A survey has revealed that one in 20 workers have been reprimanded - or even fired - for sending an inappropriate e-mail at work.According to a new survey commissioned to mark the release of the DVD version of of Terry...

Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days has knocked Toy Story 3 from the top of the game charts for all platforms in its first week.The UK all-format gaming chart, by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),...

Casual puzzlers, Facebook farm sims and gimmicky Wii shakers might be getting the mainstream attention, but at the moment, the big money is being generated by first-person shooters. Forget Mario, Sonic or Zelda; Activision's Call...

A British woman has broken the Guinness World record of text message writing using a Samsung handset and Swype - the alterative way of text entry on mobile phones.Melissa Thompson from Manchester wrote: "the razor-toothed...

Apple has applied for a new patent to technology which will allow it to detect users running jailbroken devices and remotely restore them to there original settings. Jailbreaking is a technique used by Apple device owners to run...

Facebook has found a new critic in the co-founder of location-sharing service provider Foursquare.Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has criticised the social networking giant for lacking in imagination and innovation with its...

If a new law makes it through the parliamentary process, using Facebook to vet employees will soon become illegal in Germany. Recent surveys have shown that nearly half of human resources departments routinely check the Facebook...

Sony is reported to be able to detect jailbroken PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles as soon as they are connected to its PlayStation network.A website dedicated to jailbreaking PS3s, PS3hax has warned users that Sony can find out the...

AMD is continuing its strategy of nabbing top talent from its arch rivals to help out with the move to Fusion. Shortly after poaching Nvidia's PhysX vice president Manju Hedge, AMD has now pinched Intel's senior principal...

The Halo: Reach code leaked over the weekend is now being circulated and illegally downloaded from torrent websites.The game, which is slated for a 14 September release, was procured by hackers who managed to break past security...

The technical capabilities that are set to power Google's Chrome OS tablet have surface today.Tech news site Electric Pig reveals Israeli news outfit Haaretz has reported that internet giant Google has plans to use an Israeli...

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) will not be using its newly launched BlackBerry OS 6 to power its upcoming BlackPad tablet device.Citing three people familiar with the plans, Bloomberg reported that the company is not...

UK defence secretary Liam Fox has called for a ban on a forthcoming release of first-person shooter game Medal of Honor. The Conservative minister launched a scathing attack on the game after hearing reports that the title, set...

Apple is rumored to be on the verge of releasing a game changing alteration to its Apple TV platform.The changes are said to bring applications and live video streaming capabilities to users' TVs.According to tech news site...

After wooing the audiophile crowd with its elitist top-end sound kit, multinational tech specialist Asus is now going after the budget end of the market with a low-profile card for gamers with headsets. The Xonar DG is pretty...

Facebook users can block anyone they wish - except founder Mark Zuckerberg.According to tech news site Tech Crunch, registered users cannot block the founder and chief executive officer of Facebook from their accounts.According...

Amazon is set to release the latest iteration of its Kindle e-reader in the UK this Friday.The new Kindle 3 is lighter and cheaper than its predecessors, and Amazon has promised that it will take the market by storm.Weighing...

Google has acquired visual search and online shopping platform Like.com.In a bid to expand its product search features, Google has bought Like for around $100 million, Tech Crunch sources suggest.In a statement posted on its home...

Swedish authorities have retracted the arrest warrant issued against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after he was accused of rape.The arrest warrant, which was issued yesterday, has been reportedly dismissed by Swedish...

Logitech has unveiled a new wireless headset that allows users to walk up to 40 feet away from their PC and still be connected.According to the company, the H760 wireless headset comes with a state-of-the-art USB transceiver and...

Apple iOS devices, especially its iPhone, accounted for the most smartphone adverts in July, new research by mobile advertising network Millennial Media has shown.According to Millennial Media, a web-based firm that keeps an...

Apple has applied for a raft of patents that will have human rights hippies frothing at the mouth. The new technologies - which, according to Apple, are only to be used in the event that your iDevice is lost or stolen - could...

If you've been dutifully ignoring the SSD "buy me" song in the hope that they might become more sensibly priced, then now's your time to get your wallet ready. US memory maker Other World Computing (OWC) has just announced it's...

One of the wealthiest corporations on the planet is asking people who write free extensions for its Chrome browser to cough up five dollars for the privilege. The one-time payment, which will only apply to new registrations made...

Google has released security patches to fix recently discovered flaws in its Chrome web browser.Google has released patches to fix 11 security flaws in Chrome, out of which nine flaws will be addressed within the web browser,...

Facebook has acquired the Internet start-up company Hot Potato.Hot Potato specialises in news feed and location-based services and has been acquired by Facebook to strengthen its recently launched location-based service, Facebook...

Sony's PlayTV set-top box for the PlayStation 3 is set to receive a number of updates that will allow users to watch TV shows more easily and stay connected with friends on the PlayStation Network.During the Gamescom conference...

What appears to be the entire code for Bungie's Halo Reach game has turned up on a number of file sharing sites. The hotly-anticipated multi-player shooter had been hosted on a private area of the Microsoft Live site in order...

The journalist who supported rape charges made by a Swedish woman against Julian Assange has said that she does not regret filing charges against him.One of the two women who supported the rape charge against Wikileaks founder...

Apple has applied for a new patent to technology which will allow it to detect users running jailbroken devices and remotely restore them to there original settings.Jailbreaking is a technique used by Apple device owners to run...

A hairdresser from Carshalton and 11 accomplices have been accused of taking part in an international iTunes scam.In a joint operation with the FBI, Scotland Yard's e-crime unit carried out raids in London, Birmingham,...

Tesco has announced a new game trade-in scheme in 60 of its outlets across the United Kingdom. The supermarket giant has decided to roll out the service across outlets in the UK after conducting a successful trail at its Basildon...

Wikileaks has claimed that the US Ministry of Defence is ready to discuss the status of the yet-to-be released 15,000 confidential documents held by the whistle-blowing site.Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, has told tabloids...

Mobile phone network Vodafone has starting rolling out the Google Android OS 2.2 from today onwards, to the HTC Desire handsets running on their network.The carrier announced over twitter the update was coming, in a message that...

Apple's iOS 4 update is set to fix a number of glitches on the platform, including a flaw in the proximity sensors and Bluetooth connectivity.The company has released the third beta version of the operating system update to...

Google has announced a $5 one-time registration fee for developers wanting to publish themes, add-ons and applications fro its Google Chrome browser and domain verification system.The company explained on the official Chromium...

Google has tested a search function which displays automatically updating search results as users type in their search query.The Google experiment was first discovered by Rob Ousbey, who reported that the search results were...

New facial recognition software is ready to be released despite apprehensions from privacy watchdogs.A product of software-maker Face.com, the yet-to-be named software has the capability to recognise a face by comparing the...

Tesco has announced a new game trade-in scheme in 60 of its outlets across the United Kingdom.The supermarket giant has decided to roll out the service across outlets in the UK after conducting a successful trail at its Basildon...

Internet service provider (ISP) Demon Internet has introduced a special broadband package designed for gamers in the UK.According to tech news site Tech Watch, Demon has announced a new package, called the 'Demon Game Pro',...