Microsoft has announced today that it will be selling a cut down version of the newly released Xbox 360 Slim together with the Kinect Sensor and a games package known as the Kinect Adventures for £249.99. The new console is...

Intel Atom processors, which power netbooks and other light performance devices, will be used in the forthcoming Bloodhound project, one which aims at pushing a car to travel on land at 1000mph. Four 1.6GHz Atom processors,...

Intel looks likely to escape an antitrust fine after reaching an agreement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), news agency Reuters reported on Monday.The FTC had accused Intel of unfairly harming market competition in...

The US Federal Communications Commission has approved documents cocerning a new Apple product nick-named the 'Trackpad', tech news site Softpedia reports.Apple’s device, also known as Magic Trackpad, Magic Slate, or a Magic...

The Chinese government has announced that it is satisfied Google now complies with Chinese law, after the search giant altered the way it directs users to an unfiltered search page.According to the Press Association, Zhang Feng,...

Apple has responded to queries by members of the US House of Representatives Ed Markey from Massachusetts and Joe Barton from Texas over the location data the company collects by writing a 13 page letter. The American Customer...

Google has updated its Postini e-mail filtering engine in order to block a new breed of JavaScript attack, responsible for the surge of spam messages on the internet.The search giant explained that the new JavaScript attack is a...

Blogging platform Blogetery has been shut down by its parent company BurstNET after terrorist material was posted to the site, BBC News has reported.Blogetery was being used by more than 70,000 bloggers.BurstNET said that the...

The world's first pirate-run Internet service provider has been launched in Sweden. The Swedish Pirate Party, which made the headlines in May after it stepped in to host file-sharing search engine The Pirate Bay, has now become...

A consortium of tech and media companies going under the name of the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem has come up with a proposal to create a one-stop-shop for digital media. The UltraViolet brand will be applied to...

The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) has announced a new digital rights management (DRM) system, 'UltraViolet'.According to Home Media Magazine, the consortium also announced a new logo for its branded services and...

Apple has responded to queries by US lawmakers over the location data the company collects by writing a 13 page letter, tech news site eWeek reported on Monday.In its reply to members of the US House of Representatives Ed Markey...

UK Apple fans users frustrated at the lack of speech recognition software for their iPhones and iPads will be pleased to know that speech-to-text pioneer Dragon has submitted two offerings to the UK iTunes App Store. American...

Intel has fuelled speculation that it may be entering the highly competitive smartphone market, after it hired former Palm and Apple VP Mike Bell as its new vice president and director of the company's smartphone product...

Screenshots of Nokia's newest operating system, Symbian^4, have been leaked, tech news site Softpedia reported on Monday.Symbian^4, an operating system designated by Nokia for use on its mid-ranged devices, has been built on QT...

A new study has rated the satisfaction of users on social networking site Facebook as "abysmal". The Wall Street Journal reports that according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) e-business report, developed...

In a further tightening of Downing Street's grip on government IT, control of flagship government web site Directgov has been taken over by a member of PM David Cameron's inner sanctum, the Minister for the Cabinet Office. A...

Nintendo is set to launch its 3DS handheld games console in the UK by March 2011, reports suggest.According to a news report published by gaming website VG247, Nintendo is meeting retailers in the UK to set the stage for the...

Rumours are rife on the Internet that Apple intends to charge for a forthcoming upgrade to the iPad operating system. Apple's tablet device is the last of the company's portable gadgets to get some iOS4 action, and iPad owners...

Vodafone has announced a new series of smartphones have arrived on their network and for sale from today onwards, these are the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro and LG Optimus. The latter of which is the start of a...

Sharp is set to launch the world's first Android-powered netbook. Well... almost. The diminutive Sharp Lynx SH-10B, which will be launched in Japan on 23 July, is a clamshell smartphone device that works as a...

American entrepreneur Mark Cuban has hinted at a 'Minority Report'-like future, in which computer software could recognise the users entering a high-street shop and offer them special discounts and personalised services.The owner...

Nokia has launched an industry-wide search for a new chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.According to the Wall Street journal, sources have stated that the Finland-based mobile phone giant plans to replace...

Taiwanese tech firm MSI has answered the prayers of Home Theatre PC-owners looking to turn their slimline set-ups into veritable games machines, releasing a low-profile Radeon HD 5670 graphics card.  Most low-profile...

Digital books have outsold hardbacks for the first time at online retailer Amazon, the Financial Times reports. The figures reveal the new importance of e-book sales, and the success of Amazon's Kindle e-reader.The company said...

Adobe is poking Apple with its antagonising stick once again by posting a demo video of a new video conferencing tool called Flash Time. The peer-to-peer video chat tool, which is still very much in the development stage judging...

Intel introduced a second desktop processor with six core, the Core i7-970, which come with 12MB L3 Cache, is clocked at 3.2GHz and will carry a suggested retail price of $885. The i7-970 is a step down from the i7-980X, which...

The Chinese government has said it is satisfied that US Internet giant Google is now complying with Chinese law, after the search engine tweaked the way it directs users to an uncensored search page. At the end of June, Google...

IBM's financial results for the second quarter of 2010 have failed to live-up to Wall Street expectations.The company reported steady growth in software sales and a net rise in income of 9 per cent to $3.39 billion, or $2.65 per...

The ReadyNAS Duo is perfect for homes with more than one computer. Unlike a USB drive, the ReadyNAS connects to the network and is simultaneously accessible via all connected Windows or Macintosh computers. If there is a...

Dell is set to buy storage technology company Ocarina Networks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.The Texas-based computer manufacturer announced the deal in a press release that the company is buying California-based...

Popular US-based service 'Rent a Friend' has been launched in the UK.Rent a Friend allows users to hire a 'friend' for an innocent date at a cost of £6.50 per hour.The service, which is already popular in the US, boasts...

Bean counters at the Grauniad have extracted a set of secondary data from the original set released by Experian Hitwise and have come to the conclusion that the Times and Sunday Times have lost up to 90 per cent of their online...

Mobile drives have taken another step towards catching up with their 3.5-inch bigger brothers today, as Samsung has announced that it's shipping its first 1TB 2.5-inch hard drive.  The new MT2 spreads the 1TB capacity over...

Nine out of 10 UK web users visit social networking platforms, tech news site Beehive City reported on Monday.The survey, conducted by digital market analyst comScore, compiled information from the 38.2 million Britons aged 15...

Research In Motion's upcoming Storm 3 handset has been leaked in a presentation, with details capture on an image that outlays what features and functionality the new device might have.An image has appeared on the technology...

Software maker Nuance has unveiled its Dragon speech-to-text applications for iPhone users in the UK.The Dragon Search and Dragon Dictation applications are set to be available in the UK as a free download from Apple's iTunes...

Now you can see how fast your Internet connection does actually download at !! The N1 Vision wireless router offers an easy way for you to view your network's broadband speed, computer bandwidth usage, and the status of your...

The new Panasonic G10 Plasma range offers high-image-quality functions that will appeal to movie fans and gamers alike, along with a host of networking functions that will enhance the experience. The High Definition G10 range...

Figures released by VGChartz, which compiles weekly sales of gaming consoles, show that the Xbox 360 platform is by far the most popular one, selling more than three times more than the Nintendo Wii at least in the EMEAA...

Apple may overtake Microsoft in revenue this week, if the company reports higher than predicted revenues for its end quarter results on Tuesday. A recent poll conduct by Thompson Reuters estimated that Apple will report a net...

Apple's iPad is set to be released in nine more countries from 23 July, tech news site The Inquirer reported on Monday.The iPad is to go on sale in Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New...

Sony has recently published patents which will allow two-player 3D gaming on a single screen. The new technology, which is so simple it could be filed under the heading 'D'oh... why didn't I think of that?', could see an end to...

On-line book seller Amazon has surprised critics of its Kindle reader by announcing that sales of e-books outnumbered those of their hardback counterparts in the last quarter. The company announced yesterday that it had sold...

Engadget has managed to grab a couple of pictures of the soon-to-come Motorola Droid 2 handset which will be available in the US on Verizon Wireless, possibly as from next month. The device looks similar to the previous flagship...

HP may have chosen the moniker PalmPad as the next name for its forthcoming WebOS family of devices if a recent trademark filing made by the company to the USPTO is to be believed. Unsurprisingly enough the domain name...

Sharp has upped the ante in the media storage arena by announcing the launch of a 100GB Blu-ray disk called VR-100BR that is not compatible with existing Blu-ray players and will cost up to $60 each. New recorders will have to be...

IBM has announced the opening of a new cloud computing data centre in Ehningen, Germany.The centre has been opened to help cope with the high demand for IBM's cloud services in Europe.An IBM spokesperson told ZD Net that the new...

Popular Mac and Windows database application Filemaker Pro has been squeezed onto Apple's iPad and iPhone, and the software's maker reckons the mobile versions can do everything their big brother can. Sort of. Filemaker Go is...

3Mobile has been voted the best mobile broadband provider in the UK, according to the latest study from YouGov.Network carrier 3Mobile outperformed Vodafone, Orange, O2, and T-Mobile to finish top in 10 out of 12 service quality...

Apple's desperate battle to persuade the world that there's nothing wrong with the iPhone 4 may have calmed the fears of some in the tech industry, but Steve Jobs'  whitewash press conference seems to have done little to...

You can enjoy the excitement of 3D TV and Blu-ray movies in your home right now, thanks to Panasonic's TX-P50VT20B and TX-P42VT20B 3D plasma Full HD TVs and DMP-BDT300EG 3D Blu-ray player – but the experts at Panasonic's 3D...

Apple has released an update to its iTunes software which fixes a number of bugs and should speed up back-up times. The minor release, which is avavilable now through Software Update, has the usual improvements to performance...

Security firm VeriSign has released the "VeriSign Trusted" website authentication service.The service will verify to the user that the website actually represents who it says it represents. VeriSign Trusted will also scan a...

Cold callers pretending to be Microsoft's support service have targeted Britons with a new scam.According to an investigation conducted by The Guardian, people receive a call on their home phone line from someone with an Indian...

Apple may overtake Microsoft in revenue this week, if the company reports higher than predicted revenues for its end quarter results on Tuesday.Fortune's Andy M. Zaky believes that Apple is a "hairs breadth away" from surpassing...

NVIDIA has received the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab certification for its 258.96 range of drivers which bring support for 3D vision and GeForce GTX 460 GPU.According to the company blog, the newly released drivers are...