Taiwanese tech giant Acer has confirmed today that it wont launch any tablets in 2010, preferring instead to focus on ultra portable laptops, a potentially less lucrative market but one that Acer knows like the back of its...

Chromium, the open source project on which Google will build the next Chrome OS and future versions of the Chrome browser, released a few pictures and an intriguing video of what it calls experiments with various form factors...

Citrix Systems, which specialises in virtualisation software, has announced that the company is developing a new application which will allow enterprise users of Apple’s iPad to run Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating...

Sony has updated its laptop family with a new range, the E-series, which will replace the popular NW series at the bottom end of the market although that doesn't mean that E-Series members will be also-ran. They will be using...

Sony Ericsson has just launched a new smartphone called the Aspen and it does have two features that make it quite interesting; firstly, it is the company's first Blackerry-like smartphone and secondly, it comes with Windows...

Trying to find a value-for-money notebook these days is not an easy task, not because they’re hard to find, but because the complete opposite is true, you can’t turn around without someone offering even more of a...

Independent pollster, YouGov again awarded Orange pole position as Number one UK mobile broadband provider.Retaining the top spot in nine out of fifteen measures, Orange achieved first place in the key categories of getting (and...

Sony has expanded its range of portables with a raft of new E Series notebooks in a splash of girl-friendly colours. If carrying a fluorescent green or bright pink computer around in public floats your boat, you'll want to rush...

A petition has been started on the UK government's official petition site to encourage the public sector to move away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 to a more secure platform.The petition, the brainchild of Dan Frydman,...

The Fuzz in Manchester have been unable to carry out vehicle or identity checks for three days after a hapless copper infected their system with the Conficker worm, probaly carried on an unauthorised USB drive. The bug first hit...

Following unprecedented moves by both the French and German governments to wean their populations off of Microsoft's ancient and irreparably insecure web browser Internet Explorer 6, a Downing Street petition is urging the UK...

A Spanish-language Web site says that a Microsoft app phone will definitley be appearing at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Redmond's answer to the iPhone will appear at Mobilepalooza according to a leak from...

The team behind the Chromium platform, which is the foundation of Google Chrome and Chrome OS, has published a few pictures exploring a number of user interface concepts in an exercise they call, form factors exploration which...

You’ve probably already heard about it, but last Wednesday’s mystery Apple event turned out (not unexpectedly) to be the launch of a tablet computer. Chief Executive/Emperor Steve Jobs had his ‘fully operational battle station’...

Oppenheimer & Co, a leading financial advisory firm, has announced that networking and communications technology and services vendor Cisco, is all set to roll-out a new carrier core router as next-generation upgrade to the...

Microsoft has announced that the its Azure cloud based computing platform will now be commercially available in 21 countries across the world after being available for free for a month. The announcement was made by Microsoft on...

Spanish language blog, MuyComputer has claimed that Microsoft is all set to reveal its highly speculated and still unconfirmed Zune Phone at the Mobile World Conference, taking place in Barcelona this month.   The blog...

Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest computer software company, has warned that from February 15th, people still running the Windows 7 Release Candidate will start receiving notifications which will remind the user that...

Thousands of Twitter users are being locked out of their accounts until they manually reset their passwords. The microblogging site is swamped with users complaining that their details have been reset and they are receiving the...

Apple has released a firmware update which it hopes will fix intermittent screen flickering in some 27-inch iMacs. The 294kb 27-inch iMac Display Firmware Update 1.0 download is available now from Apple's website. You'll need...

Portuguese company Displax has developed a thin film capable of turning any non-conductive surface into a multi-touch screen. The polymer film, which is thinner than paper, can be applied to any surface, flat or curved. A matrix...

Microsoft ran a Windows 7 Upgrade Program, a scheme which essentially allowed users who purchased an eligible PC or laptop, to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 for free with, in many cases, a minimal shipping fee...

Cubic PC creator Shuttle has revealed its plans to unveil a new line of Shuttle-branded laptops in Europe next month. The new portables will be outed at the CeBIT show in Hannover from 2-6 March, and should be available to...

While there is incessant buzz that the Google Nexus Phone is coming on T-Mobile’s mobile network in the UK, the search engine giant seems poised to pick out AT&T for the launch of the 3G version of the device in...

Just within a month after Google released the “stable” 4.0 version of its Chrome web browser, the search giant is pushing ahead for Chrome 5 instead of moving steadily by launching version 4.5, it has been...

Mobile network operator Orange has all the reasons to celebrate, as it has once again dominated the list of mobile broadband service providers in the UK, according to a recent survey. The mobile operator snared the top spot in a...

Apple may be postponing the sales of the highly sought after big-screen 27-inch desktop iMac by around three months, with a new report claiming that the company has already halted the production of new units until it addresses...

With a large number of businesses permitting the use of social networking sites at work, cyber attacks on these platforms have soared exponentially in the past few months or so, according to an IT security vendor. A recent poll...

UK telecommunications giant BT has entered into a partnership with O2 to consolidate the mobile operator’s fixed line and mobile networks. The multi-million pound contract would see the UK’s largest fixed line network...

Nvidia has named the first two graphics processors to be based on the company's new Fermi markitecture. The company, which has been heavily criticised in the past for confusing poor punters by renaming and rebranding old...

The combined powers of 3 and T-Mobile activated their 10,000th 3G cell site in the UK last week, adding coverage and capacity for data-hungry consumers.Mass expansion of existing sites began after the networks signed a ground...

Mozilla, the outfit behind the popular Firefox web browser, has rolled out the first ever mobile web browser version of Firefox, Firefox 1.0, for Nokia’s N900 smartphone, which is based on Maemo operating system. Mozilla is...

Dutch Navigation outfit Nav4All has announced that it has called off its free navigation applications for smartphone devices, leaving swarms of users devoid of its handy services hitherto thrown in as gratis. In fact, the company...

The non-profit whistle blowing online portal, WikiLeaks.org, has announced a temporary closure of its services and has asked users to extend donations to help it resume work. The homepage of the website contains information about...

According to a recent study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a leading US based welfare institute, it has been revealed that kids and young teenagers aged 8-18 years are spending around seven and a half hours online, on...

With Apple launching its much-awaited iPad tablet, the device has been attracting mixed reviews both from users and also from competitors, who see the device as a threat to their current product offerings.  However, Sony...

A Chinese firm called Great Loong Brother Company has accused Apple of copying the design of its tablet for the new iPad which was launched nearly one week ago. The device, called the P88, has been on the Chinese market for six...

IT companies will not have to conduct a total overhaul of their sales processes in the aftermath of a long-awaited court ruling this week, a technology law expert has said. The ruling focused on the dishonesty of one employee,...

Data released by Market intelligence firm NetApplications confirms that Internet Explorer 8 has finally overtaken Internet Explorer 6 as the most popular browser in the world. IE8 accounted for 22.31 percent of the global browser...

The Internet is awash with news that search giant Google will rain on Apple's iPad parade with its very own tablet computing device. The conceptual renders which first showed up on the Chromium Projects blog have generated a lot...

Microsoft has announced that it will summarily delete the data of anyone still using the Windows 7 Release Candidate tryout from March this year. Users of the free trial of the OS, which was installed by millions of unpaid beta...

Monday 1 February was a pretty revolutionary day for T-Mobile UK. The date saw the network ditching all of its existing contract consumer plans. Gone in a flash are Flext, Combi and U-Fix, replaced with new Flexible Booster...

Fabless tiddly chip shop, ARM reported its fourth quarter unaudited results and reckoned they weren't so bad when looking around at everyone else. In what ARM called 'a challenging environment', fourth quarter sales were down...

The Optoma HD200X projector is specifically designed for 1080P High Definition Home Cinema and gaming. Optoma video expertise and Texas Instruments Digital Light Processing combine to produce High Definition images of...

The TL-WR841N Wireless N Router is a combined wired/wireless network connection device designed specifically for small business, office, and home office networking requirements. It complies with the IEEE 802.11n standard with...

BenQ invites you to embrace the ultimate Full HD visual enjoyment that's tailored to complement your personal lifestyle – a full lineup of Full HD 16:9 LCD monitors made to fit your room and your budget perfectly. Here at...

If you’re searching for the perfect combination of mobility and performance then the Acer Aspire 3935 could be the answer. At less than 1” thick and weighing just 1.9kg with a 13.3” display this stylish laptop...

T-Mobile price plans come with Flexible Boosters. This Internet plan is configured with the Unlimited Internet Booster. This can be switched to any of the other Flexible Boosters such as Unlimited Texts, Unlimited Landline or...