A Finnish firm is marketing an interesting add-on for Visa credit and debit cards - a 2D barcode that is added to the card for loyalty purposes.This rather neat idea centres on a peel-and-stick barcode that shoppers at UpCode's...

Reports are coming in that Internet Explorer 8.0 - which is apparently alpha testing amongst the chosen few - will have some excellent privacy features when it ships in its gold code version towards the end of the year.Rather...

Version 2.0.2 of Apple's iPhone Firmware allows anybody to break into a given iPhone within a few seconds as long as they have physical access to the phone. The trick (or as it is called, a major security flaw) was revealed by...

A virus known as W32.TGammima.AG has made it to the International Space station, 350 kilometers above our heads, last June according to a report released by the NASA. It is not the first time that a virus has made it to the ISS...

HTC have been remiss of late with the simpler version of Microsoft Mobile. The announcement of the HTC S740 brings the moribund platform back into focus. The S740 has some of the Touch Diamond glamour grafted onto it, so...

In its effort to offer a more interactive and user-oriented search platform, Google would start providing real-time suggestions to the web searchers for their diverse search queries. The service from the search engine behemoth...

No, your iPhone doesn't allow you to surf all parts of the internet, contrary to what their advert say - this led the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ask Apple to can the current advert after coming to the conclusion...

If you have missed any episode of your favourite show on BBC’s online series, then there isn’t much to worry about, as BBC has announced ‘series stacking’ services, scheduling to start somewhere in mid...

Launch of smartphones for professionals and business users, seems to be the flavour of the month, as after the Palm Inc.’s Treo Pro, HTC has rolled out its S740 slider phone to lure the business segment. The new device...

In its attempt of addressing the soaring issues of call dropping and poor 3G reception with the iPhone, Apple's unofficial Dev Team (so they call themselves) has introduced the Pwnage version 2.0.3, which is said to extend...

Samsung is all set introduce internet onto your television screens with its new service called InforLive which essentially will be a Widget Channel for televisions. It is expected to announce its plans in the upcoming...

There's a growing evidence that the current Government is seeking to implement a gigantic Cradle-to-grave database which will ultimatedly contain the details of everyone living in Britain. A £224 million information pool,...

German PC manufacturer Medion has enlisted Tesco as another high profile supermarket retailer as it releases the first £600 Blu Ray PC in the UK. Medion, who provides computers to discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl, is...

Apple will face legal action over its insistence that its software only run on its own hardware. A competitor, Psystar, says the restrictions may break antitrust laws. Apple is already suing Psystar over its sales of 'clone'...

Microsoft will strengthen privacy protections in the upcoming new version of its dominant web browser, Internet Explorer. The changes will allow users to control what information on their web use is stored and published by their...

Michael Heller is an academic at Columbia University in New York and told technology law podcast OUT-LAW Radio that intellectual property laws are being used to stop new products and services being made. "I discovered a...

NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and faces extradition to face trial in the US. McKinnon's lawyer, Karen Todner, has told the BBC that she will ask the Home Secretary to...

Data Compliance seems to be a word on every business lips at the moment. With compliance legislation becoming more and more prevalent, it is something which businesses must take note of. Procedures, policies and funding has to...