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April 30
- Office for iPad: 4 cheaper alternatives
- Free bitcoins handed out to MIT students
- Twitter’s potential growth questioned as shares drop
- Firefox 29 released to desktop users
- Office for iPad updated with printing capabilities
April 29
- IBM's MobileFirst strategy gathers pace
- Hardware remains king in the virtual world, claims IBM
- PwC sounds alarm over spiralling cost of security breaches
- Raspberry Pi used to create a £90 smartphone
- MacBook Air gets refreshed: Faster processor, lower price
- Police warn over malware threat from pirate video websites
- Europol highlights Bitcoin & dark net cyber security challenges
- Nokia names Rajeev Suri as CEO
- Smart baby monitor hacked & used to wake up a sleeping child
- Google's self-driving car tested in Mountain View
- Samsung ships 89 million smartphones in Q1
April 28
- Nokia brand to be axed but not replaced by Microsoft Mobile
- Apple iPhone 5 users warned over faulty power buttons
- EE signs up 900k 4G users in first 3 months of 2014
- RBS offers mobile banking services from vans
- Microsoft confirms Internet Explorer flaw being used in "targeted" attacks
- Essex County Council promises to improve broadband service
April 25
- EE 4G rollout hits 200 location milestone
- Mozilla appoints Andreas Gal as new CTO
- Tim Cook: Microsoft should have released Office earlier
- Facebook acquires Moves diarising app
April 24
- iOS 7.1.1 available to download
- Essex streets have the slowest broadband in the country
- Street View lets users re-visit the past
- Windows 8 upgrade costs see Chinese government stick with XP
April 23
- Heartbleed bug: Everything you need to know
- Virgin Atlantic hails Google Glass trial a success
- Intel prepping Thunderbolt 3 with 40Gpbs throughput
- Bank of England to simulate cyber attacks to test threat response
- Microsoft charges Motorola for use of Android and Chrome OS
- Apple calls on companies to copy its stance on green issues
April 22
- Microsoft makes changes to Nokia acquisition deal
- OpenSSL replacement in the works post-Heartbleed fallout
- Nike FuelBand rumoured to be axed after job cuts
- Verizon outlines 9 causes of 94% of cyber attacks
- HMRC plans to sell taxpayers' data to private firms
- Windows 7 to star in Lloyds bank's ATM upgrade plans
April 17
- Virgin Media mass email blunder to be investigated by ICO
- Nokia Lumia 2520 UK sales halted due to charger fault
- Mumsnet reveals how it fell victim to Heartbleed
- Dell reveals plans for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner hacked week after launch
April 16
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release date revealed
- Digital Pain Garden visualises suffering
- Microsoft SQL Server 2014 arrives with in-memory technology
- Sky, TalkTalk & CityFibre bring York 1Gbps broadband
- Dell welcomes certifications for SAP HANA
- Google reveals email scanning in new terms of service
April 15
- Gartner: Extreme transformation is on the horizon for some leaders
- BlackBerry and Google work on Heartbleed fix to protect users
- One quarter of UK homes now have superfast broadband
- 3D image projector could be screen of future
- Windows Phone 8.1 released for developers
- Chris Beard joins Mozilla board as interim CEO
April 14
- Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S4: Do you need to upgrade?
- Criminals target Windows XP for scams as support ends
- Government plans to get 2.7 million people online by 2016
- OpenSSL founder warns more support and funding needed to prevent another Heartbleed
- UK police forces not prepared for large-scale cyber attack
- Microsoft shrinks Windows down to size for tablets
April 11
- Sony sounds alarm over VAIO battery fire risk
- Microsoft's enterprise cloud passes EU privacy standards
- Google Glass on sale for one day...but only in the US
- Samsung Galaxy S5 released today: Price and specs
- Virgin Media rolls out rural business broadband to Yorkshire
April 10
- Fake Android app was an honest mistake, claims developer
- Apple iOS design guru Greg Christie to retire
- Google invests in robotics start-up Savioke
- Microsoft pulls Windows 8.1 update for business users
- Google Glass tested by US Air Force
April 9
- US hospitals trial diagnosis by Google Glass
- VMware promises enterprise low-cost route to VDI
- Google enlists Citrix to bring Windows apps to Chromebooks
- Nokia bags Chinese approval for Microsoft phone deal
April 8
- Dennis partnership sees 12,500 schoolchildren get Windows 8 laptops
- Google removes scam antivirus app from Play store
- 30-second smartphone charger unveiled
- Critical "Heartbleed" security bug found in OpenSSL protocol
- Windows XP support end of life: Ultimate guide
- Worcestershire bags £1m superfast broadband rollout boost
- Steve Jobs planned 'Holy War' on Google before he died
April 7
- The IBM System/360 mainframe turns 50
- Windows XP users risk "car crash" scenario by sticking with old OS
- Apple snaps up UK-based speech recognition firm Novauris
- Maria Miller MP targeted in DCMS Twitter hack
April 4
- Microsoft teases return of the real Start button
- Vine debuts new messaging system
- NHS to embark on £230m GP IT services upgrade
- Mozilla CEO steps down amid anti-gay marriage outcry
- Office for iPad downloads hit 12 million
April 3
- Speed and reliability top priorities for mobile apps
- Nominet cracks down on nefarious domain names
- Home improvement firm hit with £50k nuisance calls fine
- Windows Phone 8.1: Top 8 features
- Government strikes last minute deal over extended Windows XP support
- Microsoft offers sneak peek at Internet of Things plans
- Microsoft's Cortana takes on Siri in Windows Phone 8.1
April 2
- Lawyers want money-laundering charges dismissed in Silk Road case
- Dell introduces Rugged Extreme Latitude devices
- Salesforce leads growth of worldwide software market
- BT comes under fire for not revealing fibre rollout plans
- Rackspace to host BAFTA Awards site
April 1
- Vodafone clinches multi-million pound RWE networking deal
- Warwick University to patent 2D camera hand gesture recognition tech
- London Police draw up copyright infringing website hit list
- UK Cyber Emergency Response Team launched