Google has lost two German court cases over copyright in images displayed as thumbnails in search results. German courts ruled in both cases that Google's display of miniature versions of pictures without permission infringed...

The European Commission has admitted that its rules on e-money have stifled the market for virtual currencies over the past eight years and has proposed a revised set of regulations that it hopes will stimulate demand. The...

We have had a few rather interesting discussions this morning following our earlier Apple laptop article with some Apple fans which helped us draw a list of 9 reasons why even if Apple's new Macbooks are horrendously expensive,...

Mobile phone company T-Mobile has been criticised for saying that mobile broadband users could expect the same level of speed and quality of service as fixed line broadband. However, the advert drew a complaint from a...

Virgin Media is on a roll it seems. It has been designated as the most reliable UK broadband provider by Point Topic when it comes to achieved vs advertised broadband speeds. Last week, Virgin media won top kudos from...

The attempt by the current UK government to log each and every email, browsing session and phone calls made in the UK, in what some have called a Big brother database, has been severely criticised by its s own anti-terrorism...

In its attempt to take on Adobe’s Flash technology, Microsoft has come up with the next version of its Silverlight 2 media player.  Unlike the previous versions of Silverlight, in which developers were restricted to...

With an aim of bringing in crucial improvements in “performance, Web compatibility and speed” in its Firefox browser, Mozilla released its new Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 which it claims will provide a superb browsing...

Apple has just updated its whole range of Macbooks with the aluminium Brick models likely to create the most buzz on the market. However, Steve Jobs has also decided to up the price of its entry level white Apple Macbook from...

Apart from the new Macbook Brick laptop. Apple also released an updated version of its 13-inch Macbook with a trimmed-down price of USD 999 (yeah, Apple has upped the price of the Macbook to £719). The white 13-inch...

Microsoft released its October security patch this Tuesday, which includes 11 updates addressing 20 vulnerabilities, out of which, four vulnerabilities affecting, Internet Explorer, Windows 2000 Server, Host Integration Server...

Microsoft has rolled out the next version of its Office Communication Server 2007 Release 2, or simply OCS 2007 R2, company’s unified communication software that incorporates integration of emails, Web conferencing,...

Confirming something I've been wibbling about for a couple of years now, a group of researchers with Georgia Tech in the US say that hackers are now starting to turn their attention to mobile phones. The reason, the researchers...

Interesting to hear that Symantec has rolled out a couple of remote PC diagnostic and support services - PC Checkup at $29.99 and PC TuneUp at $69.99.Both services are aimed at users of Windows XP and Vista, and, interestingly,...

To say that 3 is the most aggressive mobile phone network on the market would be an understatement and to prove this point, the Hutchinson-Whampoa firm has announced that it will sell the popular Nokia N95 handset with "Comes...

Windows Server 2008 is the most robust Windows Server operating system to date and Amazon has the cheapest price for it in United Kingdom. It is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure...

The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite.  Such a software suite was previously made popular by Netscape and Mozilla, and the SeaMonkey project continues to...

The Fujitsu Siemens Storagebird SOLO 35-UB is an stationary external 3.5-inch hard disk drive which provides up to 1 TB of storage for your important and precious and data files.  It is designed for home and office users...

A new law has been created in the US which toughens penalties for infringements of intellectual property law. The law will also create an intellectual property (IP) enforcement co-ordinator. The Prioritizing Resources and...

Consultancy Firm Detica Group warned that people are still failing to combat identity fraud, despite an increased risk and heightened fear among the public of the crime and it believes this problem stems from people not only...