedIn outlook surpassing expectations

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:32:26 PST

LinkedIn impresses analysts with its full-year outlook, as investors scrutinise the social media market.

Intel settles antitrust case for $6.5 million

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:16:14 PST

The chipmaker pays out $6.5 million, which amounts to less than five hours of profit for Intel.

Oracle in $1.9 billion Taleo deal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:43:34 PST

Larry Ellison's tech giant looks to make its mark on the cloud HR space.

Apple to launch iPad 3 in March?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:46:59 PST

Sources claims the iPad 3 will land in March, with a potential launch event in San Francisco.

Google tops Greenpeace Cool IT list

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:42:56 PST

Greenpeace may be pleased with Google's progress, but the rest of the industry isn't doing enough, according to the pressure group.

Report: Google cloud storage coming soon

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:20:37 PST

A source indicates the release of Google Drive is imminent.

Police e-crime hubs announced

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:43:42 PST

The three hubs will hook up with the Met to take down cyber crime operations.

Cisco posts bumper results amidst restructure

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:15:01 PST

The networking giant impresses analysts with solid profit and record revenue.

Lenovo beats expectations again

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:23:04 PST

The Chinese company is gaining market share fast, impressing analysts along the way.

Google to promise fairness after Motorola buy

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:13:40 PST

The tech giant will pledge not to favour Motorola once the deal goes through.

O2 trials Olympic-scale remote working

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:21:13 PST

The operator lets 3,000 of its staff work from home in preparation for the chaos the Olympics will bring.

York researchers heat storage to speed up data

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:59:53 PST

Magnetic recording of data is set to be revolutionised, thanks to new research from the University of York.

Virgin celebrates 5th birthday with first ever profit

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:18:46 PST

Virgin posts its first ever profit alongside growing superfast and TiVo subscribers.

OneNote hits Google’s Android

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:49 PST

Android gets OneNote, but there's no sign of a BlackBerry version.

Google releases Chrome for Android beta

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:07:01 PST

Chrome for Android is finally here, but only Ice Cream Sandwich users will get it.

Yahoo in more management reshuffling

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:28:46 PST

The once-great internet giant sees its chairman step down, amidst various executive changes.

Nokia plans 4,000 more job cuts

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:15:54 PST

Nokia is to cut more jobs in Europe as the streamlining operation gathers greater momentum.

Symantec hackers: We've released pcAnywhere source code

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:04 PST

Hackers claim to have released pcAnywhere source code, whilst threatening to release information on Norton software.

Nicira launches Network Virtualisation Platform

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:57:34 PST

The Californian company virtualises the network to cut costs in the cloud.

UK PC sales plummet

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:18:09 PST

The PC industry is in turmoil and the UK market is worse off than many.

Trendnet firmware flaw exposes private videos

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:43:39 PST

Trendnet says it has issued a firmware fix for a load of its vulnerable IP CCTV cameras.

F-Secure offers iCloud rival to operators

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:06:34 PST

The security firm is hoping operators want to go up against Apple in the content cloud space.

Cloudy Government store to offer 1,700 services

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:48:21 PST

Despite early predictions of just 50, the director of the G-cloud reveals the number of services has rocketed since the tender.

Oracle wants fresh SAP trial

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:38:16 PST

Larry Ellison's firm isn't happy about the reduced $272 million damages award.