BBC's website felt the full force of media scrutiny and critics and came under fire today after having called Facebook users as "Saddos"; the text as well as the social networking buttons that accompany it have been removed...

The US military has charged soldier Bradley Manning  with leaking a video of a US helicopter attack in Iraq to the website, WikiLeaks. Manning is accused of transferring classified data to an unauthorised third...

Virtualisation software vendor VMware has released new features for its VMware Go platform.The new features will allow small and medium businesses (SMBs) to easily virtualise their applications by automatically installing and...

HTC's Android-based smartphone, the HTC Desire, will not be affected by the release of Apple's iPhone 4 device, Rudefox reports.Experts believe that the HTC Desire is preferred by people who want to own an iPhone like smartphone...

We reported earlier today that Sony will be introducing two new versions of its flagship PS3 gaming console, in white and with 160GB and 320GB hard disk drives respectively; prices starting at 29,980 yen and 34,980 yen...

The e-mail exchange between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and an irritated iPhone 4 user, pronounced fake by Apple's PR team, is in fact real, tech blog Boy Genius Report claims. Microsoft has claimed that there is huge demand for its new...

Ten One Design has developed a pressure sensitive drawing application for Apple's iPad tablet device, T3 has reported.Even though the tablet does not come with pressure sensitive capabilities, the design firm has managed to...

Data collected by a mobile phone recycling price comparison website show that iPhone 3G users are getting rid of their old handset in order to get some cash to buy the latest iPhone 4 handset. Sell My Mobile says that the iPhone...

With cloud-based gaming systems such as OnLive setting up shop, it looked like we might have seen the last of the traditional games consoles, but Sony has revealed it is indeed working on a future console, and that it wants games...

FourSquare, the location-based social networking platform, has announced that it has achieved getting one million check-ins in a single day.According to an article on Tech Radar, FourSquare announced that the platform was...

In the next few weeks the BBC News web site will get a major face-lift which will make it easier not navigate and share apparently. Site Editor Steve Herrmann said, "Millions of people use the site every day and there's clearly...

Sony has joined fellow ebook reader manufacturers Amazon and Barnes & Noble in cutting the price of its e-reader devices.Entering into the price war initiated by rivals Barnes & Noble and Amazon, Sony has cut the prices...

Older iPhones are flooding the second-hand market as those folk who feel they simply must have the latest version are dumping the perfectly decent ones they already had in a clamour to get their right hands wrapped around a...

Smartphone maker HTC has seen its net profit jump 33 per cent on the same period last year, thanks in the main to the success of its Android handsets. The company has sold millions of Android powered app phones over the last...

Samsung has refreshed its range of Q-series laptops with a trio of new models that all feature Intel's Core i3 and i5 processors complete with Turbo Boost features. The Q330 comes with a 13.3-inch screen while the Q430 is a...

Apple has started analysing consumer purchasing patterns on its iTunes App Store using the data provided by its iAd mobile advertising platform.The company aims to serve more targeted adverts to its customers.According to an...

Jokers in Microsoft's Games for Windows wing have laughed off Activision's claims that it's supporting PC gaming, likening the games publisher's comments to an April fool's gag. A post on the Games for Windows verified Twitter...

The BBC has apologised for referring to users of the world’s leading social networking website Facebook as "Saddos", technology website Digital Spy has reported.The error, first reported by The Media Blog two days ago, had...

According to a report recently published by SellMyMobile.com, Apple's iPhone 3G is the most recycled phone in the UK market.The report, which was compiled using data from phone recycling firms Mazuma, Mobile Phone Change and Sky...

An Apple iPhone 4 has gone on sale at the cost of $20,000 or around £13,200, unlocked and SIM free. The iPhone4 Diamond Edition is encased in diamonds, with a platinum element all at a cost that most definitely matches the...

Many Apple iTunes App Store customers were left stunned after they found that their account had been hacked and cash credits were used to purchase applications, The Next Web has reported.Earlier, it had seemed that scammers used...

Until now Brit chip shop ARM's processor designs have been restricted to smart phones and other embedded devices, but new developments in a partnership between ARM and Canonical, the company which develops Ubuntu Linux, could see...

Microsoft has advised users with PCs running on Windows XP Service Pack 2 to upgrade their systems before the company ends it support.Microsoft has decided to end support for Windows XP SP2 from 13 July.The company has advised...

A recently released report by security software vendor SecureWorks has revealed that one in every ten UK PCs has been used to launch cyber attacks.The report, which studied worldwide security hacks, said that UK is the sixth...

The two biggest issues with the iPhone 4 launch were shonky reception and the lack of a white variant 'for the ladies'. Apple has sworn blind that gripping the latest iteration of the Holy Handset in the wrong way has nothing to...

The UK Government has spent tens of thousands of pounds on developing applications for Apple's iPhone, the BBC has reported.The BBC report said that the details, made available under under the Freedom of Information Act,...

Skobbler has been downloaded more than 72,000 times within three weeks of its UK launch, technology website Tech Watch has reported. German created Skobbler is free sat-nav application developed for Apple’s iPhone.According...

The soon-to-be-released major update to World of Warcraft, Cataclysm, could include support for DX11 graphics according to reports. The folks at PC Games Hardware have had a fiddle about with the code for the current beta test...

New European Union (EU) regulation will see mobile phone bills capped to €50 (£41), when using data whilst roaming, Tech Watch has reported.The EU, in a similar move to the United States, has decided to cap roaming...

As top-end graphics cards increasingly start to resemble space age breezeblocks, it's becoming clear that a couple of backplate screws and a shallow motherboard slot aren't enough to stop the PCB bending. However, PowerColor has...

Microsoft has claimed that there is huge demand for its new Xbox 360 slim games console, Industry Gamers reports.The statement follows the  NPD monthly results, which showed that the company had managed to sell only 195,000...

Transport for London (TfL) has temporarily suspended access to its London Underground data service, according to a report by technology news website ZDNet yesterday.According to TfL, the live feed, opened to developers on 15...

BT is facing planning opposition to the installation of broadband cabinets from Brighton and Hove residents, business news website the Argus reports.BT is currently installing 1.8 metre tall, green broadband cabinets across the...

The UK Government recently announced a freeze on all marketing and advertising spends which includes the development of apps for the likes of the iPhone. Now the BBC has discovered exactly what the Government was spending...

The e-mail exchange between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and an irritated iPhone 4 user, pronounced fake by Apple's PR team, is in fact real, tech blog Boy Genius Report claims.  BGR had earlier posted screenshots and a detailed...

Google already have the pieces of a gigantic puzzle that could provide with a potential rival - Google Me - to the hegemony of Facebook in the social networking arena. Let's count them; Mail, Talk, Voice, Buzz, Wave, Orkut,...

Software giant Microsoft has said that Xbox Arcade games will be ported to its upcoming Windows Phone 7 using the XNA framework. The XNA framework is used to develop Xbox Arcade games.A UK court has fined a man £5,000 for...

Google has been ordered to restore advertising listings for mapping service Navx by French antitrust regulator Autorite de la Concurrence, the San Francisco Chronicle has reported.The Mountain View-based Internet giant had...

A new, updated Apple TV might be in the pipeline as the Cupertino-based company looks forward to annihilate the threat of Google TV as the battle for the control of the mobile market makes way for the war of the lounges. Long...

Working for the FCC must be one of the most exciting jobs especially when you have to break open a yet to be announced product and look at its innards. Which brings us to the Logitech Revue Google TV, whose picture has appeared...

Microsoft has publicly shamed a long list of computer retailers which were flogging PCs with Windows pre-installed without paying for it. Most OEMs have licensing deals with the software giant where they pay a small fee to...

Japanese electronics giant Sony will release new versions of its flagship gaming console, the PS3, in Japan later this month with a white version and new hard disk capacities making the headlines. 120GB and 250GB models will be...

Climate scientists have been on the end of death threats and receive masses of email abuse on a daily basis since the Climategate storm in a teacup broke. And, while Professor Phil Jones, the UEA scientist at the centre of the...

MySQL co-founder Monty Widenius has filed an appeal against the European Commission's decision to allow software maker Oracle to go ahead with the $7 billion Sun Microsystems acquisition.Widenius, who had sold his share of MySQL...

You've heard the hype. You may even have seen the hordes of fans who queued round the block the night before it was launched, just to get their hands on one. So what exactly is the all the fuss about the new iPhone 4? Apple's new...

Microsoft has cracked down on 25 UK-based computer firms selling PCs running on pirated versions of Windows.The company had hired investigators to catch firms that were illegally installing pirated versions of Windows onto...

Microsoft's Kin mobile handsets have been remembered in an online memorial following the company's decision to pull the plug on the smartphone after poor sales.A Microsoft user held an online memorial for both the Kin One and Kin...

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has laid off a number of Palm employees following its acquisition of the company.All Things D reports that there have been "double digit" cuts to the number of Palm employees.In a statement, an HP...