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Internet search company Google has been directed to stop the street view filming project in the south Indian city of Bangalore by the city police, until it gets necessary clearance from the government.

Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop spelled confusion over the N9 smartphone, which uses MeeGo platform, as he said the company would launch its first smartphone using Microsoft's Windows platform later this year.

Google has released an experimental extension of its Chrome browser which will help developers to scan their Web applications and flag code that may make them susceptible to online attacks.

Dropbox security bug that allowed users to login to the system without using any password has lead to a serious debate on whether the data stored in Dropbox is secure even if the authentication was through a proper password. Dropbox uses a host key system, so your password is not stored anywhere on your system. The key is your authentication details. If the key is compromised, you can easily remove that particular host/key from your account and it will revoke access

Music fans in Australia can now watch live performance from the iTunes Festival in London without buying a ticket.

An image of Sony’s presentation in Sao Paulo, Brazil reveals a Skype logo which hints Sony’s collaboration with Skype for its upcoming portable gaming system, PlayStation Vita.

Apple has announced the immediate availability of Final Cut Pro X, a professionals-focused video editing software with jaw dropping features, via the Mac App Store.

A British law firm is being blasted by religious leaders after advertising a free divorce via flyers, their website and Twitter.

Adobe Systems Inc reported on Tuesday a 54 percent jump in quarterly net profit and held on to its sales growth target, but warned of weakness in demand for its applications in Europe.

Apple makes Final Cut Pro X, an enhanced version of the editing software available at $300 on the Mac App Store.

Apple will not offer free iPods as part of its annual Back to School promotion, instead it will offer a $100 gift card.

Nokia expects to begin selling its first smartphone that runs on Microsoft’s Windows 7 later this year, said Stephen Elop, chief executive of Nokia.

The newly released Skype 5.5 beta for Windows is bringing along more Facebook integrated features including facebook chat.

Internet filtering is turning out to be a hot-button issue. The concern is that many online entities are filtering out important content and only feeding users “information junk food.”

Apple Inc. has joined the race in offering cloud computing services along with Google Inc., Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp. Apple's iCloud service are intended to be used by 76 percent of iPhone users, according to a RBC Capital Markets survey.

Web-based file hosting service Dropbox has been facing a glitch in its login system for the last few hours that is allowing anyone to sign into the account with any random password or by typing even any single letter.

The love-hate relationship between Apple Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc., whose Flash technology was banned from use on Apple products so far, took a new direction, Monday, with Adobe announcing that the latest versions of its Flash Builder and Flex support building apps for not only Android devices and BlackBerry Playbook but also for the iPhone and iPad.

Tuesday, Apple released Final Cut Pro X, a revolutionary new version of its flagship professional non-linear video editing software. Final Cut Pro X is available on the Mac App Store for $299.99, and its companion Motion 5 and Compressor 4 for $49.99 each.

Apple, well-known for creating proprietary software, is probably running out of ideas these days as people have pointed out that many features in the new version of its mobile operating system - iOS 5 - launched earlier this month at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 were borrowed from other mobile OS such as Android, BlackBerry and even Windows Phone 7.

The new Microsoft operating system Windows 8 may include Hyper-V virtualization software

Technology giant Apple’s one-stop cloud-based photo, video, music and data back up and push out service iCloud has generated a lot of interest and Apple has even held back the launch of its new MacBook Air and other products so that it could bundle iCloud with all future product launches. But does iCloud have what it takes to beat Google Music Beta digital locker, Amazon Cloud Drive, Microsoft Sky Drive?