They are Skypephones. This is a very clever idea. The mobile works as a mobile, but because it has 3G, and is therefore connected to a nice fast network, it can use Skype as well. Skype is an network based telephony solution. I...

I have to admit that even this cynical hack's jaw nearly fell through the floor yesterday lunchtime when watching the lunchtime news, as news broke about the loss of two CD-ROMs containing the details of the 25 million adults and...

In an attempt to stem the tide of online fraud, Visa is trialling a virtual Visa card in Australia.Known as the V-card, the `card' is actually a pre-paid online voucher that users buy with their debit or credit card (I wonder if...

Google Pack — completely legitimate. Unfortunately, one naughty group is trying to get affiliate commissions from Google by referring customers to download the Google Pack — all to watch a porn movie (I hope that convoluted...

Four small technology companies will challenge recent guidance from the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) in the High Court next week. It states that few claims to computer programs for carrying out patentable methods are...

The Foreign Office has promised to keep data safer in future, after its website exposed the details of those seeking visas for entry into the UK. An investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found a breach of...

Popular e-tailer Scan has partnered with graphic card manufacturer XFX to deliver a cut-down version of the XFX 8800GT for only £117.36, that's £234.72 for a pair of them. The XFX8800GT has only 256MB memory though,...

T-Mobile has lost its case against Vodafone in court and has been forced to sell the iPhone as an unlocked phone. But the German company is charging a hefty 999 Euros, 600 Euros more than the cost of the iPhone from T-Mobile. ...

AT&T, Samsung and Napster are coming together to challenge Apple's iPhone with whom http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iPhoneCenter.html AT&T already has an exclusive contract. Samsung will release a...

Hitwise released some figures on Monday which showed how extensive the domination Google has on the US Search Market. Google is nearly three times bigger than the next second biggest search engine Yahoo (64.49 per cent vs 21.65...

Open source innovator and SNORT creator, Sourcefire announced that the Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) delivered rules that protected Sourcefire customers and Snort users for close to a month prior to the recent...

Should it be confirmed that the discs have effectively been stolen rather than lost, it would highlight the fact that it is much less of a gamble for criminals to steal such bounty rather than risk their lives in a real bank...

Firefox fanboys rejoice; Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3 Beta 1 browser but it doesn't solve one of Firefox's biggest gripes. Since Firefox 2.0 launched, the browser has been plagued with memory leaks, instances where...

Two computer disks containing the details of all families in the UK with one or more children under 16 who are Child Benefit recipients have been "lost" by courier TNT. The BBC also revealed that the item was shipped...

The current position taken by the Government and reported extensively in the UK media is the loss of 25 million child benefit claimant records by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is simply an unfortunate blunder arising from...