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News That Adobe was able to bring its software to Android affirms Google's strategy of building an "open platform [intended] to give a better internet experience on cell phones", Rubin said. Lynch also demonstrated AIR 1.5... [18 Nov 2008]
Microsoft wants to host your software
News At the event, Elop made Microsoft's familiar case that, while the cloud is great, customers are better served by an option that allows software to run on customers' own machines as well as over the internet. [18 Nov 2008]
No offline access to Microsoft's Office in a cloud
News Microsoft's forthcoming Office Web Applications will allow users to create and edit spreadsheets, presentations and Word documents through a browser - but only if there is an active internet connection. [18 Nov 2008]
Lords: 'Do we really need £12bn super comms database?'
News Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer asked whether, with three billion emails and 57 billion texts sent every year, it would be viable to realise proposals to keep email, internet and telephone data for at least a year. [17 Nov 2008]
UK consumers worth £14k each to cyber criminals
News Each adult in the UK is worth about £14,500 to internet criminals according to the UK's online security guardians. Nick Staib, director of GetSafeOnline.org and senior manager at HSBC, warned of the long term... [17 Nov 2008]
Ubuntu comes to netbooks with chip deal
News For us, it's really around the internet experience everywhere, and this is part of that. Canonical has announced it is to develop a version of its Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system specifically for ARM's Cortex-A8... [17 Nov 2008]
Over 18? Equifax card lets you prove it online
News There's this endless digital baptism of filling in forms and logging in everywhere, and it creates a wonderful environment for the criminal element through phishing attacks and what have you because on the internet no... [14 Nov 2008]
3 does facebook phone for Generation Data
News Frank Meehan, CEO of INQ - and previously director and general manager of 3G handsets and products for 3's parent group Hutchison Whampoa - said the vast majority of existing mobile internet customers use their phones... [13 Nov 2008]
Interpol hits web drug sellers in nine countries
News Authorities in nine countries have raided businesses suspected of supplying medicines illegally over the internet in an unprecedented global swoop coordinated by Interpol, officials said on Thursday. Britain's Medicines... [13 Nov 2008]
Software EV SSL: The next weapon against malware?
News The plans are being discussed by the Certification Authority Browser Forum, a voluntary organisation of certification authorities and vendors of internet browser software, including Microsoft, that helped develop the EV... [13 Nov 2008]
Web-based Office coming to Macs, iPhone
News A Microsoft blog reiterated this week that the web-based version of Office won't be tied to either Windows or Internet Explorer. In a blog posting on its Channel 10 site, a Microsoft blogger noted that, owing to support... [13 Nov 2008]
Facebook, MySpace not on Windows Live friends list
News The software maker is trying to expand the amount of time users spend in Windows Live, which Hall said already gets 11 per cent of all internet minutes, thanks largely to the popularity of Hotmail and Messenger. [13 Nov 2008]
VMware gets into mobile virtualisation game
News The Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 processors could soon find their way into netbooks and mobile internet devices (MIDs) as well as smartphones, which would increase the potential market for MVP. VMware has announced a major... [11 Nov 2008]
Highfield ditches Project Kangaroo for Microsoft
News The project had been set for launch later this year and the broadcasters are hoping it will reach younger people spending more time on the Internet. Ashley Highfield has stepped down as chief executive of Project... [10 Nov 2008]
Google CEO turns down Obama tech boss job
News Internet pioneer Vint Cerf has been suggested as a candidate. Google's chief internet evangelist publicly supported Obama, primarily because of his position on net neutrality. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has... [10 Nov 2008]
