Palm has confirmed that it won't be launching its Pre smartphone next week during the Playbite 2009 event, contrary to an article that has appeared online. A spokesperson for the company told tech website V3 that the event to...

Facebook has started rolling out a new, simplified version of its website worldwide and appears to be aimed at its audience with slower connections, which incidentally are not all in developing countries. Presented as the fastest...

Two separate sources have confirmed that Microsoft won't be shipping the Zune HD outside the United States this year, thereby shooting themselves in both feet, as Apple went the opposite way with its iPod Touch. Speaking to Ars...

Google has subtly increased the size of its front page search text box and accompanying "Google Search" and "I'm Feeling Lucky" buttons to encourage users to input longer search strings. Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of...

Online streaming music phenomenon Spotify has reverted back to its "invite-only" membership format in the UK because of the huge demand (and subsequent pressures) that it has to face here. The company was an invite-only startup...

Within a couple of weeks after it unleashed Snow Leopard, Apple has issued an update to its latest operating system, bringing a host of compatibility and stability improvements, along with addressing a single security snag - the...

UK boxing champion Amir Khan and his promoter Frank Warren, are threatening Facebook with a lawsuit, alleging that the site carries abusive and defamatory remarks about the British boxer. The duo have engaged lawyers to warn the...

In an attempt to settle down the wave of criticism and allay competition fears over its ambitious $125m Book Search Project, Google on Thursday told the US Congress that it will offer rivals access to its online texts. The search...

A recent research has revealed that the increased use of contemporary technologies, such as mobile and computers, has been hampering school-aged children’s ability of independent study by promoting the tendency to...

A trade body has lost a laptop computer containing the personal details of 37,000 people and information on 1,900 people's driving convictions. The information was kept on an unencrypted laptop which was stolen from a locked...

In yet another tweak to the website that brings it even closer to the microblogging platform Twitter, Facebook has introduced a new “@”-based tagging system for better status updates. The newly added feature would...

US Phone manufacturer Motorola has unveiled the Cliq, the first of a series of Android phones in the US that the company plans to launch; the phone will be known as the Dext when it goes on sale in the UK next month. The phone is...

Vodafone has announced that it will be launching a mobile broadband gadget that will enable users to share their connection with as many as five Wi-Fi enabled devices. The network operator has talked about a "Vodafone Mobile...

Apple has given its green light for the addition of Real Networks' Rhapsody application to the App Store, a move that may convince Apple critics that the company has relaxed its inclusion rules.The move comes a few days after the...