Onkyo's budget AV receivers have always been ahead of rivals in terms of both features and sound quality and that's exactly the case here. The Onkyo TX-SR507 offers, a highly competitive, four HDMI inputs - that's at least one...

Seagate's PR has confirmed that the 3TB Freeagent GoFlex Seagate external hard disk drive will go on sale in the UK soon with a suggested retail price of £329 through selected retailers and online at Seagate.com. However, a...

Remote monitoring and managed services software vendor Level Platform has launched its Managed Workplace software for HP's StorageWorks X500 Data Vault Series.The product allows small businesses with between 10 and 100 computers...

Microsoft's cloud computing service Windows Azure has already attracted thousands of users, despite only launching six months ago.Azure provides users with scalable computing power and storage, as well as offering a number of...

Amazon has just brought its Kindle book reader application to the Android Market place, free of charge for everyone to use with a handset running that OS. This software now offers the same functionality as their hardware version...

Apple is looking for experienced antenna engineers to cure its iPhone 4 reception problems, according to its Jobs At Apple website. In the new job advert, Apple has specifically asked for an RF system Validation engineer.The job...

Nearly one million people aged over 50 years or older went online for the first time last year, according to new research.The study, conducted by online research firm UK Online Measurement Company (UKOM), revealed that more than...

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has ordered Orange to remove an advert claiming that the company "covers more people in the UK than any other operator".The agency acted on a complaint made by rival 3Mobile in September...

Microsoft is set to release the public beta version of its latest IIS Web server, IIS Express.Microsoft Corporate Vice President of the .Net Developer platform Scott Guthrie stated that the new web server will have a full web...

Software maker Red Hat has launched its Red Hat Cloud Foundations cloud computing platform.The software allows customers to create private clouds on x64 servers, and puts the company into direct competition with Microsoft by...

A consumer poll conducted by IT magazine PC Advisor has revealed that a more than a quarter of smartphone users own an Apple iPhone. 25.3 per cent of smartphone users own an Apple iPhone, indicating a significant growth in the...

Wireless technology maker MobileAccess has joined up with network giant Cisco to announce a new network technology designed to improve indoor mobile phone reception in office buildings.The solution uses copper cables integrated...

Verizon Wireless has slashed the prices of Microsoft's Kin One and Kin Two social networking smartphones.Launched only six weeks ago, the Kin smartphones have failed to perform as well as either Microsoft or Verizon hoped -...

Apple is looking for three new antenna engineers to work on the iPhone. Serioulsy folks. We're not making this up. The three separate positions were listed yesterday for full-time jobs working at the company's Santa Clara campus...

Software giant Microsoft has released a beta version of its Windows Live Messenger Connect service.Connect will allow users to log in to partner websites, including Photobucket, Goodreads, Add This and Scribble Live, using their...

Just to prove that some gadget fanatics have yet to be affected by the economic crisis, flashy gizmo designer Art Lebedev has revealed yet another gorgeous keyboard laden with customisable LCDs. The new Optimus Popularis has...

Figures published today on the cost and management of Government web sites show startling disparities between the value for money offered by different sites, with some costing taxpayers as much as £11.78 for every visitor...

Users are reporting that some iPhone 4 handsets have a problem with the proximity sensor which is supposed to shut down the touch screen during voice calls. The official Apple forum is bursting at the seams (32 pages of angry...

The Internet video format war is hotting up with YouTube apparently coming down on the side of Adobe's Flash... for the time being at least. One of the video streaming outfit's software engineers, John Harding, gives his...

Taiwanese LCD screen maker HannStar Display has confessed to conspiring with its mates to fix the prices of LCD monitors.The US Department of Justice said that the company had pleaded guilty to the charge and agreed to a pay a...

AMD might have the ultimate gaming penis extension with its six-monitor EyeFinity gaming tech, but Nvidia has now upped the ante by enabling stereoscopic 3D gaming across three monitors. Unlike ATI's EyeFinity technology,...

Cisco has announced new energy management solutions for the home and office, aimed at increasing the company's share of the emerging 'smart grid' and green technologies market.Marthin De Beer, the vice president of Cisco's...

Sony has recalled over half a million laptops that may overheat and cause burns to users' laps. The Japanese outfit is recalling 535,000 of its Vaio F and C series laptops after it received 39 reports of overheating and...

HP and enterprise communication software vendor Avaya have partnered to offer advanced, cost-effective enterprise unified communication (UC) solutions to clients.The companies have announced a three-year partnership under which...

Old men formed the largest group of newbies who connected to the Internet in the UK in the last year, creating a surge in demand for websites with health tips, funny videos and and coach tours. Some 1.9 million people got wired...

Digital do-gooders the Electronic Frontier Foundation will appear in court today to defend the rights of thousands of people accused of illegal file sharing. The US civil liberties group will give evidence in a Washington court...

Taiwan-based LCD screen maker HannStar Display has pleaded guilty to fixing the prices of monitors that use TFT-LCD technology.The US Department of Justice said that the company had pleaded guilty to the charge and has agreed to...

  Now the coalition government has abandoned the original proposals for video game tax relief, both Sony and Activision Blizzard have warned that they're reconsidering further investment in the UK. Speaking to The...

IT giant IBM has teamed up with wireless technology maker WiSpry to create new micro-electromechanical machine systems (MEMS) technology and products based on tunable radio frequency (RF).In a statement, the companies said that...

A leaked script used by Apple customer support agents has reinforced the company's insistence that there's nothing wrong with the iPhone 4. Spotted on the always reliable Boy Genius Report, the script which is used to placate...

If slides of a Windows 8 Presentation document leaked on the internet a couple of days ago are to be believed, Microsoft could well be plotting the demise of the Desktop platform, one which it help make mainstream nearly 30 years...

A new network design could increase internet speeds by 100 times, by removing the need to convert optical signals to electrical ones, according to MIT boffins. The group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of...

While most diminutive PCs leave you waiting with weedy Atom processors and integrated graphics, MSI has decided to beef up the processing capabilities with its latest Wind Box PCs. The new DE520 not only comes with a 2.7GHz...

Cisco has authorised IT distributors Avnet Technology Solutions and Ingram Micro to configure its C-series blade servers, based on Cisco's Unified Computing Systems (UCS) architecture.Cisco said companies will help enterprise...

iPhone 4 users have reported yet another problem with their device - a faulty proximity sensor.The sensor is designed to shut down the iPhone's touchscreen when the device is held close to the user's face or in a pocket. Some...

Share your world with friends and family - anywhere, anytime. The LifeCam VX-5500 folds flat to go with you whenever, and wherever, you want to use it. Fits on all monitors, including flat screens and notebooks, or sits directly...

Apple has found an unlikely ally in its crusade against all things Adobe - the porn industry.US porn baron and founder of Digital Playground, Ali Joone, has declared that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is right to say that Adobe's Flash...

Technical specifications for Microsoft's Kinect controllerless controller leaked by a retailer suggest that potential purchasers may be getting substantially less than they expected for their cash. Play.com has published...

A consumer poll conducted by IT magazine PC Advisor has revealed that a more than a quarter of smartphone users own an Apple iPhone.The poll's results revealed that 25.3 per cent of smartphone users own an Apple iPhone,...

Nokia hasn't given out of collaborating with Google's Android at some point in time according to the director of MeeGo at Nokia, Valtteri Halla. Speaking to Fierce Developer, the head of the platform joint partnership at the...

US-based law firm Kershaw, Cuttiner and Ratinoff is rallying users affected by the iPhone antenna problem to bring a class-action lawsuit against the iPod maker. The law firm isclaiming that it is investigating the iPhone 4...

Networking giant Cisco has launched a tablet computer, the Cius, aimed at business users and will touted as part of an integrated solution that includes Cisco's Telepresence package. Uncommonly, the tablet runs on an Intel Atom...

HTC has begun to roll out updates to their handsets running the Google OS, these are on the HTC Hero and the HTC phone made for Google – the Nexus One. These firmware updates bring the mobile phones up to Android 2.1 and also...

The Open University has announced that it has become the first entity to reach 20 million downloads on Apple's online store, iTunes. The free educational tracks were available on the iTunes U section which brings together free...

The 32xv635 features REGZA XV picture processing with Resolution+ technology to enhance edge detail; bringing near high definition quality to standard signals. Images are clearer, sharper and richer. In addition to this, the...

Apple's productivity software suite iWork will be soon available as an iPhone app, if rumours are to be believed.iWork has so far only been available to Mac and iPad users, but now tech blog 9to5mac.com has released a set of very...

Networking outfit Cisco has announced a business-centric tablet PC to take on Apple in the professional arena. It's hard to deny that Apple's iPad has been a huge success selling far in excess of two million units since its...

Adobe Systems has released an emergency security update to fix 17 vulnerabilities in its Reader and Acrobat applications, including two critical bugs that are being exploited by hackers in the wild.The vulnerabilities were first...

Facebook said the temporary disablement of one of its pages that calls for a boycott of oil-slick meister BP was all a terrible mistake. Facebook spokesfolk blamed the disappearence of the page on its automated systems, which...

Three year-old court documents, opened earlier this month, have revealed that Dell knowingly sold faulty computers, reported the New York Times on Tuesday. The documents show that Dell staff were aware that problems with Nichicon...

Verizon Wireless will start stocking Apple's iPhone 4 smartphone from next year, two people familiar with the plans have said.This will end AT&T's exclusivity on the device in the US.Verizon Wireless, which currently offers a...

So, what's the good news from the 'economic slowdown'? It's good for the planet, of course. "The recession has created the illusion that progress is being made to reduce emissions," said Committee on Climate Change chairman...

Online video streaming site Hulu has confirmed that it will launch its Hulu Plus premium service for computers, iPads, iPhones, games consoles and televisions.Hulu Plus is set to cost users $9.99 per month, a fraction of the cost...

The new HP Pavilion p6315 desktop PC is a fusion of style and impressive entertainment features. The beautiful deep high-gloss piano black with a touch of chrome exterior is a stylish addition to any home. Hidden connectors and...