Thousands of new apps are released every week, but which are worth a spot on your homescreen? Here is this week's selection.
Windows 8 promises much faster boot up times
Windows 8 will have much faster boot-up times, the divisional chief Steven Sinofsky has promised in a new blogpost on Microsoft's developer blogs.
To prove that Microsoft is serious about speeding up the process of restarting the machine from a "cold" state – which it says data retrieved from systems shows is used by 45% of laptop users, and 57% of all Windows 7 users – the company has posted a video showing a test system booting up in just two seconds.
Review Game: Bodycount
The phrase "less is more" is not one you often find uttered by game developers – they invariably tend more towards the "if in doubt, throw in the kitchen-sink" school of thought. But that's the philosophy behind Bodycount, according to Codemasters Guildford.
which argues that spurious characterisations and plot-twists keep gamers away from the actual shooting that they crave above all else in first-person shooters.
which argues that spurious characterisations and plot-twists keep gamers away from the actual shooting that they crave above all else in first-person shooters.
Review: Huawei Ideos Tablet S7
Stab, stab, stab. Stab, stab, stab. No, that's not me trying to stab my own eyes out in frustration, nor me plunging a kitchen implement into whoever chucked together the Huawei Ideos Tablet S7, but me trying to get the touchscreen first to register my taps and second to respond to them.
Twitter hackers spread Ground Zero attack scare before account suspension
'Hacktivist' group had hacked into NBC's account and tweeted false news about plane crash at New York's Ground Zero
Hackers posted fake tweets of attack at Ground Zero, above, after hacking into the twitter account of NBC News. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP
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