China Mobile chairman Wang Jianzhou seems confident over its stock’s outlook even as the share price falls.Speaking during the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting, the chairman said he was ‘very...

Nils Brauckmann is going to lead the newly created SUSE business unit, Attachmate’s SUSE division confirmed. Brauckmann, who earlier served Attachmate as the vice president of sales and marketing in the EMEA region, will be...

Commercial Linux software vendor Red Hat has dished out the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, the first major update since the platform was launched in November 2010.The company said that the publicly available offering brings more...

Search engine giant Google has rolled out its social search platform on a global scale after launching it back in 2009.Google’s social search platform allows users to search social networking platforms like Facebook and...

Games alone contribute almost fifty percent of all iOS app downloads, a new study revealed. The study conducted by the analysts from Distimo and Newzoo also claimed that the steady rise in game downloads has been led by the...

RecognizeMe, the app that uses facial recognition to unlock your iPhone has been released. The app works by scanning your face and comparing the feed with your photos stored in the iPhone’s database.  The Engadget team...

The failure faced by numerous people while engaging with politics, mostly results from their own laziness rather than from a lack of information, said Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt.Mr. Schmidt made the comment at...

The world and its Wi-Fi is now so sure that Apple is about to unleash a cloud-based media streaming service that the rumours and conjecture have magically been made fact in most corners of the Internet. Now, a patent application...

How does the iPad 2 with its predecessor when it comes to using it for business? Apple says this tablet brings many improvements compared to iPad 1 but let's look closer. The iPad 2 incorporates a 720p HD rear camera and a...

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia’s global market share has down to its lowest in 14 years, new market data reveals.According to the numbers provided by research firm Gartner, the company’s global market share was at...

German enterprise software maker SAP has claimed that large businesses are not ready to move their enterprise resource planning platforms to the cloud. According to V3, the company seems sceptic about large organisations adopting...

Microsoft has announced on the Windows Experience blog that it will be giving away a free Xbox 360 gaming console to all students who buy a Windows 7 PC costing over $699; something that coincides with the Playstation Network...

The iOS vs. Android war has entered another field: that of magazine subscriptions. A few publishers have made their publications available via subscription on the iPad, while a new consortium called Next Issue Media has teamed up...

The HP G62-b32SA Laptop PC, powered by the Intel Core i5-460M processor is equipped with numerous features, designed in particular to take your day-to-day computing activities to an entirely new level. Apart from all its high-end...

Bruised and battered Sony plans to have its online shopping centre open for business by May 24th, according to a memo sent to game developers and Sony insiders. Gaming site Gamasutra says it has seen the secret missive, which...

Police in China are hunting a man alleged to have thrown an egg and shoes at the architect of the communist state's Great Firewall web censorship system. Fang Binxing was delivering a lecture at Wuhan University in China's Hubei...

4G wireless broadband services provider Clearwire has decided to hand over the management of its network to Ericsson.The seven-year deal will see Ericsson taking over the management of Clearwire’s entire 4G network,...

Once naughty but now nice Napster is taking its well-established music-streaming service on the road with mobile versions of the app for both Google's Android and Apple's iOS operating systems. The company, which was once the...

On-line retail giant Amazon has listed the newest HP-Palm Pre3 mobile phone in Germany, with a cost attached of 439 Euros and a delivery date of June 20th.Hewlett-Packard launched the HP Pre 3, along with the HP Veer and the HP...

Apple signed a cloud based music licensing deal with EMI Music according to recent reports.Multiple sources have told CNET that Apple is also on the verge of closing a deal with the Universal Music Group and Sony Music...

Fujitsu actually has a working Windows 7 Smartphone, the Loox F-07C, which not only comes with Microsoft's desktop operating system but also runs on Nokia's Symbian OS. The device's configuration reminds us of a tablet except...

Hewlett Packard’s Converged Infrastructure platform has helped global property consultant Knight Frank to reduce its total cost of ownership by 90 percent.HP said that since the company and its US partner Newmark Knight...

Brain boffins have discovered that just looking at Apple hardware can make Cupertino Cult members experience the kind of euphoria normally reserved for the highly religious. We've suspected for some time now that Macolytes...

An excellent, innovative design accompanied by a wide array of high-end features comes with the Compaq Presario All-in-One SG2-200 Desktop PC series. Available at a reasonable price, the product gives you the true value of your...

Twitter has introduced stricter privacy settings for its users, offering them more details and more control over the information that apps are allowed to access.The new permissions will surely frustrate third party developers...

Users of smartphones such as the Apple iPhone 4 or Google Android devices had better keep an eye on their mobile data plans. Bandwidth-hungry apps can consume up to 115MB an hour, according to new data from Virgin Media...

Aussie company Kogan confirmed this morning that it would be shipping an updated version of its tablet device with significantly enhanced specifications without any increase in the selling price. According to a post on the...

China Mobile and Apple have finally managed to find some common ground in regards to 4G iPhone availability in China, according to a report from MarketWatch. The Chinese mobile services provider announced on Thursday that it has...

LinkedIn has started trading on the New York Stock Exchange for $45 per share after a successful IPO, the first for a major US social networking website.The website, which has more than 100 million users, sold 7.84 million ...

The mighty Acer eMachines ES528 laptop is indeed an excellent product that successfully addresses all your computing needs, at the same time being highly energy efficient and above all, comes with a longer battery life. The ES528...

German enterprise software maker SAP has claimed that large businesses are not ready to move their enterprise resource planning platforms to the cloud.According to V3, the company seems sceptic about large organisations adopting...

According to 9to5Mac, Apple is planning to improve its retail stores for the 10th anniversary since the first ones were introduced at the beginning of the millenium. The company opened its first two stores on May 19th 2001 in...

A virus that had infected computers belonging to unemployment offices in Massachusetts may have allowed hackers to steal social security numbers and other private information.The Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development...

“Thanks. I’ll take that back to the office and get it shredded,” Ruslan Kogan says affably as he takes my business card. He isn’t being rude. As he explains, his company - up-and-coming Australian outfit...

Mobile phone network Vodafone is stocking the first dual-core processor based HTC Sensation handset, from today onwards and free on a £35 a month contract.The HTC Sensation was jointly launched with Vodafone, where the handset...

Source code for the infamous Zeus botnet has been leaked online and is available for anyone to download and use, security experts have warned.Security experts believe that the leak could allow hackers to churn out more ...

The NETGEAR NG MS2000 is highly efficient home network storage with loads of new, innovative technology, at a really affordable price. The NG MS2000 has been designed for providing you a reliable platform to store, protect and...

Recent reports indicate a massive malware outbreak underway on Apple’s Mac OS platform.People who believe that the Mac OS is incorruptible are in for some serious jolts with an Apple Care executive claiming that the...

Collaboration and social media tools are preventing employees from realising their full productivity, causing millions of dollars in losses for companies, a survey has found. The survey, which took comments from more than...

Microsoft has revealed a hitherto-unknown feature that is being released to Xbox 360 users in an update which starts rolling out today: PayPal integration.Although the update, which is being gradually rolled out internationally...

The US Secret Service has apologised over a rogue tweet sent by an employee that criticised Fox News.The tweet, which was sent from the Secret Service Twitter account, criticised Fox News for ‘blathering’. The tweet...

Google has released an update fixing the security flaw recently reported in the Android mobile OS.The flaw left users' contact and calender information exposed while accessing certain Google and non-Google services over an...

The LunaTik and TikTok iPod Nano accessories will hit Apple Stores this week in the US, all thanks to a massive crowdsourcing effort.LunaTik and TikTok allow consumers to turn their iPod Nano into a wrist watch. Instead of...

Those looking for a decent Android-based tablet might be tempted by today's deal of the day from Ebay, courtesy of Ebuyer, which offers the Samsung Galaxy Tab Wi-Fi version (that's the P1010) for as little as £249.99...

The 2.4 million unemployed people in the UK should be deployed to dig trenches for superfast broadband says David Davis, the Member of Parliament from Haltemprice and Howden. Davis says that the broadband technology is not merely...

Intel's partners will unveil at least 10 new tablets at the Computex trade show in Taipei that will start on the 31st of May. Last week Intel's CEO, Paul Otellini, told analysts that the company had managed to attract 35...

It is possible that Apple devotees admire the brand in the same way that religious people admire god and other religious figures, a new report suggests.This revelation came via a recently screened BBC documentary, featuring a...

Mobile phone network O2 has unveiled it will be carrying the successor to the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro – the Xperia Mini Pro, when the handset arrives in June.O2 is the first network to announce it will be carrying the Xperia...

The city and county of San Francisco have decided to move their entire email system to Microsoft’s cloud-based Exchange Online platform.The move, which will cost San Francisco $1.2 million in the first year, will see more...

The 2.4 million unemployed people in the UK should be deployed to dig trenches for superfast broadband says David Davis, the Member of Parliament from Haltemprice and Howden.Davis says that the broadband technology is not merely...

Attachmate's acquisition of Novell caused something of a stir in the open source community, and in particular the Novell-sponsored OpenSUSE project. We talk to newly-appointed president and general manager of SUSE, Nils...

Sony says it has plugged the hole that could have allowed hackers access to user accounts on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity entertainment services. The company yesterday downed the password reset page for its hacked...

The woes continue for Sony as it attempts to rebuild its tattered reputation and get gamers back online. The Japanese giant ushered firmware update 3.61 for the PS3 out of its leaky doors recently but it appears the tweak is...

Microsoft and SAP have announced their plans to make it easier for developers to create .NET applications for SAP environments.The companies, which made the announcement during the Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, also said...

According to some reviews, Android 3.1 tablets are the equal of Apple's iOS 4.3 based iPad 2. Here are some of the positive reviews which were collated by ComputerWorld. Scott Raymond sees three important improvements in the...

Dozens of iOS developers who were targeted by patent troll Lodsys for use of an in-app upgrade button are organising a mass boycott of the API to force Apple to challenge the lawsuit on their behalf.Lodsys, an obscure patent...

Apple is reported to have signed a second major music label to its much predicted iCloud media streaming and storage service. The Mac maker has already inked a deal with Warner Music Group last month and has now added EMI Music...

Google has announced that it will battle anti-piracy bills in the UK and the US even if they are passed.Speaking to the media after Google’s Big Tent conference in London, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said that...

Microsoft has swiftly issued a statement to deny the arguments from Intel's Renée James who said that the software company will have at least six versions of Windows 8, four for ARM chips and two for Intel's own. The...

Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu is going to introduce a rather intriguing smartphone, that is roughly the size of an HTC Sensation but runs on Windows 7 rather than Windows Phone 7. The phone, which has yet to be named, will be...

Mobile virtual network operator Talk Mobile has announced it is now carrying the low cost social networking INQ Cloud Touch handset free, on a £12 a month tariff.The INQ Cloud Touch is the successor to the very first social...

Several leading computing companies have joined hands to  form the Open Virtualization Alliance to fuel development and adoption of open source virtualisation technology.The Open Virtualization Alliance has been formed by...

Sony Corp. has denied the recent rumors that there has been another security breach in the company’s PlayStation networks.The rumors about a fresh round of attacks surfaced when it was discovered that the “password...

Just as the Gears of War 3 beta test ended a couple days ago, Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb announced on his blog that Gears 3 has topped over one million pre-orders, reaching the one million mark quicker than Halo: Reach...

An Intel executive has confirmed that there will be at least six versions of Windows 8 at launch with four targeting ARM partners and two for the Intel architecture. At CES earlier this year, Steve Ballmer mentioned three...

According to a new report, rising cyber threats to smartphones will lead to a new golden era for mobile security software companies.Though there have already been numerous reported incidents of security breaches in smartphones, a...

Windows Phone 7 users are getting a bit of a let down as Angry Birds is getting a slight delay in launch. Previously scheduled for a May 25 launch, the popular Rovio game, which features flying chickens and birds, will be...

An Intel executive has confirmed that there will be at least six versions of Windows 8 at launch with four targeting ARM partners and two for the Intel architecture. At CES earlier this year, Steve Ballmer mentioned three...

Those expecting the Lenovo X1 to be a worthy competitor to the Apple Macbook Air will be sorely disappointed, as the ultra portable laptop, which was released in the UK yesterday, shows no ambition to unseat Apple's uber slim...

RIM may potentially have sold more than 250,000 Blackberry Playbook tablets despite the fact that it was lambasted and criticised by many reviewers since its launch in mid-April. According to a research note published by RBC...