For the first time ever, I stood in a line for seven straight hours to purchase what must be the most sought after smartphone on the planet, the iPhone 4. In the process, I learnt a few things about how Apple works and how the...

Some early iPhone 4 users are reporting that the device has some serious issues with receiving and placing calls due to bad reception, particularly when the smartphone is being held. Videos posted on Youtube show that holding the...

Social networking website Facebook has been accused of blocking the importing capability of Twitter's Facebook app which allows users to find which of your friends are on Facebook. Twitter told Techcrunch that "Facebook has...

3 UK announced its plans for the new iPhone 4 earlier today and the network is taking a calculated risk by offering 24 months contracts rather than a mix of 18 & 24 months ones or, like Tesco, introduce a 12 month...

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has opened a debate on the concept of 'Net neutrality' in the UK.Net neutrality is name given to the concept that all data carried by broadband connections should be treated equally.The idea isn't...

Mobile phone network Three has just announced they will be the first to offer a pay as you go micro-SIM card, which can be used with a SIM free Apple iPhone 4 purchased from today.The deal from Three surround a £15 per month...

Andy Rubin, the VP in charge of the mobile segment at Google, announced that 160,000 Android smartphones are being activated everyday and that's an increase of 60 per cent compared to May when that figure was pegged at...

Vodafone has started to sell the HTC Wildfire, unofficially known as the HTC Desire Mini, for as little as £20 per month with 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB worth of data allowance (but no Wi-Fi it seems), all...

Mobile phone maker Nokia aims to make its Ovi application platform more attractive to developers by dropping the cost of developer licences to €50 and approving applications for free.Nokia has also announced that it will be...

UK ISPs saw a massive surge in traffic yesterday as office workers who were unable to view England's 1-0 victory over Slovenia match on television went online to watch the matchBroadband provider Easynet Connect reports a rise of...

A document leaked from the Presidency of the EU reveals moves to push criminal sanctions into the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), just days ahead of the next round of negotiations. The document published online...

Unstoppable software monopolist Microsoft has just revealed the latest Preview Platform of its forthcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser, showing what could be the future of web browsing. As well as featuring support for HTML 5...

Fairsharemusic, a new music download service designed to support charities, launched a public beta version this week. Describing itself as "the home of feelgood downloading", the site donates 50 per cent of the revenue it makes...

For long lasting and durable drives, Seagate has always been the Brand to head to. Even though they primarily focus on consumer products, Seagate hasn’t been a big player in networked storage - despite previous dabbling...

According to a survey conducted by software developer platform Appcelerator, developers give Google's Android the edge over Apple's iOS in the long term.Appcelerator surveyed 2,733 users of its Appcelerator Titanium software...

AT&T has concluded the purchase of mobile network Alltel's assets in the American state of Utah, previously owned by Verizon Wireless.Over time, Alltel customers across 18 counties in the state will be moved to the AT&T...

The GeForce GTX 460 is rapidly turning into one of Nvidia's worst-kept secrets. Not only have we already had leaked specs, photos of the chip and PCB diagrams, but we've now even got photos of a reference card. The leaked snaps...

Yahoo-owned picture and video sharing service Flickr yesterday unveiled some subtle changes to its photo pages.CNet reports that the soon-to-be-released update includes wide-format homepage and photo pages, compatible with wider...

Research conducted by three top universities has yielded a breakthrough in quantum mechanics that could pave the way for the creation of an affordable quantum computer.The research has been carried out by teams of scientists from...

UK telecoms provider 3Mobile has unveiled its price plans for the new Apple iPhone 4.The UK's smallest mobile operator today published a chart allowing users to compare its tariffs with those of other UK mobile providers selling...

Video sharing platform YouTube and music licensing store Rumble Fish have partnered to launch Friendly Music.Friendly Music is an online music store that allows users to buy tracks at $1.99 per track. The website will go live on...

Motorola's newly unveiled Android-based Droid X smartphone could revolutionise the way businesses use mobile multimedia content, partner companies have declared.The phone, due to be launched on 15 July, will be able to run Adobe...

The PC cooling aficionados at Scythe have just come up with a new set of controllers that enable you to control your PC with your feet. The new range of USB footswitches are available in planks of one, two and three switches,...

Microsoft has released public beta version of its Windows Live Essentials suite.The company said that the new suite includes a number of significant updates to the Windows Live Photo Galley, Movie Maker, Messenger and Mail and...

Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney is coming over all Bono and giving an AIDS charity free access to footage from a forthcoming gig in London's Hyde Park. The sole surviving Beatle* will allow the Born HIV Free charity, which tries to...

UK broadband start-up firm Deltenna has launched a self-install broadband boosting device, the Wireless Broadband Enabler (WiBE).The company aims to provide a broadband service to rural areas by using the 3G mobile broadband...

Fairsharemusic, a new music download service designed to support charities, launched a public beta version this week.Describing itself as "the home of feelgood downloading", Fairsharemusic offers a catalogue of over 8.5 million...

The National Union of Journalists will support changes to the controversial Digital Economy Act which was rushed through Parliament in the wash-up period before the recent general election, without consultation. The powerful...

A Pakistani court has ordered the country's Telecommunications Authority to block access to nine web sites including Google, Yahoo, YouTube, FaceBook and Bing for hosting  material offensive to Muslims. Judge Mazhar Iqbal...

A study has revealed that deployments of femtocell technology, which allows localised wireless connectivity, have doubled around the globe over the last nine months.According to the research by Informa Telecoms and Media, there...

There have been ways of accessing your Windows Live Messenger account on Apple's iDevices for some time now, but is Microsoft's official offering another me-too reaction to the iPhone's popularity, or an attempt to spread the...

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has claimed his company is activating 160,000 mobile phones running its Android mobile OS every single day.The Guardian reports that the figure equates to around 4.8 million new Android-based smartphones...

A year-long enquiry conducted into cyber crime by the Australian Government has concluded that people should be forced to install anti virus software. In a move which might seem like punishing a patient because someone had...

Many Apple iPhone 4 owners have found yellow spots marring the display of the new device. This is not the first time display issues have cropped up with a new Apple product - earlier this year, users complained that the screens...

Microsoft has added music, video and games features to its popular Bing search engine, adding fuel to its ongoing search war with Google.The company explained that the new features introduced on Bing were designed to make the...

IBM, Samsung Electronics, GlobalFoundries and STMicroelectronics have announced they are collaborating to 'synchronise' fabs for the production of chips based on 28nm process technology jointly developed ...

Microsoft has released the third 'Platform Preview' update of its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 web browser, showcasing the browser's enhanced HTML 5 capabilities, hardware-accelerating graphics and new rendering engine.The...

Designers of ebooks are starting to grumble about Apple's policy of locking down which fonts can be used on its iBooks platform. Apparently iBooks 1.1 won't recognise fonts applied with standard CSS to any body, p, div, or span...

US-based bookseller Borders is offering customers the incentive of a $20 gift card with every Kobo e-book reader it sells.The move comes after rivals Amazon and Barnes & Noble slashed the prices of their e-book readers in the...

We haven't seen stock clock speeds advancing towards the 4GHz milestone since the sizzling days of Intel's NetBurst architecture, but this looks set to change with Intel's new 5000-series Xeon chips next year. ChannelWeb News...

Hewlett-Packard has acquired Seattle-based music streaming company Melodeo, fuelling speculation that the company plans to release a possible iTunes competitor in the future.Melodeo vice president Dave Dederer confirmed the sale...

Google says it has released the open source code of its new version 2.2 of Android, codenamed Froyo, to its partners for them to have a poke about with and start slipping into handsets. According to a blog post, "Customers will...

The HTC Wildfire is the smaller version of the hugely popular HTC Desire - it runs the same version of Google Android so you get all the same functions at a lower price. The screen has a web browser comparable to the iPhone, and...

The GN-621U complies with wireless 802.11b/g/n standards with latest 11n MIMO technology to increase the wireless speed up to 6 times faster and extends the range 4 times further* . The GN-621U also reduces "dead spots" within...

Hewlett-Packard HP has announced that it will be using Emulex's OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) technology in its new HP ProLiant G7 server blades.The company reported that the converged infrastructure...

A Manhattan judge has thrown out a $1 billion copyright case filed against Google by media giant Viacom.Viacom had accused Google of allowing its YouTube service to show copyrighted material without Viamcom's permission, reports...

Chancellor George Osborne announced in his 'emergency budget' yesterday that the new coalition government had decided to scrap the 50p-a-month landline tax promised by the previous Labour government.Virgin Media is all set to...

Chip maker AMD has upgraded its ATI FireSteam server graphics cards.The upgraded cards are set to provide improved graphical performance and come with double the memory of their predecessors.The new GPU cards, the double-slot...

Apple's iPhone 4 goes on sale today and queues are expected all over the world as demand will almost certainly outstrip supply. The latest iteration of the pioneering app phone - which addresses many of the shortcomoings of...

Graphics card outfit Sapphire Technology has introduced an HD 5670 equipped with a totally silent heatpipe cooler. The Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate boasts all the features of a regular 5670 - 400 Stream processors, 1GB DDR5...

Apple's much awaiting iPhone 4 handset has gone on sale from today and for the first time with a new Apple mobile phone it is available on many networks and not just the one, as the last iPhone 3G was only available on O2 when it...

Online retail company eBay has announced the acquisition of the barcode scanning application RedLaser, the Wall Street Journal has reported.RedLaser (http://redlaser.com/) is an iPhone application that allows users to scan...

Facebook is planning to further expand its presence in the eastern markets as its overall growth begins to falter.The social networking giant is looking to countries like China, Russia, Japan and South Korea for the next phase of...

Nokia has partnered with Tim Kring, the creator of “Heroes”, to bring to life the radical concept of reality gaming.The game will be called the "Conspiracy of Good" and will feature an eco-friendly NGO playing the...

Virgin Media is all set to release a revolutionary new modem and router with the ability to handle speeds of up to 400Mbps.The network upgrades will be officially launched by the end of this year.Virgin Media has around 70,000...

Google has won its long-running court case against Viacom, in which the snooping giant’s YouTube was accused of massive copyright infringement. Viacom brought the case seeking $1 billion in damages. It said it will appeal...