Google has unveiled the updated version of Android OS, codenamed Froyo, which amongst other things will offer full support for Adobe's Flash technology, something that Android supporters will surely highlight. At the Google I/O...

Millions of internet users in Pakistan are now prevented from accessing Youtube, Facebook and according to various sources, other websites like Wikipedia or Flickr because of a blanket ban imposed by the country's court because...

The Conservative/Liberal government has highlighted plans to use a portion of the BBC TV Licence fees to fund the expansion of high speed broadband in the country if needed. The coalition government revealed, in its programme...

Online video streaming service Seesaw has rolled out a new online service that offers 1000 hours of premium (i.e. paid for) programmes from the likes of MTV networks with prices as low as 99p for a single episode. Those looking...

Now that the election's over, it's time to find out what the policies are. Britain's new Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, today laid out plans for IT in the UK as he unveiled the full agreement between the Conservative and...

Thirty per cent of Europeans have never used the Internet, a report released by European Commission IT chiefs has revealed. "Can you imagine that there are still some 30 per cent of Europeans who have never used the Internet?...

UK Mobile phone operator Vodafone has pushed the Samsung Wave smartphone live on its website with customers being able to preorder the phone for as little as £25 per month on selected plans. The phone comes with Samsung's...

Adobe Systems is preparing to release an updated version of its Flash software.The update is set to improve the quality of video played on mobile phones and, Adobe hopes, will quash the criticism coming from Apple CEO Steve...

We brought you news yesterday that sales of Android-based smartphones have been surging lately at the expense of Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform, something that was expected given the amount of handsets based on Google's...

German prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation against Google over the 'mistakenly' collected Wi-Fi data. Google have been ordered to hand over the hard drive by 26 May.Twitter has released a revamped version of the...

The extradition of British hacker Gary McKinnon to the US has been put on hold by the UK's coalition government.McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, is wanted by the US government for hacking into key NASA and US...

Acer has rolled out a new convertible tablet PC notebook, the Timeline 1825PT, that's bound to turn heads and as this is not an Aspire model, one can expect a number of interesting features in this tablet/laptop hybrid (or shall...

Search giant Google is debating whether or not to launch facial recognition technology for Google products after receiving heavy criticism over its privacy policies.  Citing internal Google sources, the Financial Times...

Apple has launched its iPad App Store in the UK one week before the release of its 'magical' device. Users with a UK-based iTunes account can now access the iPad App Store and begin purchasing their favourite applications in...

Usenet aggregator Newzbin has been forced to close thanks to legal action by the Motion Picture Association. Newzbin was one of the first sites to index Usenet binaries and is credited with the creation of the NZB file format,...

Sandforce's acclaimed line of SF-1200 controllers has once again assaulted the burgeoning SSD market, as Corsair has just expanded its Force range with three new solid state drives (SSDs). The new multi-level cell (MLC) Nand...

Apple is to allow customers to pay for iPads using cash, following a complaint to ABC7News channel's consumer watchdog show, '7 On Your Side'. The complaint was made by Diane Campbell after Apple refused to sell her the device...

Internet security company Sophos has issued a warning against visiting a video link circulating on Facebook.The Guardian has reported that Sophos is advising users not to visit the link, as it will lead to malware being installed...

Cisco and Nokia are talking to Russian authorities about a plan to build a technology hub near Moscow that will rival California's Silicon Valley, reports Russian newswire RIA Novosti. Presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich told...

Spammers are using Twitter's inexplicable obsession with foetus-faced popster Justin Bieber to spread malware to gullible twits. A spam run on Twitter this morning, using several dummy accounts, used Bit.ly to mask its true URL...

Microsoft's latest mobile operating system got another public outing today and initial impressions seem to be positive. Pocket Lint says it got a sneaky peak at the OS which was installed on a Microsoft Exec's prototype LG...

Google has upgraded its Google Wave web application, fixing bugs and making the product easier to use.Wave is a collaborative tool that enables users to email, chat, edit and share documents in real-time.Lars Rasmussen, head of...

The announcement yesterday by O2 that it will be launching the Palm Pre Plus and its sidekick the Pixi Plus on the 28th of May, the day the iPad goes on sale, comes too late to make any significant impact on the smartphone market...

Hewlett-Packard has confirmed its plan to use the newly acquired Palm WebOS in printers and Slates.Chief Executive Mark Hurd revealed that HP would use the WebOS for any web-connected devices, not just its smartphones, in a...

Google is gatherring support for its VP8 video codec, which it acquired from On2 Technologies last August. The the king of the Interweb announced it will open source the VP8 codec, releasing it with a royalty-free licence as...

Google announced the launch of an application store for its Chrome web browser at its I/O Developer Conference yesterday. The Chrome Web apps store will work in the same way as Google's existing Android Marketplace and rival...

European commissioners have fined Samsung, Infineon, Hynix and other memory makers over €331 million for memory price fixing. Heralding the decision as "another milestone in the Commission's anti-cartel enforcement",...

The UK coalition Government has agreed to postpone hacker Gary McKinnon's next High Court hearing while it reconsiders its loose promise to do something about the man's plight. Both coalition parties, before their election into...

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 470 looked set to be the shortest-lived GPU since the Radeon X1800XT yesterday, as rumours spread that Nvidia planned to can the card just two months after its release. Tech gossip site Kit Guru yesterday...

German prosecutors yesterday launched a criminal investigation against Google over its collecting of private Wi-Fi data from unsecured wireless networks.Google says the data was collected by "mistake" as cars travelled around...

Google's newly unveiled open-source WebM video technology has received support from software giant Microsoft.The WebM video codec, unveiled by Google at the I/O conference on Monday, will use the open-source VP8 web technology...

Google yesterday announced a brand new tool for developers using its Google Latitude service. The company said that the new open-source API would allow third-party developers to create applications that would offer more advanced...

Microsoft is suing science news website RedOrbit for a "click laundering" scheme that, if undetected, could have cost advertisers hundreds of thousands of dollars. The software giant accuses Eric Ralls, the founder of the...

Two days ago, the London Mayor, Boris Johnson announced that he's looking to convert UK's capital into the largest hotspot ever. This doesn't come with its own set of challenges and most importantly the question of where to get...

Micro-blogging giant Twitter has released the official Twitter application for the iPhone.This follows the launch the official Twitter for Android application last month.The new application is an updated version of the popular...

Symantec has agreed to acquire VeriSign's market-leading SSL certificate business for $1.28 billion, with a plan to make the technology more mainstream. The deal, which does not need shareholder approval, will see Symantec get...

Apple has been forced to reverse its policy of only selling iPads to credit card-wielding punters after a cash-carrying customer complained to a TV station's consumer watchdog programme. Diane Campbell saved up enough money for...

Rockstar Games is said to be working furiously on a patch for its cowboy shooter Red Dead Redemption after embarrassing flaws were found in the game's multiplayer mode. The wild west gun-fest, which was released in XBox and PS3...

Net Communities, the publishers of ITProPortal.com, is in the middle of massive transition that will see our staff being offered the choice of keeping their desktops or moving to a more flexible laptop. As described by the first...

The Liberal Democrats are pushing for Amendments to be made to the controversial Digital Economy Act which gives the UK government the power to block the internet connections of those accused of piracy.Microsoft will sue...

In a chat with fellow CEOs at Microsoft's 14th annual CEO Summit, Microsoft boss  Steve Ballmer came close to admitting Vista was a dog. "How do you get your product right? How do you help the customer? How do you be ...

Courting more privacy outrage, Google the unstoppable snoop is mulling the launch of facial recognition technology according to a report in the FT. CEO Eric Schmidt said the company is in a bit of a quandary after getting caught...

Activists protesting against mining activities in the Congo bombarded Intel's Facebook page yesterday demanding that the chip giant address the issue of 'conflict minerals'. Things got so chaotic at one stage that Intel had to...

Facebook yesterday launched a stripped-down version of its social networking site that's free for mobile users. Plans for 'Facebook Zero', as the 0.facebook.com service is being called, were first revealed by the social network...