The government has signed a deal with Microsoft to provide Windows XP support and security updates across the whole UK public sector for 12 months after commercial support for the operating system ends on 8 April 2014. The agreement is worth £5.548 million, and covers ‘critical’ and ‘important’ security updates for Windows XP, as well…
BlackBerry(R) Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)(TSX:BB), a world leader in mobile communications, today announced that it will not renew the T-Mobile U.S., Inc. license to sell BlackBerry products when it expires on April 25, 2014. BlackBerry customers on the T-Mobile network should not see any difference in their service or support. BlackBerry will work closely with T-Mobile to…
Yahoo Inc. is in preliminary talks to acquire online-video service News Distribution Network Inc., a deal that would help Chief Executive Marissa Mayer compete with Google Inc. GOOG -0.50% ‘s YouTube for viewers and ad dollars. Yahoo could pay roughly $300 million for NDN, according to two people who have been briefed on the matter…
It’s coming up on a year since the original release of Microsoft Office for iOS, but in all that time there’s been no iPad-specific version to be found. And now it’s here (for free, to try) as of two o’clock this afternoon, as a gift from Microsoft’s new cloud-guru CEO Satya Nadella. There are already…
Twitter is getting a little more photo-happy, adding the ability to tag up to 10 Twitter users in an image. If you’re not keen on the idea of being tagged in OPTs (other people’s tweets – feel free to use it in casual conversation), you’re able to toggle your tagability under your account settings. Tagging…
Facebook is spending $2 billion to acquire Oculus, maker of Rift, a headset designed to immerse you in 3-D games and other virtual realities. The Facebook social network is used by over 1.2 billion people across the globe, but the world is moving away from desktop web browsers — where the social network began —…
Google on Monday announced a partnership with the Luxottica Group, the largest eyeglass company in the world, to design, manufacture and distribute frames for Google Glass, the Internet-connected eyewear. The announcement is Google’s biggest effort yet to make Glass attractive and available to mainstream consumers as it prepares to sell it more widely later this…
US technology giant Microsoft is working on a next-generation technology that will enable ‘no-touch’ phones, tablets and televisions that can be operated from afar, without the need to swipe them. According to Microsoft, the technology will allow users to control a screen with their fingers even from the other side of the room and put…
Google announced Tuesday that it has developed a version of its Android mobile operating system specifically for wearable devices, doubling down on the early efforts in the space that it’s already made with its Google Glass headset. The tech giant debuted the new version of the system, Android Wear, in a blog post that explained…
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) Chief Executive Satya Nadella may unveil an iPad version of the company’s Office software suite on March 27, a source familiar with the event told Reuters, and use his first big press appearance to launch the company’s most profitable product in a version compatible with Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) popular tablet. Nadella, who…
Google Drive already offered lower pricing than Dropbox, but the difference between the two services is now even greater: For individual Dropbox users, 100 gigabytes of cloud data runs $8.25 per month when billed annually, or $9.99 per month on a month-by-month basis. A 200-gigabyte Dropbox account runs $16.60 per month billed annually, while 500…
Opera Mini 8 is now available for BlackBerry and Java-running phones. The updated browser features a slew of new features including n improved Speel Dial start page with redesigned tiles. Opera has also rolled out a flat, minimalistic design for the new browser. The updated browser brings a ‘Night Mode’, which dims the brightness of…
