New report suggests that rival mobile app stores -- led by Android -- could take the lead in coming years, shifting developer priorities.

It isn't hard to find an Android app for nearly any purpose -- if you know where to look and how to interpret user ratings.

If you could name just one feature that made Firefox as popular as it is today, most people would probably say add-ons. Mozilla is now announcing that, in the five years they've been available, Firefox add-ons have been downloaded two billion times. Half of that was just in the past couple of years.

Android 2.2 seemed pretty cool, bringing Flash 10.1, a Davlik JIT compiler for faster apps, and the ability to run apps off a memory card. But Google's recently unveiled Android 3.0 operating system, codenamed "Gingerbread" may make Android 2.2 "Froyo" look downright pedestrian.

The new version of the Android OS, Android 2.2, originally codenamed FroYo (short for Frozen Yoghurt) was launched at the Google I/O back in May. Google Nexus One users are already getting their hands on the update, and it's likely to cross the pond imminently. So what actually is FroYo, and what can we expect from the new Android OS?

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, a federal research center, won a $994.9 million U.S. Air Force contract add-on for software development related to national defense, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Google's Android operating system is favored for smartphones and tablets, according to an analyst, and a report citing comments from Nvidia's CEO.

Apple iPad owners in the UK can watch live sport on the device with the launch of a new application from broadcaster Sky but it will cost £35 for non-Sky customers.

Get your virtual wallet out for the cream of Android's app scene.

Install the Android 2.2 update on your device and you don't immediately see much difference, at least on the Nexus One, but there are some simple changes to the home screen.

Gadget-mad Stephen Fry will launch his own Apple iPad app, the suitably named FryPad, when the device goes on sale in the UK this Friday. T3's current Gadget Personality of the Year bagged himself a pre-release copy of the device and has decided to transfer the vast archive of blogs and 'blessays' from StephenFry.com onto an iPad application that will be free to download.

The Apple iPhone may have made apps famous, but fantastic Android phones such as the HTC Desire, the HTC Legend and the Sony Ericsson X10 have opened them up for everyone. Flexible and open to developers, Android doesn't have a restrictive approval system like Apple's App Store.

Adobe has begun a new effort to bring imaging software such as Lightroom to the iPad and other tablet computers--but the leader of the work also is fretting over the control Apple has over it.

Mozilla's director of Firefox - Mike Beltzner - webcast the plans for the next major version of the Firefox browser with the Mozilla community yesterday, then posted the presentation on his blog.

Less than a week after it graduated version 5 of Chrome to the Beta channel, Google provided the first update for early adopters. “Google Chrome 5.0.375.38 has been released to the Beta channel for Linux, Mac and Windows,” Anthony Laforge, from the Google Chrome Team, revealed.

The Android market, notable rival to the App Store, has finally reached over 50,000 apps, a milestone reached because of the countless Android enthusiasts.

Observing Android is kind of like watching a child's early years: We've seen it since the beginning; we've always known it's been on the brink of a massive growth spurt. But that hasn't made it any less impressive to see how quickly it's matured.

Mobile adult content firm Mobile Services says Apple's recent crackdown on adult iPhone apps saw its revenues plummet at a stroke. So to speak.

With chip makers continuing to increase the number of cores they include on each new generation of their processors, perhaps it's time to rethink the basic architecture of today's operating systems, suggested Dave Probert, a kernel architect within the Windows core operating systems division at Microsoft.

You're probably aware that 64-bit and 32-bit versions of your operating system exist, but apart from ascribing to a bigger-is-better philosophy, you may have no idea what separates the two. The question: Should you use a 64-bit version of Windows, and why?