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Microsoft adds ‘smart files’ OCR capability to SkyDrive
1 October 2013, 09:49
Adds the ability to search for text strings in your SkyDrive photo uploads.
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AMD and Raptr launch the AMD Gaming Evolved App (beta)
30 September 2013, 10:45
It’s the red team’s version of the GeForce Experience games optimisation app.
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Microsoft publishes first Windows 8.1 commercial
30 September 2013, 09:45
It’s optimistically entitled “Windows 8.1 Everywhere”.
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Google shifts to new ‘Hummingbird’ search algorithm
27 September 2013, 11:00
And it celebrates its 15th birthday with an interactive piñata doodle.
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Windows Phone and Windows app stores to merge in spring
27 September 2013, 09:45
Also Windows Phone and Windows RT are expected to combine.
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Major update to VLC Media player includes hardware decoding
26 September 2013, 16:30
Also around a thousand bugs in the software have been quashed.
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AMD unveils Radeon R9 and R7 series graphics cards in Hawaii
26 September 2013, 10:00
Also details innovative Mantle and AMD TrueAudio technologies.
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GPU acceleration to provide tenfold Java performance boost
24 September 2013, 14:00
IBM's Chief Technology Officer of Java discussed ‘Java on GPU’ in keynote speech.
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Valve reveals SteamOS, a Linux for your living room
24 September 2013, 10:08
This is just the first of three announcements from Valve this week.
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Firefox made touch friendly for Windows 8 in Aurora release
23 September 2013, 09:45
Touch friendly Firefox is getting much closer to general release with this milestone.
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As new iPhones hit retail an iOS 7 lock screen vulnerability is found
20 September 2013, 09:00
Also UK pre-orders for the new Apple iPhone 5C have been “a big disappointment”.
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Android CyanogenMod team raise $7m to found a company
19 September 2013, 16:35
The first aim is to make CyanogenMod easy and safe to install via a Play Store app.
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New computing curriculum welcomed by IT industry
18 September 2013, 14:33
Curriculum ambitiously "focuses on computational thinking", rather than MS Office.
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Apple iOS7 global rollout starts today, what’s new?
18 September 2013, 11:30
Also people around the world start to form queues for the new iPhones.
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Windows 8.1 pricing and packaging revealed
18 September 2013, 10:00
Microsoft also says you will be able to install Windows 8.1 from scratch.
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Latest Intel Iris and HD graphics driver offers 26 bug fixes
17 September 2013, 14:30
New Haswell and Ivy Bridge drivers support Windows 7 and Windows 8 systems.
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Google buys Bump, to simplify non-NFC file sharing
17 September 2013, 11:15
Seamless cross-platform file sharing experience to become a standard?
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3-Sweep software grabs 2D photo objects and changes them into 3D
16 September 2013, 12:30
Quick and intuitive software aimed at “novice users” demonstrated in video.
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Siri-equivalent in Windows Phone 8.1 comes from hit game Halo
13 September 2013, 14:15
So you may have previously met ‘Cortana’, Microsoft’s new personal assistant.
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Dryft, for fast typing on tablets, revealed by Swype co-founder
10 September 2013, 15:23
The soft-keys position themselves on screen to suit your hand placement. (video)
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Microsoft U-turn: gives devs early access to Windows 8.1 RTM
10 September 2013, 09:45
Also the near-final Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate is made available.
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Most online encryption is transparent to NSA and GCHQ
6 September 2013, 13:53
New Edward Snowden leak reveals the extent to which security services can pry.
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Google’s next Android version to be named after Nestle’s KitKat
4 September 2013, 09:45
Key Lime Pie wasn’t populist enough: “very few people know the taste of a key lime pie.”
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Simple Arabic text string instantly crashes OS X 10.8 and iOS 6 apps
30 August 2013, 11:54
However new OS X 10.9 Mavericks and iOS 7 beta are not affected by the 'unicode of death'.
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AMD collaborates with Mixamo for real-time 3D face animation
29 August 2013, 15:45
Mixamo's 'Face Plus' software facilitates facial animation creation for Unity game developers.
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Skype 3D video call technology is ready and waiting
29 August 2013, 14:00
Meanwhile the program celebrates its 10th anniversary.
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ARM buys Sensinode, an Internet of Things startup company
28 August 2013, 10:25
Sensinode has already been a key player in the open standards for the Internet of Things (IoT).
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Microsoft has released Windows 8.1 & RT 8.1 to hardware partners
27 August 2013, 19:00
Everyone else, including subscribers to MSDN and TechNet will wait until 18th October.
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Nokia Sirius 10.1-inch Windows RT tablet to launch soon
27 August 2013, 14:15
It looks like a big Lumia and will have a similar price to the iPad.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces retirement plan
23 August 2013, 16:10
He will leave within 12 months. Coincidentally Microsoft’s share price spikes upwards.
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Google issues update to fix 2013 Nexus 7 touch and GPS issues
23 August 2013, 10:45
Major touch-screen sensitivity problems and GPS issues are reportedly fixed.
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FIGnition inFUZE 20MHz 8-bit computer kit now available
22 August 2013, 12:45
RS Components launches this self-build computer kit, aimed at the educational market.
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Microsoft reminds us of the risks of not moving on from Win XP
20 August 2013, 12:15
“There is a sense of urgency” says Microsoft’s Director of Trustworthy Computing.
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