The fourth generation iPod Touch should be launched in the second week of September as it has always been the case until now and recent suggestions from an event organised by UK retailer John Lewis point to an evolution...

Garmin, one of the last standalone manufacturers of Satnav, has published an interesting study that points to the hidden costs of using a smartphone with free satellite navigation software when travelling abroad. The company,...

Google’s YouTube has launched a revamped version of its mobile website, geared up to take advantage of mobile phones today by offering abilities that closely match the desktop browser’s viewed version.YouTube mobile was launched...

Micro-blogging site Twitter receives 800 million search queries from its users every day,  company co-founder Bizz Stone has revealed.Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Stone said Twitter users were inputting 24 billion...

T-Mobile has finally announced their Apple iPhone 4 prices and tariff details, whilst the other mobile phone networks have already been selling the handsets for some time.  Apple’s 16GB version of the iPhone 4 arrives on the...

The wait for Nvidia's mid-range Fermi hardware could soon be over, as the GPU maker has recently put up a countdown timer on its website, implying that a big new release is on the way. When we last checked at 4:38pm today, the...

T-Mobile has become the sixth and last mobile network provider in the UK to publish details about its monthly plans for the Apple iPhone 4 smartphone and unfortunately, they are not as excited as we were expecting.Facebook has...

BT is hoping that local authorities will consider subsidising the installation of high-speed broadband connections in rural areas, after the Parish council of Iwade in Kent, agreed to help pay to bring a 40Mbps broadband...

A site called Pocket Now has poured scorn on the idea that Microsoft only sold 503 Kin phones. The rumour apparently kicked off at Daring Fireball, which seems to have plucked the figure out of the air. It referred to a...

Microsoft has signed a patent licensing deal with Japanese in-car entertainment company Denso.The Register reports Microsoft's clarification that no technology was being exchanged or licensed under the agreement. The company...

T-Mobile has become the sixth and last mobile network provider in the UK to publish details about its monthly plans for the Apple iPhone 4 smartphone and unfortunately, they are not as excited as we were expecting. The mobile...

The BBC has confirmed that it will launch Radioplayer, a platform similar to Project Canvas but less controversial and for radios only, towards the end of the year. Users will be able to get access to all the 400 or so...

More and more computer manufacturers like Dell or HP are offering the 64-bit version of Windows 7 by default even on devices that are destined for home and small business users often with no clear downgrade path. This article...

The Information Commissioner's Office has rapped three councils over the knuckles for being sloppy with the personal details of thousands of children The London Borough of Barnet, West Sussex County Council and Buckinghamshire...

Facebook has signed a deal with Malaysian payment technology company MOL Global, to sell Facebook Credit gift cards in MOL's network of retail outlets.The service, which will be powered by MOL's AccessPortal, will be available to...

Google's YouTube video sharing service has launched the beta of its Leanback service. Leanback allows users to watch videos continuously based on their preferences, the company has announced.The technology, which is a part of...

A major outsourcing outfit which headhunts graduates for IT careers in China is demanding that applicants demonstrate an IQ of at least 140 before they even get a sniff of a job. If you are lucky enough to have an IQ of 140,...

UK internet service providers BT and TalkTalk have demanded a judicial review of the controversial Digital Economy Act.The DEA was forced through the parliament by the Labour government in April, prior to the dissolving of...

BBC-led online TV platform Project Canvas has released details of the digital rights management (DRM) content protection software it plans to use.The IPTV platform, which has recently been given the go-ahead from the...

Microsoft has filed a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for a new kind of TV remote control that uses six-axis technology, reports tech blog Being Manan.Six-axis technology will allow the device to detect...

Shiny-faced toff overlord David Cameron has dodged giving a straight answer about scrapping games tax relief, despite being asked specifically about it in Prime Minister's Questions yesterday. Dundee West Labour MP Jim McGovern...

Microsoft has said that it is still reviewing the 'zero-day' vulnerability discovered by security consultant Secunia, but that attacks that exploit the flaw have not yet been spotted in the wild.The bug is related to a buffer...

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released an online guide to help businesses charities and public organisations efficiently secure their data, technology news website ZDNet reports.Published on the...

Two of the biggest players in the UK telecoms industry are demanding a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act. The legislation, which was rushed through Parliament in the pre-election wash-up with the minimum of...

Seemingly crafted by nature itself, the Eee PC Seashell draws it's inspiration from seashells. It’s so light and compact you can take it anywhere with you, and, with sleek curves and smooth lines hugging the lustrous shell,...

The L500 is a 39.6cm (15.6") widescreen laptop, ideal for everyday computing, finished in a premium gloss design. The L500 series offers all the essentials you would expect from an everyday computer, with Intel or AMD processors,...

Google has updated the mobile version of its popular online video sharing service YouTube to support HTML 5.The update will mean iPhone and iPad users users no longer need to download the separate YouTube iPhone app in order to...

Bookseller Borders has entered the online e-book market with the launch of its new Borders eBooks online store, the Wall Street Journal has reported.The company said that its titles would be supplied by Canadian e-book retailer...

The Compaq Mini 311c is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Processor N270, Intel’s smallest chip built with the world’s smallest transistors. All devices powered by Intel Atom processors allow you to stay in touch...

Mobile phone giant Nokia and mobile phone wannabe Intel have issued their first update to version v1.0 of the MeeGo Core Software Platform and the MeeGo Netbook User Experience, which was first released in late May. MeeGo...

Microsoft's Xbox Live online video game platform has generated an estimated $1 billion in revenue for the year ending on 30 June, Business Week reports.The company said that the $1 billion revenue mark was reached thanks to the...

LG's N2R1D NAS Server is the first-ever Network Attached Storage (NAS) with a built in DVD burner which serves as an additional backup option.  The LG N2R1D NAS Server also offers you advanced data management. With its...

Retailer John Lewis invited a bunch of journalists at the company's Christmas event where potential products are presented ahead of the sales season towards the end of the year. Pocketlint and Electricpig report that the Apple...

YouTube has given us a tantalising glimpse of what life might be like with Google TV. Leanback, which is expected to become a major component of the world-conquering search engine's inexorable march into our living rooms, is a...

Nokia has sought help from Russian Police to retrieve a prototype smartphone from a Russian blogger, technology news site CNet reports.Eldar Murtazin, a Russian blogger and editor of the Moscow-based mobile-review.com, posted a...

Facebook is investigating a fault on a mobile e-mail notification service it provides for BlackBerry users, technology website PC World reports.According to the report, Facebook has received complaints from a group of users...

According to tests conducted by tech blog Ars Technica using the SunSpider industry-standard benchmark test, the JavaScript engine on Google's Nexus One Android 2.2 operating system is almost twice as fast as the one that runs on...

The European Union (EU) has said it is looking into complaints made against search giant Google "very carefully", the Telegraph reports.Google faces  anumber of allegations that it has breached European Competition law. The...

Nvidia has hit out at claims it's deliberately hobbling CPU PhysX, describing the reports as "factually inaccurate." Speaking to THINQ, Nvidia's senior PR manager Bryan Del Rizzo said "any assertion that we are somehow...

Apple has released sophisticated new anti-fraud measures for iTunes, following a recent spate of hacking attacks on the platform.News agency AFP reports that the new security measures will include consumers being asked to enter...

Google is set to add add a feature that allows its Chrome web browser to tell which way up you're holding your computer, Cnet has discovered.Cnet discovered the information from bug-tracking website WebKit Bugzilla.The feature,...

Argentinian hacker, Ch Russo says he and two chums were able to break into the Pirate Bay's user database and gain the ability to create, delete, modify or view all user information contained within. According to Brian...

A member of the German data protection authority has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, accusing the company of collecting data about people who haven't signed up to the social network, BBC News reported today.Johannes Caspar,...

YouTube has announced a major update to its Internet service for mobile users. The video streaming outfit which regularly tops the charts as the biggest presence on the web has cottoned on to the massive growth in...

Japanese storage specialist Hitachi Global Storage Technology has unveiled a new range of external hard disk drives, called Lifestudio, with a number of new features that sets it apart from the rest of the competition.Research in...

Recent research has revealed that the number of Americans accessing the internet from mobile devices is increasing, the Washington Post has reported.According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a non-profit...

The biggest threat to sensitive enterprise data comes from the very information security professionals who are entrusted with its security, according to a new study conducted by security firm Cyber-Ark Software.The survey,...

Japanese storage specialist Hitachi Global Storage Technology has unveiled a new range of external hard disk drives, called Lifestudio, with a number of new features that sets it apart from the rest of the competition. HGST has...

We've heard it before: you like the idea of 3D TV, but you don't fancy the idea of sitting down to watch an evening's entertainment in your living room wearing funny specs. For more 3D content & featured articles, go to...

Amazon UK has launched its own online grocery division, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.Online retailer Amazon, more widely known for selling books, games, DVDs and CDs across the world, last night launched its own...

Research in Motion (RIM) has released the full version of its BlackBerry Twitter application, technology news site IT Pro has reported.According to the report, RIM launched the Twitter application for its smartphone device...

In a conclusion that will surprise no one with half a brain, climate scientists at the University of East Anglia have been found by an inquiry to have done nothing wrong, other than perhaps be a bit insular. The Independent...