Vodafone and Three UK have joined O2 in announcing that they will be postponing the launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play otherwise known as the Playstation Phone although, in both cases, the mobile phone operators will work...

Telefonica-owned O2 announced a major overhaul in the way it sells its monthly contracts and one of its main selling points is that it will allow users to use their devices as mobile hotspots. A 24-month contract with a phone,...

Cabinet office minister Francis Maude explained in a statement on Wednesday about the failure of monolithic IT projects, and government strategy to improve efficiency involving cloud computing and open-source IT. Around...

Search engine giant Google has removed a popular PlayStation emulator app from its Android Market ahead of the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Play launch. According to a report on Cnet, the PSX4Droid emulator, which allowed users...

Robert Bunsen, the German scientist responsible for the indispensable piece of secondary school science lesson kit, the Bunsen burner, was honoured by Google on his 200th birthday. The familiar picture of the distinctive gas...

Peter Misek of Financial services provider Jefferies & Co issued a note saying that he expects the iPhone 5 to be launched in the September quarter which corresponds to the end of Q3. Misek joins a number of other analysts...

Chinese authorities have investigated and punished three Google sub-units operating in the country for tax violations. A Chinese newspaper, The Economic Daily, has claimed that the three Google units were in violation of Chinese...

A leaked document intended for use only by RIM staff suggests that the Canadian company's soon-to-be-launched BlackBerry PlayBook will be missing some rather important features. RIM's bomb-proof e-mail and messaging services...

Three UK looks set to roll out its next generation broadband infrastructure as it announced today that it will start selling a new "premium" broadband dongle based on HSPA+, the first in the the UK. The dongle also introduces a...

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has enabled a cut in prices for broadband and home phone lines by calling on BT to lower the fees Openreach can charge to operators. BT Openreach is BT's wholesale arm which allows other broadband and...

In its official blog post on Wednesday, Hewitt-Packard formally announced its decision to give developers early access to the webOS 3.0 software development kit. The company further stated that it is giving away this early access...

Google is keen on taking a tougher stand on the hardware and software requirements for manufacturing handsets and developing custom software based on its Android OS, a report has suggested. According to a report on Business Week,...

Sony Ericsson has confirmed that there will be no delays in the launch of the Xperia Play smartphone, the very first PlayStation phone. The company's confirmation comes after UK mobile phone operators Vodafone and O2 warned that...

Analyst firm In-stat has calculated that well over 10 billion social networking and online world accounts have been created by the end of 2010 with nearly half of them still active. The growth of free social networking websites...

Taiwanese netbook pioneer Asus launched the Eee Pad Transformer in the UK yesterday, and already a price war looks to be in the offing. US electronic retail giant Best Buy recently started listing the tablet-only portion of the...

The much-awaited Radioplayer, a central hub for radio in the UK, including all of the BBC’s radio stations as well as the majority of commercial stations, has been launched today.  The new service is expected to do the...

Microsoft, having raised issues publicly about Google’s competitive practices, now has gone a step further and lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission. Microsoft said it was concerned about “a pattern...

One Mobile Ring has attending the launch event of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, where we thought we would publish these hands-on images of the world’s first Android ‘Honeycomb’ 3.0 tablet device to go on sale. Asus Eee Pad...

While all iPad tablets sold by Apple online and in store are not unlocked because Apple does't know on which network they will be used, it seems that high street retailers like Phones4U (and possibly others) have failed to warn...

The EEE Pad transformer tablet has gone on preorder on Amazon with a starting price of £380 including delivery, £19 cheaper than the Apple iPad 2 16GB Wi-Fi; originally scheduled to come on the 7th of April, Amazon...

Mobile phone network Vodafone has started pre-ordering for the new flagship HTC Desire S handset, along with the budget Wildfire S mobile phone.The Desire S arrives with a 3.7-inch 480x800 touch screen, with Qualcomm’s new 1GHz...

The BBC has launched Radioplayer, bringing together more than 200 UK radio stations including Capital, Xfm and Classic FM, in a single online console. The internet radio player, first unveiled at the annual Radio Festival in...

Acer president and CEO Gianfranco Lanci has quit his job at the Taiwanese computer maker over differences with the company's board. Lanci's departure, effective immediately, will see Acer chairman JT Wang replacing him. Wang said...

Apple has released the second build of Mac OS X Lion in its developers testing channel, indicating that the company is set for a June launch. The release of the build comes just days Apple announced that this year's World Wide...

Computer maker Samsung has countered reports claiming that the company is installing spyware on its laptops. According to a report published by Network World, security researcher Mohamed Hassan said that the two Samsung laptops...

The BBC websites suffered a major technical failure on Tuesday which affected many of its services including the news site, iPlayer and many others. The problem lasted for around an hour with visitors questioning how such a...

Today is World Backup Day 2011 - and if you haven't checked your backups yet today, now is a great time to do so. If you don't have backups already, then today is the day to implement them.Here at thinq_ we're always writing...

Remember the video we brought you of that solar-powered transparent touchscreen LCD television Samsung Display showcased at CeBIT at the beginning of March? Well, they have just announced that they started full scale production...

The iPad 2's new cameras might not be up to much, but a forthcoming app release from image manipulation expert Adobe could help to make your snaps look better. The Photoshop for iPad app was briefly demonstrated at yesterday's...

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a major supplier in microcontrollers, has sold its US semiconductor wafer fabrication facility to German-based Telefunken Semiconductors for roughly $53 million. The facility is located at...

The StartUp Britain website launched by Prime Minister David Cameroon has been caught serving malware to visitors. An advertisement posted on the website took users to a website called bankling.com, which in turn redirected users...

After Microsoft and Dell, yet another major technology company has criticised Apple's product strategy, more specifically its relationship with the all-important channel partners.  HP America's senior vice president of...

A rumour that has been circulating around the net suggesting that the BlackBerry Messenger app will become available for Apple's iOS platform in April, has finally been shot down by representatives of Research in Motion. The...

Taiwanese computer peripheral and hardware manufacturer Asus has launched the Eee Pad Transformer, at a press event in London where it's set to be the world’s first Android ‘Honeycomb’ 3.0 tablet device to go on sale.Asus Eee Pad...

A UK charity has highlighted the fact that millions of pounds worth of digital assets are lost every year because they are not included in wills. Remember a Charity conducted research into how the dying deal with digital music,...

A new application which gleans information from social networking sites is a warning to all to take care of their own privacy settings, says the software's author. The Appropriately named Creepy trawls through the likes of...

Ireland needs all the cash it can get. After the results of a so-called stress-test due at 15:30 GMT today, the country's tax payers will find out how many more billions are needed to bail out the company's beleaguered banks. And...

In yet another development in the ongoing clash between Google and the Chinese government, Sina Corp, the Chinese Internet portal operator has dumped Google’s search services from its website. Sina Corp, owner of the 3rd...

The Federal Trade Commission has accused Google of using “deceptive tactics” with the launch of its social networking service Google Buzz, and has imposed regular audits on the company to ensure customer privacy is...

China has accused three companies linked with Google of breaking tax laws and avoiding tax payments, according to a Chinese newspaper. The Economic Daily ran a story that alleged that three “Google enterprises in...

Google has updated its Android Market with in-app payment features, opening up a new revenue line for Android developers. The feature, which was previously only present in Apple's iOS platform, will let Android developers offer...

A number of well-placed and well-respected journalists that have covered Apple for many years and have got contacts within the company have written that Apple will not be releasing the iPhone 5 at the forthcoming WWDC in San...

Asus will launch its EEE Pad Transformer, a tablet that can transform into an ultra portable laptop with the help of a docking station, on the 6th of April with a suggested retail price of £379 for the Wi-FI only...

One of our readers have sent us a screen capture of with details of the estimated shipping and delivery dates for his iPad 2 complete with a smart cover and a digital AV adaptor. Apple estimates that the item will be shipped on...

Google has implemented a new feature on its search engine which will allow users to share recommendations with their friends and contacts, very much like the Facebook 'likes' feature. According to Google, +1 is shorthand for...

A new Samsung Galaxy model, the Galaxy S Plus otherwise known as the i9001, has appeared online courtesy of a Samsung's Russian blog. The device, which was spotted by SamsungHub, will apparently come with a single core 1.4GHz...

ST-Ericsson's Chief Chip Architect & Principal Fellow, Louis Tannyeres, has told ITProPortal.com in an exclusive interview that the company will integrate NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities in its platforms...

Computer giant Acer has made a surprising announcement today: the resignation of chief executive and president Gianfranco Lanci, with immediate effect.According to a company spokesperson, Lanci held different views from the...

Microsoft has formally complained to European anti-monopoly regulators over Google’s claimed blocking of Microsoft from various aspects of search functions. Explaining the compliant in a blog posting, Microsoft's General...

Two iPad 2 users have figured out a way to mirror the iPad’s screen wirelessly to an HDTV, without requiring of a great deal of tampering. The modification, which needed just a few additional components, was carried out by...

Samsung has hit back at reports that it has been installing spyware on its laptops, claiming that researchers fell for a false positive in their scanning software which saw a legitimate Windows system file flagged as suspicious....

On-line retailer Amazon is now selling the WIFI only version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, before Samsung has actually announced the Android tablet device.Samsung’s Galaxy Tab arrives with a 7-inch touch screen, whilst running from...

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop could receive a bonus worth 13 million euros if the Nokia-Microsoft Windows Phone deal is a success. According to Unwired View, Nokia's board of directors has made some changes to Stephen Elop's salary...

The Untethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak released by iOS hacker enthusiasts is now being beta tested, it has been revealed. The iOS 4.3.1, which was released a mere three days after the launch of the iPad 2, will be able to run on the...

Things got exciting last year when Google announced that it would be selecting one city in the United States to test drive its brand new Google Fiber service. That service would bring ultra high-speed Internet, one gigabit per...