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• Article | 23/02/2011 Why there's no stopping the Android train

  It's a rare week indeed that doesn't see the emergence of some fresh news of Android's ascendance, but lately the evidence has been coming particularl...
• Article | 4/02/2011 How DRM could ensure cloud security

  Yet another survey is indicating that security is a big issue for those intending to take up cloud computing.
• Article | 20/01/2011 Why Android users are such a happy lot

  Smartphone users tend to hold strong opinions about the various mobile platforms out there, often displaying feverish loyalty to the one they use and ...
• Article | 19/01/2011 ClamAV promises free antivirus app for businesses

  Most of us don't like paying for antivirus (AV) software, but at least home users can rely on one of the free options, such as Microsoft Security Esse...
• Article | 14/01/2011 Is Android less secure than iPhone? Um, no.

  One can only hope that security software provider Trend Micro saw a nice sales boost after the proclamation of its chairman earlier this week that And...
• Article | 12/01/2011 For an old or slow PC, try Puppy Linux 5.2

  There's no doubt Canonical's popular Ubuntu Linux distribution gets the majority of attention in the Linux world these days, but there are myriad othe...
• Article | 11/01/2011 10 new open source projects to watch

  One of the most exciting things about open-source software is the sheer diversity of projects that are always under way. Aiming to recognize some of t...
• Article | 4/01/2011 Why Apple’s iPhone Will 'Drown in a Sea of Androids'

  Google's Android mobile platform may still follow Apple's iPhone in the smartphone race, according to fresh Nielsen data released Monday, but that adv...
• Article | 1/10/2010 5 things Linux does better than Mac OS X

  Were it not for Windows' long-standing installed base and overwhelming market dominance, it seems unlikely that anyone would argue seriously for the m...
• Article | 25/08/2010 Chrome patches show the power of open source--and Google

  Google's patching of vulnerabilities in its open source Chrome Web browser last week wasn't so much notable in itself; Microsoft, to be sure, is forev...
• Article | 11/08/2010 Richard Stallman Q&A: Australia, smartphones, censorship and parrots

  Richard Stallman is a big name in the technology sector. The software developer and political activist is best known for his creation during the early...
• Article | 5/08/2010 11 free Linux apps your business needs now

  Despite the wealth of free applications out there, many small business owners continue to spend an inordinate amount of their all-too-scarce resources...
• Article | 3/08/2010 What Android's impressive growth means for you

  Rather than bore you with an opening line about how Android phones outsold the iPhone last quarter, I'm going to begin with an anecdote:
• Article | 9/07/2010 First look: Firefox 4 Beta 1 shines on HTML5

  While it's impossible to sum up the thousands of enhancements and bug fixes both big and small, the Firefox 4 beta version brings the browser that muc...
• Article | 30/06/2010 12 of the most interesting, unusual and useful Linux distros

  One of the benefits of open source software that many people are most familiar with is that it's free to download. This means you can grab great appli...