Windows users are probably familiar with the concept of gadgets: mini-applications that run on the desktop, often used to display important data. As most of you know, however, the technology hasn't really taken off as much as Microsoft would have hoped. Pokki is a new platform that displays mini-applications on the Windows 7 taskbar. Excited yet?
The developer behind the iOS hit turn worldwide phenomenon, Angry Birds, has hired the Executive Producer of Iron Man 2 to work on films based on the game.
Chances are, assuming you haven't been living in a cave for the last 12 months, that you have heard of Apple's infamous 'Antennagate' debacle.
Google introduced a social network known as Google+ today, which aims to change the way we stay in touch with people online. The service emphasizes on how data is shared, and with whom, as well as privacy.
Microsoft has just released the first Service Pack for Office 2010, the newest version of the most popular productivity suite in the world. As with other service packs, Office 2010 SP1 doesn't include significant new features but it does improve all of the built-in applications, such as Word, Excel and Outlook.
According to YGN Ethical Hacker Group, a Myanmar-based white hat group, Apple's developer site contains a vulnerability that could open the door for phishing attacks, allowing personal information to be stolen.
Reports coming out of China today suggest that search giant Baidu is working on its own mobile operating system based on none other than Google's Android.
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 PC operating system will enter its RTM (release to manufacturing) phase in April of 2012, according to reports.
Fring is a London-based company that develops a well-known instant messaging client for iOS. After improving its client for the last few months, the company is finally taking it a step up: bringing multi-person video conferencing to the iPad. This is the first App of its kind on the iPad: while the native video calling app, such as FaceTime, only allows 2-way video chats.
George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, has begun working at Facebook, the company has confirmed. Hotz, known for being the first one to unlock the original iPhone and famous ever since for other iPhone hacks and a PlayStation 3 jailbreak, will now be using his coding expertise to further boost Facebook's mobile empire.
