Athena springs full-grown from Chromium project’s head
Google has shown off a candidate for a new Chrome OS user interface.…
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Party like it’s not 1999: Cry FREEDOM for a better web
Lumpy but free – the future is here
Programming the Web, Pt. I If you travelled back to 1999 and told web developers that one day hundreds of them would pony up cold hard cash to get a feature in a web browser, none of them would have believed you.…
So whither Microsoft? If Nadella knows, he’s keeping it well hidden
A thousand cuts, but no actual death
Analysis After Microsoft’s biggest jobs bloodbath, we’re still not much wiser about what Microsoft will look like in five years’ time. Steve Ballmer turned the focus from PCs to devices and services: manufacturing its own devices, and promoting its own services regardless of the platform. Satya Nadella was supposed to bring further clarity.…
Cheer up, Nokia fans. It can start making mobes again in 18 months
The real winner of the Nokia sale is *drumroll* … Nokia
Analysis When Microsoft swallowed half of Europe’s biggest tech company, it was only a matter of time before it spat something out. And so it has, ending Nokia’s thirty-year roller-coaster ride.…
August Patch Tuesday to bring Windows bug fixes AND FEATURES – report
Windows 8.1 Update 2 said to arrive in three weeks
Microsoft’s next major update roll-out for Windows 8.1 may be less than a month away, if the latest rumors are to be believed, but just what will be so “major” about it is still anybody’s guess.…
Hidden network packet sniffer found in millions of iPhones, iPads
Plus host of spying tools. But Apple’s backdoor not totally open for all, expert tells us
An analysis of iOS by a security expert digging into claims of the NSA spying on Apple products has revealed some unexplained surveillance tools hidden in the operating system.…
Chrome browser has been DRAINING PC batteries for YEARS
Google is only now fixing ancient, energy-sapping bug
If you’ve been wondering why the battery life on your Windows laptop or tablet seems so lousy, your Chrome web browser might be to blame – and it may have been sapping your system’s juice for years.…
Firefox OS lands in Germany – with France, Asia, and more to come
Mozilla’s thrifty, browser-based smartphone OS continues expansion
Mozilla’s Firefox OS continues its slow march across the globe, with carriers set to begin shipping devices running the open source, browser-based smartphone platform in additional developed markets this week.…
VMware wants IM clients to hookup with calendars and databases
Patents seek back channel data lookups based on IM content
Not content with building a chatbot that lets servers tell you what ails them over instant messaging applications, VMware is also seeking a patent to let messaging tools rummage around in your calendar and suck down data from Google.…
Orange unleashes API assets, hires San Fran firm to lure in devs
Changing the telco business model
Orange has released a bunch of APIs into the world and has inked a deal with some Bay Area tech types to help convince developers on the idea of building mobile and web applications using Orange core networks and services.…