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Hands up who wants 3D finger-controlled fridges? That's the spirit

Analysis You thought 'slide to unlock' was bad? Gestures are the next patent battle

Developer 17 Apr 06:29

Survey: FOSS biz fans aching for 'enterprise-class' support

6 in 10 suits would even pay for it

Applications 16 Apr 12:00

Facebook struggling to find 'immersive' Home on Apple's iPhone

Gimme some skin ... bitch

Applications 16 Apr 11:17

Firefox 'death sentence' threat to TeliaSonera over gov spy claims

Mozilla may snub telecom giant's new SSL certs

Applications 16 Apr 10:19

Internet Explorer makes modest gains against Google Chrome

According to the stat counters at StatCounter, that is

Applications 16 Apr 01:16

Under the microscope: The bug that caught PayPal with its pants down

Payment giant suffers textbook SQL injection flaw

Developer 15 Apr 08:28

Wales slams Amazon over lack of Kindle support

Anger after giant doesn't 'recognise' land of song language

Applications 15 Apr 06:00

Windows 7 'security' patch knocks out PCs, knackers antivirus tools

Job done, lads. Now no one's getting infected

Operating Systems 12 Apr 14:09

Brit cops blow £14m on software - then just flush it down the bogs

Plods lose love for Siren, decide to go with another system

Software 12 Apr 12:06

Go-go Gadget watch? Apple posts job ad for 'flexible display' bod

Recent posting sought 'senior optical engineer'

Applications 12 Apr 07:04

Handwriting beats PowerPoint's teaching power says MIT boffin

To make a point online, do it with a pen

Applications 12 Apr 06:12

Google asks Blighty to slave over its Maps for FREE

OK, OK, it's a crowd-sourced map-editing tool

Applications 11 Apr 11:39

Office for Android, iOS pushed back to late 2014?

New apps for Windows slabs to come first

Applications 10 Apr 21:06

Yahoo! chats! up! Apple! for! lots! more! iPhone! lovin'!

Seen the scrolling Y! Finance bar in iOS? Purple Palace wants more of that

Applications 10 Apr 14:00

Mozilla devs plotting to put a stake in <blink> tag – at last

Firefox last browser to support offending text style

Developer 10 Apr 01:05

Mozilla's Persona beta adds password-free Yahoo! logins

Identity Bridging makes your email addy your only ID

Developer 9 Apr 22:20

Salesforce cuts app development steps

Customer-oriented company does something for its customers

Developer 9 Apr 12:04

German court says nein to Apple's slide-to-unlock patent

Appeal is on its way

Developer 8 Apr 15:27

Office for Mac 2008 support umbilical chopped off

But you can buy it again, and keep on buying it

Applications 8 Apr 14:04

Tick-tock! 40% of PCs start Windows XP malware meltdown countdown

In 365 days, you'll be on your own against the hackers

Operating Systems 8 Apr 13:31

Facebook VOICE is what telco barons should fear - not a Zuckermobe

Analysis Just killed a chicken, now your profits are next... bitch

Applications 8 Apr 10:27

Upstart $3bn forex trader dumps Oracle JVM for Azul's Zing

A bad case of the jitters

Developer 8 Apr 10:03

'1337 hacker' scrawls all over careless coders' SourceForge sites

'If others did this, they might not have been so nice'

Developer 8 Apr 09:43

Windows XP support ends a year from … now!

Official support ends April 7th, 2014, zombie support available at huge price

Operating Systems 8 Apr 03:41

BSkyB punters drown in MASSIVE MYSTERY Yahoo! mail! migration!

Updated Telly'n'broadband giant falls out with Google Gmail

Applications 5 Apr 12:38

Microsoft to slap 9 patches on Windows junkies on Tuesday

Nurse, prep the critical IE update and Windows Defender fix

Operating Systems 5 Apr 10:23

Aussie AI boffins let fly with Angry Birds automation code

See pigs squashed by scrolling code

Developer 5 Apr 04:37

Microsoft's developer conference sells out at $2,095 per head

But get on the waitlist and you could still get lucky

Developer 4 Apr 23:56

Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 delivers modest improvements

One bright spot: the IDE now comes in blue, too

Developer 4 Apr 22:09

WebKit devs on Blink fork: 'Two can play that game'

Purge of Chrome-related code planned

Developer 4 Apr 20:06

Google goes on the Blink in WebKit fork FURORE

Comment Diversity be damned: The view from Mountain View

Software 4 Apr 12:49

Google forks WebKit, promises faster, leaner Chrome engine

Says 'large-scale architectural changes' coming

Developer 4 Apr 00:53

Samsung teams with Mozilla on next-gen browser engine

Mobe-maker will help port future Firefox tech to ARM

Developer 3 Apr 21:28

Firefox: Use new stealth window to satisfy your wife, suggests Mozilla

Need to splash some money while on the job?

Applications 3 Apr 15:27

MuleSoft kicks out app integration platform

Births enterprise service bus suite, slurps VC cash

Software 3 Apr 12:06

Got a BlackBerry? It may be telling your friends when you watch pr0n

Show what I'm listening to: 'I have come to clean your pool'

Operating Systems 3 Apr 11:30

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