Organised crime was responsible for 85 per cent of total data loss in 2009, a study reported by the San Francisco Chronicle reveals.The Verizon Data Breach Investigations 2010 report was based on statistics gathered by both...

The oldest user of micro-blogging site Twitter died today at the age of 104. Ivy Bean began her social networking career on Facebook, where she became a minor celebrity, before switching to Twitter last year. The...

Accountancy software provider Sage Group expects financial results for the complete year to be in line with market expectations, news agency Reuters has reported.The UK-based company, which provides software to more than six...

LG has failed to live up to the expectations of market analysts, reporting a 90 per cent drop in operating profits.The company's operating profit for the second quarter of 2010 slumped by 90 per cent to finish at Won 120 billion...

Apple's latest magic trackpad for the office is a real eye opener and the decision by Apple to design it in such a way that it is flush with its wireless keyboard revived a pet project, a concept Mac keyboard that...

A recent study of 45 US firms has shown that on average, the companies lost $3.8 million every year as a result of cybercrime. The poll, conducted over the five months to 23 June by security firm ArcSight and IT research...

Mobile phone networks T-Mobile and Three both announced over Twitter today they will be retailing the Apple iPhone 4,  as of Friday this week.Unveiled in a very low key way, whilst also showing the two networks have embraced...

Apple has released Beta 2 versions of its iOS 4.1 and iOS software development kit 4.1 to developers.The releases have only been made available for members of its $99-a-year developer program.Apple has said that the releases,...

Shares in media company Virgin Media have posted a healthy 2.33 per cent growth since yesterday after the company announced that it had posted its strongest growth in 16 quarters with Q2 revenues growing by seven per cent to...

UK chip maker ARM has declined to raise its financial outlook for the year, despite posting exceptional Q2 financial results.The company's revenue during the second quarter of 2010 increased by 54 per cent, 10 per cent more than...

Nintendo scored a legal victory over game pirates today, as the High Court effectively banned the R4 cartridge made by Playables Limited.  The insanely popular R4 device enabled owners of Nintendo's handheld DS system to...

Apple has had a very busy week as it released a minor update to its Safari 5.0 web browser, one which introduces SEG (Safari Extensions Gallery) and the concept of extensions to Safari users and which will be called Safari...

A recent study of 45 US firms has shown that on average, the companies lost $3.8 million every year as a result of cybercrime.The poll, conducted over the five months to 23 June by security firm ArcSight and IT research...

Not a single UK town or city features in a new list of the top 100 locations with the fastest broadband speeds compiled by web content delivery specialist Akamai. The Akamai Q1 2010 State of the Internet report shows Asian cities...

HTC's Hero smartphone, available on Orange UK's network, will receive the anticipated update to the Android 2.1 OS by the end of this week.In a joint statement, Orange and HTC said that they had finished developing the Android...

Amazon has launched the beta version of a new service that will provide users with product recommendations from their Facebook friends, tech news site Tech Crunch reported on Tuesday.The company has said that the service will...

Following the launch of new Mac Pro and iMac models yesterday, Apple has released a minor update to Snow Leopard that solves a few compatibility issues and security glitches but most importantly, will allow Mac owners to use the...

Apple has updated its Safari web browser and, among the usual security and stability tweaks, has included the ability to use third-party extensions. Safari has long lagged behind its competition when it comes to add-ons, which...

Apple announced yesterday its most powerful computer yet and while the 2010 version of the Mac Pro workstation won't be available till August 2010, we can already virtually tear it down, compare it to its Windows-based...

Now that gamers have had their fair share of fun with Nvidia's Fermi architecture, it's now the turn of 3D graphics professionals to get a handful of Quadro Fermi magic. Nvidia has just unveiled its new Fermi-based range of...

Mozilla has released a new beta version of its Firefox 4 web browser, IT news site PC Mag reported on Tuesday.Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 2 has been released later than expected as Mozilla had pushed back the release deadline after...

Panasonic has unveiled two new 3D-capable consumer camcorders at a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, PC World reports.The Japanese electronics giant said that the camcorders are set to go on sale in Japan on 20 August, and...

A directory containing personal details about more than 100 million Facebook users has surfaced on an Internet file-sharing site. The 2.8GB torrent was compiled by hacker Ron Bowes of Skull Security, who created a web crawler...

BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) has invited a number of people to an “unspecified” event to be held in collaboration with mobile network service provider AT&T on 3 August in New York, tech...

Google is in talks with several online game developers to create a social networking platform that will rival Facebook.Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company is in talks with...

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has launched an online anti-piracy campaign which it says is a benchmark for future initiatives. The not-for-profit organisation - which protects the rights of software developers and...

Sweden's Pirate Party has offered whistle-blowing site Wikileaks its services as an Internet host after the site's exposure of secret documents on the war in Afghanistan put it firmly in the US government's line of fire. The...

Orange has forwarded on to the media an apology from HTC surrounding the massive delay to Android 2.1 arriving on their HTC Hero, whilst confirming at the same time the update will start rolling out next week.Version 2.1 of the...

After spotting that most of us can't afford to splash out the best part of half a grand on a few gigabytes of storage space, memory maker Patriot has expanded its range of Inferno solid state drives to include a cheap and...

Apple has been forced to honour orders for thousands of Mac Minis after a pricing cock-up on the Apple Store's Taiwanese web site, according to reports. The mini computer, which is already Apple's cheapest Mac at a squeak under...

Amazon.com has sold all existing stocks of the $189 version of its Kindle e-reader.The company has yet to announce when it will receive new stock. In a notice posted on its website, the company said: “We'll e-mail you with...

Details about a yet to be announced Samsung Galaxy Q smartphone have been leaked online and seems to be a smaller version of the Galaxy S which is currently on the market. Samsunghub provided with what looks like a spec sheet of...

J’son & Partners Consulting has published the results of their comparative research devoted to Russia's regional areas from the perspective of their potential to implement wireless solutions. (Source:...

IT companies have reduced the annual CO2 emissions produced by computer hardware by 32 million metric tons compared to 2007, according to a new study by Natural Logic.The study is part of wider research by the Climate Savers...

Google is planning to replace the current copy protection system for applications in its Android Market with a free licensing service.The company has said that it wants to better protect the interests of developers in its Android...

The surge in sales of Google-based Android handsets in the first three months of 2010 may well mean the end of the traditional feature phone at least in the mobile contract market. This could bode badly for the likes of Symbian...

AMD could beat its arch rival Intel in the race to integrate USB 3 into a chipset, according to the latest word on the tech grapevine.  Those Taiwanese gossip miners at DigiTimes claim to have had a revealing chat with...

Security firms Sophos and G Data have released a free, temporary patch for a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft operating systems. The vulnerability, which allows hackers to remotely execute malicious code on infected...

Panasonic has launched the world’s first consumer 3D camcorder, the HDC-SDT750. Looking to all the world like a standard palmable HD camcorder, the new model comes into its own when the 3D splitter lens is attached,...

According to a new study, businesses are under constant threat from malware coming via social networking platforms. The study is part of the Cisco 2010 Midyear Security Report. Intel has unveiled its prototype optical...

The Toshiba Satellite T130-11H is a cutting-edge, compact notebook. With the latest technology, an ultra-thin yet user-friendly design and long-lasting battery, it’s one of the most impressive mobile computers around. The...

Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia, has announced four new Quadro graphics cards solutions, the Quadro 4000, Quadro 5000, Quadro 6000 and the Quadro 5000M, the latter being aimed at the mobile market. The new Quadro models are all...

Microsoft has partnered with Blue Line Innovations to expand its Hohm energy monitoring service.The company said in a blog post that the deal will add the Blue Line Power Cost Monitor and the Wireless Gateway to the system,...

In a move that shows the growing influence of HTC on the worldwide handset market, the smartphone manufacturer from Taiwan has announced that it will be entering the Chinese market for the first time ever. China is the biggest...

Storage manufacturer Sandisk has announced the release of its smallest USB flash drive yet, the Cruzer Blade, one that is about the size of a paper clip and weighs the same as a penny, so much so that you can use it on a key...

Microsoft has added sophisticated virtualisation features in its new Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.The software is in public beta at the moment and is due for release during the first half of next year. According to a report by...

Verbatim has confirmed that they are working on a 100GB triple-layer Blu-ray disk technology that should hit the market in Spring 2011, roughly 9 months from now. In a press release, Verbatim says that the new media will be...

Nokia's latest mainstream smartphone, the E5, will be available on Orange soon according to a placeholder page on the website of the mobile network company. The E5 is a followup to popular handsets like the E71 and the E72 and...

Ever since the release of James Cameron's 3D blockbuster Avatar at the end of last year, it has been clear that 3D is here to stay. Raking in a massive £1.8 billion worldwide, Avatar smashed all previous box office records,...

The US Patents and Trademarks Office has ruled in favour of Canadian tech firm i4i in its patent suit against Microsoft.i4i claimed that Microsoft had made use of one of its patents in the software giant's Word software.The US...

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled a new range of cheaper, more eco-friendly data centres.HP's Flexible Data Centre offering will let clients develop a highly flexible data centre that could be expanded without the need of extra...

Game retailer GameStop has announced the acquisition of popular Flash-based online gaming portal Kongregate, for an unspecified amount.According to a statement released by GameStop, the acquisition, which will be completed by 1...

Intel has unveiled its prototype optical communication laser transmitter and receiver, designed to transfer data at speeds of 50 Gbps.The company said that the breakthrough will allow them to produce silicon-based optical links...

The Black Hat Security Conference has become the most prominent meeting place for security experts, all coming together to discuss the threats to an organisation and develop ways to tackle them.The conference, which is scheduled...