More and more of our communication these days is electronic, but there are times when you just can't avoid printing out hard copy. But that needn't be bad news - by following a few simple tips, you can keep the environmental...

People looking to buy their favourite Windows Phone 7 handsets in the UK are faced with limited choices, from hardware specifications to service providers. Microsoft is playing a safe game with its new Windows Phone 7 operating...

The new HTC 7 Pro Windows Phone 7-based smartphone will be launched in the UK around Christmas, along with Dell's Venue Pro smartphone. Microsoft unveiled the initial line-up of Windows Phone 7 based devices at an event in New...

Amazon has today announced that it will launch a new category in its Kindle store, stocking work that "can be twice the length of a New Yorker feature or as much as a few chapters of a typical book". The Kindle Singles category...

Samsung has announced the Wave II smartphone following the launch of its Omnia 7 Windows Phone 7-based device. The new smartphone will run on Samsung's own Bada operating system and will feature the TouchWiz UI, similar to the...

UK mobile services provider Three has started taking pre-orders for the new Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone 7-based smartphone. The phone was launched by software giant Microsoft at a New York event on Monday. The company has also...

Japanese game developer DeNA has decided to acquire iPhone and iPad game maker ngmoco for $403 million. According to Reuters, the acquisition will mark DeNA's entry into the US market. DeNA is the game developer behind the...

HP's soon-to-be non-executive chairman Roy Lane has accused former CEO Mark Hurd of repeatedly lying to the members of the board. In a letter sent to the New York Times, Lane explains why Hurd was outed from his position at HP...

A High Court judge in Ireland has ruled that laws which allow the internet connection of users accused of online piracy to be cut permanently cannot be enforced in the country. The ruling is a heavy blow for the music and film...

Details of the upcoming Palm Pre 2 smartphone have been leaked by French wireless carrier SFR on its website. The leaked specs were later removed from the website, but PreCentral managed to get a screenshot before they were...

Mobile phone network O2 has announced it will solely carry the large screen HTC Windows Phone 7 OS ‘HTC7' handset, from October 21st onwards.The HD7 arrives only on O2, with a 4.3-inch multi-touch screen and running the recently...

A study conducted by a research firm has suggested that Apple products are eating into the viewer-ship of popular American TV channels. According to a survey conducted by app analytics company Flurry, around 19 million Apple's...

Google is targeting India's rapidly-expanding mobile telecoms industry by encouraging local manufacturers to build handsets powered by its Android operating system. More than half of India's 1.2 billion population currently uses...

The Samsung S5560 is a stylish 3 inch touch screen smartphone full of fun features. It is so lightweight at only 95g that you can fit it into practically any pocket or handbag.Turn the phone on its side and you can view your...

The affordable Alcatel OT-980 is a great introduction to Android smartphones. This feature-packed phone supports the Android operating system and comes with loads of great Google Services, including GMail and GTalk, as well as...

The Samsung BX2450 24-inch LED monitor brings style and sophistication to the office, offering razor-sharp motion graphics and Full HD resolution. It incorporates Samsung's Touch of Color design, bringing elegant color to the...

With the official NDA date set for the 22nd of October, we're starting to see some officially-unofficial postings on forums with benchmark numbers that look like the real thing. We're not sure whether these benchmarks are...

The new Medal of Honor title has been released amid controversy, with the game's developers stating that the use of the Taliban in its multiplayer function was blown out of proportion.  The game had come under harsh...

A world-wide survey conducted by research firm TNS has found that mobile users spend more time on social networking platforms than they do on reading and replying to e-mails. The survey, which quizzed around 50,000 people across...

Samsung's newly launched Omnia 7 Windows Phone 7-based handset will be offered by T-Mobile, Orange and Three in the UK. The phone was unveiled by Microsoft at events in New York and London on Monday, which also saw the launch of...

The favoured beverage of tech geeks the world over has come under fire as research shows as many as 210 million people are 'addicted' to so-called energy drinks. Wisconsin's National Institution of Recreational Drinks (and we...

IBM has decided to shift from the Java-based Apache Harmony platform to Oracle's OpenJDK, bringing financial backing and software development expertise to the platform. The move comes after Oracle filed a lawsuit against...

Microsoft's newly launched Windows Phone 7 platform has been billed as something network carriers can add value to by pre-installing tiles and additional apps on the devices. The software giant is highlighting how mobile...

The UK's Technology Strategy Board seems to have ducked its head under the swinging axe of ConDem IT cuts and has today launched a new digital sand box for UK tech companies. IC Tomorrow is billed as a digital testing ground for...

Billionaire Sir Philip Green has published his much-anticipated report on government spending, laying into what he calls a "staggering" amount of waste. After taking a peek at government accounts worth £191 billion, Green...

Gadget insurance e-broker protectyourbubble.com has published the results of an enquiry it had commissioned showing just how far off the deep technology end we Britons are. According to the study, which involved 3,000 men and...

Retail giant Wal-Mart has agreed to sell Apple's iPad tablet device through its stores across the US from Friday. According to The Wall Street Journal, the retailer plans to start offering all six versions of the device in its...

Apple products have dominated this year's T3 Awards, winning a total of five awards including Gadget of the Year award which went to the iPad. Apart from the gadget of the year award, the iPad also won the Innovation of the Year...

Love it or hate it, you can't deny the power of FaceBook. The life-eating social-notworking site has half a billion members all of whom like the sound of their own voices, but anodyne American clothes retailer Gap has found to...

Two men who ran an an Internet-based sperm delivery service were sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years, after being found guilty of supplying sperm without a licence. The pair, Nigel Woodforth and Ricky...

UK security software vendor Prevx has proposed that software capable of detecting the time taken by an anti-virus program to detect and remove malware be installed on computer systems. According to Chris Bolin, Pervx president,...

Acer has rolled out its Aspire One Happy netbook in the UK. The netbook comes in a variety of vibrant colours - Candy Pink, Lavender Purple, Lime Green and Hawaii Blue - and has the ability to switch between Windows 7 and...

Microsoft has unleashed its first line-up of smartphones running on Windows Phone 7 mobile phone OS, aiming to syphon market share from Apple and Google. Considered to be the last attempt from Microsoft in the smartphone...

UK mobile phone maker INQ Mobile is developing phones that will be integrated with popular online music service Spotify. According to news agency Bloomberg Business Week, Frank Meehan, the CEO of INQ Mobile, said that the...

In an uncommon outbreak of entente cordiale, iDevice hackers Chronic Dev Team have released a jailbreaking tool based on Geohot's Limera1n exploit. As we previoulsy reported, notorious Apple-bater Geohot released the current...

Smartphone specialist Modu has announced the Modu T, officially the world's lightest touch-screen smartphone, and it brings some impressive features with its tiny form-factor.Designed to offer a full 3.5G smartphone device in the...

So here we are: the final big hitter in the world of software has entered the ring. Now the fight really begins…Just as we were getting used to the Apple versus Android debate, the long gestating Windows Phone 7 software is upon...

IT giant Hewlett-Packard is set to slash its UK workforce by 1,300 in a move condemned by Britain's largest trade union as "butchery". Unite today launched an attack on HP's decision, which follows the cutting of 900 jobs in...

Microsoft has unveiled the Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 smartphone at a launch event in New York on Monday. The phone, which runs on the new Windows Phone 7 operating system, comes with a slide-out keyboard and is specifically...

Oracle is gearing up to release a patch for a whopping 81 vulnerabilities on Tuesday. Software giant Microsoft will also release a record 16 security bulletins that cover 49 vulnerabilities under its Patch Tuesday update roll...

Technology start-up Light Blue Optics is testing its miniature projection system at KFC restaurants located in Nuneaton and Cannock. The systems being tested at the KFC outlets are capable of turning the tables into interactive...

Details have emerged of a simple hack which allows iPad users to get free magazine and newspapers. The exploit, which involves editing a single field in the plist file that manages download information, has been used to swipe...

LoveFilm has announced plans to offer an official application for Sony's PlayStation 3 games console. According to a video on PS3's YouTube channel, the company will be launching the LoveFilm app in November. The service, which...

Microsoft Senior Executive Scott Charney in an address at the Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) Conference in Berlin, suggested that ISPs ban users whose computers have detected virus infections. The industry should...

Seattle based software developer Microsoft has officially launched their latest mobile phone operating system, Windows Phone 7 – which will arrive on handsets from October 21st in the UK.Windows Phone 7 will ship on mobiles all...

Microsoft's newly launched line of Windows Phone 7 based smartphones has been well received by critics and fans alike. The company also managed to garner the support of British polymath and national treasure Stephen Fry, who,...

A report by Peter Dandumont of TomsHardware France reports that Intel in a presentation at the Intel Developer Forum IDF proposed industry adoption of USB bus power as the "universal power" port for PCs and other devices. This...

Apple's fifth generation CDMA iPhone 5, being prepared for use on Verizon Wireless' networks, will not support LTE 4G network. According to TechCrunch sources, iPhone 5, which is expected to be launched in January, will not...

IDG's wire service recently carried an interview with IBMer Jai Menon, CTO of Big Blue's Systems and Technology Group, in which he outlines plans for its Cell processor, which is at the heart of Sony's PS3. Menon says iBM is...