Apple has a little known recycling programme that allows users to recycle their old gear and get a 10 per cent discount off any iPod devices (except for the £39 iPod Shuffle). According to Apple's Recycling programme FAQ,...

Google's fancy doodle which was launched today apparently to mark the company's 12th birthday could be a hint at something else according to two separate sources. A rather mysterious message saying "Today’s doodle is fast,...

Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, has confirmed at the IFA event that the search giant will be launching its Google TV service in the US this autumn and globally in 2011. Google TV will offer the full internet browsing experience on...

UK's biggest consumer ISP has been lambasted by the Information Commissioner's Office after it carried out an anti-malware test in which it logged websites its customers visited online without informing them. Christopher Graham,...

An Australian website has somehow managed to get a quasi-formal confirmation that the first Windows Phone 7 from HTC, the HD3 (or HD7) will be launched in London at the Hyatt Hotel on the 15th of September during a two hour...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is ditching the lawyer hired to defend him against charges of rape and molestation brought against him in Sweden. Assange today made an application to the district court in Stockholm to dump...

A few days ago we pointed out that AMD was providing some choice media with some clues on how its upcoming Fusion-branded CPUs, based on Bobcat and Bulldozer, were faring in terms of performance per watt. Unfortunately we...

Apple has already started to send the new iPod Touch to customers who have already ordered it with numerous reports already appearing on Twitter both in the US and in the UK. The new device will come with a front facing camera,...

Working while commuting can save you a heck of a time, in some case adding 15 hours to carry out purposeful activities. Preparing reports, reading emails or just watching movies in the train or the tube without any interruption,...

A new survey has revealed that almost half of all European organisations are planning to increase their use of outsourcing IT services in 2010.The Gartner report, which surveyed 206 European organisations, found that 53 per cent...

T-Mobile will sell the Samsung Galaxy Tab but probably not in the UK for a foreseeable future; Vodafone has already confirmed that it will be the launch partner for the tablet in the UK. Pocket-lint has taken a couple of photos...

Samsung has brought out a new "Application processor" that combines a pair of 1Ghz ARM Cortex A9 cores and called it Orion, the name of a giant hunter in the Greek mythology. The new processor will compete with Qualcomm's new...

The new Android 2.1 upgrade for Dell's Streak mini tablet on O2 has been met with user fury after it reportedly removed more features than it added.According to tech news site The Register, the PC synchronisation, Windows Media...

Sony has released a new firmware update for its PlayStation 3, designed to prevent the console from becoming jailbroken.According to PC World, the new PS3 3.42 firmware update plugs the hole used by the PSJailbreak, so preventing...

Samsung Electronics has officially opened hostilities in the gadget business with a bevy of new tech launches that crack the market wide open for a next generation of mobile devices.The announcements made this morning were...

Google has swapped its usual logo for a fully interactive 'balls' doodle.Users can chase the balls around their screen, or cause them to bounce in place with the movement of their mouse.The company regularly adds doodles to its...

The runaway success of the iPad could have a massive impact on sales of conventional computers, and lead to over-supply of DRAM according to Samsung. Reuters is reporting that the South Korean company is starting to panic about...

Using social networking site Facebook can apparently have an impact on how students perform during exams according to a survey carried out in the United States by Professor Paul Kirschner of the Open University in...

The BBC has hired a former Microsoft manager to head the programmes and on-demand (POD) division of its iPlayer video catch-up service.Daniel Danker will join the iPlayer team as the head of the online development.He will be...

The Dennis the Menace fan club is closing its doors after 34 years. The spikey-haired hooligan and his faithful dog Gnasher are going all electronic as the fan club, which has been running since 1976, stops accepting new...

Apple has already started to send the new iPod Touch to customers who have already ordered it with numerous reports already appearing on Twitter both in the US and in the UK. New iPod Touch users will be the first one to...

A leaked draft of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has suggested that countries will not be able to hold Internet Service Providers (ISPs) liable for any copyright infringement undertaken by their...

UPDATE 08/09/10: The bouncing balls are gone. Now we've got grey letter that light up when you type - is Google looking to announce the wider launch of its streaming search?  Normal 0 false false false EN-GB...

A leaked Google document has revealed that Apple spends around $1 million on Google AdWords advertising every month.The document, which was leaked by AdAge, revealed the amount spent by major brands on search-based advertisements...

UPDATE, 15:11 GMT: Site currently unavailable again. UPDATE, 14:02 GMT: Pirate Bay site now back online in UK, though torrent trackers appear not to be working. Further news as soon as it's available. Torrent-tracking site The...

More online retailers are displaying holding page for the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 Android tablet and unfortunately, none of them are selling the device for less than £600. Lambdatek will offer the tablet for...

The majority of web users are against the censorship of Craiglist's 'Erotic Services' section, a recent poll shows.According to an online poll conducted by Mashable, around 71 per cent of the respondents voted 'No' to the...

Mark Hurd, the former HP chief exec who resigned following allegations that he'd fiddled expenses claims to cover up an affair with one-time soft-porn actress Jodie Fisher, has been hired by IT giant Oracle. Hurd joins Safra...

O2 has pulled the over-the-air HTC Desire Android 2.2 software update shortly after its roll-out.The move comes after a number of consumers complained on O2 forums that the software update had caused their smartphones to freeze...

South Korean electronics giant Lucky Goldstar has ousted their first Windows Phone 7 handset, The LG Optimus 7.LG aired the Optimus 7 mobile phone in a demonstration of DLNA, at Berlin's IFA consumer electronics show. Digital...

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has fined a media company £100,000 after one of its former employees turned whistleblower to report use of unlicensed software.The BSA has also awarded the whistleblower with a bounty of...

LG has outed what seems to be the first official announcement of a Windows Phone 7 smartphone, the Optimus 7, and includes some interesting tidbits. LG's press release mentions instant DLNA connectivity, "multimedia sharing...

Microsoft has officially begun advertising for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphone, with the launch of a new online video.The video, the first of many to follow, announces: "The Revolution is Here".Microsoft's Windows Phone 7...

The HTC Wildfire may have been launched only a few weeks ago, this hasn't prevented 3 UK from making it available at its lowest price yet with a half decent package. Buymobilephones is offering the phone, which is a smaller...

Sony has revealed more about its partnership with Google on the so-called Google TV project, in the shape of an Internet TV displayed at the IFA 2010 consumer electronics show in Berlin. The television was not a live one though,...

The first picture of an iPhone 5 concept phone has emerged only a few weeks after Apple launched the iPhone 4, a device that was itself at the centre of much speculation. The guys at German website Handyflash designed a model...

UK retailer PC World has released a cloud-based media streaming service for Apple's iPad.The iPad Media Streaming service from PC World will allow users to store up to 100 GB of media files in a cloud based locker and access them...

Speculation is rapidly mounting that Intel will finally announce its first motherboard featuring USB 3.0. The chip giant has been accused of dragging it heels over the latest iteration of the Universal Serial Bus, and the...

Swedish Internet service provider PRQ, which hosts WikiLeaks, has denied reports that it has been raided by Swedish police in connection with the whistle-blowing site. Company director Mikael Viborg this morning told Sweden's P3...

Apple has increased the number of iPad units it produces in a month to 2 million, a Morgan Stanley analyst has revealed.Recently, Apple reduced the iPad shipping time from several business days to 24 hours, indicating that the...

Motorola has released another anti-Apple, Droid 2 print advertisement, with the new advert making fun of the iPhone's inability to run Flash.The Droid 2 print advert follows the one for its Droid X Android smartphone, which came...

Nvidia is on a roll these past few weeks, with raving reviews on the GTX 460 and now the not-so-shabby GeForce GTS 450 that has just shown up on the retail radar.Popping onto the Geizhals search engine, we've found one (and just...

Lloyds of London is testing Apple's iPad as a potential replacement for the paper slips that contain information on the insurance policies sold at the market.According to the Financial Times, brokers at the centuries-old...

Former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee has announced two new projects in an attempt to tap the emerging Chinese mobile phone market.According to The Wall Street Journal, Lee has announced a new mobile operating system, called...

O2 has withdrawn an update to the latest version of Google's Android mobile OS on its network after users reported it crashed their phones. The update to Android 2.2, code-named Froyo, was rolled out to HTC Desire handsets...

Microsoft has released a warning about a new kind of browser-based attack.The attack mimics genuine pages generated by browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome, and tricks users into installing a fake anti-virus...

Sony has pushed a firmware update for its PlayStation 3 games console which eradicates recent hacks. The 3.42 release 'includes additional security features' according to Sony, but it appears that the mandatory upgrade does...

Google will face antitrust investigation from the Texas Attorney General's office following complaints from three Web-based firms. The companies, Foundem, SourceTool/TradeComet and myTriggers, have accused Google of deliberately...

Oracle has hired former HP CEO Mark Hurd as its new co-president and member of the board of directors.Hurd, who is a close friend of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, has replaced Charles Phillips, who recently resigned from the position...

Microsoft has claimed that its Silverlight web technology allows developers to expand beyond the possibilities offered by HTML5.In a blog post titled 'The Future of Silverlight', Brad Becker, the director of product management,...

Google will face antitrust investigation from the Texas Attorney General's office following complaints from three Web-based firms.The companies, Foundem, SourceTool/TradeComet and myTriggers, have accused Google of deliberately...

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has acquired mobile Office and Exchange support software maker DataViz.The acquisition will help RIM to boost the productivity capabilities of its BlackBerry devices.According to Crack...

Nokia is set to introduce its new E7 smartphone during the Nokia World expo, taking place next week in London.The E7 smartphone, which will come with a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard, is expected to be powered by either the...

Orange has announced they have revamped the rewards given out to pay as you go users, to encourage regular top ups.The new benefits to Orange prepay customers extend what is already on offer, when the phone is regularly charged -...

Apple's yet-to-be-announced iLife'11 Family Pack version has appeared on online retail giant Amazon's website, with a list price of $99 and an estimated shipping date.First reported by TUAW, the software pack appeared on the...

Apple has removed all spam messages posted on its Ping musical social network.The company has also introduced several tweaks to the interface, designed to allow for better navigation on the service. The company has added...

Chinese site Chiphell has snuck out some detailed photos of what they are calling an AMD Radeon HD 6350 GPU, otherwise known as Caicos. The photos show an engineering sample of the card, fully functional it seems, with four...

Samsung’s F2 Series EcoGreen Drive (F2EG) is the ideal high capacity drive for green computing environments.  The new eco-friendly hard drive, F2EG is designed to meet demand for high performance devices with lower...

The LG PK590 Plasma TV series provides superb picture quality with a stunning razor frame design. Convert your living room to a sports stadium or cinema with this large experience perfect for watching sport and movies in crystal...

The Samsung R530 houses an Intel Celeron Processor T3300, and runs the Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. The 2GB of installed RAM ensures that all your applications run smoothly, and a useful 250GB hard drive gives...

If you want the best out of your notebook, the Acer Aspire 3935 is your choice. It’s truly thin and light, and represents the highest expression of elegance and technology together.  Certain details of the Acer Aspire...

The Compaq CQ62-221sa is powered by the Intel Celeron Processor 900, and has the Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium operating system pre-installed. This notebook PC has 2GB of RAM and a useful 250GB hard drive. Sleek and slim, the...

You don't need a friend standing by to achieve that perfect profile pic - this stylish Samsung PL100 Compact Digital Camera is ideal for successful self-portraits, thanks to the integrated 2View dual-screen technology. And that's...