Nintendo has announced that the comparatively high price for its upcoming 3DS won’t stop it from being the company’s biggest hardware launch ever.Speaking to Gamesindustry.biz, Nintendo UK general manger David Yarnton...

Hewlett-Packard is planning to launch an independent investigation into the departure of former CEO Mark Hurd, a recent court filing has shown.Hurd, now co-president at Oracle, left after an internal investigation into sexual...

Internet Regulator Ofcom has proposed that BT decreases the price of its subsidiary, BT Wholesale, charges to ISPs that use its broadband infrastructre in rural areas. Should BT follow Ofcom's decision, it could cause broadband...

HTC will not only launch the Android-based Gratia in February, you can also expect the HTC 7 Pro, which is based on Windows Phone 7, to be rolled out at the same time. The HTC7 Pro targets a more business focused audience with...

Hints within the latest iOS 4.3 beta 2 operating system indicate that the iPhone 5 may be offering a new feature called "Media Stream", potentially one which attempts to turn Apple into a major social networking player. 9to5Mac...

Following Amazon’s purchase of LoveFilm this week, the retailing giant outlined that it has some exciting plans for the film rental outfit.  Soon after the deal was announced, the heads of the two companies detailed...

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has been talking up the non-gaming capabilities of the upcoming 3DS console Speaking in his recent ‘Iwata Asks’ column, the Nintendo boss said that the glasses free 3D games machine’s...

Amazon has acquired online movie rental service LoveFilm by purchasing the remaining 58 per cent stake in the London-based company for $200 million. LoveFilm, which started out as an online-based DVD postal rental service, has...

More than 240 million Twitter accounts have been created as of today according to the data collected from Twitter's own mobile app on an iPhone 4. When user create an account and log in on a smartphone, they can check, via their...

Apple is quietly rolling out a new type of screw called pentalobular screws in a bid to prevent users from tampering with or opening up the iPhone 4 with a very high chance that these will turn up in the next generation iPhone...

Upstream component manufacturers, the guys who actually provide the parts for devices like the iPhone, have told Digitimes that the iPad 2 will have a resolution of 2048x1536, supporting similar claims that unidentified sources...

It will cost the government only £400,000 to destroy the data for the failed UK ID card initiative.  The data compiled by the National Identity Register, which was scrapped last year by the coalition government, will...

UK communications regulator Ofcom plans to reduce the prices BT can charge Internet service providers (ISPs) in areas where it is the sole provider of wholesale broadband. The regulator plans to introduce price cuts of between...

Sony Ericsson has returned to profitability in 2010 thanks to a range of Android powered devices and job cuts.However, the company's portfolio restructuring and axed production units have caused its market share and total handset...

The European Commission has admitted, after being prodded by the Federation Against Software Theft, that its own laws are failing to keep up the evolution of the Internet. The Commission has stated that "despite an overall...

The BBC led YouView is now set to launch in 2012 having reportedly been delayed by six months. According to The Telegraph, the YouView set-top-box service, which is being developed by the BBC and its partners under Project...

We've often thought somebody should be held to account for inflicting Ashton Kutcher on the world, but now it seems that Twitter really is being sued for letting celebrities interact with the public online. The micro-blogging...

A computer game that is supposed to help improve decision-making skills in all aspects of our lives has been developed. Boffins at Queen’s University Belfast have created a prototype game that they reckon could be enhanced...

UK communications regulator Ofcom plans to reduce the prices BT can charge Internet service providers (ISPs) in areas where it is the sole provider of wholesale broadband.The regulator plans to introduce price cuts of between...

More details of the successor to the mildly popular Sony Ericsson Vivaz handset, the Vivaz 2, have appeared in a preview carried out in Russia by Mobile-review. The phone, known as Hallon and carries the Xperia brand, is...

It now looks very likely that the Apple iPad 2 will come with a front facing and a rear camera, according to the latest iOS 4.3 Beta 2 update rolled out by Apple to developers yesterday. Macrumors' Arnold Kim reports that the...

Despite its apparent unwillingness to commit to a firm UK price, Nintendo reckons the 3DS will be its biggest ever launch, surpassing even the stellar progress of the family-friendly Wii. Pundits and retailers are currently...

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia now has their latest C series C5-03 available to buy, via their own UK on-line store for £189 SIM free and unlocked.Nokia’s C5-03 was announced back in October, as an inexpensive touch screen...

Canadian company Microsat is planning to launch 78 satellites into space to provide the backbone for a robust new Internet infrastructure. The CommStellation system will be launched by Microsat Systems Canada Inc. using six...

More compelling evidence of Apple's worst-kept secret ever, that the iPad 2 will come equipped with dual cameras, has emerged with the release of the second iOS4.3 SDK beta. An image file buried deep within the software's...

A team of security researchers has created a proof-of-concept Trojan for Android handsets that is capable of listening out for credit card numbers - typed or spoken - and relaying them back to the application's creator.The team,...

Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata has predicted a “rocket start” to sales for its upcoming 3DS handheld console in the US.According to the exec, sales will be helped along by the device’s high-definition...

IT firms are among the companies gearing up for a PR whitewash as WikiLeaks and others declare war on corporate piracy, accusing big names such as Google, Facebook and Vodafone of ripping off taxpayers. Earlier this week,...

HTC will launch three tablet devices - the first of which will be called the Flyer - in the first half of 2011 according to reports from Taiwan, where the company is based. Handset component suppliers have told Digitimes that...

The Apple App Store is likely to reach the 10 billion download milestone on Saturday at 1300 UK time (or Noon GMT) according to our calculations. Apps are currently downloaded at the rate of around 238 per second and the...

It has been speculated that a recent mandatory update to the Xbox 360's dashboard might contain a patch that prevents users from running pirated copies of games. According to Engadget, the Microsoft update has silently fixed a...

Apple has distributed a second beta of the forthcoming  iOS 4.3 mobile operating system as well as an updated software development kit (SDK) to registered App builders. While that may be good news for coders who are part of...

One tipster has sent the picture of the back-end of a Best Buy inventory system to Macrumors, showing that the white version of the iPhone 4 is set to go on sale from the 27th of February - at least in the US. Earlier, Engadget...

Basit and Amjad Alvi of Lahore, Pakistan, twenty-five years ago this month brought the world its first computer virus, created by the brothers to protect their medical software from piracy. The Brain Virus was designed to affect...

Two researchers have discovered a way of compromising pretty much any computer using nothing more nefarious than an Android handset and a USB cable. Angelos Stavrou who teaches computer science at George Mason University near...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in quantum computing by creating 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon. According to the team that made the breakthrough, which consisted of scientists from the UK, Japan, Germany...

Mobile phone network Three is to carry two more tablet devices, the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Linx Commtiva N700.Three has announced from their ‘Coming Soon’ page on their website they will  be carrying the Android ‘Froyo’ 2.2...

The Nintendo 3DS games console suffers from three massive problems which could be detrimental to its sales prospect and are all ironically linked to the company's decision to invest in 3D. The gaming platform, which will be...

Google has launched this year's Doodle 4 Google contest, which invites students in the US to submit designs for a doodle on Google's search homepage. The theme of the fourth annual Doodle 4 Google contest is '"What I'd like to...

HTC is to release the Android-based Gratia - which is known in the US as the HTC Aria - in the UK from February 2011 and is it likely to replace the HTC Wildfire in Britain. The phone comes with a 3.2-inch...

A new worm is spreading on Twitter, according to a flood of reports circulating on the micro-blogging network this morning. A number of users report that they've received spam messages from friends that included a web link using...

Amazon Web Services has announced plans to introduce a new feature, which will automate the management of a number of web services offered by the company. The Amazon Elastic Beanstalk is designed to allow Java developers to...

Groupon rival LivingSocial has sold over one million $20 Amazon gift vouchers in 24 hours.The platform was offering the vouchers for the discount price of $10.According to RCR Unplugged, the deal had surpassed one million buyers...

A spokesperson for LG in France has confirmed that the company's tablet, the G-Slate, will have a 3D-capable display which will not need any special glasses to be viewed. French website GPSandCo says that the tablet will be able...

Shares in online auction platform eBay jumped by 5 per cent in after hours trading following impressive fourth quarter financial results. The company reported a rise of 5 per cent in its fourth quarter revenue, beating Wall...

Days after Apple was hit by news of CEO Steve Jobs' illness, the iPhone maker has been savaged by environmental campaigners in China, who accuse the company of ignoring health and safety problems at suppliers' factories. Apple...

Social networking giant Facebook has launched a new mobile website designed specifically for lower-end mobile devices.In a blog post, the company explained that the website, which was developed in partnership with Snaptu, will...

Apple has revealed the all time top apps downloaded by iPad and iPhone users on iTunes. The company documented the top 10 paid and free apps on each of the individual iOS-based devices via a page on the iTunes...

The Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundations - two organisations fighting for the same cause, but traditionally in very different ways - have joined forces in an attempt to prevent Novell patents falling into...

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have jointly unveiled four new server appliances that the companies have developed under a $250 million alliance that they announced last year. The companies said that two appliances will be...

The Guardian has released a new app for Apple's iOS platform in the US and UK, bringing with it a host of new features. The new app, Guardian for iPhone 2.0, will be offered in the US as a subscription free download, supported...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer joined President Obama and a gaggle of businessmen to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao yesterday and took the opportunity to shout at Hu over what he regards as the flouting of intellectual...

Lenovo has created a new business unit to focus specifically on developing tablet and smartphone devices. The company said that the new Mobile Internet and Digital Home Business Group will also develop cloud computing services...

Amazon's long-awaited bid to buy DVD and game rental service Lovefilm - in which it already holds shares - outright appears to be finally going ahead, after months of speculation. The deal, which will see Lovefilm become a...

Retailer Best Buy may not be stocking the highly awaited Verizon iPhone when it's launched on 10 February. Boy Genius Report came across an internal Best Buy document, which instructs sales executives on how to deal with...

Microsoft has blamed an unknown third party service for an anomaly which caused the "phantom data" problem on its Windows Phone 7 platform. Many Windows Phone 7 OS users complained that they had received abnormally high monthly...

Finnish phone manufacture Nokia E7 Communicator handset has gone on sale, SIM free and unlocked for 599 Euros.Nokia’s own on-line store in their homeland of Finland has the first Nokia Communicator since 2007 available to...

Microsoft has released the world's vaguest statement regarding the ongoing problems Windows Phone 7 users are having with 'phantom' data transmission running up their mobile bills - blaming an unnamed third party for the...

Microsoft has confirmed that Brad Brooks, the company's vice president in charge of Windows in all its many forms, is to leave the company to join networking specialist Juniper Networks.In announcing his departure, Brooks told...

MPs in the House of Commons  have been banned from using Twitter while sitting in Chamber. Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle made the ruling on the spot after a complaint from Labour MP Kevin Brennan, who was miffed that...

Mobile phone maker Nokia may have cancelled the roll out of the X7, its flagship smartphone, in the US on AT&T, a source close to the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The phone - which is expected to be launched next...