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Peter Molyneux reveals Fable 3 details

Peter Molyneux reveals Fable 3 details

He's linked it to Ico and he's linked it to President Barack Obama, but what many GDC attendees didn't expect was for Peter Molyneux to link Fable III to former Pythonite John Cleese.

Microsoft Bing embedded in Google Android phones

Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.

Hackers target PDF bugs more than Microsoft Word, says F-Secure

Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, F-Secure said today.

Microsoft could battle back with Internet Explorer

Industry watchers say Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser could help the software giant regain market share and get products in front of more customers.

Google buys DocVerse to take on Microsoft

With its acquisition of DocVerse, Google is offering an online component to Microsoft Word before Microsoft does so itself.

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Microsoft may announce Internet Explorer 9 at MIX 2010

Rumors are circulating that Microsoft could announce a beta of Internet Explorer 9 at the upcoming MIX 2010 conference. The new version is rumored to feature improved support for open web standards.

Office 2010 to launch 12 May

The Office 2010 application suite will be formally launched by Microsoft at an event scheduled for 12 May, the company announced.

Microsoft to fix 8 Windows & Office vulnerabilities

Microsoft will ship two security updates on Tuesday to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.

Microsoft browser ballot unfair, say small firms

Most of the developers whose browsers have been relegated to a second screen of the ballot Microsoft is now pushing to Europeans are mad as hell, and they won't take it anymore.

CeBIT: Firefox researchers show off 3D graphics

A group of researchers plan to soon release a version of the Firefox browser that integrates the ability to view 3D graphics.

Microsoft fouls up browser ballot randomisation

Microsoft's new browser ballot screen, which is supposed to randomly scramble the positions of the top five browsers, instead gives Google's Chrome the best shot of landing the preferred first spot, an IBM software architect said today.

Gmail pulls six Labs tools into standard product

Google has made six Gmail Labs experiments standard features in the webmail service.has made six Gmail Labs experiments standard features in the webmail service.

Apple denies adult apps category rumours

Looks like there won't be any 'Explicit' category for apps in Apple's App Store after all, as the Cupertino company reportedly removed the option from the App Store submission software.

Rumour: Adobe may launch new Creative Suite app

A digital printing conference in Texas is advertising that Adobe will be announcing a new product that's part of its 'signature suite' in April. Further details were not announced but the event's website says that that this is a brand new application.

YouTube cuts off support for older Internet Explorer

Google's YouTube will drop support for Microsoft's nearly nine year old Internet Explorer 6 in just over two weeks, the popular video site has announced.

Twitter churns out millions of tweets

New numbers from the folks at Twitter show that people are tweeting furiously.

Adobe finally patches critical Flash bug

Adobe has patched a critical vulnerability in the Windows utility used to download the company's two most popular products, Adobe Reader and Flash Player.

iPhone app attacks climate change deniers

An Australian scientist has created an iPhone application to help debunk climate change sceptics' theories.

Adobe tightens security for Download Manager

Adobe is working fixing a bug in Download Manager, the program Adobe uses to speed up downloads of its products.

Microsoft Outlook to sync with Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace

Microsoft is adding social networking services, including LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace, to its latest email client Outlook 2010, in a move that will allow users to share social networking information in their inbox.

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