November 15, 2014
Five-year-old passes Microsoft exam
A boy from Coventry has become the youngest computer specialist in the world. Ayan Qureshi is now a Microsoft Certified Professional after passing the tech giant's exam when he was just five years old. Ayan, now six, whose father is an IT…
November 15, 2014
Yahoo Mail users furious over disruptions
Yahoo Mail users vented their anger on Twitter Friday about disruptions plaguing the free messaging service. Website Downrightnow.com, which monitors popular online services, displayed a graph showing multiple disruptions of Yahoo Mail in the past…
November 14, 2014
YouTube Music Key subscription service is unveiled
Google's YouTube is starting a subscription service that allows users to stream ad-free music videos and to download them for offline use. The £9.99 monthly fee for Music Key also provides membership to Google Play All Access, its existing…
November 11, 2014
Microsoft rolls out Clutter tool to help you ignore email you don’t want to see
Anyone with an overflowing inbox knows that separating the most important messages from the noise isn't an easy task. That's why Microsoft is rolling out Clutter, an inbox tool for Office 365 business customers that helps users prioritize email…
November 11, 2014
Tomorrow, a Spacecraft Will Try to Land on a Comet for the First Time Ever
Tomorrow morning, a 10-year, 4-billion-mile journey will end when a spacecraft attempts to land on a comet for the first time. The ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August 6, settling in an orbit around the…
October 27, 2014
Keyless cars ‘increasingly targeted by thieves using computers’
Organised criminal gangs are increasingly targeting high-end cars with keyless security systems, a motoring industry group has warned. The thieves are able to bypass security using equipment intended only for mechanics, the Society of Motor…
October 20, 2014
Google changes ‘to fight piracy’ by highlighting legal sites
Google has announced changes to its search engine in an attempt to curb online piracy. The company has long been criticised for enabling people to find sites to download entertainment illegally. The entertainment industry has argued that illegal…
October 4, 2014
Facebook: We’re still experimenting on users, but now it’s less creepy
Facebook says it's making changes after an uproar over its mood manipulation experiment. Not among those changes? Ending experiments. The announcement marks Facebook's fullest public acknowledgment yet of problems with the study, conducted…