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Article | 15/05/2013 US federal court order halts Dwolla wire transfers to Mt. Gox

A not-yet-public U.S. federal court order has apparently halted wire transfers between payments startup Dwolla and the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. G...

Article | 15/05/2013 At Google I/O, attendees compete to save the world, virtually

Google I/O has not officially started, but the developers' show is already seeing some action. Two warring factions, the Resistance and the Enlightenm...

Article | 14/05/2013 Salesforce.com adds central file view to Chatter mobile app

Salesforce.com wants to simplify the way mobile users find, access and share files from its Chatter enterprise social networking (ESN) application.

Article | 14/05/2013 BlackBerry CEO: BBM to be released as a free app on iOS and Android this summer

If you can't beat 'em, develop for 'em. BlackBerry will bring its popular BlackBerry Messenger software to both iOS and Android devices.

Article | 14/05/2013 U.S. carriers line up against texting while driving

The major U.S. mobile operators are all putting their weight behind a campaign against texting while driving that will include a blitz of advertising ...

Article | 14/05/2013 Adaptive learning application lets parents track what kids have learned

A new feature released Tuesday from children's app maker Kidaptive lets parents track the progress of what their children are learning inside the comp...

Article | 14/05/2013 US agencies can't track savings from data center closings

The U.S. government's effort to close 1,253 of its data centers is falling short of its goal, and agencies haven't been able to track projected cost s...

Article | 14/05/2013 Google makes Go faster

Google has updated its Go programming language, making it faster and more suitable for multicore processors.

Article | 14/05/2013 Microsoft rushes Explorer 8 patch release

Just 11 days after issuing an advisory, Microsoft has released a patch for a bug in Internet Explorer 8 that bedeviled the U.S. Department of Labor ea...

Article | 14/05/2013 Hours before I/O, Larry Page opens up about his hoarse voice

Less than 24 hours before Google kicks off its annual I/O developers confab in San Francisco, Google CEO Larry Page is revealing why his speaking voic...

Article | 14/05/2013 Tablet v PC - Asus straddles the fuzzy divide

In the face of a slump in PC sales and industry debate over whether the smartphone or tablet is now the preferred tool for a large segment of domestic...

Article | 14/05/2013 TechAmerica: US tech employment grows slightly in 2012

The U.S. tech industry added 67,400 jobs in 2012, a 1.1 percent increase from a year earlier, according to a new report from the TechAmerica Foundatio...

Article | 14/05/2013 Low-cost iPhone to be built by Foxconn rival Pegatron, reports

Foxconn's days as Apple's primary manufacturing partner may be numbered. Rival Pegatron is said to be offering more competitive pricing to tempt Apple...

Article | 14/05/2013 Rackspace to help customers debug their programs

Facing fierce competition in the market for cloud services, hosting provider Rackspace has pledged to help its users debug the programs they'll run on...

Article | 14/05/2013 Adobe releases critical security updates for Reader, Flash Player and ColdFusion

Adobe has released scheduled security updates for its Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and ColdFusion products on Tuesday in order to fix many critical v...

Article | 14/05/2013 BlackBerry Messenger is expanding to iOS and Android

BlackBerry's free Messenger service is being expanded to work with iOS and Android devices, the company announced today at its BlackBerry Live event.

Article | 14/05/2013 How to win $10,000 by purchasing Apple's 50 billionth app sometime today

Apple's App Store is about to hit 50 billion downloads, here's how to have the best chance of winning $10,000.

Article | 14/05/2013 NetSuite to increase focus on ERP for manufacturers

Capitalizing on apparent demand from customers, NetSuite is adding new capabilities aimed at manufacturers to its cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource...

Article | 14/05/2013 SAP hopes its software can score with sports teams

SAP is hoping to win points with professional sports teams by showing how its HANA in-memory database, analytics, mobile software and other technologi...

Article | 14/05/2013 Datacentres show signs of 'green fatigue'

A new survey from the Uptime Institute suggests fatigue is setting in when it comes to making data centers greener, and it may be partly due to overac...