Microsoft has announced the availability of downloadable versions of Windows 7 and destined for machines that do not have any optical drive like Netbooks or ultra portables. The online-only versions are apparently only available...

The BBC is reportedly mulling over plans to come up with an international edition of its hugely popular iPlayer service, in a bid to allow global audience to catch up with some of its top shows, according to BBC Worldwide, the...

The much sought after Nokia N900 has apparently been delayed until mid November according to an email received by a customer who has already ordered the forthcoming high end mobile phone.The smartphone can already be pre-ordered...

Microsoft got a shot in the arm this morning as the NASDAQ opened and shares in the company rose almost 10% in pre-market trading.  The reason for the rise is two fold, Microsoft have announced better than expected results,...

With an eye on improving its position in the high end server storage market, IBM has launched its latest range of its DS8000 series disk storage arrays called the DS8700 and it is designed to be more energy efficient and offer...

In what comes across as another sign of the demise of free internet, TV site Hulu has confirmed that it will be changing its business model following recent remarks by News Corp’s deputy chairman Chase Carey that suggest...

A blogger who convinced the High Court to allow a court order to be communicated by Twitter has said that the move was a success. Donal Blaney claims that the rogue tweeter has agreed to stop impersonating him. Blaney, a right...

A snapshot of yet another HTC smartphone based on Android platform, called Desire, has emerged and it appears to be heading for Verizon Wireless. Boygeniusreport managed to capture a closeup photo of the device, in the dark,...

Owing to the widespread outcry over the government’s proposed plans to disconnect the users suspected of illegal file downloading, the culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has said that the government’s stance to deal with...

MySpace has not done enough when it had the occasion to innovate and make the most of its position as the then-leader of the emerging social networking sector, according to Jonathan Miller, News Corp.’s chief digital...

Symbian Foundation has announced that it has made the microkernel, a crucial component of Symbian OS, the world’s renowned mobile operating system, available to the open source developer community nine months before it was...

Online retail bellwether Amazon on Thursday announced that it is planning to unleash an iteration of its hugely popular Kindle e-book application for the PC, and more specifically for Windows 7. Microsoft’s chief executive...

In its response to the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) claims that has brought the internet security into question, the internet registry RIPE NCC has claimed that it was nowhere involved in dealings with the...

Mobile phone giants, Nokia and Apple, are all set to clash in a legal battle after the Finnish mobile phone company filed a lawsuit against its American rival that could end in Nokia having a preset commission on every iPhone...

Insurance major Zurich has disclosed that it had misplaced a back-up tape containing crucial personal details of more than 51,000 UK customers. The tape comprising the details was lost back in August last year, but notifications...

One of the problems that you encounter when you control more than 90 percent of the computer market is that whatever move you make will leave a significant number of your customers deeply frustrated; Microsoft hit this snag with...