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An update to Google Maps on Android phones lets you wallpaper the start screen with a real-time map, among other things.

Snigger as you will over Microsoft’s decision to call Bing, its overhauled search engine, a “decision engine”, but know this: Bing is the real deal.

How often do you think about the background systems that make your computer run smoothly and surely? We show you seven of our favourite programs to keep your system in tip-top shape.

Skype has announced Skype 4.2 for Windows beta and a new beta build for Symbian phones.

On Monday, Seesmic released an update to Seesmic for BlackBerry, a Twitter app that first debuted in late November.

An update to the desktop Twitter app TweetDeck expands to support a LinkedIn column, old and new retweet styles and Twitter lists, among other additions.

Trillian IM users on the PC or web who have been waiting to chat with Trillian on the iPhone will have to wait a while longer.

Forgo Twitter.com’s dreaded ‘fail whale.’ How? Tweet from the desktop. It’s more reliable at times, and sophisticated desktop apps are packed with useful management features.

Those who have been restlessly awaiting the arrival of Google’s official Gmail push solution for mobile phones can relax after Google expanded the reach of its Google Sync services to iPhone and Windows Mobile.

Yahoo Messenger 10 beta is Yahoo’s latest vision of its popular chat application for Windows, building off the design and feature strengths of its predecessor, Yahoo Messenger 9.

A majority of home users will appreciate Corel Digital Studio’s feature set, its interactive projects, and wide support for photo and video formats.

The third major edition of Facebook for iPhone pours on a heap of new features, and many of them focused on friends and photos. Get a glance of what’s in store.

All in all Windows Live Movie Maker is decent freeware that lives up to its promise of making movies fast. Regardless, Microsoft would do well, at the very least, to build more sharing plug-ins and a fleshier Help menu.

The arrival of push notification in Apple’s 3.0 iPhone software whipped up excitement, though its real-world application still left users wanting more. So Tiverias Apps has released GPush, which fills in the gap with push notification for your Gmail account.

Two new versions of Documents To Go have been released on the Android Market, with updates for both the free and premium versions of the software.

We all know that BlackBerry phones are touted as some of the best business devices out there. Here are six of our favourite applications for busy, on-the-go professionals.

Although push notification has been out for weeks now, plenty of publishers are still integrating the technology into applications for the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

Thanks to close collaborations with Apple, Microsoft, RIM (BlackBerry) engineers, and so on, Facebook-sponsored applications are available for a wide spectrum of mobile phones.

Microsoft has begun taking submissions from developers to populate its upcoming App Market, sweetening the deal by announcing a competition to find the best apps and prizes for the winners.

Despite some compatibility setbacks, Corel Home Office suite is useful for creating documents. Its conscientious size, small-screen optimisations, and attractive price make it a good buy for a Netbook office suite, or for saving space by shedding advanced features.