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Microsoft’s reluctance to develop an iPad variant of its industry-standard Office suite is both well-known and well understood, given that it has its sights set on gatecrashing the new computing environment with its own Surface Pro tablet, but its hardline stance could …
Anyone who happened to be paying attention when it was announced that Angry Birds backer Kaj Hed and his investor friends had ploughed $5.75 million into Kiosked might have guessed that we could expect something big from the Helsinki startup. The software …
Iceland Gets Cold Feet On Internet Porn
We all know that the internet is for looking at porn, but (sadly for some) that may no longer be the case in Iceland if the country’s Interior Minister gets enough support for a proposal to use internet filters to prevent viewing …
ComScore US Digital Report: One Third of Display Ads Never Seen
ComScore has just released its Digital Future in Focus Report for 2013, offering reams of data on areas such as display advertising, social networking, search and mobile, as well as dozens of insights on what we can expect for the rest of …
Big Data for Small Enterprise: Painful, But Worth It
It’s not just big business that can get something from Big Data. While they might only be talking terabytes instead of petabytes, small to mid-sized businesses have to just as much to gain – or lose – depending on how they act …
Google Files Lawsuit Against “Russian SOPA” Law
Google is launching an appeal with a Russian court in what it describes as a test case against a new law that some critics say could lead to censorship of the internet. The internet giant announced today that it’s filed a lawsuit …
Cisco Shrugs Off Challenges With Record Q2 Earnings
These might be uncertain times for the computer networking industry, but you wouldn’t know it going by the recent performance of pack leader Cisco, which has just recorded a 44% jump in quarterly profits on top of a 5% increase in its …
Spanish Cops Smash “Ransomware” Cybercrime Ring
Police in Spain say that they’ve smashed a cybercrime ring that infected millions of computers with ransomware, using the virus to extort potentially millions of dollars from their unsuspecting victims, it was reported today. According to European Cybercrime Centre, which led the …
The Opera Browser is Dead. Long Live Opera!
Opera doesn’t even come close to the likes of Google Chrome, IE and Mozilla in the popularity stakes, but nevertheless the plucky software company from Norway has built up a dedicated following of some 300 million users that swear by its alternative …
Dell Buyout On The Rocks As Investors Say “No Way!”
Those who thought that the Dell buyout was done and dusted might need to think again. Apparently, some of the PC maker’s major shareholders – the very people who have the power to put the skids on the deal – are none …