Review: Samsung Chromebook Series 5

Cloud computing is supposedly the future, but PCs and mobile devices have thus far remained overwhelmingly dependent on local hardware for data storage and processing. We’ve had to wait for Chrome OS to finally arrive – on the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 – for a product that embraces the concept in its purest form.Chrome OS eschews local processing power in favour of online...

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Microsoft unveils second preview of IE10

Microsoft has unveiled the second platform preview for IE10, unveiling better support for HTML5 and new security features.Internet Explorer 9 only came out in March, and IE10 is still in the early stages of development. Microsoft is releasing so-called "platform previews", which show the latest additions to the browser's engine without any of the user interface laid on top,...

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Legal team ditches claimant in Facebook case

The legal team supporting a man who claims to have a substantial stake in Facebook has bailed out of the case, casting the future of the suit into doubt.New York wood-pellet salesman Paul Ceglia has claimed he is entitled to half of Mark Zuckerberg's multibillion-dollar stake in the social network as payment for work he did establishing the site.Ceglia received a boost when...

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Review: Microsoft Office 365

PREVIEW: Purchasing and maintaining software for a business, small or big, is a costly undertaking. It isn’t just the licensing that affects your bottom line, but the man hours that go into keeping software patched and up to date, installing it on new machines and maintaining all the servers you need to provide email and online services.Microsoft’s Office 365, the public...

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Microsoft releases SP1 for Office 2010

Microsoft has released the first service pack for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.The SP1 for Office includes all the updates shipped since the products were launched last year. The SharePoint service pack will cover updates released up until April and Microsoft will also release a cumulative update to cover those released since.Aside from the previously released updates...

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Microsoft: Office 365 will lift SMBs' tech "burden"

Microsoft unveiled Office 365 today, targeting it at SMBs that are "burdened" by technology.The cloud-based system brings together Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Lync, offering online collaboration tools and offline capabilities on a per user subscription basis.Enterprises were hardly mentioned at the launch event in London, however, with Microsoft focusing on the benefits...

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Google targets "broken" Facebook with social tools

Google has unveiled Google+, which the company claims will offer a more private, personalised social network.Google has failed with social projects in the past, notably with Buzz, but the company wants another crack at social advertising dollars and has laid out plans for a Facebook rival.The company claimed Google+ would be more flexible and privacy focused than...

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