Google has released its Google Maps navigation system for countries outside the United Kingdom and United States of America.According to a post on the Google Mobile blog, the Google Maps 4.2 navigation feature has now been made...

A recent study conducted by a British academic has revealed that elite computer gamers have the reactions of fighter pilots, but the bodies of 60-year-old chain smokers.Essex University Professor Dr Dominic Micklewright analysed...

Apple has unwittingly encouraged rumours that the iWork productivity suite will be available on the iPhone 4 by posting a screen shot showing the option to open an attachment on the device in 'Keynote'.Sony has unveiled its new...

Apple has introduced new clauses for section 3.3.9 of its developer agreement, banning competitors such as Google from serving adverts on Apple devices. All Things Digital reports that the changes to section 3.3.9 of Apple's...

US wireless provider Sprint has said that, in contradiction to a previous statement the company released, its HTC Evo 4G WiMAX-enabled handset has not outsold the Palm Pre and Samsung Instinct handsets.Sprint had earlier claimed...

The Apple iPad is quickly becoming a business essential across Asia as wedding planners, luxury hotels and airlines take up using the device.Gartner research director Lee Chae-gi said the iPad's strong rate of adoption in Asia...

If you were wondering why Sony is shutting down half the PSN network today for maintenance, then wonder no more. We reckon the company's simply gearing up for the launch of the PlayStation 3's first stereoscopic 3D games. Sony...

T-Mobile has joined fellow telecom providers Orange, O2 and Vodafone in selling the new iPhone 4 in the UK.Carphone Warehouse and Phones4u will also stock the latest iPhone in their retail outlets at release.Unlike the other...

Microsoft has had its biggest 'Patch Tuesday' of the year so far, issuing 10 updates to fix 34 vulnerabilities in the company's software products. Of the 10 bulletins, three are rated 'critical', with the remaining seven rated...

The LG PJ350 Plasma TV series provides superb picture quality with a stunning razor frame design. Convert your living room to a sports stadium or cinema with this large experience perfect for watching sport and movies in crystal...

The Sony KDL40EX43B 40" HD ready 1080p LCD TV has built-in Freeview HD and an integrated Blu-ray player. It has 24p True Cinema technology, S-Force 3D virtual surround sound, 7 day on-screen TV guide and Intelligent...

While hardware manufacturers are touting stereoscopic 3D as the latest must-have check-box for gamers, games developers are seemingly indifferent to the 3D revolution at the moment. In fact, EA's CEO John Riccitiello reckons that...

Corporate face of PC gaming Alienware has upgraded the specs of its M11x laptop, offering Core i5 and i7 CPUs, as well as Nvidia's Optimus technology. The Dell-owned PC maker describes the machine as "the world’s most...

Microsoft has said that its new Windows Phone 7 handset will come with Office, Exchange and SharePoint installed.Microsoft made the announcement during its TechEd 2010 conference, saying the inclusion of the software would make...

A report by online competitive intelligence service Experian Hitwise has shown that social networking sites received more UK visits during May than search engines. It's the first time that social networks have been more popular...

Adobe has released the new version 3 of its Photoshop Lightroom software for both Windows and Macintosh platforms.The new version adds a number of new features, including the ability to import and export of digital SLR videos, an...

A delegation of big cheeses from some of the world's top software companies, led by Microsoft mouthpiece Steve Ballmer, is heading to Washington. The CEOs of 12 major software players - including Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec -...

BP has purchased the top spot on Google searches for the term "oil spill" in a bid to turn around the flood of negative publicity surrounding its disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The UK-based energy company responsible for the...

A recent report from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) states that employees accessing social media at work expose their company's systems to security risks.In a report entitled 'Social Media: Business...

Bookmaker Paddy Power has cut the odds on the Apple iPhone outselling its next-gen rivals in 2010. The punter-powered business seems to thinq that Apple's fourth-generation iPhone is a dead cert to clean up. The iPhone, which...

Twitter has been testing its own automatic URL shortening service, expected to be released later this summer.CNet reports that Twitter is currently testing the new service, called t.co, with the aim of providing a similar...

Graphics Properties Holdings - formerly Silicon Graphics - said it has secured a "significant favourable ruling" in its litigation with ATI Technologies and Advanced Micro Devices over graphics technology. On Friday, the Court...

Google has added a new web indexing system, named 'Caffeine', to its search engine.Caffeine is designed to allow users to receive more up-to-date results for their search queries.In a blog post, Google said that the new indexing...

Sony has warned that its European PlayStation Network (PSN) will go offline for at least 12 hours from 9 June.The company said users would not able to log in to the service from 4:00 pm BST time on Wednesday 9 June, as new...

The New York Times yesterday asked Apple to ban the popular iPad RSS reader application Pulse from its App Store.Pulse downloads and displays the RSS feeds from news web sites, including the New York Times, aggregating them in a...

When the first iPhone hit UK shores, many potential purchasers were annoyed because Apple had struck an exclusive deal with O2. Now, with the fourth coming of the holy handset on the horizon, Apple has spread the love to all and...

Sony has unveiled its new Vaio J Series computer - an all-in-one desktop PC and HD touchscreen integrated into a single unit.The Vaio J series boasts a 21.5in, full HD 1080p screen with multi-lamp technology, Display Plus...

While other premium memory makers are appealing to the gadget-senses with comb-shaped heatsinks, thermal sensors and flickering light shows, Kingmax has decided to buck the trend with what it calls an "invisible"...

Apple's newly-renamed mobile operating system iOS4 has been jailbroken before it is even launched. The update to the PwnageTool has been announced by a developer known has msft.guy and currently only works on the iPhone...

Apple has unwittingly encouraged rumours that the iWork productivity suite will be available on the iPhone 4.A screen shot of the new iPhone 4 on Apple's American website shows the option to open an attachment on the device in...

Adobe has managed to find a virtual finger to plug the leaky dyke that its Flash player has been for the past few days. The embattled outfit will release its Flash patch tomorrow, plugging a vulnerability that may  have...

Apple has announced a revolutionary new display technology for its new iPhone 4 during the company's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) yesterday. Adobe has decided to postpone the release of a patch for a flaw in its Reader...

Alcatel-Lucent has managed to acquire a contract for laying a 17,000 km-long submarine cable network linking South Africa to France.The Wall Street Journal has reported that Alcatel-Lucent had signed the contract, worth $500...

The Provincial Court of Madrid has thrown out a case against file-sharing forum CVCDGO.com, having decided that no offences had been committed. After nearly five years of legal wrangling and the arrest of four men accused of...

UK cultural secretary Jeremy Hunt has hinted at the possibility of new legislation aimed at speeding up the release of superfast broadband across the UK.The BBC reports that Jeremy Hunt has acknowledged the need for the...

Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay $318 million to BSkyB to settle a lawsuit.The lawsuit had been filed by the broadcasting company because of a faulty EDS customer relationship management (CRM) system provided to BSkyB by...

No doubt Hon Hai Precision Industry was pleased with itself when it won the contract to produce a mobile phone for Apple. More business would mean more profit for the company, headquartered in Taiwan but able to access the...

Adobe has decided to postpone the release of a patch for a flaw in its Reader PDF viewer until the end of the month.Computer World reports that Adobe will still be releasing the patch to solve a related vulnerability in its Flash...

Microsoft has finally launched its free version of Office Web Apps in a few language versions around the globe. The Google Docs-targeted, cut-down, cloudy version of the outfit's all-conquering Office suite is initially...