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Fruit Ninja Free for Android review

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Matt Egan — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:55:00 GMT

Fruit Ninja Free is a free game for Android phone and Android tablet that is addictive and infuriating in equal parts. Read our Fruit Ninja Free for Android review to find out more.

PS4 could have game freezing adverts

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (David Court — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:43:00 GMT

Sony has submitted a patent application for a new advertising feature that will freeze gameplay and display adverts.

Facebook launches Camera app

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Chris Martin — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:25:00 GMT

Facebook has launched its own dedicated camera app for iPhone and iPad.

JRuby gets speedier in version 1.7

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Paul Krill — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:09:00 GMT

JVM-based Ruby variant also features support for different character encodings

Cloudant expands data services reach to Europe

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Paul Krill — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:09:00 GMT

Deal with hosting partner SoftLayer expands Cloudant's network

AirDroid review

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Liane Cassavoy — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:51:00 GMT

Control your Android device via your PC's Web browser using AirDroid's free mobile app. Read our AirDroid review to find out more.

Find My Font Pro review

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Clare Brandt — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:28:00 GMT

Find My Font promises to do just that, plus some alternatives, both locally and online.

HMRC CIO: Government failing the public without ID assurance

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:07:00 GMT

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) CIO, Phil Pavitt, has said that if the government doesn’t implement identity assurance across its central government departments it is failing the needs of the public.

Government launches second G-Cloud framework

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:07:00 GMT

The government has officially opened up the second round of procurement for the G-Cloud with a framework that hopes to attract new suppliers and services, many of which are likely to be SMEs.

Burberry points to benefits of tech in strong annual results

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:06:00 GMT

Burberry has highlighted the strong role that technology plays in cutting costs and customer profiling at the fashion company, as part of its end-of-year results announcement.

Remains of the Day: What's Cookin'?

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Dan Moren — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:48:00 GMT

Tim Cook's in the kitchen, whipping up some tasty Apple turnover; Yahoo bakes its keys right into its latest product; and a Rogue Amoeba iPhone app apparently isn't to Apple's taste. The remainders for Thursday, May 24, 2012 are slaving over a hot stove.

Researchers propose TLS extension to detect rogue SSL certificates

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Lucian Constantin — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:35:00 GMT

A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block fraudulently-issued SSL certificates.

Google chairman pledges to fund Raspberry Pi availability in U.K. schools

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jon Gold — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:30:00 GMT

Google chairman Eric Schmidt announced this week at the London Science Museum that his company would fund the U.K. charity Teach First, which will provide teacher training and student equipment, including the Raspberry Pi, for the purpose of improving computing education in the country.

Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Sharon Gaudin — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:08:00 GMT

With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.

Two useful Automator workflows

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Christopher Breen — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:59:00 GMT

Automator--OS X's automation utility--gets overlooked far more than it should. It's not terribly difficult to use and it can ease the burden of performing repetitive tasks. In this week's video I cobble together a couple of simple Automator workflows--one for easily compressing files and folder and adding them to email messages and another for creating an automatic backup routine between two volumes.

Hands on with SketchBook Ink

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Serenity Caldwell — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:55:00 GMT

Previewed at last March's iPad event, Autodesk's SketchBook Ink has hit the App Store for all to test and play with. Being the naturally curious sketcher that I am, I took it for a quick spin.

IE9 says Yahoo Axis slows down the browser

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Gregg Keizer — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:48:00 GMT

Although Microsoft and Yahoo are search partners, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) may complain that Yahoo's new Axis search add-on is slowing down the browser.

About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Juan Carlos Perez — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:55:00 GMT

About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

Microsoft clarifies Ballmer's claims of massive Windows 8 adoption

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Gregg Keizer — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:46:00 GMT

Reports earlier this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted unprecedented sales of Windows 8 were wrong on multiple counts, Microsoft and independent analysts agreed.

Siri-like Dictation coming in Mountain Lion

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Rather than being a Mac version of the Siri-style personal assistant available in beta on the iPhone 4S, the Mac tool is more likely to be the Dictation feature available on both the iPad and iPhone.

Linux Mint 13 rallies behind Gnome

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Joab Jackson — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:52:00 GMT

With the new version of Linux Mint, released Wednesday, the developers behind the open source Linux distribution have put all energies behind Gnome, offering two versions of the desktop interface.

Ellison, Phillips, McDermott to take stand in Oracle-SAP retrial

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Chris Kanaracus — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:49:00 GMT

During the upcoming retrial of Oracle's corporate-theft lawsuit against SAP, the companies plan to call a star-studded array of tech executives as witnesses including CEO Larry Ellison, former Oracle co-president and current Infor CEO Charles Phillips and SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott, according to court documents filed Thursday.

Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Lucian Constantin — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:41:00 GMT

Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.

Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Loek Essers — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:37:00 GMT

More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

Android, Apple Own 80% o Global Smartphone Market: Microsoft's Share, 2.2%

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (John P. Mello Jr. — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:25:00 GMT

What a difference a year makes in the booming smartphone market.