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My fight with Microsoft: why APIs need to be free

With Oracle choosing APIs as a legal battleground on which to tangle with Google's Android, I'm reminded of another time... Read more

18 April, 2012
Task Me Out - Organize everything: create to-do lists, complete important stuff fast and easy. - Manage time: <endeca_term>be free</endeca_term> of stress, choose what to do, when to do. 1.2.2

Task Me Out - Organize everything: create to-do lists, complete important stuff fast and easy. - Manage time: be free of stress, choose what to do, when to do. 1.2.2

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20 July, 2011

Ofcom pushes for free 0800 calls for mobiles

...and 118 numbers. Calls from mobile phones to 0800 numbers could soon be free under new rules put forward by Ofcom. Image credit: Jon Yeomans... Read more

4 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Government favours light regulation on net neutrality

Communications minister Ed Vaizey has said that ISPs should be free to explore 'flexible' business models, but digital rights campaigners argue that... Read more

17 November, 2010 by David Meyer

Google Drive: Latest player in the great internet paradox

...Information may not want to be free, but it certainly wants to move around. Since computers first got... Read more

24 April, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins
Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Windows 8 Consumer Preview

The Consumer Preview is a major milestone for Windows 8. Microsoft's fine-tuning makes more sense of its Metro user interface, and the result is something very close to what should be the final release Read more

29 February, 2012 by Simon Bisson

EMC gets 'Mavericks' with Isilon file system

The next version of OneFS, code named Mavericks, drastically cuts access times as well as adding data protection and recovery features to complement the Isilon storage OS Read more

22 May, 2012 by Nick Heath
Ten tenets the Linux world needs to rethink

Ten tenets the Linux world needs to rethink

...7. Proprietary softwareInformation should be free, the GPL must be law, and proprietary software has no place... Read more

19 August, 2011 by Jack Wallen
TextNow + Voice - Free Texting and Calling 4.4.12

TextNow + Voice - Free Texting and Calling 4.4.12

...or monthly fees! It is completely free!HOW CAN ALL OF THIS BE FREE?The app comes with a few ads. If you don't... Read more

16 May, 2012

Internet needs no 'digital handcuffs', says Kroes

...the Commission needs to "cut back or make more flexible". People should be free to choose between different business models to consume content, said Kroes... Read more

19 April, 2012
Viber - Free Phone Calls & Text 2.1.5

Viber - Free Phone Calls & Text 2.1.5

...Viber doesnt accept advertising and promises mobile text and calls will always be free, and ad free. We also value your privacy: read our privacy... Read more

19 March, 2012

Microsoft cuts Office 365 pricing due to 'efficiency'

...capabilities of Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync and the Office Web Applications", would be free to students, faculty and staff. The UK page for the enterprise... Read more

16 March, 2012

BBC to launch Barcelona download service for TV shows

...to launch iTunes-style downloads for its programmes, but they will not be free, the broadcaster's director general Mark Thompson has revealed. While the... Read more

15 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

Virgin Media gets Tube Wi-Fi contract

...stations in total connected by the end of 2012. The service will be free initially, becoming chargeable at an unspecified rate after an unspecified sporting... Read more

14 March, 2012

Telefonica to put Europe at heart of tech innovation

...take care of them," Alvarez-Pallete Lopez said. The resulting companies will be free to retain control of their business and sell their products to... Read more

7 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

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