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Microsoft has announced the release of 14 bulletins, addressing 20 vulnerabilities, three classed as critical, for December’s Patch Tuesday. The critical bulletins address security issues in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003 and 2008 and will include a fix for the Duqu bot that attacks a vulnerability in the Windows kernel. The remaining eleven [...]

The code behind the mobile operating system, WebOS, is being released to open source software developers by Hewlett Packard. The tech company acquired the software when it bought the smartphone maker Palm for $1.2bn (£767m) last year. HP used the code to power its short-lived range Touchpad tablet computers before it abandoned the product line. [...]

Andy Woodham is enjoying an enviable retirement. Aged 60 he and his wife like to travel as much as possible. In the mean time their home is left empty – which in the winter could mean burst pipes, and an insurance nightmare to return home to. Not exactly the après ski experience they look forward [...]

Each day, billions of pictures and videos are shared between strangers on websites like Facebook, Google+ and YouTube. But individuals are now also sharing physical possessions through the web, as part of a movement called collaborative consumption. “It’s all driven by this desire to get more use out of the assets that we already have [...]

Alkitab Bible Study is a free, open source Bible reference and study aid. It offers multiple viewing options, daily devotionals, a powerful search tool, and extras like plug-ins, as well as the ability to download and install a wide variety of texts, commentaries, dictionaries, concordances, lexicons, and other reference works, many of them time-tested classics. [...]

Investors have been urged to spread the new scientific and technological advancements in the rural sector in order to improve the quality of life of Tanzanians. The deputy minister for trade and industries Lazaro Nyalandu said that if the rural population is modernized the circulation of money will increase the national income and hence the [...]

Skype is integrating with Facebook to make it easier to call and video chat with friends and family on the social network. The deal comes amid fevered rumours that Facebook plans to launch a phone of its own. Meanwhile Skype is gearing up for a $100m (£62m) share issue. “The essence of the Skype experience [...]

London is preparing to host a major international conference on the threat from cyber security attacks. Representatives of 60 nations are gathering to discuss how to tackle the rising levels of cybercrime. It comes a day after intelligence agency GCHQ warned that cyber attacks on the UK were at “disturbing” levels. Foreign Secretary William Hague [...]

Cloud storage and file-sharing service DropBox today announced a new service that allows work groups to share up to 1TB of online capacity, while also allowing IT shops to add or remove users. Dropbox for Teams is priced at $795 annually for five users, with additional seats available for $125 each. The base plan includes [...]

The new Sony subsidiary will only make smartphones from next year Japanese technology giant Sony has bought full control of mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson from Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson. Sony has agreed to buy 50% of the firm for 1.1bn euros ($1.5bn; £964m), making the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. [...]