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VLC media player 1.1 arrives with hardware acceleration in tow

22 June 2010, 16:36

Latest version of the popular freeware media player lands with GPU-accelerated decoding and hilarious release notes.

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Google gets cosy with Adobe, brings built-in PDF support to Chrome browser

22 June 2010, 11:39

Chrome web browser gets integrated PDF viewing as part of Google's ongoing attempt to simplify the web.

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Apple iOS 4 to land today

21 June 2010, 16:49

Refinements a-plenty, but apps will need updating before supporting much-anticipated multitasking.

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Apple trumpets iPhone 4-ready iTunes 9.2

17 June 2010, 14:57

We bet that 600,000 users will be downloading it soon.

Microsoft Office 2010 now available at retail

15 June 2010, 16:09

The latest version of Microsoft’s productivity suite is launched to consumers with a major ad campaign.

Adobe Flash 10.1 final hits the web

11 June 2010, 09:27

Been a long time in coming, but Adobe finally releases the GPU-accelerated version of the plug-in.

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Microsoft to release SP1 beta for Windows 7 by end of July

9 June 2010, 10:42

But nary an improvement, it seems.

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Microsoft Office on SkyDrive is live

8 June 2010, 14:14

The move to embrace the cloud computing era with its productivity suite takes another step.

Apple introduces Safari 5 web browser

8 June 2010, 10:11

Safari Reader, better support for HTML5 and improved performance are among the new features available to Apple's latest browser.

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Adobe Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat pose security risk

7 June 2010, 11:39

Adobe has announced that a critical vulnerability exists in three of its most ubiquitous applications.

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Microsoft’s Ballmer talks tablets and phones

4 June 2010, 14:49

Having started by talking to Steve Jobs, the D8 tech conference culminates with the other Steve.

Microsoft previews new Windows Live Essentials

3 June 2010, 16:57

Windows Live Wave 4 Essentials suite gets a rather low-key first public outing.

SanDisk, Insyde and Microsoft show off super-quick Windows 7 boot

3 June 2010, 14:20

Fed up of waiting for your system to boot? InsydeH2O's Blink Boot technology could have you up and running in under 15 seconds.

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Chip giants form new company devoted to Linux development on ARM

3 June 2010, 10:20

ARM, IBM, Samsung and Texas Instruments are among the founders of not-for-profit Linaro.

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Chrome OS set for Q4 release

2 June 2010, 09:58

Speaking at the Computex Cloud Computing Forum, Google confirmed an arrival date of late autumn.

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Microsoft suffers Computex blues

31 May 2010, 14:43

BSOD strikes again.

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MeeGo v1.0 released

28 May 2010, 18:01

The first release of Intel and Nokia’s joint OS is designed specifically for netbooks.

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Google I/O – the full Android keynote

21 May 2010, 13:34

Google has now published its entire live presentation on Android and it says a lot about its plans.

Google officially unveils Android 2.2 – Froyo

20 May 2010, 18:09

The next flavour of Google’s mobile operating system promises to be up to five times faster than the current one.

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Amazon introduces Kindle for Android

18 May 2010, 10:00

But it’s not giving up of the stand-alone device; free smartphone apps are positioned as companions.

Adobe takes gloves off in Apple spat

13 May 2010, 15:59

The marketing department has been called in as Adobe launches ad campaign aimed at Apple.

Microsoft releases Office and SharePoint 2010

12 May 2010, 17:04

The cloud gains a lot more prominence as Microsoft stresses productivity across multiple devices.

Google positions itself for the launch of Microsoft Office 2010

12 May 2010, 15:07

A series of announcements from Google reveal its desire to rain on Microsoft’s parade.

Mozilla previews Firefox 4

11 May 2010, 09:16

Focus is on simplified control, enabling new web standards like HTML5 and speeding things up.

Microsoft/Nokia alliance yields first fruit

5 May 2010, 15:51

Communicator Mobile will offer unified communications to to some business-focused Nokia handsets.

Steve Jobs speaks out on Adobe Flash

29 April 2010, 15:21

The Apple CEO has felt moved to comment on the issue of his company not supporting the ubiquitous video format.

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Microsoft launches Windows Home Server V2 beta

27 April 2010, 16:35

A second-generation release of Windows Home Server - codenamed Vail - has been made available as part of a public beta.

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Microsoft attempts to rejuvenate Windows 7 Touch, relaunches free Touch Pack

22 April 2010, 10:52

Struggling to make use of your touch-enabled Windows PC? Microsoft reckons its Touch Pack will help.

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Intel shows-off MeeGo 1.0 for the first time

15 April 2010, 11:18

The mobile OS, which is a joint effort between Intel and Nokia, takes a bow at IDF Beijing.

Microsoft issues April 2010 security updates

14 April 2010, 11:39

Bumper Patch Tuesday addresses 25 vulnerabilities across Microsoft's Windows, Office and Exchange products.