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Facebook Introduces Timeline: A new way to express who you are. by Cyber Vagabond on Oct 8, 2011Source:  http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/22/facebook-introduces-timeline-a-express-are/Facebook has just announced a new version of its profile called the Timeline at the f8 developer conference. The new layout is meant to be a central location...

McAfee: Smartphones, Apple devices to be top malware targets in 2011 by sharehacker on Apr 28, 2011by Lee Mathews on December 29, 2010 at 10:30 AM Traditionally, Windows' massive user base has made it a juicy target for malware authors, but a new report from McAfee suggests there could be a major shift in 2011. The security company is predicting t...

Google Hotpot finally (and fully) merged into Places by sharehacker on Apr 27, 2011by Matthew Rogers on April 8, 2011 at 07:07 PM It's taken months of confused looks, but Google's finally seen the light. Hotpot, which has been a universally scorned moniker for a service that just about everyone called Places, is now simply lumped i...

Google Voice now lets you port your existing phone number for $20 by sharehacker on Apr 27, 2011by Vlad Bobleanta on January 25, 2011 at 01:52 PM Google has just officially announced the availability of phone number porting for Google Voice. From now on, you will be able to port your existing phone number to Google Voice, for a one-time fee of...

Nokia will be allowed to customize every part of Windows Phone 7 by sharehacker on Apr 23, 2011by Sebastian Anthony on February 11, 2011 at 08:15 AM In a bit of an about-turn, Microsoft will allow Nokia to "customize everything" in Windows Phone 7 in order to both differentiate it from handsets made by current WP7 OEMs, such as HTC and Samsung...

Nokia gets Windows Phone 7, Bing, Xbox Live and Office in partnership with Microsoft by sharehacker on Apr 22, 2011by Samuel Gibbs on February 11, 2011 at 03:50 AM It's finally happened, Nokia's just announced that it'll be partnering Microsoft in a 'Broad Strategic Partnership' to not only take on Windows Phone 7 for future smartphones, but trade existing softw...

Microsoft shows off Windows Phone 7 Kinect integration at MWC by sharehacker on Apr 22, 2011by Samuel Gibbs on February 15, 2011 at 05:00 AM Windows Phone 7 is set to combine with Kinect for some novel control elements for Xbox gaming. Microsoft has been pushing greater and greater device integration ever since the success of the Xbox platf...

Microsoft blames third party for Windows Phone 7 3G data issue by sharehacker on Apr 22, 2011by Samuel Gibbs on January 20, 2011 at 03:25 AM Last week, Microsoft launched an investigation into an apparent Windows Phone 7 bug that caused some users to experience mysterious, unexplainable data transmission over 3G (up to 50 GB of data in some...

Windows 8 to kill off Adobe Reader? by sharehacker on Apr 19, 2011Windows 8 is set to include its own native PDF reader, signalling the end of forced Adobe Reader integration. A thousand weary PDF perusers are no doubt crying tears of happiness at the mere thought of never again having to update their PDF reader e...

Adobe Photoshop compatible apps coming to a tablet near you by sharehacker on Apr 19, 2011Adobe has announced a range of new tablet-focused tools to allow developers to create phone and tablet apps that integrate with Photoshop. Adobe hopes that developers will use the new SDK to make Photoshop seem more fun, as well as extending its tab...