Google introduces Chrome for phone
Search giant to replace web browser in Android smartphones with revamped version named after its Chrome desktop product
Google is to replace the web browser in Android smartphones with a revamped version named after its Chrome desktop product, as the search giant redoubles its efforts to knock Microsoft off the top perch in the battle of the...
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Sky News clamps down on Twitter use
Reporters banned from reposting non-company tweets and told to check with the news desk before breaking news stories
Sky News has told its journalists not to repost information from any Twitter users who are not an employee of the broadcaster.
An email to staff on Tuesday laid out new social media guidelines for Sky News employees, including a...
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Apple working on ARM port for Mac OS X: will Macbook Airs see it first?
A paper by a Dutch intern reveals that in 2010 it took just 12 weeks to get Mac OSX's kernel ported from Intel to ARM as part of a 'larger project'. Like Microsoft and Windows 8, there are bigger aims here
In a few months, we're going to be seeing Windows 8 running on ARM-based tablets. But if a paper released (from embargo) by the Delfte...
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Fast Five tops illegal download charts
Car-racing sequel starring Vin Diesel comes out ahead of The Hangover Part II and Thor in list of 2011's most pirated films
Sportscar action thriller Fast Five, stag do sequel The Hangover Part II and comic book movie Thor were among the most pirated films of 2011, according to filesharing blog Torrent Freak.
Fast Five, the well-reviewed latest...
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Reddit Hits 100,000 Concurrent Visitors
Getting 100,000 people to visit a website is quite an achievement in the online world, but getting 100,000 people to visit your website at the ‘same time’ is another thing entirely. Few sites are able to achieve this, and those that do, go are usually pulling in som...
Myspace Tom to Google+: don't become a cesspool like my site
An errant middle finger on Google+ provokes a spirited debate about censorship among journalists and pundits
Concerns have been raised that Google+ could become "a cesspool that no one wants to visit ... sorta like Myspace" – by none other than the founder of Myspace.
Tom Anderson, who co-founded Myspace in 2003, issued the warning during a...
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Facebook Made $3.8 Billion In Ad Revenue In 2011
The Facebook IPO is nearly upon us, so I suppose now is as good a time as any for the social networking giant to drop its revenue figures for last year (2011). For now though, we’ll just have to rely on the data coming out of third-party Facebook assessors because ...
2011: the year in review
Police stood by as Britain rioted, popular protests changed the face of the Middle East, European governments fell apart – and so did Fleet Street's reputation. 2011 has been an extraordinary year
It wasn't the sight of a double-decker bus ablaze on Tottenham High Road that stunned Britain as it awoke one morning in August. It wasn't even the...
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Google Acquired 79 Companies In 2011
Though times are hard for many with the economy down and so many people losing their jobs, gas prices being high, etc, etc for some successful businesses and companies of our time, all of these things bringing so many down are not affecting them at all. Take Google...
60% Of People Have Yelled At Their Computers At Least Once
If you find yourself yelling at your computer, take heart. You are definitely not alone. Bad software it seems continues to be a big pain for lots of computer users and many are venting their frustration through the tried and tested method of shouting.
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