At the heart of the HT-S3305 is an AV receiver based on the impressive TXSR308. Like its sibling, the HTS3305 is equipped with 1.4 specification HDMI, making it compatible with the exciting new 3D TV. Even without this advanced...

Powerline adapters are the ideal way of creating a home network or complementing an existing Wi-Fi connection. By providing a secure high speed connection and great service quality, Powerlines allow you to watch Standard and High...

Look no further than the LG 42LH3000 42" Full HD LCD TV if you're in the market for a luxurious big-screen television! This well specified TV includes Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, with three HDMI connectors so that you...

Intel confirmed it is planning new versions of its 32nm Xeon server chips that will sport more than eight cores. The firm said as much in a cosy webcast with pals yesterday. Currently codenamed...

Studies held by Morgan Stanley and Alphawise reveal the impact of Apple's iPad on the gadget market, hinting at a significant fall in sales for notebooks, netbooks, desktops, ebook readers and Apple's owniPod...

The increasingly complex web of litigation surrounding the iPhone and iPad took another twist today when Nokia sued Apple, again, for patent infringment. The Finnish phone maker said it is suing Apple in Wisconsin, claiming the...

Microsoft will release a security bulletin next Tuesday to address two vulnerabilities. The bulletin, to be released on 11 May, will address two important flaws in the software giant's Windows operating system and Office suite...

Electronic voting could avoid the chaos seen at UK polling stations last night, an "expert" has claimed. Local authority chief executive David Monks, chair of the electoral matters panel for Solace, the Society for local...

Apple has finally announced the prices of the six iPad models in the UK and as expected, they do not come cheap when compared the US. According to the official press release, the cheapest model will be available for £429...

Monitor maker ViewSonic is attempting to lure gamers and movie buffs its way with the VX2739wm; the first 27-inch monitor to feature a miniscule response time of just 1ms. The response time is simply the length of time that it...

Skype is fiddling with its VoIP offerings. The Internet telephony outfit has introduced a monthly subscription service which kicks off at just 69p a month and introduced video conferencing for up to five people at once. The firm...

Apple has filed an application to patent a new biometric ID system for the iPhone, using heart rates instead of fingerprints or passwords. The technology identified in US Patent No. 0100113950 works by identifying individual...

Online betting portal Betfair has released the first gambling application for the iPhone. The new application will allow sports fans in the UK and Ireland to place bets from their iPhones. The application is the first gambling...

Apple has filed an application to patent a new biometric ID system for the iPhone. Technology blog Unwired View reports that the new system would use cardiac sensors, designed to identify users by analysing the pace at which...

Digg has announced job cuts of 10 percent, amounting to lay-offs for around a dozen employees. In an e-mail posted on the company blog (and via Cnet), the news sharing website's CEO Kevin Ross said: “This is one of the...

A Conservative blogger has lost his domain name to an American political news site. A panel at the World Intellectual Property Organization decided, in a ruling published today, that tory-politico.com was “confusingly...

Scribd has announced that it will be moving to an HTML 5-based web platform after two years using Adobe Flash. The popular document sharing website stated that the HTML 5 deployment will be the first of its kind, with the whole...

Vodafone UK is preparing for an influx of new data-hungry mobile devices by tightening its grip on customer download allowances. Until now, the mobile outfit has offered pay monthly punters paying over £25 a 500MB bundle...

Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate come with a feature called Domain join which allows computers to join company networks easily and more securely while Bitlocker, another newcomer, ensure that data on the laptop or any portable...

British Apple fanboys rejoice! The waiting is over. Apple's iPad will finally be avilable for pre order on May 10th, but you still won't be able to lay your hands on the highly desireable slab of glass and 'magic' until the end...

A new development in video content identification may be able to spot pirate movies uploaded to the Internet in seconds. Japanese networking outfit NEC says that its new technology generates a unique fingerprint for video...

Studies show an increasing number of consumers opting for Apple's iPad over rival devices like Netbooks. According to a report by Fortune magazine, two separate studies held by analysts Morgan Stanley and Alphawise indicate that...

Nearly a quarter of Facebook users are not doing enough to protect their personal data on the social network. A Consumer Reports study has revealed that 23 per cent of users either don't know what privacy measures the site...

A newly -formed group has called for a relaxation of copyright law across Europe. Copyright For Creativity, a coalition of digital activists, ISPs and other trade associations this week issued a declaration demanding the...

It looks as though more ATI and Nvidia cards could be forced to work together in parallel, as tech giant Asus has now also joined MSI on the Lucid Hydra train. We’ve just been leaked some photos of Asus’ forthcoming...

Taiwanese maker of motherboards, Gigabyte says it is the first outfit to get an official nod of approval for an AMD-equipped mobo sporting USB 3.0. The Taipei-based company says its GA-870A-UD3 is the world’s first...

An e-mail is seeking to scam passengers affected by the volcanic ash cloud by asking them to make a small payment to kickstart a compensation process. The e-mail, claiming to be sent on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority and...

The University of California-Davis has opted out of Google's Gmail pilot scheme amid fears over security. A report by Information Week has revealed that IT executives at the university have opted out of Google's scheme after...

Google has released an update for its Goggles mobile phone application, which translates text in photos. The update, capable of translating text in an image into different languages, replaces the old system that searched for...

US retailer Best Buy has revealed record sales for its first UK store. Over its opening weekend, the US-based retail giant said its new Thurrock store had experienced the highest sales figures the company had ever seen from a...

After being temporarily ousted by the likes of G.Skill and Patriot in the official fastest memory race, premium memory maker Corsair has now pulled out all the stops with its latest Dominator GTX4 memory. With a guaranteed clock...

AMD may worm its way into more laptop PCs this year, after years of playing, well, about fifth fiddle to Intel and its Centrino 'platform' devices. Reuters heard from a nameless bloke who reckons the other x86 chip designer will...

Archos has surprised many by launching a new home tablet called the ARCHOS 7 which will be available for as little as £130 and is based on Google's Android platform. The french-based hardware manufacturer managed to cram a...

Multiplayer fragfest Halo Reach attracted more than a million beta testers to its servers on its first day of online play yesterday. Game maker Bungie said that the rush to test the latest episode of the popular sci-fi shooter...

Google has released a micro-blogging application that’s full of holes – and that’s just the way it was meant to be. The web app, cheesily named Jarlsberg, allows users to post snippets of text and store files -...

We wrote last month that Apple could position the iPhone 4G as the first HD Ready smartphone of 2010 and now, details have surface that seem to support this theory. According to information extracted from the latest iPhone 4.0 OS...

Motorola has released an upgrade for its flagship Android smartphone, the Milestone, which brings v2.1 of the operating system, to the popular handset. Oddly, the announcement was made on Facebook and said that "We hope you enjoy...

Viewsonic has launched a business-oriented 3D Projector, the PJD5352, that can display 3D images and is possibly the cheapest way to watch three dimensional content on a big screen. At £600, the device, which is based on...

Party of ignorant racist knob-ends, the BNP found itself without a web site on polling day yesterday after its webmaster, Simon Bennett, quit, shuttered up the site and closed the party's Twitter and Farcebook pages. "I have...

Chip counters at iSuppli have been studying the heavens and ruminating on their tea leaves and come to the conclusion that the microprocessor industry can expect to see growth of over 30 per cent this year. The...