The new operating system - Android 1.1 has a couple features that purchasers of version 1 were disappointed not to have included. New features include support for voice search, and the ability to download paid apps in the Marketplace. The previous version of the phone only let you download free apps, which most developers found quite annoying.
Read MoreAccording to a report, Apple's Snow Leopard OS will roll out on June 8. One analyst declined to speculate on a Snow Leopard release date, but said that with last week's desktop refresh, Apple now has its hardware pieces in place.
The Pirate Bay trial wrapped up here Tuesday amid a media circus as attorneys for the four accused founders of the world's most notorious BitTorrent tracker proclaimed their clients' innocence to charges of facilitating copyright infringement.
Read MoreWith Office 14, Microsoft has said it will offer desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote as well as versions that can run online in a browser, be it Internet Explorer, Safari, or Firefox. As previously noted, that means that for the first time Office will also work on both Linux and Apple's iPhone.
Apple announced updates to its iMac, and Mac mini desktop lines, including a 24-inch iMac that is priced more affordably than ever before and a Mac mini with powerful new integrated graphics. The company also introduced the new Mac Pro using Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors and a next-generation system architecture to deliver up to twice the performance of the previous generation system.
Read MoreApple’s release of its Safari 4 beta has helped push it beyond the 10 per cent threshold for the first time. Apple has topped the ten per cent mark for worldwide browser market share following the release of it's latest Safari beta.
Read MoreGoogle and the Symbian Foundation clash in the OS wars. The foundation claims that Android is not open, but that it is merely a marketing label.
Apple announced the public beta of Safari 4. The company claims it's the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript up to 4.2 times faster than Safari 3.
Amongst the new features are Top Sites, for a stunning visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages; Cover Flow, to easily flip through web history or bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed browsing easier and more intuitive.