Apple has released an update to their latest iOS 4 mobile phone operating system and ahead of their press conference, all with a view to resolve the issues that have surrounded the handsets signal problems.The 180MB firmware...

UK's smallest independent mobile phone network 3 UK has launched the cheapest Android touchscreen mobile phone on the market, the Racer, a handset that comes courtesy of Chinese manufacturer ZTE. The phone, which is available on...

The HP Photosmart Plus is a complete print, scan and copy solution that allows consumers to wirelessly* print photos, web content and everyday documents with ease. Quickly and simply set up on a wireless network with the touch of...

British Airways has launched a smartphone application for members of its Executive Club which allows them to display their board pass; the application is available for the iPhone, Blackberry and Android platforms but not Windows...

The Nokia N900 is a powerful smartphone running the Linux based Maemo OS. Featuring a vivid 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display, the N900 also features a slide out QWERTY keyboard which aids messaging and web browsing. Maemo 5...

Android has become the third platform after Apple's App store and Getjar to reach the all important one billion downloded app milestone, one which was smashed yesterday actually. According to Androlib, which tracks Android apps,...

Mobile phone network Three has unveiled the ZTE Racer budget Android phone on their network, running the latest Google OS version of 2.1 and all for £99 on pay as you go.ZTE's Racer is a 2.8-inch QVGA resistive touch screen...

UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has pushed back the deadline for providing a 2Mbps universal broadband connection across teh country from 2012 to 2015, The Daily Telegraph reports.According to Hunt, the delay has been caused by...

We don't believe that Apple will announce tomorrow that it will recall its iPhone 4 smartphone not only because it doesn't want to but also because it cannot afford such a step right now. The problems surrounding the iPhone 4...

Google has pledged $1 million (£665,000) to fund academic research projects dedicated to digitising literary works from all geographical locations and eras.According to a post on the Google Research blog, the company plans...

Mobile phone software developer TouchType has released the text typing application SwiftKey.The application is designed to increase the typing speed on a touchscreen smartphone by as much as 50 per cent.The Economic Times reports...

The BBC News website has undergone an overhaul aimed at bringing it up to speed with social networking, technology news website Tech Radar reports.BBC News is amongst the most-used news sites in the UK. The redesign provides...

MP Tessa Jowell has appeared as a landmark between Big Ben and Westminster Palace, thanks to Google Maps, the BBC News has reported.Microsoft's virtual human, 'Milo', has appeared at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED)...

The Google Maps Send-To-Car feature is now supported by over 20 car manufacturers around the world, technology news website The Next Web reports.Writing on Google's Lat Long blog, Engineering and Product Manager Markus...

Orange is reportedly considering joining the BBC-led IPTV platform Project Canvas, following the departure from the joint ventureof Channel 5, the Guardian has has reported.Project Canvas, which recently received the approval of...

HP is looking to focus its mobile resources on its newly acquired Web OS mobile platform, a decision that may affect the launch of a scheduled Android-based tablet device. John Paczkowski from AllthingsD says sources in the know...

Facebook has refused to remove a tribute page entitled “RIP Raoul Moat You Legend", despite mounting pressure from critics including UK Prime Minister David Cameron.The page has so far gained 38,000 fans and contains...

Apple is likely to release a smaller version of the Macbook Air laptop together with an iPod Touch with a 3-megapixel camera when the company religiously releases new products in August and September. According to Digitimes,...

Jeremy Hunt, the UK's Minster for Culture, Media and Sport, has outlined the way ahead for the coalition Government's vision of a super-fast broadband Britain. In a speech delivered to business leaders at the Industry Summit,...

Toshiba has partnered with SanDisk to build its latest NAND flash memory chip plant in Japan, the Wall Street Journal has reported.The chip facility, dubbed Fab 5, is set to be built in Yokkaichi, Japan. The plant is scheduled...

The UK government has launched an interactive Google Earth map showing the effect on the planet of a rise in temperature of four degrees Celsius.According to news agency AFP, the interactive Google Earth map will let public see...

Texas Instruments has bought up two ailing chip factories in Japan. The chip maker has been on the sniff for cheap factories and wanted to make a few acquisitions during the "financial downturn" which may or may not be behind...

MP Tessa Jowell has appeared as a landmark between Big Ben and Westminster Palace, thanks to Google Maps, the BBC News has reported.The former Olympics minister and current Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood said that she was...

Microsoft has confirmed that the twelfth Russian spy detained by the US government was working with the organisation as a software tester, Businessweek reports.A company spokesperson said that Alexey Karetnikov worked in the...

Sony has released the Hulu Plus online video streaming preview service for selected PlayStation Plus platform subscribers in the US.According to the official PlayStaion blog, Hulu Plus will allow users to stream full-length TV...

Apple has released the iOS 4.1 software development kit (SDK) to developers, leading to speculation as to whether a cure for the infamous iPhone 4 'Death Grip' problem may be on its way.The company had insisted that the dropped...

Apple has rushed out its phone OS update iOS4.1 in beta form, which it has made available to developers. These developers are loading up the new OS with one thing on their minds - to find out whether to software manages to fix...

A Microsoft executive has compared the iPhone 4 to the company's own disastrous Windows Vista operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.Microsoft’s chief operating officer Kevin Turner, while addressing...

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt will today call on businesses to "collaborate and innovate" to give Britain the best broadband network in Europe by 2015. Hunt is to make the appeal at today's Industry Day summit, held at the...

Apple could release iOS4.1 for its mobile devices today, the day before it stands before the world to explain away the kerfuffle over poor reception and an apparent design flaw. Developers already have the update in their hands...

The majority of US states have applied to become test markets for Google’s new fibre network programme, technology news website Information Week reported on Wednesday.Google has stated on its 'Fiber for communities'...

Microsoft is offering its business partners a wide range of tools to help facilitate the adoption of cloud-based services, Network Word reports.Speaking at the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference, Microsoft's new...

The UK’s largest end-to-end IT infrastructure event returns to Earls Court for the fifth time in 2010.  With an unrivalled exhibitor list of over 230 companies and 14 theatres boasting over 200 free seminar sessions,...

Microsoft's virtual human, 'Milo', has appeared at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference in Oxford, UK.The appearance is his first public outing since being unveiled at the E3 Expo last year.Milo is the...

Apple has announced to the media they will be holding an unscheduled press conference this Friday, all in order to talk about the iPhone 4 with the possibility of the signal dropping issue on the agenda that have plagued the...

Apple has acquired the French Canadian start-up mapping company Poly9 Group, reports Quebec daily newspaper Le Soleil.Poly9 develops APIs using data from sources including Google Earth and MapQuest. According to the report, Apple...

I had a rather interesting discussion with a Dell Engineer, who shall stay anonymous, about servers in general and how generally upgrading trends are evolving. Our informal chat revolved around the high scalability and high...

Hackers have attacked 25,000 PCs affected by the Windows Help and Support Center zero-day vulnerability, patched yesterday.According to a post on the Microsoft Malware Protection Centre (MMPC) blog, the attacks on infected...

Now that Nvidia's low-power GF104 slice of Fermi silicon has finally been let out of the gates, it looks as though the Green Team's partners feel they can safely put two Fermi chips on one board.  At least that's the...

Opera has released its latest Opera Mini 5.1 mobile web browser for download on Google's Android platform.The Opera Mini mobile web browser, used by 61 million users worldwide, will come with an enhanced user interface,...

The UK's coalition Government is undertaking what it calls a "rapid review" of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), the law governing the State tapping of phones, email and Internet use. The move comes as part...

Sales of Microsoft's new Office 2010 productivity suite have been "disappointing" according to initial figures published by research firm NDP Group.According to a post on the NDP Group blog, sales of the software, launched on 15...

Every aspect of the PowerShot A480 has been redesigned with one thing in mind: ease of use. Thanks to a new, simplified button layout - with dedicated buttons for zoom, mode and playback and an improved User Interface, it's as...

The 1TB Netgear Stora Wireless Network SATA 2-Bay Raid Hard Drive offers comprehensive and user friendly home data storage. Netgear's Stora Wireless Network SATA 2-Bay Raid Hard Drive cleverly and safely lets you store, share and...

It’s accepted that email plays a critical role in business communications. But with its importance come challenges. The volume and size of messages companies must retain for interrogation and analyses are exploding. They...

The inimitable Charlie Demerjian over at Semi Accurate said he had a run-in with a mole that popped its head above ground in his vicinity, having burrowed all the way from a bunker in Santa Clara. Quite where the mole surfaced is...

Twitter's revenue generating service @earlybird launched its first deal on Wednesday. In partnership with Walt Disney Studios, the company offered a special deal on tickets to see the new film, "The Sorcerer's...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been spending millions in legal fees to recover relatively small amounts in damages, a financial report filed by the organisation revealed today.According to data retrieved...

Taiwanese manufacturer Acer will add a 7-inch and a 10-inch tablet PC to its range of products in the fourth quarter of 2010, possibly during the build up to the lucrative Christmas shopping period. According to Digitimes, the...

The Zune brand, Microsoft's portable media player answer to Apple's hugely popular iPod family, could well be on its way out as the Redmond giant accelerates plans to converge siloed services. Despite Microsoft's attempt, the...

Apple has apparently invited selected members of the press at a "special" event to be held in California, most probably at their headquarters at 1, Infinite Loop in Cupertino. Jim Dalrymple, a CNet Blogger, was amongst the first...

At the heart of the 3D viewing experience are Panasonic's TY-EW3D10 3D glasses. These us a system called active shutter technology to create an involving 3D effect. 3D relies on sending separate images to the viewer's left and...

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has sought to reassure investors after news that the company's stocks have fallen 19 per cent so far during 2010.Businessweek reports that RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said at the annual...

 Apple is expected to address the iPhone 4 brouhaha tomorrow in hastily-scheduled press conference. The outfit hasn't specified exactly what the press conference is supposed to be about, and the words "Death Grip" are...

Twitter's revenue generating service @earlybird launched its first deal on Wednesday - cinema tickets.Tiwtter announced: "Today, we're excited to launch the first @earlybird Exclusive Offer, in partnership with The Walt Disney...

According to a recent survey by research group NDP, owners of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices would be willing to pay for a cloud-based iTunes service.The 'iTunes Usage Report' indicates that more than a quarter of Apple...

Product: Sapphire HD5670 Ultimate EditionPrice: £119.99  Sapphire’s popular Ultimate Edition range of passively-cooled graphics cards has just got another member in the form of the HD5670 Ultimate, based on -...