A spokesman for GlobalFoundries confirmed to THINQ that AMD has committed to use the chip foundry's fabs to supply it with 28nm GPUs. Whether that means AMD is prepred to dump Taiwanese foundry TSMC in the process is another...

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has confirmed plans to launch a webOS-based device in early 2011.In a conference call to discuss HP third quarter earnings, company executive vice president of the personal systems group said: "You'll see us...

An American gamer is to sue Korean game maker NCSoft after becoming addvited to playing Lineage II. Craig Smallwood claims that the company's Lineage II game was so addictive, that playing it caused him to not leave enough time...

Google has released a batch of security updates to patch nine security vulnerabilities on its Chrome web browser.According to Google's official Chromium Blog, the security update patches 2 critical vulnerabilities, 6 high risk...

When veteran HiFi journalist and audiophile Malcolm Steward decided to swap out the SATA cables on his digital audio system, he can't possibly have known what a storm he would cause. Steward convinced himself that exchanging the...

The UK Information Commissioner's Office is to appoint a panel of technology advisors to help it keep on top of new technology. The regulator, which has suffered criticism that it has been caught on the hop by a number of...

Just as with last week, this time of the year is known as the silly season in the yearly news cycle, where there really isn't a great deal of news around and quirky stories make for the big headlines instead. This was originally...

Google has opened its Chrome Web Store for developers to try out before its speculated launch in October.The company confirmed the reports of the Chrome Web store launch and has released details about the upcoming Web store on...

Nokia has announced the acquisition of the US-based mobile analytics firm Motally.The acquisition is a move by Nokia to offer enhanced mobile analytics software to application developers and publishers.Motally offers software...

In a conference call to back up Q3 earning statement, HP confirmed it wants to launch a webOS-powered device in early 2011. The company has been putting out conflicting statements about a possible hand-held gadget ever since it...

According to recent data released by IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, Brits spent around £5 billion shopping online during July, the highest amount for any given month in three years.IMRG reported online sales were up...

Unico National has requested for a delay in the release of the highly anticipated video game Mafia II, claiming that the game has racist implications in it.One of the largest Italian-American service organisations in the US,...

Big Music is muscling in on the net neutrality debate, hoping to sneak in a tougher crackdown on suspected pirates. A consortium consisting of 13 music industry trade bodies this week sent a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt,...

An American gamer is to sue Korean game maker NCSoft after becoming addvited to playing Lineage II.Hawaii-based gamer Craig Smallwood has been permitted to continue filing a lawsuit against NC Soft by a US federal judge.The game...

Orange has announced that it has fixed the recent problems on its network.The company has tweeted: “Further to some data access problems witnessed on our network yesterday, we can confirm that normal service has been fully...

Apple is set to shut down Quattro Wireless less than a year after it acquired the mobile advertisement firm for $275 million.The company is planning a different advertising strategy for itself, focussing on its recently launched...

Insecurity outfit Symantec is warning of a new retrovirus which prompts users to disable genuine security software in order to install malware. A new variant of the FakeAV trojan is doing the rounds which attempts to trick users...

Apple has released graphics updates for its Mac OSX 10.6.4, significantly improving gaming performance and graphics on the platform.The move comes after online gaming portal Valve released a Mac version of its 'Steam' platform,...

Microsoft is on the verge of releasing a new mouse based on its BlueTrack advanced optics technology.The Microsoft Arc Touch is capable of lying flat for storage and can be bent into an 'arc' for use.The reports of the new...

An unpatched Windows security flaw is much worse than previously thought - and could affect hundreds of programs, a Slovenian security company has revealed. On Wednesday, American researcher HD Moore announced that he had...

The UK IT industry is worried that the country is failing to develop future IT professionals, Wang that companies might be forced to outsource IT talent from oversees.The warning follows the announcement of ICT A-level computing...

Sony’s PlayStation 3 games console has been hacked sung a USB dongle.A new hacking group, called PS Jailbreak, has claimed that it has to hacked into Sony’s PlayStation 3 and installed the game "Ratchet & Clank"...

BT has announced plans to bring 21st Century Network (21CN) technology to communities in South West Wales.The technology will bring super-fast broadband connections to the region.The company has said that around 90,000 homes and...

US advertisers are expected to spend around $1.68 billion placing adverts on social networking platforms in 2010, with half being spent on Facebook. According to the latest predictions made by research firm eMarketer, the amount...

Taiwanese reports say AMD's graphics chip arm, ATI is preparing to dump chip foundry TSMC in favour of old chums at Global Foundries, to make its next generation graphics chips. TSMC infamously makes 40nm graphics chips for both...

About 40 Windows applications  suffer from dangerous loopholes that can be exploited by hackers to infect a system with malware.A security expert has claimed that Microsoft’s operating system Windows possess major...

Google has codenamed the next version of Android OS Honeycomb.Citing multiple sources, tech new site Tech Radar has reported that Android Honeycomb will follow Gingerbread 3.0, which is set to be launched later this year, or in...

Sony has developed a single-wire interface technology which could see and end to the fragile ribbon cables used in clamshell devices like flip phones and laptop computers. The technology allows the data and power normally...

Oracle has announced plans to integrate virtualisation capabilities with its line-up of hardware, software and application offerings.According to tech news site ZD Net, the company will outline its virtualisation roadmap via a...

BT is set to connect nearly 220,000 homes and enterprises to high speed broadband in the North-East of England over the coming months.According to tech news site Cable.co.uk BT, a UK broadband, digital TV and telephony services...

The judge presiding over the ongoing lawsuit between SAP and Oracle has made a ruling which marginalises the amount of damages that SAP must pay to Oracle.Previously SAP had admitted to some of the charges made against its...

Dell has announced that it will be offering Fusion-IO's ioDrives as an optional add-on for three of its server lines.Fusion-IO is a storage technology start-up which offers flash memory-based storage gear for high-performance...

An American gamer is suing Korean game outfit NCsoft because he is addicted to RPG Lineage II. In this week's frivolous lawsuit, Craig Smallwood has been allowed to proceed the case against the publisher of the online game by a...

Subscribers to People magazine can now access its digital counterpart on their iPads.Apple has approved an exclusive application for its App Store to allow subscribers of People magazine’s print version an access to its...

Facebook Places, the platform's recently launched location based feature, uses the old version of Bing Maps, despite Microsoft having updated it more than two weeks ago.According to Seattle PI, Microsoft added significant updates...

Nokia has had another handset leaked in a week where we thought there couldn't be any more unannounced phones from the Finnish mobile makers, this time around it's the Nokia N9 - a Qwerty keyboard based device in what appears to...

Chip giant Intel shipped a whopping 93.5 per cent of all x86 processors stuck into servers during the second quarter of this year, up from a mere 89.9 per cent in the same quarter last year, according to figures concocted by...