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Firefox browser market share continues to drop, hits record low

7 July 2014, 12:45

Meanwhile Firefox and Chrome add Oculus Rift VR support for online immersion.

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Google acquires Songza, an online music streaming startup

2 July 2014, 11:30

The music service's curated playlists are expected to improve Google Play Music.

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Criticism looms over Facebook's newsfeed emotion study

30 June 2014, 11:00

Some say the emotion-manipulation experiment was disturbing, possibly dangerous.

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YouTube previews nine new features including 60fps video

27 June 2014, 10:04

Meanwhile Yahoo has bid $250 million for the Fullscreen YouTube network.

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Google announces revised Glass hardware with 2GB of RAM

25 June 2014, 12:30

Also Google I/O will kick off later today - what are we expecting to see unveiled?

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Microsoft expands free One Drive cloud storage to 15GB

24 June 2014, 11:46

Office 365 subscribers also get a boost to 1TB of storage space.

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Mozilla may be working on a Firefox OS streaming dongle

23 June 2014, 13:51

Streaming stick is said to rival the likes of the Google Chromecast and Roku.

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The Steam Summer Sale begins

20 June 2014, 10:04

This year you can also participate in the 'Steam Summer Adventure' and win three wish list titles.

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Amazon launch Fire smartphone with Dynamic Perspective

18 June 2014, 21:45

Another key feature of this mobile is its Firefly action button.

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YouTube plans to launch paid music streaming service

18 June 2014, 13:15

The video-centric site is also threatening to block music labels that don't sign up.

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Host of new characters and emoji introduced in Unicode 7.0

17 June 2014, 13:00

250 new emoji characters including animals and weather symbols added.

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Internet Explorer developer channel is launched

17 June 2014, 10:08

Lets you get a taste of the new and upcoming browser features before they hit mainstream.

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Domino's Pizza has been hacked and is held to ransom for €30,000

16 June 2014, 13:00

Hackers threaten to release data of over 600,000 customers from France and Belgium.

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Amazon launches Prime Music streaming service

12 June 2014, 12:15

The new ad-free service gives its Prime members access to over 1 million songs.

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Kim Dotcom will offer $5 million to a helpful whistleblower

9 June 2014, 11:59

Gives advice to the whistleblower, about how to safely do the deed.

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Welsh Google Maps 'Easter Egg' shows travel time via Dragon

4 June 2014, 12:45

You can also find travel times via Nessie in Scotland and via punt in Cambridge.

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Skype voice real-time translation demonstrated by Microsoft

29 May 2014, 13:22

Is the Star Trek Sci-Fi 'Universal Translator' about to become reality?

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Apple confirms acquisition of Beats for US$3 billion

29 May 2014, 11:15

The finalised deal is Apple's biggest-ever acquisition and should complete by Q4 2014.

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eBay hackers access 145 million records but PayPal isn't exposed

22 May 2014, 09:57

Auction giant asks all customers to change their passwords.

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More Steam games launched so far in 2014 than in whole of 2013

19 May 2014, 14:00

Steam Greenlight has started to have a big impact, say reports.

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Google in discussions to acquire Twitch, say reports

19 May 2014, 11:45

The live gaming video-streaming service may be purchased for a sum over $1 billion.

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Google Play Store now accepts PayPal, following update

16 May 2014, 12:45

Extended carrier billing, gift card support and various UI tweaks have also been added.

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Adobe fixes Creative Cloud outage, sorry for full day lockout

16 May 2014, 12:00

The outage prevented many users from accessing their pricey subs-paid software.

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Windows Store receives major update bringing easier navigation

14 May 2014, 11:13

The updated store now features a persistent navigation bar and cross-device apps.

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Mozilla will introduce sponsored tiles on Firefox start page

12 May 2014, 12:00

The company plans to sell tile placement on the new-tab page of its popular browser.

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UK ISPs and entertainment industry agree on piracy letters

9 May 2014, 12:30

Naughty individuals will be sent 'educational' letters suggesting the use of Netflix, iTunes.

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Apple rumoured to be in talks to acquire Beats for $3.2bn

9 May 2014, 11:30

The move is expected to allow Apple to achieve its music streaming ambitions.

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Symantec security head says Antivirus "is dead"

7 May 2014, 12:30

Firm turns to minimising damage from breaches caused by hacks.

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Google Stars bookmarking tool revealed (video)

6 May 2014, 11:30

Google+ user Florian Kiersch's post gives more insight into the upcoming tool.

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Potentially offensive Skype emoticons removed by Microsoft

1 May 2014, 12:50

WTF, (finger) and (fubar), along with a number of other icons, have been quietly removed.

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Google Docs bolstered by standalone mobile apps

1 May 2014, 11:45

Also Google decides to give students their email privacy back.

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Copyright trolls lose extortion case against alleged pirates

30 April 2014, 11:15

Thousands of BitTorrent users who had downloaded the Far Cry movie were targeted.

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Britain's slowest and fastest broadband streets named

25 April 2014, 13:15

The nation's slowest streets offer an average download speed of just 0.60 Mbps.

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