One of the more popular special events at CeBIT 2010 was the Intel-sponored Extreme Masters World Championship. The gaming shindig was the culmination of seven rounds of battling away variously at Quake Live, Counter-Strike and...

Japanese manufacturer Sony has finally released its first 3D Blu-ray players, the BDP-S470 and the BDP-S570, the latter appeared at the beginning of this year during the CES event in Las Vegas. The two models will replace the...

Japanese computer giant Fujitsu is stirring the Tokyo Stock Exchange as shenanignas between the current board and an ousted former president continue to worry investors. The company's stock fell by three per cent yesterday as...

One thing that becomes evident during the 30-second video is that some pictures of the video footage have been used to illustrate the iPad web page on Apple ever since it launched back in January 2010. We've spotted the same...

As AMD announced the next step of its Open Physics Initiative today, the company also hit out at Nvidia’s PhysX technology, saying that most game developers only use it for the money. Speaking to THINQ, AMD’s senior...

A spokesperson for O2 has contacted ITProPortal.com to point out to the fact that the UK video calls that appear in their key features table is actually a regrettable mistake. In an email sent earlier, he said that "The iPhone...

Delays to the iPad release date might have been caused by the complex software platform rather than more problematic manufacturing ones at its OEM/ODM partners in Taiwan. John Gruber from Daring Fireball, a man who is known for...

The Guardian has revealed that software giant Microsoft will shortly commence a multi-million pound advertisement campaign in the UK, in an attempt to challenge the extensive dominance of Google in the UK search engine...

The bad news just keeps piling up for Ubisoft and its 'uncrackable' DRM. It now appears that the company's fiendish plan of forcing its customers to play only whilst connected to the Internet has spurred the hackers into action,...

A recent poll conducted for the BBC World Service has revealed that more than 4 out of 5 people in the world believe that accessing the internet is their fundamental right, indicating that internet is fast becoming a prerequisite...

Microsoft has announced the details of its Office 2010 Technology Guarantee scheme, where which users who have recently purchased Office 2007 will be able to upgrade to Office 2010 when it is launched in June, free of cost. On a...

AMD nudged its Open Physics Initiative towards game developers today, when it announced that it's giving away a free version of Pixelux’s DMM2 material physics engine to selected game developers. "We’re arranging...

In an attempt to compete with Microsoft in the online file editing services market, search engine Google has purchased DocVerse, which allows Microsoft Office files to be edited online. DocVerse, which was founded in 2007 by...

Beleagured gaming house Ubisoft has clocked up another major fail as it's DRM-laden games break the company's own piracy-busting servers. Gamers trying to access the company's web portals which allow the DRM-infected titles...

Swedish tech blogger Jezper Söderlund decided to ask Apple supremo Steve Jobs whether the forthcoming iPad would be capable of using the iPhone's 3G connection for on-the-move internet access. Using Jobs' well known...

Next generation broadband networks would reach 70% of the UK population by 2017 without any public funding or Government intervention, a Government report has said. The Government is planning to introduce a controversial 50p per...

Close to 80 per cent of people around the world believe that access to the Internet is a basic human right. An international poll conducted for the BBC World Service saw 79 per cent of 27,000 adults indicating that Internet...

Ars Technica has made an impassioned plea to its readers after an experiment to lock out punters who used ad blocking went a bit wrong. Last Friday, the well-respected tech news portal conducted an experiment in which anyone...

Intel is looking into claims that hardware e-tailer Newegg.com unwittingly shipped fake CPUs to customers. "Intel has been made aware of the potential for counterfeit Core i7 920 packages in the marketplace and is working to how...

An online presence can be the lifeblood of any organisation, providing it with differentiation with which to present an attractive face to its customers and prospects.  But to design such a website from scratch is a...

Apple boss Steve Jobs turned up at the Oscars last night wearing a natty tuxedo rather than his trademark polo-neck jumper. Jobs was probably invited to the back-slapping movie shindig because he is the biggest individual...

The internet has provided a level of emancipation for people in that it has taken much of the legwork out of finding and exchanging information. It allows people to exchange ideas and ask for ideas for solving problems in peer...

Software giant Microsoft, the company behind the Zune media player and the Xbox 360 console, has showcased the cross-platform gaming technology at the company's Tech ED Middle East conference in Dubai. The keynote presentation,...

AppleInsider, a blog dedicated to news related to Apple, has reported that the upcoming iPad tablet device, which will be launched on 3rd April in the US, will not be able to tether to the iPhone in order to use its data...

Search engine giant Google has invited UK residents for a Google Street View poll, in which the general public will be asked to vote for Britain's best street in three categories: Best Foodie Street, Best Fashion Street and...

ICANN is expected to take a big step towards a massive liberalisation of the top-level domain name system, opening the doors to hundreds of competitors to .com, later this week. The globe-trotting group today kicked off its...

Apple is gearing up for the launch of its iPad tablet on the 3rd of April and has kickstarted its marketing campaign by airing its first iPad TV advert during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Steve Jobs was also present there in a...

Software giant Microsoft has released an advanced notification on its security bulletin blog which gives details about the upcoming Patch Tuesday security update release, which will contain lightweight fixes covering eight...

O2's new Simplicity SIM-only tariffs were unveiled a few days ago and it seems that the Telefonica owned mobile network has accidentally confirmed the rumour that the next iPhone will come with video calls (and a front-facing...

Way back in 2007, the first TV advert for iPhone went out during the Oscars, and Apple again paid for the top spot yesterday during a break within the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.There’s a lot packed into 30 seconds here, and iPad...

The FrvrOn V-G2300 is launching in India with Olive Telecom, a long way from the UK but it caught my attention because of its nifty hybrid power mode. If the standard lithium-ion battery runs out of juice, users can slot in an...

The VX1 from Bluetooth manufacturer Bluechip arrived on my desk this week. Retro built like a 1980's calculator, it measures 80mm x 50mm x 10mm and is smaller in profile than a credit card. Solely for voice and texts, it's been...

Just weeks before  for the original Xbox is permanently removed from Microsoft's Live online service, the company has announced a raft of measures to keep angry Halo 2 players happy. As compensation for being deprived of...

Introducing the 13.3 inch Aspire 3935 - an ultra-slim and elegant yet full-powered notebook for people who want the best in on-the-go computing. Less than 1 inch thin and weighing just 1.9 kg, this notebook begs you to take it...

The Samsung N110 gives you the power to accomplish more wherever you are. The 6-cell lithium battery lasts for up to 9.5 hours so if you forget your charge then so what?! Youll have more time to shop online, surf the web and chat...