Some of you have directed us towards a stonking Android handset deal which further confirms the Google-backed operating system as the fastest rising smartphone platform in the UK. The deal is from Dialaphone and involves getting...

Dell has introduced the M101z, the second AMD platform based on the Athlon Neo architecture, but on close scrutiny, it has left us with a lasting impression that the M101z may well have been mispriced, a situation that leaves it...

Future bundles of data could cruise through optical cables at 1Tb/sec, according to the guys at Intel. The chip maker's researchers have just successfully trialled a 50Gb/sec data connection using photonics, and they reckon...

Oracle has unveiled a series of enhancements for its StorageTek tape storage line, tech news site eWeek reports.The enhancements include increasing capacity of the StorageTek SL8500 from 70,000 to 10,000 tape slots and support...

Businesses are under constant threat from malware coming via social networking platforms, according to a new survey reported by tech news site NetworkWorld on Monday.The study, part of the Cisco 2010 Midyear Security Report,...

Search giant Google is rumoured to be planning to launch its Google Music service as early as Christmas. Google Vice President Andy Rubin is said to be holding "accelerated" talks with the Harry Fox Agency, in a bid to acquire...

As expected Apple has annonced new Apple iMac models, all of which move away from Intel's Core 2 family and adopt the new Core iX models and support the new Magic Trackpad device released today. The cheapest of the range is an...

The CEO of a UK-based Domain Name Server company, CommunityDNS, has become one of only seven people in the world entrusted with a cryptographic key required to restart the world's internet DNS servers if a catastrophic event...

Enterprise software maker SAP has released its second-quarter US sales results for 2010.The German software firm reported a net profit of €491 million, up 15 per cent on the €426 million net profit reported for the same...

The CEO of a UK-based Domain Name Server company has become one of only seven people in the world entrusted with a cryptographic key required to 'restart' the Internet's network of DNS servers in the event of an emergency. DNS,...

Nokia's new C6 Qwerty based keyboard mobile phone has gone on sale, via their own website at a cost of £289 SIM free and unlocked. The new mobile phone is also around on a contract with O2 and Vodafone, or just on a pay as you go...

Networking giant Cisco has released its Catalyst 3750-X stackable access switch, which makes use of a new technology called StackPower to significantly reduce operational IT costs.According to Network World, the new network...

After two years of legal tangles, Rambus has finally won the patent infringement lawsuit that it originally brought against Nvidia in 2008.  The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a limited exclusion...

Apple has added a new 27-inch LED Cinema display to its range, one which will not be available in the UK until September 2010; it will cost $999 in the US and we suspect around £800 in the UK. The 24-inch model currently...

Tucked somewhere on Apple's site is the new Battery Charger and batteries that Apple introduced today for a mere £25 including delivery and for once, it is a device which may well be a wise investment in an Apple...

ISP TalkTalk UK has been caught monitoring its users' online activities.The company says users' browsing habits are being recorded in order to create a malware blocker and parental guidance tool, which is being developed for...

As well as announcing new Mac Pros, Apple today updated its all-in-one iMac line, with the latest Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors and powerful new graphics. Starting at £999, the new iMac line is the fastest...

Apple Desktop users looking to emulate the magic trackpad which was only available on their Apple laptops can now buy the new Magic Trackpad peripheral which retains the same capabilities as its untethered sibling. In fact the...

As expected, Apple has refreshed its Mac Pro range although the UK online store has yet to be updated to reflect the changes; the new models will only be available from August 2010 and will have a starting price of $2499 in the...

Not even a tiny percentage of users would pay for micro-blogging site Twitter, a study reported on news site BizReport has revealed.The study, conducted by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, was based on...

Apple has reopened the online store after an hour or two of outage to reveal pretty much what everyone was expecting. The Mac Pro range of desktop workstations has had a bump to Intel's latest six core Xeon processors - and if...

Apple has been accused of censorship after a number of novellas, described as highly erotic by author Carl East, were removed from the iTunes store.The novellas were also removed from the list of top 10 best selling iPad books.On...

Twitter may soon add inline media such as videos and photos into its streams, tech blog Mashable reports.According to the report, Twitter has already begun testing a new setting, ‘Twitter Media’, for a selected number...

Virgin Media is testing out a super-fast fibre optic 50Mbps broadband connection in the Welsh village of Crumlin that's being installed on existing electricity pylons.Partnering with utility services provider Surf Telecoms,...

Dell has unveiled the Inspiron M101Z, a new AMD-based sub-laptop that marks the arrival of the smaller rival to Intel in the pipping hot "thin and portable" segment on the laptop market. The sub-laptop comes with a 1.7GHz Athlon...

Ask.com has launched a public beta of its question-and-answer model, technology news website Cnet reported on Monday.Writing on the company blog, Ask.com’s senior vice president of product Tony Gentile and senior vice...

The familiar yellow sticky is up at Apple stores all over the world and you know what that means! It means that people like us will be having wild guesses as to what the Cupertino company has in store in the way of refreshes...

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK has come under fire from users after being caught recording information about their surfing habits. According to a report on UK website ISP Review, evidence of the Internet provider's snooping emerged...

Chip designer Rambus has won a patent infringement lawsuit against chip maker Nvidia and other companies on Monday.Rambus had accused a number of companies, including Hewlett-Packard and Asus, of infringing patents held by the...

We fondly remember Gateway from the days it was called Gateway 2000 and chose spotted cows as its stars for its adverts in the likes of Computer Shopper and a slew of other now-extinct printed magazines. Things have now moved on...

Search giant Google is rumoured to be planning to launch its Google Music service as early as Christmas, the New York Post has reported.Citing sources familiar with the matter, the New York Post claims that Google vice-president...

Google has unveiled a new Google Apps software suite designed for government use.The new Google Apps online software suite is based on the US Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) security standards specified by the...

An Ofcom study has revealed that broadband users are still being misled by service providers about actual connection speeds, the Telegraph has reported. The study shows that broadband service providers in the UK, including BT,...

HTC has announced it will stop using AMOLED screens on their mobile phones, in favour of the Super LCD displays in upcoming handsets and also on the HTC Desires and future Nexus Ones. This news comes a week after Google stopped...

Yahoo Japan has entered into a partnership with Google to control the entire internet search market in Japan, the Wall Street Journal has reported.Yahoo Japan today confirmed the deal on the Google Japan blog, stating that the...

Residents of a small village in Wales have found their hopes of receiving super-fast broadband are literally up in the air, after Virgin Media announced a trial to install fibre optic cables on their existing electricity...

Game delivery outfit Valve has apologised to thousands of users who were banned from its servers for cheating whilst playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Valve boss Gabe Newel 'personally' sent email apologies to 12,000...

The Khronos Group has released the OpenGL 4.1 graphic specification after the standard was defined by the Architectural Review Board (ARB).OpenGL technology is a royalty free and open source API which allows developers to create...

O2 is investigating why customers who claim to have turned off data roaming have still been charged for internet access whilst abroad, tech news site Web User reported on Monday.Smartphone users, especially iPhone owners, have...

Google has updated its Google Maps for Android application to make its 'Place Pages' business listings more user-friendly.Writing on the Google Mobile blog, the company said that after installing Google Maps 4.4 for Android,...

The traditional 3.5-inch hard drive brick took another step along its steady stroll towards retirement today, as Toshiba unveiled a new line of 2.5-inch hard drives that spin at 7200rpm.  The new MKxx61GS drives come in two...

The recent leak of top-secret US military documents to certain newspapers by whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks has attracted criticism from the governments in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, news website VOA News has reported.The...

The British Government has launched the Cyber Security Challenge to find the next generation of computer security experts, BBC News reported on Monday.The national challenge, which comprises of a number of virtual and...

Telecoms watchdog Ofcom has threatened the UK broadband industry with mandatory regulation after a study revealed that the majority of fixed-line broadband customers receive less than half of the bandwidth promised by...

Poor reviews, reception problems and the suggestion that Apple is ignoring the Chinese market has led grey market sales of the iPhone 4 to nose-dive, with vendors slashing prices by up to 70 per cent to pique interest in the...

Citigroup has announced that its Citi Mobile iPhone application contains a critical security vulnerability.The US banking giant has said that the vulnerability could compromised the credentials of customers who have used the...

AMD's software engineers have finally revealed the fruit of this month's labour on the Catalyst driver, releasing version 10.7 to the masses.  At the top of the list of enhancements is a collection of fixes for...

Motorola's CEO Sanjay Jha has predicted that Google's Android platform will be the dominant mobile operating system of the future, Information Week reports.He compared Android's future dominance to that of Microsoft's Windows...

Do take both snippets of news with a pinch of salt. The next major version of Google's mobile platform, Android OS 3.0, otherwise known as Gingerbread, is set to be launched by September 2010 and the first claimed picture of the...

US-manufacturer Motorola is rumoured to be planning a 10-inch Android-based tablet that will be a direct competitor to the Apple iPad according to a pair of Analysts. Roger Crenshaw and Ashok Kumar report that Motorola will be...

Nokia has announced the launch of the C6 slider smartphone in the UK for a rather steep £289, unlocked and direct from its website. The C6 has a full QWERTY keyboard and a design that reminds us of the N900 except that this...

HANNSpree, an electronic manufacturer best known for its monitors and television sets, has launched a new netbook, the SN10, which joins the masses of Windows-based, Atom powered devices on the market. The netbook, which will be...

When Panasonic's VIERA VT20 series Plasma 3D TVs scooped up the Best In Show award at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it wasn't just their ground-breaking 3D technology that impressed the judges. For more 3D...

Consumer rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation has successfully overturned part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which will allow users to jailbreak their smartphones. The application to change the...

The NHS trust has disciplined a Yorkshire Ambulance Service director after he criticised health service staff on Facebook.David Forster, the policies and strategies director at the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, is reported to have...

Facebook is testing a new 'delete account' feature in a bid to simplify the account removal  process for those wishing to quit the platform.According to a report on tech blog Slashdot, the company has replaced the...

US wireless carrier AT&T is working on providing a new software patch to  significantly improve the upload speeds on Apple's iPhone smartphone device.According to news agency Reuters, the company will soon offer a...

iPhone owners in the US can now legally 'jailbreak' their smartphones thanks to new amendments made to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.Jailbroken iPhones can install third party applications that have not been approved by...

The Khronos Group yesterday announced the release of the OpenGL 4.1 specification, at SIGGRAPH 2010. OpenGL 4.1 is the sixth update to the royalty-free specification in two years. This  version maintains full backwards...

The Advent Sienna 300 laptop is ably driven by the Intel Core i3-330M processor and capably managed by the Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system.  An ample 2GB Memory and large 250GB Hard Drive complete the...

Seemingly crafted by nature itself, the Eee PC Seashell 1215N draws inspiration from seashells and its opalescent and glossy exterior is crafted by the innovative In-Mold Roller technology. It's so light and compact, you can take...