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Article | 14/05/2011 iOS developers threatened with patent lawsuits

A company called Lodsys claims to own four patents covering the in-app purchase mechanism found on iOS devices, and is seeking licensing fees from at ...

Article | 13/05/2011 Facebook backstabs Google and you lose

Thanks to an anti-Google smear campaign ordered by Facebook and carried out by a PR agency, the relationship between Facebook and Google is unquestion...

Article | 11/05/2011 MS hints at Skype's future, stresses cross-platform support

Microsoft's Skype acquisition will result in voice and video calling blended into lots of existing Microsoft products, but the company also stressed t...

Article | 10/05/2011 Windows Phone 7 update fills in (some) missing features

Windows Phone 7's big fall update is getting even bigger with two crucial features: turn-by-turn directions and speech-to-text messages.

Article | 7/05/2011 Tablets take over as iPad owners ignore their laptops

Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have been onto something when he said that "PCs are going to be like trucks," as some tablet owners are reportedly letting th...

Article | 6/05/2011 Intel's 3D Transistor: Why It Matters

Intel's 3D transistors are no small feat. Some are calling it a breakthrough that will allow Intel to continue to make chips that adhere to Moore's La...

Article | 5/05/2011 Apple iOS 4.3.3 is out; location-tracking removed

With the release of iOS 4.3.3, Apple fixes the location caching issue that sparked a controversy on mobile phone privacy last month.

Article | 4/05/2011 Hey Twitter, don't you dare ruin TweetDeck

If Twitter really is buying TweetDeck, the best thing that can mean for users is nothing.

Article | 3/05/2011 RIM's Blackberry fights for relevance

Research in Motion rattled off a slew of product updates at its Blackberry World conference Monday, including new Bold smartphones, the Blackberry 7 O...

Article | 30/04/2011 4 improvements RIM can make to stop sucking

Research in Motion's having a rough couple of weeks. First, the Blackberry Playbook got panned by critics, snubbed by AT&T and dissed by Verizon W...

Article | 29/04/2011 TomTom caught selling speed data to Dutch Police

As if this week didn't have enough privacy snafus already, GPS maker TomTom now admits that it helped Dutch police set speed traps by selling anonymou...

Article | 23/04/2011 24 hours with the BlackBerry PlayBook

I bought a Blackberry PlayBook yesterday, but I'll probably return it.

Article | 19/04/2011 Google Video: Good riddance

Google Video has been circling the drain for way too long. Good thing Google is finally pulling the plug.

Article | 15/04/2011 Can't wait for Firefox 5? Try Aurora now!

The Firefox 5 beta is only a month away thanks to Mozilla's speedy new development cycle, but you needn't wait until then to try the new browser.

Article | 12/04/2011 Google buys PushLife to challenge iTunes

Google's acquisition of PushLife could make Apple's iTunes look like a digital music dinosaur.