Microsoft Corp’s Business Productivity Online Standard Suite has won federal certification; meaning that it is now legally attached to no barriers as far as offering its services to the US government is concerned.However,...

China's Ministry of Commerce has allowed Nokia Siemens to proceed with acquiring Motorola’s mobile networks business.The company said that it procured the government’s approval to go ahead with the acquisition, which...

After all the downbeat reviews that the BlackBerry PlayBook has been subject to, its time to put the spotlight on the aspects of RIM’s tablet that impress us. The iFixit team put PlayBook to a "repairability" test and it...

Nokia’s global mobile phone share below 30 percent as the company signed the Windows Phone 7 deal with Microsoft.The Finnish mobile phone maker formally signed a long term agreement with Microsoft to jointly develop...

Rise in demand for cloud computing services has helped IT firms to post satisfactory financial report cards, indicating that the economy is indeed bouncing back on increased IT spending.According to a report on Bloomberg, Intel...

Microsoft Corp. has joined hands with fellow tech companies such as Google, LinkedIn, Hewitt-Packard, and Cisco amongst many others to offer their support to President Obama’s Startup America Partnership vision, which...

Reports are coming in that 'hacktivist' collective Anonymous may have made good on their promise to mount the "biggest ever" attack on Sony's PlayStation network (PSN), as company engineers are investigating the possibility that...

Apple continues its tremendous financial growth, beating financial analysts’ expectations as iPhone and Mac reached new record sales. There were 3.76 million Macs and 18.65 million iPhones sold, registering...

Cisco has found itself at the receiving end of a fresh controversy following the reports of its unethical involvement in the arrest of a former executive last year.According to a report on The Vancouver Sun, Peter Alfred-Adekeye,...

Low-price computing start-up NComputing has named former Citrix executive Raj Dhingra as its new chief executive officer.Based on desktop virtualisation, NComputing offers technology that reduces costs and improves manageability....

Motorola Mobility is further postponing the launch of its Droid Bionic, the much-anticipated smartphone that was initially expected to be released this spring. Motorola officials claimed that this pause is needed in order to...

A new survey has revealed that current IT management systems are incapable of keeping up with the ever-evolving virtualisation technology.The ‘VMware Management with Enterprise Management Systems from the Big 5: Microsoft,...

On the day Apple was named by environmental campaigners Greenpeace as the dirtiest company in high tech, rival Google today announced the purchase of 100 megawatts of wind power via its subsidiary, Google Energy. The power will...

The powerful Samsung N210 is yet another addition to the wide variety of quality notebooks from the electronics giant Samsung. The notebook is powered by 1.66GHz Intel Atom Processor N450 (512KB Cache), NM10 Chipset and it runs...

The iPad 2 has faced high demand from day one, with shipping in many parts of the world sometimes taking more than one month. It seems that this problem is being dealt with as the shipping time has lowered to 1-2...

With IPv4 Internet adresses becoming scarce, thinq_ has interviwed Axel Pawlik managing director of RIPE NCC the RIR that services Europe, and reports that there's growing evidence of a new net land grab as large companies snap...

Online auction and retail platform eBay has acquired location-based Smartphone app maker Where for $135 million. Where is a Boston based local and mobile commerce company that offers a local mobile discovery application of the...

Bright House Networks has chosen Cisco’s ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers platform to enhance its video, voice, data and mobile backhaul services.According to the company, Cisco’s platform will allow...

The Orange San Francisco or ZTE Blade is certainly one of the more popular Android smartphones on the market right now judging by the number of search requests that it gets on Google, and the buzz on deals forums each...

Enterprise software maker Oracle has revealed details about its cloud-based Fusion HCM (Human Capital Management) tool.The product, part of Oracle’s upcoming Fusion Applications suite, will run on Oracle’s cloud...

Greenpeace has blasted Apple as the worst tech company on the planet because it uses a high proportion of 'dirty power' to run its data centres. The Cupertino company came last in a league table of online outfits because its new...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation alongside digital human rights campaign group Access, has announced a new project promoting privacy on the Internet.The EFF's HTTPS Now project aims to help ensure that the personal information...

Technology giants Facebook, Hewlett-Packard and OpenStack are among the 74 companies that have decided to become members of the Open Invention Network (OIN) this quarter.The Open Innovation Network is a group of organisations...

The revelation that Apple's iDevices track your every move continues to cause concern with some pundits getting all hysterical about conspiracies and others claiming it is much ado about nothing. Apple fan site iSource has a...

We can exclusively confirm that all three versions of the RIM BlackBerry tablet are available for sale in the UK for £499.95, £599.95 and £699.95 including delivery within two business days, from Simply...

Customers of IBM’s System z mainframe will be happy to know than Novell has decided to offer extended support for SUSE Linux on System z.Novell announced that its SUSE Linux offering for System z has been added to its Long...

It's looking more likely that loose-knit 'hacktivist' collective Anonymous may have pulled off the "biggest ever" attack on Sony's PlayStation network (PSN), as company engineers are investigating the possibility that the online...

The US Department of Justice has forced Microsoft-led CPTN Holdings to alter the terms of acquisition for purchasing 882 Novell patents.Fearing a negative impact on open source technology, the DoJ has asked CPTN Holdings to...

The Intel-Micron Technology joint venture has opened a $3 billion facility in the island state of Singapore.The IM Flash facility will be responsible for producing NAND Flash memory chips, with the companies claiming that the...

Sharp's display arm has announced its latest answer to rival Samsung's popular AMOLED technology: small-scale LCD panels constructed using InGaZnO semiconductor technology.InGaZnO - chemistry gobbledegook for 'indium gallium zinc...

The Michigan State Police has denied the claims made by the ACLU that it extracts personal information from mobile phones during routine stops.The  American Civil Liberties Union has claimed in a petition that the MSP ...

UPDATE: Amazon Web Services issued the following explanation for the EC2 and Elastic Block Storage outages: 8:54 AM PDT "We’d like to provide additional color on what were working on right now (please note that we...

Intel has confirmed that it is working on porting Google's tablet-centric Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' OS to the x86 instruction set, ahead of the launch of its Oak Trail line of low-power processors.During an earnings call with...

The Samsung LE32C450 32" HD Ready LCD TV is another amazing product from the Samsung family line up that features a 32" (82 cm) HD ready LCD widescreen, Digital Freeview tuner and 3 HDMI connectors. The screen format of the TV is...

Online auction and retail platform eBay has acquired location-based smartphone app maker Where for $135 million.Where is a Boston based local and mobile commerce company that offers a local mobile discovery application of the...

Well-established mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has opened up the ordering of the budget Android sequel HTC Wildfire S mobile phone, on contracts starting from £20 a month.The HTC Wildfire S is the update to the budget...

The patent lawsuit between Oracle and Google could be decided before the end of November this year, a US district judge has said.Judge William Alsup said at a hearing on Wednesday that he wanted to decide the outcome of the...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, in partnership with digital human rights campaign group Access, has announced a new project with which it hopes to promote the cause of privacy on the Internet.The EFF's HTTPS Now project aims...

With the Apple iPhone 5 almost within reach many customers may be reluctant to get the iPhone 4, but for those who still want to buy the SIM-free version of the smartphone, it is available at a discount from online retailer...

The Apple MacBook Pro MC374B/A is powered by the 2.4 GHz Intel Core™2 Duo Processor and comes with a number of exciting features that gives you a high-end computing experience, at an affordable price.The MC374B/A notebook...

Orange's Everything Everywhere partner, T-Mobile, has confirmed that it will sell the Samsung Galaxy S2 from June, giving all the other mobile phone networks - including 3 Mobile - a one month head start. The phone was originally...

Data roaming charges for tablet devices like the iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab are 1,000 times more than what wireless carriers charge for local use in the UK.According to a study data roaming charges for UK tablet devices conducted by...

Microblogging platform Twitter has been targeted by a new attack that has infected thousands of users and continues to spread virally, a security firm has warned.According to a post on security firm Sophos' Naked Security...

Acer has announced an interesting new product called the DX241H web surf station, which is a 24-inch LCD monitor that comes with internet access, although it is not clear what exactly lies within the beast. With a suggested...

Canonical has announced a new Ubuntu distribution nicknamed Natty Narwhal will be available for download on April 28 from Ubuntu.com. The launch of this new update will also come with the integrated Unity Service which was...

Tree-hugging do-gooders from Greenpeace have singled out Apple as the worst tech company on the planet because it uses dirty power to run its data centres. The Cupertino company came last in a league table of online outfits...

Mobile phone giant Nokia today announced a fall in net profits for the first quarter of 2011, dipping one per cent to €344 million (£303m), compared to €349 million (£308m) for the same period last...

iMacs may be receiving a major hardware update, according to recent reports. The rumors began when iMac supplies began to fall off and fresh requests for shipments were practically ignored by Apple. There is also a dwindling...

Coming out of a two year contract with a crappy phone and looking forward to the iPhone 5? Can't wait till September for it to be launched? Then why not get an affordable yet capable inbetweener for the time being. Assuming that...

A new study has revealed that people who use Twitter every day have shorter relationships than people who don’t.The study comes in the form of an infograph compiled by online dating website OkCupid which arrived at the ...

Popular high-street mobile phone retailer Phones 4u has now listed the shipping date of the Samsung Galaxy S II as April 27th, a week away from the other mobile phone networks.Phones 4u is carrying the phone on an Orange...

Google has unveiled a new cloud-based product similar to Google Earth that caters specifically to businesses and government organisations. The company revealed the new service, called Google Earth Builder at the Where 2.0...

As regional Internet registries (RIRs) announce the exhaustion of IP version 4 (IPv4) addresses, a fledgling market for addresses is starting to take shape. As Internet users finally realise the limitations of IPv4's address...

Google has unveiled a new cloud-based product similar to Google Earth that caters specifically to businesses and government organisations.The company revealed the new service, called Google Earth Builder at the Where 2.0...

Flash memory specialist SanDisk and its manufacturing partner Toshiba have jointly announced the production of NAND flash chips based on a 19nm production process - a step ahead of the rest of the market.While joint venture...

UPDATE, 16:49 GMT: Sony has admitted that its engineers are investigating the possibility that the PSN network has been hacked. Full story here. An outage of the Sony PlayStation Network today sparked rumours that the online...

The earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan last month have not damaged Apple's supplies or inventory, the company revealed. Tim Cook, Apple's Chief Operating Officer said in a statement that Apple products were stored...

Apple may start selling the iPhone 5 in September rather than this summer according to a report published by Reuters which cites unidentified sources. The press outlet has provided more background information in an update to the...

The Washington Post has unleashed a news aggregation platform that will tailor its results to users readin history. The company said that users will also be able to link their Washington post accounts to their social ...

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is now available on preorder from mobile phone retailer Phones4U and will be exclusively available on Orange. The retailer has also confirmed that the delivery date for online orders is the 27th of April,...

Microsoft and Sony are expected to delay the launch of their next generation gaming consoles until 2014, giving the Wii 2 plenty of room to grow.Industry sources told Kotaku that both Sony and Microsoft are trying to extend the...

The Nintendo 3DS console can now be purchased in either black or blue for as little as £175 from HMV including delivery and 18,000 pureHMV points which can be exchanged for some great gifts. The popular gaming console was...

Sony Ericsson has announced the full launch specifications for its Xperia Play Android-powered PlayStation phone which goes on sale tomorrow. The four-inch touchscreen device runs Android Gingerbread 2.3 on a 1GHz Qualcomm...

Ebuyer has dropped the price of the eMachine ER1402 to under £150 with free delivery and Webroot Internet Security Essentials, a security package that's worth £40 apparently, but which you won't be able to use, at...

Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook may have sold more tablets on day one than its closest rival, the Motorola XOOM, according to preliminary analysis of sale figures from one Canadian analyst firm. RBC Capital Markets,...

Apple has beaten Wall Street expectations yet again after its iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air lines registered impressive sales records, resulting in a solid 3 percent growth in its shares.  Shares of the company suffered a...

Mobile phone networks T-Mobile and Orange, under the umbrella brand of Everything Everywhere has opened up its first store together in Bexleyheath.The very first Everything Everywhere branded shop has opened its doors, where both...

Online retail giant Amazon has unveiled the Kindle Library Lending service which would allow Kindle users to borrow ebooks from around 11,000 public libraries in the US.The service, which is expected to be launched later this...

IT professionals in the UK might soon leave the country for better paying jobs and higher quality work oversees, a new survey warns.According to a survey of 228 IT professionals conducted by IT recruitment firm The IT Job...

We had a succinct but interesting chat with David Blackmore, the newly appointed UK Country General Manager for Lenovo and we've got some exclusive details as well as some close up pictures of their forthcoming tablet, the...

Hot on the heels of the Lenovo deal we highlighted this morning (a dual core computer for £152), one reader has directed us to a deal from HP which also includes cashback but is for a microserver, the ProLiant N36L. HP is...

Skype has pulled out all of the stops to update its Android app to fix a vulnerability that left the personal details of its 10 million users open to attack. The flaw, unearthed by Android developer Andrew Case, allowed a...

The military intelligence officer accused of leaking thousands of classified documents to Julian Assange's Wikileaks has been moved from his cell in Quantico to one of the USA's toughest correctional facilities. Manning, who may...

A number of retailers have ignored an embargo on sales of highly-anticipated sci-fi puzzler Portal 2 after game delivery service Steam started selling the game a couple of days early. Faced with a rush of people asking for...

Canada based Research In Motion's latest offering, Playbook tablet which was touted as a competitor to Apple’s iPad is not receiving the kind of attention the makers would have otherwise wanted. The product, which was...

Apple provided financial results for the second quarter of 2011 last night and things are looking good for the Mac and iPhone maker despite failing to meet sales expectations for the newly-released iPad 2. Demand is still...

Canada based Research In Motion's latest offering, Playbook tablet which was touted as a competitor to Apple’s iPad is not receiving the kind of attention the makers would have otherwise wanted.According to study carried...

In an effort to improve the quality of its video streaming service YouTube, search engine giant Google plans to transcode most popular videos on the site to its WebM format.Already nearly thirty percent of the site has been...

Security researchers have discovered that the iPhone 4 tracks users’ movements and saves the details of their whereabouts at regular intervals in a file on their phone, a report in The Guardian has...

According to a new report, the Honeycomb tablets powered by Intel are likely to hit the market in the third quarter of 2011.While it is believed that almost all of the existing as well as upcoming Android 3.0 slates are powered...

Telecom major AT&T has posted a significant profit growth in its first quarter results of 2011 with the company notching up a 39 percent hike in profits over the same period last year.The robust financial figures posted by...

Technology major Oracle, has announced the release of its latest IDE (Integrated Developer Environment) named NetBeans 7.0. The release of NetBeans 7.0 has excited developers as it is designed to support Java 7, the next...