Google announces Android 2.2 Froyo with Flash, 5x speed increase

The latest version of Google Android OS, version 2.2 codenamed Froyo was announced at the Google IO developers conference. Froyo (for frozen yogurt) is the seventh update to the Android platform brings added functionality to users (things like making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser), along with new tools for developers and a significant 5x speed and performance increase on existing hardware.

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Breaking News: Symantec Acquires VeriSign's security business

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Symantec announced the acquisition of Verisign's security business, which includes key technologies that enable safe and secure transactions online. Symantec will own VeriSign's name and trademarks as well as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Services, the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Services, the VeriSign Trust Services and the VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service.

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Study: Software Piracy in Canada at its Lowest during Global Recession

Installations of unlicensed software on personal computers (PC) in Canada fell from 32 to 29 per cent in 2009 representing a commercial value of US $943 million, according to the seventh annual Global Software Piracy Study released by the Business Software Alliance(BSA).

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Review: LG Shine Touch KM555R on Rogers

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As far as feature phones go, the LG KM555R Shine Touch is surprisingly feature packed for such a lightweight and compact unit.

Available exclusively from Rogers for $49.99 on select three-year plans (or $249 for the contract free price) The LG Shine Touch takes inspiration from some familiar touch enabled smartphones in the market today even if it is sufficiently smaller.

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