The Compaq Mini 311 has an 11.6-inch screen with enhanced graphics and HD capabilities, great for multimedia playback in a functional mini format. View your photos, music, and HD video anywhere, and play the latest games that...

Simple and secure way to share your high-speed Internet connection. Push 'N' Connect securely connects at the touch of a button. Wireless-N technology delivers exceptional range and speedEasy setup with Smart Wizard...

Mobile and wireless computer users could roam seamlessly around Europe after countries adopt a common technical standard established by the European Commission today. The standard establishes how equipment makers and base...

India has established cyber crime police units around the country after a surge of hack attacks on its computer systems. Shri Sachin Pilot, India's minister of state for IT and communications, said in a statement today that...

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organisation in charge of domain names globally, has announced the release of the first non-latin domain names. The first so-called internationalised domain names country...

The world of technology has rarely so closely resembled a James Bond film than today. With code-names, target tracking, consortiums, face lifts and even a posh car, the life of the average techie has taken an infinitely more...

John Benson took on himself to downsize his Vodafone SIM card so that it fits into his newly purchased iPad. all using a chopping board, a sharp knife and a pair of scissors. The Brit managed to post the picture of his short...

A consortium of media organisations have asked a court to release documents relating to the search warrant by investigators into how tech blog Gizmodo acquired a stolen prototype iPhone 4G. The warrant, issued to the San Mateo...

Little known online retailer AVAdirect has come up with the first 24-core workstation (or gaming station) based on a pair of AMD Opteron 6168, which is a 1.9GHz model with 12MB L3 cache and a TDP of 80W. The computer seller used...

Nick Clegg was given a virtual boost today by winning nearly half of the votes in a children’s poll in the UK to choose their favourite leader online.  More than 30,000 kids voted in the election staged by leading...

HTC, it seems, can't produce enough of its Desire Android-based smartphone to satisfy demand for the popular handset; Amazon, Orange, T-Mobile and others are reporting very high sales with regular "out of stock"...

Apple is pushing the new ViP advertising scheme from its subsidiary Quattro Wireless in an effort to boost the competitiveness of its iAds mobile ads service on iPhone and iPad. ViP, or 'Verification of iTunes Purchase', is being...

UK broadband users still have problems migrating from one internet service provider to another in spite of recent OFCOM regulations, a survey by financial site Moneysupermarket.com shows. The survey states that one in three...

Microsoft has announced plans to shut down its outdated and spam-infested newsgroups after ceasing support for them. The software giant aims to close 2,000 public and 2,200 private newsgroups, redirecting their users to Microsoft...

Amazon.com has registered the domain name AmazonMusicPlayer.com, suggesting that the company may be planning to branch out into music devices. AmazonMusicPlayer.com was registered yesterday by the legal department of Amazon...

Rolls Royce has launched a free application for the iPhone that allows you to configure your own Ghost car all from their devices and see their final designs before actually ordering the car. The app, which is available from the...

The European Parliament has voted to impose EU-grade data protection conditions on the Swift and PNR data transfer agreements being negotiated with the US. MEPs had challenged both agreements on the basis that they infringed...

The PC games industry will tell you that it loses anything up to 90 per cent of its potential income through piracy. But what is the real cost? David from Wolfire Blog has put together a reasonable argument using sensible...

Microsoft is working on a top-secret research project that could see Windows NT appearing in mobile devices. A report by technology blog ZD Net revealed that the project, codenamed Menlo, is dedicated to replacing Microsoft's...

Microsoft has launched the second preview version of its Internet Explorer 9 web browser. The new IE9 preview features improved Javascript, support for HTML 5, CSS3 and scalable vector graphics. Internet Explorer General Manager...

Lucid Imagination, the commercial company for Apache Lucene and Apache Solr search technology, has announced the launch of its Global Partner Programme. The channel sales and support offering enables VARs and Integrators...

A 3TB hard disk drive might be just around the corner, courtesy of storage giant Seagate, and presented as part of its Constellation ES family with a 6Gbps SAS interface. The model, which would have 50 percent more storage space...

Yesterday, HP announced the launch of a pair of new Envy laptops which might well be in the race for the sexiest laptops of 2010. More details have emerged about the two laptops from third parties; trying to get more...

With expansive squads of programmers, artists and designers often working ridiculous hours keep up with the demands of current games, it’s no surprise that so much of the games industry relies on stagnant sequels and rusty...

A member of staff at a NHS Forth Valley secure mental health unit has been suspended over the apparent loss of a USB stick containing patient's medical records. According to local newspaper reports, the USB stick - which...

Samsung has started shipping samples of what is promises is one of the fastest mobile memory chips available. The Korean company is using its 30nm process to make 8 gigabit (1GB) NAND chips which are less dense, but faster than...

Microsoft has announced release dates and prices of its Kin One and Kin Two smartphones although no details have filtered regarding availability outside the US. In what will come as disappointing news for those who hoped for more...

Microsoft has armed itself to do battle with Facebook for control of the web, as it unveiled a new social media aggregator at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Spindex, developed by Microsoft subsidiary Fuse Labs, the company...

Hewlett-Packard has appointed Bill Veghte as the new executive vice president of its Software and Solutions business. HP confirmed that Veghte would be joining on 17 May to lead the company's $3.6 billion business unit, reporting...

Google has announced a new look and feel for its search page both for desktop and mobile platforms. The changes introduced, aimed at offering a better, more 'contextually relevant' service to users, include a new smart navigation...

Facebook was forced to disable its live chat service temporarily yesterday, after a security flaw was discovered that put users' privacy at risk. The offending bug allowed users to snoop on their friends' live chat and see the...

Microsoft and Nokia have announced the release of the Microsoft Mobile Communicator application which will bring BlackBerry-like instant messaging to Nokia handsets for the first time. The Microsoft Mobile Communicator is the...

The internet's domain name system underwent a radical overhaul yesterday, when the first fully non-Latin domains went live. Three Arabic-speaking nations went live with versions of their country's domains in Arabic script,...

Apple has been criticised by a senior boss at Adobe for 'anti-competitive' tactics, saying that Apple is looking to promote a closed ecosystem which it can control. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Chief Technology...

Microsoft-owned R&D company Fuse Labs has unveiled a new software tool at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. The tool, Spindex, gathers users' posts from social media sites from sites such as Facebook and Twitter into one...

Poor global sales have seen Nintendo announcing its first drop in profits for six years. The Japanese maker of family-friendly games consoles has posted figures which show a 22 per cent year-on-year decline in its bottom line...

While SSDs still cost several hundred pounds for a few gigabytes, the hard drive industry is marching ahead in terms of capacity. The ageing mechanical technology has already given us 2TB units, but according to the grapevine...

Adobe demonstrated a prototype of an Android-based tablet at the Web 2.0 Expo event in San Francisco, one which could herald the looming launch of a series of such devices based on the so-called ARMdroid platform. Tech website...

The Sony Vaio VPCEB1E0E/WI laptop is driven by the Intel Core i3-330M Processor, and comes pre-installed with Microsoft's 64-bit Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. Installed with a generous 320GB hard drive, the...

British TV watchers could soon have more opportunity to gloat, after it was revealed the BBC is testing a feature that lets them post comments on their favourite shows directly from its online iPlayer service. BBC online...

Skype has announced that it will be offering cheaper calls to more than 170 countries starting from today in a bid to establish itself as one of the leading global telecommunication companies. The VOIP company will offer pricing...

Chip fab United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is to bring forward its 12-inch fab expansion in Taiwan, as chip makers the world over salivate over the prospect of revitalised demand for their slivers of silicon. UMC's...

The war of words between Apple and Adobe refuses to go away with Adobe CTO now accusing Steve Jobs of acting like Big Brother (the distopian dictator from George Orwell's classic novel 1984, not the pathetically voyeuristic TV...

Nearly one in four Facebook users is exposing personal information to strangers, a survey has found. The study, carried out by US non-profit group Consumer Reports, revealed that 23 per cent of Facebook users either hadn’t...

Enthusiast memory maker OCZ has finally provided a potential use for the USB 3 ports that are now cropping up on new motherboards. The company has just launched an external solid state drive called the Enyo, which should be able...

After the Envy and the Pavilion range, HP has announced that it is adding two new designs to its popular Mini 210 range with a pair of models aimed at fashion aficionados. Preppy pink and white crystal use HP's Imprint 3-D, which...

Asus has announced the launch of its new EEE Top ET2010 all in one desktop PC with a suggested retail price of £620 although we expect it to be significantly cheaper than that. The device has a 20-inch touchscreen display...

O2 has now officially rolled out its home phone bundle which offers line rental and fixed line services at an affordable price that's cheaper than BT's in a bid to lure new customers and keep existing ones happy. Two packages are...

Google has altered the the look and feel of its search results to respond its says "to the increasing richness of the web and the increasing power of search." The outfit has added what it calls "contextually relevant",...