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Skype is now handling 2 billion minutes of connections daily
- Skype is celebrating a significant milestone this week with news that its users are now spending more than 2 billion minutes every day connecting with each other. The company announced the achievement on its official blog while also sharing the…
Amazon Cloud Drive desktop app finally gets file syncing support
- Amazon's Cloud Drive has been around for a while but it was only around May last year that the company made uploading files to its servers easier with dedicated apps for Windows and OS X. Unlike services like Dropbox and…
Ivy Bridge driver update brings 10% performance boost, OpenCL 1.2
- Folks who rely on the HD 4000 integrated graphics engine inside some Intel processors can reportedly look forward to a performance boost in the near future. Speaking at a media event during GDC 2013, the company touched on its effort…
Windows 8 adoption cracks 3% in March, 10% among Steam users
- Windows 8 has continued its leisurely stroll upward in Net Applications' operating system rankings, with the web traffic analyst recording Microsoft's latest platform holding a share of 3.17% in March. If only by a couple points, that's an increase from…
Google pledges not to sue open source projects over select patents
- Google's latest initiative suggests it's aiming to take the moral high ground when it comes to patent litigation and open source projects,. The company announced today an Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge wherein Google has promised not to sue any…
Microsoft's next Office update codenamed Gemini, could ship this fall
- Microsoft is reportedly on the verge of a major shift in how it delivers operating system releases. Rather than releasing a RTM every three or four years and hoping OEMs have time to get everything tested for launch a few…
Windows Blue public preview planned for Build conference in June
- We’ve heard rumors about a public preview of Windows Blue being planned for the summer, and if a recently leaked milestone build is any indication, it seems Microsoft is well on its way of delivering an early version of the…
Windows 8 Mail app gains desperately needed features, breaks Google Calendar support
- As promised, Windows 8 and Windows RT's native productivity apps have finally received some update love. Although severely spartan in both design and features, Mail, Calendar and People now boast a number of new tricks which aim to make your…
Yahoo acquires news-summarizing app Summly for $30 million
- Continuing with the pursuit to revamp its digital news and media business, Yahoo has announced that it will be acquiring Summly, a startup that aims at summarizing web content into a digestible format more fit for mobile devices. Financial terms…
Amazon Appstore giving away 18 free apps today only
- Amazon’s Appstore is celebrating its second birthday by giving away a number of free apps. The service has been offering a number of apps and games with discounts this week leading up to today where 18 apps are available completely…
New 'Yontoo' Trojan targets major browsers on OS X, Windows
- Apple’s OS X operating system has long been a relatively unpopular target for malware coders, but that’s changing with the platform’s rise in popularity. Today Russian security website Doctor Web is reporting on a new trojan targeting Mac users that…
Google Keep note-taking service officially launched
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Google has officially launched Keep as a web and Android app. The service allows you to quickly jot ideas down when you think of them, create checklists and save photos to keep track of what’s important to you. Your notes are stored in Google Drive and synced to all your devices.
WhatsApp to extend yearly subscription model to iOS
- Hugely popular mobile messaging platform WhatsApp is looking to make some changes to its pricing structure in the coming months. The service is currently free for the first year and then costs users a $1 yearly recurring fee, except on…
Origin vulnerability lets attackers hijack gaming machines
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Upwards of 40 million users of EA's Origin game platform could be open to a vulnerability that allows an attacker to remotely execute malicious code. Demonstrated by ReVuln on Friday at the Black Hat security conference in Amsterdam, the process requires Origin's client...
Windows 7 SP1 now being distributed via automatic update
- Microsoft is rolling out Windows 7 Service Pack 1 as an automatic update starting this week to anyone that hasn’t yet installed the patch. The process is expected to take a couple of weeks at which time most legacy users…
Google could unify chat services under a single product called Babble
- Google has built a number of communications platforms around different services over the years. There’s Google Talk for text, voice and video chats, Hangouts for group video conferencing, Messenger for mobile messaging, Chat for Drive collaboration, and Voice for online…
Apple releases OS X 10.8.3, adds Windows 8 Boot Camp support
- Apple has shipped a new point release of Mountain Lion that brings its flagship operating system up to version 10.8.3. The update includes a number of security and bug fixes and a handful of new features too, such as the…
Digg is building their own version of Google Reader
- Google’s announcement to ditch Reader took a number of faithful users by surprise yesterday including the team over at Digg. But rather than scour the web for a suitable replacement, the once-thriving social news website has decided to build their…
Mozilla releases Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 preview
- Smartphones based on Firefox OS are slated to debut later this year in several emerging markets around the world. But if you’re itching to try it out early, Mozilla has been pushing out a simulator compatible with all major PC…
Adobe discontinues boxed Creative Suite, Acrobat software
- Adobe plans to end boxed sales of its Creative Suite and Acrobat family software, according to a report by Software Media Blog. Adobe told the blog that its discontinuation of box-based sales for CS and Acrobat will be effective as…
Download: Minecraft 1.5 Redstone Update is out now
- If you are one of the millions of people playing Minecraft, you'll be glad to know the Redstone Update has been officially released today. The brick universe created by Notch Persson is ever evolving and now includes various new items…
Apple belatedly patches App Store security hole reported by Google researcher
- Last week Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller was quick to poke some fun at Android security, posting a link on Twitter to an F-Secure report that paints a dire -- if not overblown -- picture of the malware situation on…
Microsoft offers students up to six months of Office 365 for free
- Microsoft has launched a new promotional campaign to get students using its Office 365 University and SkyDrive products. Under the new offering announced today, students with a qualifying .edu e-mail address can register to access the productivity suite at no…
All browsers fall at Pwn2Own but Chrome OS survives Pwnium
- No browser was left standing at this year's Pwn2Own hacking contest. The latest versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome, and Mozilla's Firefox all succumbed to exploits on day one, with hackers targeting a variety of zero-day vulnerabilities on each…
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