A commercial version of Android has been released to help industry players build Android-based devices and test them for market readines
December 7, 2009
Staff Increasingly Use Own Laptops At Work
More and more staff are bringing their own personal laptops into work, according to a study from analyst house Gartner
HP Teams Up With SAP To Ensure Business Uptime
HP has launched two new services designed to help businesses maximise the uptime of their critical IT systems
Bluetooth Group Slates Dongle Use
A “Ditch the Dongle” campaign has begun in order to convince users to use their Bluetooth-enabled handsets to connect to the internet
EC Has ‘Incorrect’ Facts Concerning Oracle-Sun Case
An open source legal expert has informed the European Commission that its concerns about Oracle's takeover of Sun are based on “incorrect” assertions
Review: Google Chrome OS Developer Edition
The developer edition of Google Chrome OS is almost identical to the Google Chrome web browser, providing an intriguing look into the world of web-only computing
Government Pushes Online Public Services Despite Net Cut-Off Plan
The government is pushing ahead with plans to make the Internet a key way to access public services while also threatening to cut off the net access of persistent file-sharers
EU Pushes On With Single European Patent Plan
One common European patent court could help cut £260m of costs from European companies according to the EU
Russia Accused Of Climategate Hack
As the climate change summit opens, a UN scientist has accused Russia of releasing the emails which sparked a scientific row
Microsoft Ties-Up Search Deal With Yahoo
Microsoft and Yahoo have finalised a deal in which Microsoft Bing will power Yahoo search
Google Risks Criticism With Personalised Search Expansion
Google risked drawing the ire of privacy advocates on 4 December by making its personalised search results available to all of its users, whether they are signed in or not
AppJet Open Sources EtherPad Following Google Purchase
AppJet has said it will open source the code to EtherPad and the AppJet Web Framework in an effort to quiet the irate chatter from users in the wake of Google's purchase of the startup
Apple Super-Sizes Its Big Mac Desktop
Apple has quietly rolled out super-sized options for its Mac Pro desktop, including a 3.33GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor
Intel Delaying Larrabee Gaming Chip
Intel officials say they are delaying the “Larrabee” graphics processor that the company had hoped would compete with AMD and Nvidia GPU products