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Google applications on Windows 8: the wait will be long December 13th, 2012 - 03:25 pm ET The Windows Store won’t be offering any Google developed products anytime soon. There is currently only one application available, and Google currently has no plans to develop ...

Richard Stallman: monitoring code in Ubuntu December 10th, 2012 - 03:10 pm ET Creator of the GNU project and founder of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman has called the Ubuntu distribution a spyway developed by Canonical.

Apple hires the Windows Vista hacker December 09th, 2012 - 08:06 am ET Apple has recruited a computer security hunter who secretly helped Microsoft secure their Windows Vista operating system.

Skype to add video messaging function December 06th, 2012 - 03:42 pm ET The Skype VoIP service will allow users to send short video messages to other users.

Firefox officially integrates Facebook Messenger December 04th, 2012 - 03:44 pm ET Mozilla and Facebook have come to an agreement to officially integrate Facebook Messenger into Firefox through the use of Social API.

iTunes 11 is available November 30th, 2012 - 07:00 am ET Apple has released their new iTunes multimedia player – version 11. It is now available from the official download site.

Windows Store: bigger than the Mac App Store but less profitable November 29th, 2012 - 04:20 pm ET According to a study by Distimo, Microsoft’ Windows Store has seen a promising beginning. While being bigger than Apple’s Mac Store, it is less profitable.

Windows Blue: Microsoft’s future OS? November 29th, 2012 - 04:13 pm ET Windows future update is known as Windows Blue, with this possibly being the future Windows platform bringing with it some notable changes.

The International Energy Agency hacked November 28th, 2012 - 04:07 pm ET The IAEA has confirmed that an intrusion was detected on their servers. A hacking group known as Parastoo has published data taken from these systems, notably email addresses. The ...

Windows 8 doing better than Windows 7: things are put into perspective November 28th, 2012 - 09:10 am ET After one month, sales of Windows 8 licenses are greater than those seen at the same time with Windows 7. Microsoft isn’t wrong by claiming this, but the results still need to ...