Apple has brought back the old iPod Shuffle it seems and updated it for the fourth time in almost as many years. Available in five colours (but not black), the new iPod Shuffle brings back the circular navigation of the 2nd...

IBM has rolled out a new four socket BladeCenter server that comes equiped with AMD's Opteron 6100 processor, codenamed Magny-Cours and launched back in March. Big Blue now joins ranks with Dell, Acer and Hewlett-Packard in...

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has extended its regulatory powers to control online advertisements on websites and social networking platforms. The ASA confirmed that from March 1st 2011 onwards, online...

It could well be a mere coincidence but one reader reminded us that the price of the wireless Xbox 360 Elite controller has dropped significantly over the past few weeks, possibly because Microsoft is clearing stock for the brand...

Apple has updated iTunes to version 10, one of its most important updates to the media management application in the past few years. The most important change by far is a new feature called Ping which introduces a dose of social...

HP has signed up Hynix to co-develop memristor technology, now called ReRAM, Resistive Random Access Memory, and promises 10x speed gains and 10x power savings over Flash. The deal struck between the two heavyweights aims to...

(Ed : Orange has informed us that there is indeed a fourth model that's compatible with HD Voice, the Samsung Omnia Pro B7350, but only for business customers. In addition, the mobile phone operator also tells us that eight HD...

So what to make from today's event... Apple has laid the foundations to some fantastic stuff (ping) and extending the shell life of others.   Chris Martin From Cold Play playing live.... Meh.... Would have been great to use...

Apple's live event starts in one minute. Stay tuned and refresh regularly. The event is taking place at the YBCA Theatre and not at the Cupertino Campus as we said earlier. Our bad. Steve strides onto the stage in his usual...

Mobile phone manufacturer Motorola has launched the successor to their second ever Android mobile phone, the Milestone 2.The new version arrives with a 3.7-inch touch screen, Android 2.2 and also features a slide out Qwerty...

A chief prosecutor in Sweden has decided to reopen the rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for an initial investigation. Director of public prosecution, Marianne Ny said that the case against Julian Assange where...

Apple's Music event will be starting in less than one hour and there has been a number of rumours surrounding the happening, which is taking place on the 1st of September, a few days before what normally is considered Apple's...

LucidLogix, the fabless Israeli semiconductor company, has begun an aggressive push to get mix-and-match graphics cards into PCs, using its HydraLogix (née Hydra Engine) technology. The original idea of dusting off...

Online advertising start-up OpenX is planning to make a move into the lucrative online display ads market by offering an independent display ad exchange to rival Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. OpenX has partnered with Japanese...

Sony is ready to unveil a new music and video service to compete against Apple’s globally successful iTunes, later today. The Japanese entertainment giant will apparently launch the web-based music and video service at the...

Virtualisation start-up Xsigo Systems has unveiled the Ethernet version of its virtual I/O appliance, which is capable of plugging-in to a server and create virtual links out of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet port. The new...

Software giant Microsoft has dished out Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) for its popular Hotmail email service, which would allow Exchange users to beam their emails, contacts and calender to mobile devices, including the iPhone. The...

Social news sharing platform Digg has announced former Amazon executive Matt Williams as its new chief executive officer. In a blog post, interim Digg CEO Kevin Rose said that even though he will be involved in the product,...

Microsoft's latest mudslinging at rival VMware may have backfired, with VMware CEO Paul Maritz dubbing software giant's act as flattering. As VMware commenced with its annual VMworld conference, Microsoft took out a full-page ad...

Graphic design software maker Autodesk has dished out the first ever Mac version of its popular AutoCAD 3D design and architecture software. According to the company, AutoCAD for Mac will come with support for multitouch gestures...

An Australian man who took Sony to court over the removal of the Install Other OS feature of the PlayStation 3 games console has lost his case. Michael Treblicock went after the Japanese electronics giant on his own, despite a...

Scientists claimed to have managed to miniaturise computer memory chips, using readily available technology, beyond what can conventionally achieved, down to 5nm (most manufacturing processes are currently done at 32nm). If...

Cisco has managed to fix a flaw in its Internet Work Operating System (IOS) which was recently discovered while an experiment was being conducted by scientists at a university. The enterprise networking giant announced that it...

A communications watchdog entity has asked the broadband minister to work towards eliminating gaps between advertised broadband speeds and what users actually get in real life. Independent organisation, Communications Consumer...

Online retail giant Amazon is planning to come up with its own web-based video subscription service and is in talks with big media houses such as Time Warner. Citing three people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that...

Microsoft's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit with Canadian software maker i4i might be on the verge of ending, after three long and expensive years. i4i co-founder Michel Vulpe accused the software giant of using patented...

A group of misinformed Algerian 'cyber-pirates' attacked the official website of the Belvoir Castle, mistaking it for the Belvoir Fortress in Israel. The pirate group, known as Dz-SeC, hijacked the website and displayed...

Mobile phone network Orange has unveiled its high definition voice service on a number of handsets, which brings in a better quality of calls over the airwaves.Orange is the first UK network to announce this service, which...

Palm has released the latest version of its webOS mobile operating system, initially targeting developers for a limited period of time. According to Palm, the webOS 2.0 operating system will come with a new 'Stacks' feature which...

Software giant Microsoft has urged customers to try out its Azure cloud computing platform before getting into a three-year contract with rival VMware. In an open letter addressed to the public, published in USA Today, Microsoft...

Shares of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 browser have fallen down to a mere five per cent of the global browser marketshare. According to a report by PC Mag, statistics compiled by Microsoft have revealed that the market share...

Search engine giant Google has invested in a $86 million Low-Income House Tax Credit (LIHTC) fund, which would allow families with low-income and senior citizens to live in affordable houses. The fund is being created and managed...

The Advertising Standards Agency is to extend its powers relating to online advertising. At the moment, the UK watchdog can only look at paid-for ads such as banners and pop-ups. But from 1 March 2011, its remit will be...

Suit-donning reps of internet behemoth Google are in the final stages of signing a deal with Hollywood’s main studios to stream feature films on YouTube. According to the FT.com, Google’s YouTube will premiere its...

A senior prosecutor in Sweden has ordered the reopening of the rape investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. "There is reason to believe that a crime has been committed. Considering information available at present,...

Microsoft is planning to set-up a massive $500 million Generation 4 data center in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, US. According to a statement (via PCWorld) by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, the new facility will be Microsoft's...

There are persistent rumours that Apple is all set to release an improved version of its iPhone 4 that should solve some nagging issues; some went even as far as saying that it might be the iPhone 5 which is very unlikely to be...

For the first time ever, Apple will be broadcasting video of this evening's launch event live from the company's Cupertino campus. The live video stream will be hosted on the company's main site at www.apple.com starting at 6pm...

After granting two months' relief  to Research In Motion (RIM), the Indian government is set to take on internet telephony services, Gmail and Skype. According to USA Today, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs will demand...

Spil Games has announced that the company will use HTML5 web technology to create mobile versions for its existing gaming titles. According to Mobile Entertainment, the company which is the world’s largest maker of...

Google has dismissed the security statistics cited by IT services giant IBM and has challenged the accuracy of the report. According to Dark Reading, the Mountain-View, California-based search engine giant claimed that facts...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been hit by another lawsuit - by the most litigious (and, quite possibly, strangest) inmate of the US penal system. Plaintiff Jonathan Lee Riches, 33, is a resident of the Federal Medical...

Mobile network operator Orange has become the first UK network to offer high-definition voice calls on its network via a feature called HD voice feature; the France-Telecom company claims that it is designed to eliminate...

Motorola has announced the release today of the Defy, a smartphone that the company is marketing as one that can withstand the hardships of everyday life and then some. Surprisingly, the phone hasn't yet been launched (or even...

Orange has launched its HD Voice service in the UK, which promises crackle-free calls, but only if you and your chums are both on the company's network and have a compatible handset. The service is available at no additional...

More details have emerged regarding Apple's announcements later this afternoon with reports mentioning plans by the company to offer a 99c TV show rental by Fox and Disney, via the iTunes store. According to the WSJ, the new...

Apple may well bundle popular video on demand service, Netflix, with its rumoured refresh of the Apple TV device when it is announced later today. A report published by Bloomberg news service cites two anonymous sources "with...

Apple is holding an event today but has decided to stream it online for others to watch as well, rather than depending solely on the bloggers and journalists present. There are a number of theories as to why Apple suddenly...

Sony is expected to announce a new online music service today, just hours before Apple boss Steve Jobs rasises the curtain on a music-themed launch event. According to the Financial Times (registration required) the announcement...

Japanese electronics giant Sony has teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund to crowdsource greener ideas for technology. The new initiative, called Open Planet Ideas, aims to encourage ordinary people to put forward original...

T-Mobile in the USA has leaked the upcoming codenamed HTC Desire Z handset, under their official name of the T-Mobile G2.Images have appeared on T-Mobile's stateside website to the successor of the very first Android handset from...