Google has announced that it has started updating Nexus One smartphones to version 2.2 of its open source Android mobile OS and HTC have finally released Android 2.1 for its former flagship phone, the HTC Hero
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According to a survey, 41 per cent of Germans never change the access codes to their online bank accounts, mailboxes, auction platforms, PCs or mobile phones unless they have to
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Bilski’s patent application is ruled invalid, but in a blow to anti-software-patent campaigners, the "machine or transformation" test is ruled not to be the exclusive test of patentability
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The KDE Project has issued a first release candidate for version 4.5 of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC), a development preview of the next major release for the popular Linux and Unix desktop
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The PostgreSQL developers are ringing in the end of development for versions 7.4 and 8.0 of the free database system and recommend that users begin planning an upgrade immediately
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Version 0.5 of JetPack, intended for developing plug-ins for Firefox and Thunderbird, now includes several new APIs for XML HTTP Requests, Tabs and localisation
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Google releases a new command line tool and activates the Flash player in Chrome, OIN announces Associate Member programme, Red Hat opens new support services, Quest to build Hadoop / Oracle connector, ‘headless’ VoIP toolkit for Skype, Apple adds to malware signatures, F-Secure reports malware now signed with trusted certificates, DNSSEC goes live, UK card skimmers convicted, Google remote deletes malware from Android phones and Adobe brings forward ‘Flash’ patch.
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Fedora 11, code named "Leonidas", has reached its end of life. From today no new updates, including security updates and critical fixes, will be available
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The update for Google’s browser fixes three critical vulnerabilities and activates the built-in Adobe Flash support
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Red Hat has released version 5.0 of the JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform – a middleware solution to develop, deploy and manage dynamic web sites
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