Samsung is promoting  a competition to find the best app idea for its Android-powered handset, the Galaxy Portal. Judges in the competition include Suzi Perry, a TV presenter and gadget expert, apparently. Also on the...

Islamic cyber terrorists have reached such advanced levels of computer literacy that they have learned how to leave graffiti on websites, according to British intelligence and security chiefs. After many years in which press...

ATI's Radeon HD 5850 video card that promises to enhance the  gaming and video viewing experience of the user.  iXBT Labs put five different models up against one another and found them all a much of a muchness. Arctic...

Opera Software has disclosed the fact that the number of downloads of its eponymous browser has increased tremendously in Europe after Microsoft launched a ballot screen after the EU had ruled the company of being anti...

Today in News@Five, we bring to you the crux of what is happening in the world of tech today; read on to know why Tories stand to lose the elections and what will make Steve Jobs smash his TV to pieces.  A recent survey...

Microsoft fanboys will love this recipe served up a Macolyte chef identified only as Ken. Describing himself as a foodie with time on his hands, Ken has created a worryingly cannibalistic dish featuring a life-size sculpture of...

Opera Software is putting out the bunting after downloads of its web browser more than doubled. The jump in use happened as a direct result of Microsoft's monopoly being swept from under its feet by the European Union. EU...

Mobile phone maker HTC has released an official statement, declaring that the company will 'fully defend itself' against the lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. Apple claims that the company has infringed 20 of its patents related to...

Min-Kyu Choi just managed to win the Brit Insurance design of the year award thanks to a very ingenious version of the 3-pin plug that, as practical and safe as it is, was too bulky to for most users and literally a pain for some...

Google has enlisted the help of Intel, Logitech and Sony to target Apple as the two parties, amongst a slew of others, vie for the control of the lounge, a move that squarely aims at competing with Apple TV set top box...

Data released by research company Point Topic has indicated that the Conservative Party stands to lose votes from its rural constituencies as they will be the last to get broadband internet if the Conservatives scrap the 50 pence...

A study conducted by Parisian business research firm TERA Consultants, has warned that within the next five years, almost 250,000 jobs in Britain will be made redundant, if online piracy continues to affect the music, film and...

Search engine giant Google has rolled out an update for its Chrome web browser, which will now feature an automatic translation tool, that will allow users to translate websites into their native languages in less than a...

Hard-up game developers in the UK may well have found a new friend in Liberal Democrat Culture secretary, Don Foster MP, who says that he’s “very sympathetic” towards the case for tax relief for the UK games...

Microsoft has won a fight with a cybersquatter who registered a misspelling of Bing.com aimed at non-English speakers. The contested domain name, xn--bng-jua.com, is a so-called Internationalised Domain Name, which translates to...

Social noodling-about site, Facebook has agreed to install the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre's panic button after a visit from the Home Secretary Alan Johnson. The site miffed the authorities demanding...

Core Securities, a company which develops vulnerability testing software, has discovered a major flaw in Microsoft's virtualisation software which might allow hackers to exploit virtual Windows systems.  Interestingly,...

After reports emerged about the Google's Nexus One coming on the AT&T network in the US, Sprint Nextel announced that it too would make available Google Superphone and self-proclaimed iPhone Killer on its network in the near...

The search market has been undergoing a small yet strategic shift in the past few months, with Microsoft’s new venture in search, dubbed as ‘Bing’, continues to sway millions of internet searchers...

Sony is airing an ad which has a giant pop at Microsoft's forthcoming Project Natal motion detection system. It's actually pretty funny and the presenter, Kevin Butler, who is apparently reporting from the future, makes some...

The big Fermi launch party might be scheduled for next week, but Nvidia still has its lips clamped firmly shut on all the details. A lot of the specs have so far been left to speculation, but some believable morsels of hearsay...

The New York Times has reported that popular US cable channel Epix and Media Rights Capital studio are all set to develop a new comedy TV series 'iCon', which will be a satirical take on the life of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The two...

A recent survey released on Wednesday revealed that business enterprises are increasingly switching, or planning to switch, to Microsoft’s new avatar in the operating system domain, Windows 7. The survey, carried out by the...

After having an apparently successful run in the smartphone domain with its Nexus One, Google is planning to further extend its influence in the living room with a new collaborative project, codenamed as 'Google TV', which aims...

Europe's privacy watchdogs have outlined exactly what the meanings are of the two terms on which the whole EU Data Protection Directive hangs. It said that organisations need more guidance now because of the complexity of modern...

Phone builder HTC has had a rather polite pop at Apple by releasing a long list of its own mobile device innovations. A statement sent to THINQ points out that the Taiwanese company was making portable comms kit when the iPhone...

Networking and communications technology vendor Cisco, has dished out its Borderless Access architecture under the Borderless Network initiative which was announced by the company last year. The new architecture system from Cisco...

Google has applied for a US patent on the way web browsers use tabs and bookmarks. The application Tab Pages and Bookmark Toolbars In A Browser, published today, covers the Chrome feature whereby newly-opened tabs display...

In an attempt to siphon users from Microsoft's Exchange enterprise software, Google has unleashed the Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange tool, which is designed to allow Exchange users to migrate to the cloud-based...

Leading technology vendor IBM has updated its Intel-based server portfolio by dishing out seven new servers under its System X line of enterprise servers based on the memory enhancing eX5 chipset. The server roll out by the Big...

AMD boss Dirk 'Diggler' Mayer will be tightening his belt and struggling through the recession like the rest of us this year. Advanced Micro Devices' Alpha male will probably be forced to do his grocery shopping in Aldi for a...

Sky boss Mike Darcy has written an open letter to the Guardian carping about the BBC's plans to pump licence-payers' cash into video on demand service Project Canvas. Petulant from the off, Darcy even complains about Sky being...

Micro-blogging service Twitter is planning to set shop in the People's Republic of China and has cited technical problems and staff shortage as the only factors preventing it to do so, according to a report in the Associated...

AMD is in for a fight with Intel as the latter is set to launch its next generation octocore processor, the X7550 for as little as £585.01 if the figure disclosed by online wholesale retailer Ballicom is to be believed. The...

Google hopes to nibble away at Microsoft's Exchange user base a litte more quickly with  a new tool that simplifies the process migrating to Google Apps. Free to buyers of Google Apps Premier or Education Editions, the...

Amazon has quietly launched its Kindle book reader application for Mac OSX. The free 22MB download works on OSX 10.5 and above and allows current Kindle subscribers to sync e-books over your Mac, iPhone or Kindle device. It will...

Google wants to put the Internet on the telly and is working with the likes of Intel and Sony to do so, a report has it. And if the sources the New York Times spoke to are to be believed, Logitech is in charge of peripherals for...

Abandoning the stereotype of thick-and-heavy traditional notebook, msi brand new Classic Series offers thinner and lighter solution for more convenient usage; furthermore, it is also easier for you to take it on the move. The...

The new Aspire TimeLine range of ultra portable laptops deliver an unbelievable 8 hours + battery life in a sleek thin and light design, for all day mobile computing. Battery life has traditionally been one of the biggest...