Cosmetically the X6 has an elegant candy bar design, medium-thin for a touchscreen-only entertainment phone. Billed by as competition for the iPhone, the X6 (16GB version) is launching in the UK with a multi-million pound...

Analysts are like submarines; they surface to say something dramatic before sinking again and this time around, it is Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope who told the Wall Street Journal that Apple could chop the price of the...

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) has launched a new initiative on EU's Safer Internet Day, under which five year old internet users will be educated on internet safety by the means of a new interactive campaign...

Graphics behemoth Nvidia has announced a new feature called Optimus that will allow laptops to seamlessly switch between their integrated and dedicated graphics module depending on power requirements and to save battery...

Next week sees the GSM Association’s Mobile World Congress descend upon Barcelona. The annual event, a combination exhibition and grand conference, is the mobile industry's largest get-together of the year. An opportunity for...

Macworld Expo and Conference, the world's biggest Apple related conference and product showcase, will begin at San Francisco’s Moscone Center with no official Apple booth on the exhibition floor.  It has been confirmed...

Booktrust, one of Britain's leading reading charities, has announced a new campaign titled 'The Bookbite Project' which will aim towards encouraging elderly people to join book clubs and write their own novels if they want...

A situations vacant ad for a position at Apple's Cupertino campus is the best indication yet that the next generation of the company's highly-anticipated iPad tablet computer will come with a camera. With the title of...

It is always refreshing to look back at what the Itanium range was suppose to bring to humanity and the world of computing; the epic project was supposed to generate sales of $37 billion in its third year, by 2001. So far,...

Facebook certainly has come a long way from its 2004 origins as a yearbook for Harvard University students. Easily the most popular social networking site with more than 400 million users worldwide, it may be about to provide...

Those of you holding your breath for an amazing new announcement from Apple can inhale now, because you're getting a new version of the company's pro photo footling software Aperture, and that's your lot. No... really. That's...

It’s been a while since Nvidia launched a brand that unlocked hidden memories of 80s kids TV. In fact, the last one was probably GeForce, echoing recollections of the Guardians of Space. However, the Nvidia is now once...

Fab-u-less chip firm AMD has started putting meat on the bones of its Fusion promises with a detailed look at its first stab at integrating CPU and graphics on a single chip. ATi and Nvidia may have battled each other to sell...

Juniper Networks, the California based information technology and computer networking products manufacturer, has rolled out a new wireless networking technology that will help cellular network providers to offer better network...

Intel has finally launched its next generation EPIC processor, codenamed Tukwila, but now officially named Itanium 9300, a CPU that is set to take on the newly launched Power7 processor from IBM in a formidable battle at the...

Google Inc., which recently launched its Android based Nexus One smartphone, has started customer support operations for the users of Nexus One with a goal of providing technical support in a timely manner.  However, the...

Cisco Systems, the networking equipment giant, has announced plans to dish out a bunch of new and improved data center products that will aim to interconnect and manage resources among multiple data centers and are also designed...

Software company Adobe has apologised for not fixing a serious bug in its Flash graphics and video package which was first reported in Septmeber 2008. In a humble blog posting, a red-faced Adobe employee indentified only as Emmy...

Korean consumer electronics giant LG has released a new smartphone, the LG GD880, which it is touting as the smallest and thinnest 3.2-inch touchscreen model currently on the market. The 16:9 screen is surrounded by a very thin...

A repair company called IresQ has posted pictures of what appears to be genuine parts for the next generation iPhone 4G smartphone which should be launched on the market by June 2010 during Apple's Worldwide Developer...

Tech hacks are working themselves into a froth after the Apple online store went down earlier today. Traditionally, minor hardware upgrades from the Cupertino company are heralded by a temporary outage of the online shop, but...

Graphics card shark Sapphire is now shipping its own HD 5570 card, based on AMD's second generation of 40nm GPU. The low-profile model is pitched at the mainstream market, and Sapphire will serve up several variants all...

Microsoft has refuted allegations that Windows 7 is falsely reporting failing batteries - or even causing them to fail - saying that its operating system is simply pointing out an existing problem. Users who apprently had fully...

More than half of social networking sites assessed by the European Commission fail to hide the personal details of under-18s by default, the EU body has warned. It said that 50% of teenagers display personal information on the...

Microsoft Corp, the world’s largest software maker has rolled out a brand new edition of its popular Internet explorer 8 web browser which will allow kids and their parents to alert the authorities if they come across...

While hundreds of notebook users have been grumbling about battery issues pertaining to the three-month old Windows 7 operating system, Microsoft has claimed that its extensive testing has shown that its OS wasn’t at...

Facebook and Microsoft have terminated their exclusive advertising agreement, which was originally meant to run till next year, as the social networking giant is now dumping Microsoft for serving banner adverts on its platform...

Microsoft Corp. said it will stop developing Linux and Unix core search versions of FAST Enterprise Service Platform (ESP) core, which the software maker snapped up in 2008, following the release of its Office 2010 and SharePoint...

BT, formerly known as British Telecom, has announced that the company has successfully rolled out its Wholesale Broadband Connect product that offers speeds of up to 24 mbps to half of UK homes and businesses. According to a...

After finalising the e-book pricing deal with publishing giant Macmillan, Amazon.com is readying up for further pricing negotiations with other major publishing houses which are keen on adopting the new e-book pricing model put...

It’s only around six months back when Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt dropped a hint that the company’s display advertising business would be its another business to cross $ 1 billion mark. Now Analysts...

Google seems all set to bolster up the appeal of its mailing service Gmail by adding a slew of social networking features to it, the Wall Street Journal reported. The search engine giant is gearing up to capitalise on the hype of...

In an unsurprising move, Google has warned a copycat Chinese site to cease using its trademark logo, or else it would have to stay prepared to face the legal action for doing so, according to media reports. As per a report...

UK Government’s highly contentious ‘three strikes’ strategy to put a check on illicit file sharing could pose a significant threat to human rights, the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights said. A consortium...

In what could be seen as a promotional move, Microsoft Corp. has quietly slashed prices of its popular Zune HD portable media players (PMPs) though it’s still not clear that whether the price-cut is temporary or permanent...

An unnamed Australian man has been collared for uploading a Wii game to file sharing services and now faces an Aus $1.5 million fine. Striking a blow for corporate sanity, the Japanese gaming giant spent some time and money...

Boffins from the Imperial College in London have developed a new plastic polymer which could replace batteries as we know them. The €3.4 million project has discovered a new type of plastic which is capable of holding and...

Macworld Expo opens today in San Fransisco and for the first time since the event's inception, one company is conspicuous by its absence... Apple. Much has been made of the no-show at the commercially-run venture, and we're sure...

The 16GB version costs only £299 while the 32GB one will cost you an extra £150. This one doesn't come with the "Comes With Music" package however, which is a disappointment. The price is likely to fall even further...

The news that Google was working on a phone that could one day become the equivalent of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Babelfish, opened some tantalising possibilities. It was hailed by the Sunday Times as a technology...

Broadcom has announced a new smartphone on a chip in the shape of the BCM21553, a baseband processor that combines an ARM design with HSPA (high-speed packet access) technology and a custom graphics display. The chip cobbler...

Today is Safer Internet day and the Government's come up with a slogan: 'Zip it, Block it, Flag it' - apparently inspired by the Green Cross Code, to give kids more awareness of the dangers lurking on the Interweb. The Child...