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Wednesday, 27th June 2012

6 Features That Make Android Jelly Bean Better Than iOS, Windows Phone and Blackberry

6 Features That Make Android Jelly Bean Better Than iOS, Windows Phone and Blackberry

Photo by Eliot Weisberg/ReadWriteWeb. Creative Commons licensed. Google announced the next version of Android, dubbed Jelly Bean, today, and it is jam-packed with new goodies for developers and consumers to play with. Google is rolling out the over-the-air Android 4.1 update in mid-July, and developers will get the software development kit…

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

Microsoft Athens HQ Bombed by Suspected Terrorists

Microsoft Athens HQ Bombed by Suspected Terrorists

Photo by Reuters Blowback from the Greek financial crisis has engulfed Microsoft. Gunmen firebombed the software giant's Athens headquarters on Wednesday, gutting the ground floor of the four-story building, Reuters reported. The violence underscored the impact of the crisis as the country struggles to contend with crippling debt that has left…

Antone Gonsalves comments

Microsoft Loses Appeal of EU Antitrust Judgment From Another Era

Right on schedule, the European Union General Court rejected Microsoft's appeal to dismiss $1.12 billion in fines for allegedly not complying with a 2004 antitrust order. The judgment, which leaves most of the fine print in place, is in some ways a relic of another time - one when Microsoft didn't constantly see the market changing around it and…

Brian Proffitt comments

Google I/O: Google+ Gets Native Android Tablet App; iOS Coming Soon

To close out the Wednesday keynote at Google I/O, SVP of engineering Vic Gundotra retook the stage to talk about Google+, which reaches its first birthday tomorrow. Gundotra announced the first native tablet app for Google+. It's an Android-centric experience available today, but Gundotra says the iPad version will have the same features and…

Jon Mitchell comments

Without Computer Scientists In Policy Debates, Nations Are Vulnerable to Cyber Attack

If the type of catastrophic cyber attack that makes for Hollywood blockbusters were to actually happen today, the response would be led by policy makers, politicians and military officials who may not have the expertise and training to deal with such an event.

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