Originally announced back in March of this year, Wikipedia today announced plans to roll out a new theme and several new features to improve the usability of the site. In brief, the main things that will...
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Secunia last week published a new vulnerability affecting Apple’s desktop Safari browser. The new exploit can be used by malicious users to execute arbitrary code on the system and is deemed to be “highly critical”....
The NPD Group on Monday announced that Google’s Android operating system has overtaken Apple’s iPhone in total US smartphone market share. Sourcing the latest sales figures from the first quarter of 2010, Android OS powered...
Apple last week announced the international availability of the iPad and with it came some early disappointment as the prices were seemingly much higher than what US customers were paying. Several dismayed MacRumors readers sent...
Apple is reported to be developing their own native and standards based web framework to compete with Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft Silverlight. Named “Gianduia”, the client-side javascript framework would enable developers to create rich,...
Archos on Thursday officially announced their upcoming Android-powered tablet, the Archos 7. Running a custom version of Android 1.6 on a seven inch widescreen display, the new device is slated for launch this May 17...
After reporting falling profits for first time since 2004, Nintendo today stated that they are preparing to battle with Apple for the future of gaming. The Times reports that CEO Satoru Iwata has already...
IDC this week published their quarterly mobile phone market share statistics and found that while Apple was gaining new ground with their iPhone, Nokia still held the majority of shipments worldwide to gave them a...
The team that initially brought the first successful port of Android for the first generation iPhone has now done the same for the iPhone 3G. David Wang posts on PC World that although their latest...
A new report from Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty is showing how Apple’s new iPad is progressively cannibalizing low-cost netbook sales. Sourcing information from both the NPD and Morgan Stanley Research, the report illustrates how...
Cerulean Studios on Thursday announced a private beta test for their upcoming Trillian for Blackberry instant messaging software. While a small group of testers are putting the final touches on the app, regular Blackberry users...
It looks like everyone wants a say in the ongoing Flash vs HTML5 wars that Steve Jobs recently ignited. In an interview with TechRader on Thursday, Opera product analyst Phillip Grønvold stated that Flash as...
Google on Wednesday announced the release of their latest homepage and search design. The new “metamorphosis” reveals a cleaner page design with a left-aligned navigation pane and a brand new logo. The new left-hand navigation...
Hot off the heels from Tuesday’s iPad app release, Dropbox today announced the availability of their much awaited Android application. Android users can now freely access their Dropbox account and files through the native client....
Google today pumped out a new beta of their Chrome browser that packs in quite a few enhancements for users to test. The Chrome team claims that in addition to 30-35% faster performance in the...
California-based NetAirus Technologies LLC is pursuing a patent infringement case against Apple and its iPhone. The Loop reports that the company filed with the US District Court of California’s Western Division last Friday, contending that...
Google on Monday announced that they will soon start offering their @gmail.com address to residents in the UK again. Previously, UK registrations were only allowed an @googlemail.com address. UK residents who currently have a @googlemail.com address...
The New York Post is reporting that Apple could soon be facing an antitrust inquiry by the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission due its recent SDK agreement changes that banned Flash CS5...
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu project, this week announced that the next version of Ubuntu will incorporate a global menu bar for all of its applications. The new universal menubar will only be enabled...
Responding to last week’s Steve Jobs’ public letter calling for an end to Flash, CNET reports that Adobe will be distributing free Android phones to its employees. Though it is still in testing, Flash 10.1 for...
Twitter on Friday announced the availability of their official client for the Android platform. Available on the Android Market today, the new app was developed in cooperation with Google’s Android team and sports the strong integration...
Adobe on Friday announced that their flagship production and design software collection, Creative Suite 5, has reached RTM and is now shipping. Adobe has also posted 30-day trial downloads for every application and suite in...
Today has not been good to tablet devices. After Microsoft announces the end of their Courier project, TechCrunch reveals that sources close to HP are now saying that their upcoming HP Slate has also been...
Microsoft on Thursday reiterated their support of HTML5 and H.264 for Internet Explorer 9. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of Internet Explorer, posted on the IE blog that HTML5 will be the future of the web...
Skyfire today announced the availability of their next generation browser for Android. Available as a public beta in the Android Market, Skyfire 2.0 allows users to view Flash videos on the web through on the...
Microsoft has canceled their internal Courier project, according to sources close with the project. Gizmodo reports that CEO Steve Ballmer put the brakes on the project this past Wedensday. The innovative new tablet concept gained internet...
In a surprise move, Steve Jobs on Thursday posted an open letter on Apple’s home page concerning Flash, HTML5, and the future. Jobs states that though Adobe and Apple have been close partners since the...
Though an official announcement hasn’t been made by either Youtube or their parent company Google, the video sharing site has started to roll out a new design for its video player today. Following this month’s earlier...
Apple announced on Wednesday that this year’s World Wide Developers Conference will take place in San Francisco from June 7 to 11. Held annually in the summer by Apple, the conference targets iPhone and Mac...
Mozilla today put out a very early look at Firefox for Android. Code named “Fennec”, today’s pre-alpha release was put together by a group of Mozilla developers mainly for testing and feedback purposes. Thus far it...
The annual All Things Digital conference this year is returning with some of the most important figures in tech today. In a surprise move given Apple’s recent circumstances with their upcoming iPhone, Apple CEO Steve...
Through Webkit’s new draft notification API, Chrome now has support for text and HTML desktop notifications. Posted on his blog, Mohit Muthanna outlines how developers can now incorporate native desktop notifications into their web-based software....
The New York Times have confirmed with Apple that they have indeed finalized a deal to acquire mobile chip maker Intrinsity for $121 million. Located in Austin, Texas, Intrinsity specializes in creating high performance chips with...
In addition to the movie box offices, James Cameron’s Avatar has seen been seeing strong success on the piracy shores. Since last week’s Blu-ray release, the $237 million dollar film has been downloaded far more...
AdMob today released their March 2010 Metrics Report for mobile devices. The mobile advertising company outlined the growing demand for Android-based devices and found that Android’s traffic has now passed Apple’s iPhone OS in the...
Apple finally put out new MacBook Pros earlier this month, but the launch with Intel’s latest processors hasn’t come without a few problems. PC Authority’s hands on testing with the new 17” MacBook Pro found...
Ubuntu will soon begin to phase out its traditional "system tray" in favor of a new overhauled menu and notification system. Citing inconsistent behavior and weak notification ability, the Canonical Design Team has announced...
New videos of Microsoft’s upcoming mobile OS have surfaced demonstrating its strong depth in productivity features. The two short clips from Mobility Digest show real world scenarios that users would encounter when using Windows Phone...
Via the latest 10.6.3 update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Apple seems to be finally allowing third party developers to access the low level H.264 decoding power of the GPUs within its Macs. Adobe’s...
Leaked Samsung documents today confirm that multiple iterations of 1Ghz+ mobile CPUs are scheduled for mass production in the next few years. Included within the leaked roadmap is a 1.2Ghz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 chip scheduled...
