Developers creating software for Apple's App Store can now keep track of application sales using the newly released iTunes Connect Mobile application.Apple has provide access to iTunes Connect, the back-end portal for the App...

Sony has no intention to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 games console, the company says.Sony Computer Entertainment's UK sales director, Mark Howsen, said that executives at the company hadn't even discussed the possibility...

Vodafone has started to take pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S 16GB mobile phone in the United Kingdom.The smartphone, which is set to be released next Tuesday, is seen as a potential rival to Apple's new iPhone 4.Samsung's...

Uk mobile company Virgin Media risks being left behind, after becoming the only UK mobile provider not to announce that it will be selling the Apple iPhone 4 after it launches on 24 June.Mobile News has cited internal sources...

Microsoft has hit out at Google after one of the search giant's engineers released a full description of a vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support Center function for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, complete with...

After the phenomenal success of Nintendo's wand-waving Wii console, Sony and Microsoft are hoping to cash in with their own motion-control systems this year. However, a recent survey among gamers revealed that less than a quarter...

Motorola is to rush forward the launch of its latest smartphone, the Milestone XT720. The Milestone XT720 will now be available from 2 July. European technology blog EuroDroid alerted readers to the fact that Expansys, Motorola's...

Internet giant Google has disabled recently introduced customisation features on its search page after a bug caused problems with the rendering of background images. Google users had not taken to the introduction of the Bing-like...

Linux distributor Canonical is preparing to take on the Apple iPad, releasing a version of its Ubuntu OS for tablets early next year.Ubuntu for tablet computers is set to be a lightweight version of Canonical's full-strength...

Adobe has released its Flash Player 10.1 software for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux users.The new Flash Player 10.1 plug-in will come with updated features including smoother content rendering, as well as support for private...

Virgin Media has decided to cut the subscription rates of premium Sky channels for the customers of its cable TV service.The telecom company has confirmed that users will now be able to subscribe to Sky's sports and movie...

The New York Times has banned the word 'tweet' from its pages, when used to describe posts on the micro-blogging site Twitter. In a move not seen since King Canute's seaside exploits, the NYT's standards editor, Phil Corbett,...

New York Times standards editor Phil Corbett has advised writers to refrain from using the 'tweet' as it is not a recognised word in the English language.In an internal memo procured by The Awl, Corbett has advised his writers...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, during his keynote speech at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), claimed that the new iPhone 4's retina Display presents more pixels than the human eye can decipher.His claim has since been...

In what appears to be a coordinated campaign of attacks, hackers have struck down more than 50 Israeli websites, tech blog Arab Crunch has reported All of the sites affected have URLs that end with the '.co.il' domain name. They...

If you're bored with replaying the scant few hours of jungle-based frolics in Crysis and Crysis: Warhead, but you're still craving some nano-suited action, then EA has some good news for you. The game publisher is opening up a...

A Chinese man has been given a suspended jail sentence after selling his son on the internet for £1,800. The 22-year-old man, named as Mr Lu, was lumped with lone-parenting duties after he split up with the mother of his...

Insecurity outfit Symantec is warning that cyber crooks are using interest in the World Cup to attack companies. Writing on the company's blog, Symantec spokesman Daren Lewis said, "Message Labs Intelligence identified a run of...

A long running patent dispute between Blackberry maker RIM and Motorola has been settled today. The two companies said they have come to an agreement over patent rights for various cellular technologies and that an unspecified...

Microsoft has released a free online version of its Office 2010 productivity suite.The suite, Office Web Apps, will offer slimmed down versions of Word, Excel, OneNote and Powerpoint for use online, reports The Financial...

The world's biggest snoop, the monster named Google, has snuck off back to its lair with its tail between its legs, after blowing the simple experiment of having a picture on its search page. This simple stunt was a disaster....

Julian Assange, the globe-trotting founder of whistle-blowing web site Wikileaks, is being hunted by Pentagon officials. Investigators are, according to The Daily Beast, desperate to track down the Australian ex-hacker, who is...

The FBI has opened an investigation into a leak from and AT&T web site which exposed the e-mail addresses of 114,000 iPad users. The Feds are currently trying to work out whether a group of hackers going under the name of...

Sony has launched a new series of 3D-enabled High Definition Bravia televisions - just in time for viewers to catch live footage of the World Cup, which kicks off today. The Bravia 3D HDTV series include three models, the Bravia...

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has mounted an investigation into a recent security breach at mobile network AT&T that exposed the data of thousands of iPad 3G users.Among those on the list were high-profile...

Internet giant Google has disabled recently introduced customisation features on its search page after a bug caused problems with the rendering of background images.Google users had not taken to the introduction of the Bing-like...

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed that it has no plans to force organisations to report data losses.The ICO says that it still considers it best practice for organisations to report data losses, and...

North Korea has taken its first steps toward getting a fully-fledged connection to the Internet. The notoriously secretive Asian state has been ruled since 1948 by communist dictator Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong-Il, who...

The rumour factory has some potentially good news for anyone wanting to get a slice of six-core Core i7 silicon without auctioning off their internal organs. Intel has reportedly not only brought forward the release of its next...

UK mobile phone network O2 said it intends to stop offering unlimited data download plans to its smartphone users. From 24 June, new smartphone subscribers will get a monthly download limit of 500MB to 1GB, depending on how much...

Google has released the beta version of its Chrome Frame open source plug-in for Internet Explorer. Google was forced to develop the Chrome Frame plug-in to allow Google Wave to work on the browser.According to Google, Chrome...

The iPhone 4 isn't even out of its box yet, but wannabe handset makers are already queuing up to take on Apple's latest. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed today that his company would be releasing a smart phone based on a new...

Twitter yesterday acquired the company behind web analytics application Trendly, in a move aimed at improving the micro-blogging site's new Promoted Tweets programme.Trendly, developed by software maker Smallthought Systems,...

One in three Britons plans to watch the upcoming FIFA World Cup online rather than on a TV set, a survey by electrical retailer PC World has revealed.The survey, which was completed by 3,000 Britons, also revealed that one in...

OCZ is best known for targeting willy-wavers with its high-end PSUs, SSDs and premium RAM, but the memory maker is also eyeing up the enterprise market. The company has just announced two new solid state drives, which it says are...

Every time a major global event happens, someone swears blind that it will bring the tech world to a halt. This time around it's the turn of the Fifa World Cup, and this month's Chicken Little running around saying the sky is...

Samsung has announced that it will be holding its first ever Developer Day at the Congress Centre, London, on 18 June. The company hopes the event will build developer's enthusiasm for its Bada operating system.Non-profit...

UK wireless carrier O2 is to cease offering unlimited data download plans to its smartphone users.From 24 June, new smartphone subscribers will be subject to a monthly download limit of 500 MB to 1GB, depending on their data...

Sega has announced it is to launch several classics from its long-gone Dreamcast console for the PS3 and Xbox 360.The games will be made available on the Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) and Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade, and...

Once-mighty Dell said it has removed $100 million from its reported first quarter profit in case the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) throws the book at it. In a statement, Dell said that, "as a result of on-going...

Adobe has released version 10.1 of its Flash Player for Windows, Mac and Linux. Adobe says version 10.1 is a major update. Its most significant feature is perhaps the fact that it plugs a critical vulnerability that has been...