Toktumi, the developers of Line2, one of the more popular VoIP services for the iPod Touch and the iPad, has revealed exclusively to ITProPortal that they are working on launching the service globally. A post on their Twitter...

What if the Sony Ericsson Playstation Phone may turn out to the Google Nexus Two whose claimed existence has been discussed extensively over the last 48 hours. Earlier this year, Sony Ericsson's Chief Executive, Bert Nordberg...

The HTC Mecha has appeared briefly on the HTCsense.com website; it appears to be a new Android-based handset set to be launched fairly soon by the Taiwanese manufacturer. Engadget managed to grab a pair of screenshots before any...

A survey carried out by market research firm Ipsos showed that the Microsoft Kinect is likely to be the most in-demand gaming hardware for Christmas 2010, ahead of archrival Sony with its Playstation Move. Funnily enough, while...

Apart from Samsung, Motorola appears to be the one likely to build the successor to the Nexus One, the Nexus Two, nearly a year after the launch of the latter. Motorola will be spinning off its Mobility arm next year and Sanjay...

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A struggling Taiwanese computer screen maker has threatened to sue Apple over the iPad trademark, claiming that the company owns the rights to the name in China. According to the state run People's Daily, Proview International,...

The Samsung HT-C5500D 5.1Ch Blu-ray Home Cinema System is a fabulous upgrade for your living room, boasting 1000 watts of surround-sound power and a host of advanced features.The Samsung HT-C5500D includes a Blu-ray player for...

Three has been voted the best mobile broadband network provider in the UK by a YouGov survey. The survey, which polled 4,053 Mobile Broadband customers, placed Three at the top positions in 8 out of 15 categories. UK mobile...

Get big powerful surround sound with the Harman Kardon HKTS 7 5.1Ch Home Cinema System with its 10 inch subwoofer and built-in 100W amplifier. This home cinema system has four compact speakers with one ½" dome and one 3"...

The Toshiba BDX2100 Blu-ray Player delivers dazzling 1080p HD imagery with great connectivity, upscaling and more, in an attractive, sleek package that will look fantastic as part of your home entertainment system!The Toshiba...

With its sleek, black design the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS10 Compact Digital Camera is as impressive to behold as it is to use!This great little camera sports a 5x optical zoom lens with a 35mm equivalent range of 28-140mm, making...

A study commissioned by Google UK has shown the British are becoming feverish on-line entrepreneurs and consumers with online businesses now topping sectors such as construction, education and health. The study called Connected...

Apple has revealed that it has increased its employee headcount by more than one-third this year, while warning that its gross margins might fall in the upcoming quarters. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Board,...

Apple's iPad device running the beta 3 version of iOS 4.2 has been successfully jailbroken by iOS developer ih8sn0w. The developer, who is behind the Sn0wbreeze jailbreaking tool, has managed the feat using the untethered...

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UK telecom regulator Ofcom has asked the government to make the 2G radio spectrum available on the mobile broadband 3G network as fast as it can. According to ISP Review, Ofcom advised the UK government after conducting a...

Apple is now offering contract-free unlocked versions of its iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 devices in Germany. The move is a part of Apple's attempt to enter as many global markets as possible. The company started offering the...

Apple is said to be planning a top secret summit exclusive to iOS developers next week. The conference is to be held in order to highlight ways to improve the overall performance of iOS apps for the iPad, iPod Touch and the...

Samsung says it is getting into bed with some big hitters for the November 1st release of the iPad-bothering Galaxy Tab. The Korean company has announced that venerable Brit broadsheet the Financial Times, High Street book...

Just hours after Apple announced that the white iPhone 4 had been further delayed, the sought-after handset has disappeared from on-line Apple stores all over the world. The rumour mill has gone into overdrive with even...

Intel and several other major global companies have formed the Open Data Centre Alliance, aimed that developing unified standards to aid the industry wide roll-out of cloud-based technology. The 70 global giants, which include...

Mozilla has released a patch for a zero-day vulnerability in its Firefox web browser, 48 hours after it was discovered. The Firefox security flaw was used by attackers to run a drive-by-download attack on Firefox users visiting...

China is about to unveil the world's fastest super computer which is powered by 14,336 Intel Xeon CPUs and 7,168 Nvidia Tesla M2050 GPUs. The Tianhe-1A supercomputer was built by China's National University of Defense Technology....

China is on the verge of unveiling the world's fastest supercomputer capable of delivering a performance of 2.5 petaflops. The Tianhe-1A supercomputer, which is located in the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, is...

The Internet has changed the information landscape and, increasingly, individual users are finding there's no place to hide on the web - or on the street, come to that, as Google's Street View cars may come and sniff you out...

The Fibrecity 100 Mbps broadband project aimed at bringing super-fast broadband to Bournemouth and Dundee via the sewer network as been stalled. According to The Courier, Fujitsu, the company which had been contracted to deploy...

Apple yesterday launched an online Apple Store in China that features free shipping, free personalised engraving on any iPod or iPad, and the ability to custom configure any Mac with just a few clicks. The online Apple Store...

Apple has confirmed a newly discovered security flaw in the iPhone and has promised to release a fix with next month's iOS 4.2 update. The flaw was first discovered by a MacRumors reader who posted the details of the flaw on its...

Pizza Express is experimenting with sound-proof domes and personal iPod docks on tables in an attempt to enhance the customer experience at its outlets. The personal iPods installed on each table will allow the users to select...

Popular mobile phone web browsing company Opera has released its latest Symbian product, in the form of Mini 5.1 for Nokia devices.The new mobile internet surfing tool is solely for the Symbian S60 platform and has been written...

With security firms this week alerting users to the emergence of malware that can attacks computers on all major platforms - Windows, MacOS and Linux - it's clear that the threat of malware to corporate networks has never been...

Microsoft has decided to open its Azure cloud platform to European research projects for three years at no charge. Speaking during a keynote speech at the Open Grid Forum in Brussels, Dan Reed, a corporate vice president at...

Microsoft has quietly released the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate, which is now available for download. The SP 1 release candidate has been made available for download along side Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1,...

Thousands of marijuana-related domain names are being bought up in the United States, as chancers look to cash in on a vote to legalise the drug. A proposed amendment to state law, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of...

The Mozilla Foundation has released a fix for a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Firefox browser, just 48 hours after it learned of the flaw.The security breach, which was first spotted after ne'er-do-wells uploaded a...

Top Google executive David Lawee has claimed that acquiring the Android platform was Google's best deal ever. Speaking during the 16th annual Stanford Accel Symposium, Lawee said that at first he was sceptical of Google...

European music streaming outfit Spotify has quashed rumours of an Apple buy-out saying that it has no plans to sell the business. Talking to the BBC's Newsbeat, a spokesman for the outfit said, "We're working hard to build the...

Google has said that it will give away 10,000 Google TV devices to developers over the next few weeks to encourage them to start developing applications for the platform. Google TV is aimed at merging the web with the...

With competition for jobs hotter than ever, it’s vital to make sure your application gets noticed. Here are a few tips from IT specialist recruitment site CWJobs. 1. Make use of keywords Select the most appropriate...

IT recruiters’ requirements often differ substantially from the traditional run-of-the-mill recruiting checklist, not least because the IT industry changes so quickly and because a CV very often doesn't paint the full...

Google is on the verge of setting real estate records in New York City by purchasing a whole building in Manhattan for $2 billion. The company already pays rent for the 550,000 square feet in the building it has hired for its...

Toddler-friendly gaming outfit Nintendo has posted a half-year earnings loss for the first time in seven years. The Japanese outfit declared a net loss of 2 billion yen (£15.6 million) for the six-month period ending...

Google has released the new Places Search feature, set to allow users to look up local business in their area. Places Search is designed to make sure users will not have to perform multiple searches to find what they need. The...

Apple is reportedly working on a new SIM card exclusive to its iPhone in Europe which could allow customers to buy the phone from Apple and activate it with any carrier they choose. Citing sources within European wireless...

The Russian government is planning to develop an alternative to Microsoft's Windows operating system in an attempt to reduce its dependence on the US-based technology giant. According to the AFP, the Russian government has plans...

A Russian teacher claims he was forced to quit his job after he complained about being made to use Microsoft software. Computer science teacher Vladimir Sorokin, who was deputy director of School No. 572 in southeastern Moscow,...

Barnes & Noble might have done just enough to become a major player in the exploding ebook reader and tablet market thanks to a new model called the NookColor. Available from the 19th of November for only $249, the device...

Yahoo and Microsoft have completed their search transition in the US and Canada. The two companies told WebProNews that the paid search transition to Microsoft's AdCenter platform has been completed for the US and Canada and...

Virgin Media is celebrating the launch of its new 100Mbps super fast internet by allowing Londoners to jump into the fast lane today thanks to a fleet of supercar cabs. The fleet will include a Porsche 997 Turbo Gen 1, Ferrari...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it has ended the inquiry into the admission by Google earlier this year that its fleet of cars had inadvertently collected data from thousands of households and businesses while...

Mobile phone operator T-Mobile (soon to be borged by Everything Everywhere) has organised a massive public singalong at Heathrow Airport in the South West of London as part of a new advert to be aired over the next few...

Mozilla has announced that its highly anticipated Firefox 4 web browser has been delayed. The company said that the new browser will now not be launched until early next year. According to post made on the mozilla.dev.planning...

Russian police officials have filed their first criminal case against a top spammer, whose network was responsible for a massive number of spam e-mails advertising fake medicines. According to the Russian daily newspaper...

Mobile phone manufacture Research In Motion has announced the latest model in their BlackBerry Bold series, the Bold 9780.The new BlackBerry Bold will effectively be replacing last year's Bold 9700, which in turn replaced the...

A new Java-based trojan virus which exploits vulnerabilities found in the Mac OS X and Windows, has been sighted on several prominent social networking platforms. The new virus is disguised as a link a video accompanied by a...

According to US business magazine Fortune, the ability to attract and retain talented employees is the single most reliable predictor of excellence among many of the world's top companies.  Losing one or two key people can...

Apple recently announced that the white iPhone 4 will be launched some time next year, further delaying the launch of the device. The white iPhone was set to be launched by the end of July this year. A number of rumours have...

SAP has posted an impressive financial report card for the third quarter ending 30 September, but failed to match analysts expectations with its stock price declining by 6 per cent. The company, which confessed to stealing...

Google has reversed its trend of cutting down on the perks it offers its employees, launching a programme to provide staff with servants to cater to their every whim.That's the story being put forward by technology-celebrity...

Pentax Imaging has launched Pentax Optio W90 Mudfight Challenge on FaceBook. Centered around the company’s eponymous waterproof point-and-shoot digital camera, the Mudfight Challenge App challenges Facebookers around the...