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• Samsung preps two new Chromebooks as Google updates Chrome OS, Apps

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 30 May, 2012 07:53

  Samsung will launch this week two new Chrome OS-based computers, a laptop and desktop that have been designed to be significantly faster and more versatile than previous models.

• Siri chats with John Malkovich in new Apple adverts

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 24 May, 2012 18:05

  Two new Apple adverts for the iPhone 4S have emerged, this time featuring Actor John Malkovich interacting with Siri.

• YouTube appeals German content filtering verdict

  By Loek Essers | 23 May, 2012 00:49

  YouTube and German music royalty collecting society GEMA have appealed the outcome of a lawsuit filed by GEMA against YouTube, in which a German court ordered YouTube to inspect the titles of uploaded videos to filter out potentially copyright-infringing content.

• More smartphones, apps in use in the US

  By Daniel Ionescu | 18 May, 2012 05:53

  One in two US mobile subscribers now has a smartphone, fueling the American appetite for apps, according to a Nielsen study. In the past year, the average number of apps on a smartphone has increased from 32 to 41, a 28 percent jump, according to the research.

• Angry Birds tops companies' app blacklist

  By Brad Reed | 16 May, 2012 05:35

  It seems that your boss doesn't want you to launch digital birds at evil green pigs during office hours.

• C keeps its lead over Java, but index's accuracy is questioned

  By Paul Krill | 11 May, 2012 03:25

  The C language, which displaced Java as the most popular language in the Tiobe Programming Community monthly assessment in April, has maintained its number 1 spot in the May report released this week. But a high-profile member of the PHP community is questioning the accuracy of the index itself.

• ACM user conference seeks the magic in user interfaces

  By Nick Barber and Joab Jackson | 08 May, 2012 03:33

  Echoing the words of science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, former YouTube user experience director Margaret Gould Stewart advised an audience of design researchers to think about creating magical experiences for their users.

• Google Raises Bug Bounties to $20,000

  By Gregg Keizer | 07 May, 2012 23:36

  Google has dramatically raised the bounties it pays independent researchers for reporting bugs in its websites, services and online apps.

• Apple television may just be a transparent screen, report

  By Karen Haslam | 05 May, 2012 03:48

  Apple may have a far more clever plan to take on the living room than just creating an Apple television set. One report discusses the idea that Apple will instead sell transparent screens with a glass bezel that you can fix to the wall in every room of your house.

• YouTube must filter content, rules German court

  By Jennifer Baker | 21 April, 2012 02:52

  YouTube must filter content uploaded by users, a German court ruled on Friday.

• Yes, IT departments should worry about Google Drive

  By Brad Reed | 20 April, 2012 05:36

  Google Drive is poised to give IT departments yet another headache to deal with.

• Top mobile apps showcased at DEMO 2012

  By Colin Neagle | 20 April, 2012 01:28

  As is generally the case at trade shows today, mobile technology has been top of mind at the DEMO conference in Santa Clara, taking up the first half of the event's first day. Here are some of the mobile apps that stood out.

• Amazon Cloud accessed daily by a third of all 'Net users

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 April, 2012 11:18

  The era of cloud hyper-giants, providers so big and so critical to the delivery of information and commerce, is clearly here. But unlike an electric utility, which can give an exact count of customers and power consumed, understanding the true size of a cloud provider hasn't been as easy.

• Some new devices to mess around with Wi-Fi

  By Keith Shaw | 19 April, 2012 05:28

  The scoop: iZON Remote Room Monitor, by Stem Innovation, about $130

• Leaked Microsoft roadmap shows 2013 launch for Office 15

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 April, 2012 05:56

  A leaked Microsoft roadmap shows that the next version of Office won't ship until the first quarter of 2013, according to the Dutch developer who found the document.