The new Apple iPad 2 has caused tier-1 notebook vendors to change their attitude when it comes to classifying netbooks as entry level, consumer oriented devices and many of them are gearing up to the challenge of the iOS-based...

Some are suggesting that the Apple TV might benefit from the dual core A5 system on chip that is found in the iPad 2, one which comes with much better graphics capabilities. This may well mean that the Apple TV could, in the...

Software giant Adobe has announced a new project called Wallaby which allows basic Flash files to be converted to HTML5 which would allow them to run on non-Flash compatible devices like the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch...

Three job advertisements have emerged on business networking site Linkedin that suggests that Microsoft is ramping up its recruitment drive to produce its next generation gaming platform, commonly codenamed as the Xbox...

Researchers from Concordia University in California have developed a way to trace anonymous email messages by recognising the author's writing style. Rather than the conventional method of tracing email back to IP addresses, the...

Nokia has decided to sell its Qt commercial licensing and services business to Digia, the two companies have revealed.The Finnish mobile maker had acquired Qt when it purchased Norway based Trolltech for $153 million. The...

Whatever you think of Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing site's place in history seems assured. Last month, even the former spy master of Britain's secret intelligence service, MI6,...

Online music streaming service Spotify has announced that it has accumulated a million paying subscribers in Europe, with an overall user base of 6.67 million. "For any kind of ‘freemium’ business, that is a...

Film studio Warner Bros. has kicked off a film rental service  on Facebook, delivering a single movie to the notworking site's US users Through the Facebook page of a Batman film called Dark Knight users based in the United...

Could Apple be dropping a bomb later this evening as it releases the iOS 4.3 four days before it is officially due to go out? Well according to BGR, this might well happen over the next few hours. The site claims that one of its...

We've just noticed that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1-inch tablet which was announced at the Mobile World Congress last month, has gone on preorder at Clove Technology for £600 excluding delivery. The tablet has the same...

Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has revealed the codename for the follow-up to the 'Natty Narwhal' Ubuntu 11.04, which is due for release soon.Shuttleworth announced that the Ubuntu 11.10 Long Term Support (LTS) version...

The DMC-FP3 features a 4x optical zoom LUMIX DC VARIO lens (35mm camera equivalent: 35-140mm). The folded optics technology makes it possible to fit the high performance lens in futuristic, flat body. The lens cover can be...

Google has updated the beta version of the Google Maps Navigation app for Android by adding support for real-time traffic information. Until  now the Google navigation tool presented users with the quickest route...

lay music or videos from your iPod/iPhone speaker dock whilst charging it at the same time using this Sony iPod/iPhone speaker dock. This speaker dock offers superior sound quality with the 20W + 20W RMS output, so you can...

The 1.45kg ViewSonic ViewBook 130 is light and a great companion for mobile access to your applications. It has been intentionally designed to meet the needs of a sturdy, practical and lightweight notebook. The new ViewSonic...

Reports that Best Buy was going to present all of its sales employees with an iPad 2 have been talked down by the retailer, though it is considering a number tablets for sales staff to use...

One Mobile Ring has taken stock of the recently announced Samsung BlackBerry-esque Galaxy Pro handset, for an exclusive hands on walk-through of the phone that's soon to be arriving on Three. Samsung’s Galaxy Pro arrives with a...

Nokia might be BFFs with Microsoft these days, but it doesn't mean the company's giving up on its homegrown MeeGo platform just yet - and it's appointed a new head to replace the exiting Alberto Torres.Sebastian Nyström,...

A few meters away from the transparent, solar powered touchscreen 46-inch monitor that Samsung Electronics was displaying at CeBIT 2011 in Hanover, there was another disruptive technology on show, a new hard disk drive, the...

A report released by the Royal Academy of Engineering has warned about Britain's over-reliance on satellite-based navigation systems. Britons have become 'dangerously dependent' on GPS systems, which are not only used for...

Popular mobile phone web browser manufacture Opera has launched its own application repository, for Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Java capable handsets.mobilestore.opera.com is accessible from their own web surfing software,...

Apple is reportedly in talks with US music industry heavyweights to allow iTunes users to back-up their digital music downloads. People familiar with the talks said that Apple is expected to announce the feature in the middle of...

Rumblings from Chinese component manufacturers have it that the iPhone 5 will drop the fancy glass back of the previous incarnation in favour of an old-school aluminium version according to the Chinese language Economic Daily...

Apple will release iOS 4.3 later today, three days early, if rumours are to be believed. We're not usually prone to jumping on the conjecture bandwagon but Boy Genius Report has an enviable, if not infallible, reputation for the...

Real estate website Rightmove is planning on including available broadband speeds of properties listed on the site, a source close to the company has said. The feature, which the company could make available through a...

British web site BeatThatQuote.com has been bought Google a for a tasty £37.7 million ($61 million). Beatthatquote's managing director John Paleomylites announced the deal on the company's website. "BeatThatQuote.com...

Pioneering Internet telephony outfit Skype will start displaying online advertising this week in a last-ditch attempt to boost its fortunes and turn a profit before going public later this year. The company is keen to point out...

Smartphone shipments in western Europe for the fourth quarter of 2010 were almost double that of Q4 2009, an IDC report has revealed, with over 16 times as many Android devices being sold. Manufacturers shipped a total of...

The chairman of China Mobile, the biggest mobile phone carrier in China, hinted at the release of a 4G/LTE version of the iPhone 5 during an interview with Bloomberg. The news outlet reports that the company's chairman, Wang...

A number of graphics card manufacturers have already started to sell products based on the ATI Radeon HD 6990 graphics card with the cheapest being offered for as little as £530, which is just under twice the price of the...

Microsoft is expected to roll-out the No Donuts update for its Windows Phone 7 platform within the next few days, bringing critical functions like copy-paste as well as improved application...

The first hints as to how much AMD's new dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 graphics board will set you back have started to appear - and if you're on a budget, you might want to stop reading now.The guys over at Hexus have handily compiled...

The Semiconductor Industry Association claims that things are looking up for the industry, with global sales rising 14 per cent year-on-year in January.According to figures released by the company this week, a gain of 1.5 per...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said Apple will carry on 'pretty well' without its charismatic leader, which isn't exactly the most glowing report of a company's health we have ever heard. Wozniak, who started the company...

Finnish phone company Nokia has announced today the new X1-00 low cost music orientated mobile phone, with a cost attached of just 34 Euros.Nokia’s X1-00 is geared up for all those who like music, with an MP3 player and support...

The first speed test carried out on the iPad 2 showed that the new software update - iOS 4.3 - rather than the hardware can be credited with helping boost performance the most. CNET UK tested the iPad 2 by running the SunSpider...

At least two online etailers have changed the release date of the Samsung Galaxy S II from March 2011 to May 2011, a two month delay that could have some serious consequences on sales given that the iPhone 5 launch could just be...

Microsoft will be paying Nokia more than $1 billion for promoting and developing smartphones based on the Windows Phone 7 platform, it has been revealed. Citing two people with the knowledge of the deal, Bloomberg...

Apple has confirmed that it will be selling the iPad 2 and currently has an unclickable banner on top of its shopping section announcing the launch; pity though that you cannot actually register your interest. The mobile...

Modern day devices such as televisions, cellphones and computers have been responsible for people not getting enough sleep, a report has shown. According to a study conducted by the US National Sleep Foundation, Americans...

Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper have successfully tried out their 100 Gb/s Ethernet interface at a facility in Munich, Germany. The trial was conducted to test interoperability between NSN’s Optical Transport...

Google's popular online video platform YouTube has acquired New York based video production and distribution platform Next New Networks. Founded in March 2007, the company has built a robust video production platform that lets...

Apple has topped the Forbes Magazine list of the world's most admired companies for the fourth straight year. Despite worries that the company would start to suffer without its iconic front man Steve Jobs, who is taking some...

Skype is introducing advertising to its platform in a bid to increase revenue before going public, which is anticipated later this year. The Skype ads, which will appear under the Home tab, will be...

Adobe has released a preview of its Wallaby technology which converts Flash animations into HTML5 files capable of running on devices without Flash Player. Although Adobe will never publicly admit it, the move is almost...

Three has announced that it will be selling the new Samsung Galaxy Pro smartphone in April, together with the Samsung Galaxy Mini; they have yet to confirm whether the Galaxy S II will also be released soon. The Galaxy Pro comes...

A little know mobile phone reseller, GreentrustUK, claims to have partnered with O2 business to offer what it calls UK's first iPhone 5 pay monthly contract; it is also apparently taking pre-orders of the the SIM-free version of...

Mark Rein, the vice president and co-founder of Epic Games, one of the most prominent game developers for the iOS platform, and one whose lead iOS game, Infinity Blade, was used during the launch of the iPad 2 (and the iOS 4.3),...

The global tablet market is set to grow to more than $70 billion by 2014 as revenues from that segment almost double every year and Apple's dominance on the segment is gradually loosened. BGR reports that RBC Capital Markets...

Music streaming service Spotify has announced a major milestone: it now has more than one million customers paying for its service, proving that a 'freemium' model really can work.For those who haven't come across the service...

Facebook has partnered with charity the Samaritans to allow users to sound alerts about potentially suicidal Facebook friends. The service, which is already available in the US and Norway, will let 30 million British Facebook...

Mobile phone network Three has unveiled its due to carry two recently announced Samsung Android mobile phones, in the Galaxy Mini and Qwerty keyboard based Samsung Galaxy Pro.The Samsung Galaxy mini was launched just before...

Lord Alan Sugar has been appointed as the new non-executive chairman of the BBC-led YouView IPTV service, replacing Kip Meek who was less than eight months in the position. YouView, which is backed by BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel...

Rumour has it that we can expect to see AMD's next-generation FX-series processors, built around the new Bulldozer architecture, before the end of June - to be followed by the Fusion-based Llano family in July.That's the story...

AMD has finally revealed the full details of its dual-GPU graphics board, the Radeon HD 6990 - and it's an absolute beast, packing two specially screened Cayman GPUs into a single PCB design which it claims is the fastest board...

Microsoft is set to pay Nokia around one billion dollars to promote and develop Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system for its smartphones, a source told BusinessWeek. Nokia will pay Microsoft a licensing fee for using...

Google has shelled-out £37.7 million for UK based financial product comparison website BeatThatQuote. The website was founded by London entrepreneur John Paleomylites and allows people to compare the prices and schemes...

The French finance ministry confirmed to the BBC that it fell victim to a cyber attack in December 2010 that targeted files for the then-upcoming G20 summit in Paris. The report of the cyber attack was first reported by the Paris...