Google's Android 3.0 has received positive reviews from pundits and major tablet manufacturers such as Samsung and Motorola have already launched Honeycomb powered tablets, while other companies will soon release their own...

The smartphone battle is getting tougher and tougher with two of the biggest heavyweights soon about to clash: the Motorola Droid Bionic and the iPhone 5. Both of them obviously will offer amazing specs, but when you look at the...

Apple may be preparing to offer iPhone users the ability to charge their gadgets wirelessly via near field magnetic resonance charging technology, ArsTechnica reports. This technology works within distances of one meter...

Microsoft has filed an application with the US Patent Office which shows a familiar smartphone tablet hybrid concept; the handset that can be hidden out of sight in a slide out tablet which acts like a docking station. The...

The Philips 221V2SB TFT LCD Full HD 22" DVI Monitor, with its built-for-the-kill design, and all the amazing specs and features, has gained quite a reputation in the already burgeoning display market.The display size is 21.5...

Acer's Chromebook has gone on sale at Amazon in the US for $349, a saving of $0.99 off the suggested retail price the online retailer reckons. The laptop, known as the AC700-1099, is a Wi-Fi only version and is already in the...

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer, otherwise known as the TF101, is now available from £343 including free delivery, that's nearly 10 per cent off its suggested retail price of £380 and a significant drop on a product that...

Software giant Microsoft is busy convincing Windows XP users to move to the newer Windows 7 platform.Windows XP, Microsoft’s largest selling operating system, continues to be used by millions of PC users across. Microsoft...

Local.com on Tuesday announced acquisition of Screamin’ Media Group Inc., the company behind daily deals website, partly in cash, debts and stocks.According to the Wall Street Journal, the web-based local media company...

UK telecom giant Virgin Media has developed a brand new app for the Android platform that allows the company’s TiVo users to record TV shows remotely. The app, dubbed Virgin Media TV Guide, is likely to come as a relief for...

Fujitsu has showcased a next generation colour e-ink screen that might bring colour to the existing range of e-ink based e-reader devices like Amazon Kindle. The technology, which was previewed at the International Digital...

Google Inc. on Tuesday celebrated the 450th anniversary of Russia’s Orthodox Church St. Basil’s Cathedral with a dedicated Google Doodle.The Russian Orthodox Church, which was built in the capital city of Moscow 450...

Productivity and entertainment come hand in hand with the powerful Compaq Presario All-in-One SG2-210UK Desktop PC (XH664EA) and that too at a really affordable price. The device is a nice blend of a wide range of innovative...

Hewlett Packard has put a new executive in charge of the development of webOS operating system, moving Jon Rubinstein to a different role.The company, fresh from the launch of the webOS based TouchPad tablet device, placed...

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc., has introduced the brand new HD 6990M - with the view of strengthening its hold over the mobile GPU (graphics processor unit) for notebooks market.The company brags that the new offering is...

Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has announced that they will start pushing Gingerbread to yet another old favourite, the Desire Z, one of the very rare Android handsets that comes with a proper slide-out QWERTY keyboard. HTC...

Recently resurrected sci-fi stalwart Doctor Who has become the BBC's top earning brand. The revamped kids show which has been responsible for more hiding behind the sofa and damp underpants than any other franchise in the...

One Mobile Ring is starting a regular feature where our editors and contributors list their ten 'must have apps', for their own respective mobile phones.These are all to be essential applications that they cannot live without and...

Cisco Systems is expected to cut down on at least 5,000 workforce, one of its largest employee reduction in August this year.An analyst at Gleacher has revealed that San Jose, California-based networking behemoth Cisco Systems is...

Motorola mobile fans will be disappointed to learn that the company has canned plans to release the Droid 3, also known as the Milestone 3, in the UK. Reports unearthed by thinq_ suggest that the highly-anticipated handset will...

The Kingston 96GB V+100 2.5" SATA-II SSD - is a high-performance solid state drive from the house of Kingston, which, despite being priced at a fairly reasonable rate, is capable of taking your day to day computing experience to...

Intel and Toshiba have created an unlikely alliance and are planning to get into the movie business. A report on thinq_ says that the chip maker and the electronics giant will collaborate on a 'blockbuster calibre' film which...

Apple Inc. has revealed latest update to its iBooks app bringing along new chapters and gestures for children.The US Patent & Trademark Office (UPTO) has published a new patent app for iBooks by the Cupertino,...

Here's one rumour to be taken with a pinch of salt; the follow up to the Nexus S, and the handset which in most likelihood will be Google's flagship Android smartphone to face the iPhone 5, will be manufactured by HTC and will...

Memory maker Elpida says it is trying to raise $990 million in an effort to redirect its business at the smartphone and tablet markets. The company, which currently produces DRAM mainly for PC and server applications, is eyeing...

Microsoft exec Tami Reller has stated that any PC capable of running Windows 7 today would be capable of running Windows 8 when it is released according to thinq_ Speaking to delegates the company's Worldwide Partner Conference...

Technology giant Apple Inc. has unveiled on Monday, updates of its relatively less glamorous iDVD and iWeb software. According to the company, iDVD and iWeb updates will be sized somewhere around 36 and 179 MB respectively. Apple...

Virtualisation pioneer Citrix has announced that it is making a major push into what it calls 'the cloud era' with the purchase of Cloud.com for an undisclosed sum thought to be around the $200 million mark.Announced today, the...

eBay has lost a legal battle in European courts relating to liability for infringement of trademarks. The online auction website originally argued that it should not be held liable when its users illegally use a trademark for a...

Owners of Android powered smartphones leaning towards Apple’s iPad when it comes to tablet devices.According to Fox Business, the stats released by Canaccord Genuity analysts T. Michael Walkley, Charles John and Matthew D....

Foxconn parent company Hon Hai Precision Industry is reportedly planning to open retail outlets in China that sell Apple products like the iPhone, iPad and the iPod.Citing a report in the Economic Daily News, Bloomberg reported...

The LG HR600 3D Blu-ray Player and Freeview HD PVR is a powerful, yet affordable solution to all your home entertainment requirements.The product brings along with it a next-generation, sophisticated 3D Network Blu-ray Disc...

On-line mobile phone retailer Clove has taken stock of the latest Acer Iconia Android tablet and without just WIFI capabilities, as the A501 arrives with 3G abilities too.Acer’s WIFI-only Iconia Tab A500 made its public debut at...

Google has kept mum about the number of people that have joined Google+ since its launch but independent researchers are claiming that the number is likely to be around 10 million.Judging by the stats provided by Paul Allen,...

Sources have revealed that the chief patent lawyer at Apple Inc will leave the company at a time when the company is fighting numerous legal battles over patent infringements.According to Reuters, Richard "Chip" Lutton Junior,...

Google is formally entering the eReader market with the launch of of the first device to include integrated Google eBooks access. The Story HD, made by iriver, allows Wi-Fi access to the Google eBook store, where ebooks can be...

According to recent reports, social networking giant Facebook is planning to introduce a new app which should give the platform a new, renovated look and feel.The new offering, which is believed by many as a part of the...

Cisco systems, the company which provides much of the hardware on which the Internet is built, is planning to shed thousands of workers to boost profits. According to a Bloomberg report, the US company will shed 7,000 souls by...

Semiconductor maker Broadcom has introduced its (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) FCoE-based Converged Network Adapter, which provides getting on for double the speed of its closest rivals.The solution, which is based on what...

Toshiba and SanDisk have opened a new fabrication plant in Japan for production of 300mm NAND Flash memory chips. The five-floor Fab 5 facility (try saying that ten times fast after a couple of shandies) was opened at Toshiba's...

A bid made for more than 6,000 patents owned by now-defunct Nortel has been approved by courts in the USA and Canada. It means that the deal, reputed to be worth in excess of $4.5 billion, can now go ahead and the consortium of...

The World Wide Web Consortium has published a call for prior art on two Apple patents related to HTML 5 web standards.The consortium seeks to get Apple’s two patents invalidated, which are related to access control systems...

Google Inc is using its Street View service to help collate data on the ruins and destruction done to tsunami and earthquake struck Japan.According to the New York Times, Google has now deployed its Street View vehicles...

iPhone maker Apple Inc. has unveiled the third beta version of the iOS 5 platform for developers with the view of closing the final release of the OS in September.The new version of the product is going to replace the beta 2...

Software giant Microsoft has announced that it has sold 400 million Windows 7 licenses since its launch.During the first day of the Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles, the company, apart from announcing the Windows 7...

Micro blogging giant Twitter has announced that it now has more than 1 million registered third party apps. The company said in a blog post that it had just 150,000 third party apps a year ago, indicating the massive developer...

In the increasingly nasty tit-for-tat copying spat between Apple and Samsung, the Korean electronics giant has asked for most of Apple's outside legal team to be booted off of the case because they once worked for Samsung. The...

Hewlett Packard has announced that it has recorded market share gains in every networking segment across all regions.The company said in a press release that in the first quarter of 2011, HP Networking grew more than the market,...

Hacktivist hive-mind Anonymous has posted 90,000 military email addresses and passwords to BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay. The headless collective said it had collected the data from the servers of US military contractor Booz...

Popular group discount website Groupon now has on offer the ViewSonic ViewPad7, with a 52-percent discount and at a cost of £179.The ViewPad 7 was launched in November last year and normally has a cost attached of around £370,...

HP is rumoured to be producing its own variation on Intel's Ultrabook theme, and is tipped to beat Asus to market with the first of the high-performance ultra-slim devices.Although as-yet unconfirmed by HP, supply chain sources...

Samsung’s executive, Omar Khan has announced his departure from the South Korean firm to head the mobile division of a finance group.According to tech website CNET, Omar Khan, the head of strategy and product management is...

Microblogging giant Twitter has announced that it now has more than 1 million registered third party apps.The company said in a blog post that it had just 150,000 third party apps a year ago, indicating the massive developer...

Microsoft exec Tami Reller told attendees at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 taking place in Los Angeles yesterday that any PC capable of running Windows 7 today would be capable of running Windows 8 when it is...

There's anecdotal evidence to show that Three Mobile is giving away free Spotify Premium plans worth £9.99 per month with some of its monthly tariffs for the life of the contract. Officially, Three and Spotify have an...

Hacker collective anonymous has released a massive batch of military data it stole from government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.The data, released as a part of ‘Military Meltdown Monday’ under its Anti-Sec...

Search engine giant Google has acquired loyalty card start-up Punchd to boost its efforts to compete against Groupon.Rumours about the potential acquisition had started doing rounds last week, but at the time Punchd had denied...

AMD has scored another point over its graphics rival Nvidia with what it claims is the world's fastest single-GPU mobile graphics processor, the Radeon HD 6990M.While the red team is unlikely to hold the crown for long in the...

Social networking platforms need to do more to help tackle the evil of cyber-stalking and bullying, a new report has claimed.The report, which studied online harassment and cyber-stalking, revealed that most victims believe...

The HTC Droid Incredible 2 smartphone, available in the US on Verizon, will soon receive a new update, v2.18.605.4, that will bring with it Android 2.3 Gingerbread along with a number of other under-the-hood...

Samsung hasn't apparently given up on its own inhouse mobile operating system, Bada OS, and another mid-range smartphone powered by the operating system has been unearthed. Badaworld.net came up with additional details about the...

After Samsung, Sony Ericsson is the next manufacturer which is likely to bring Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread to its smartphones launched this year. According to a Sony Ericsson website called SEMCblog, The updates are apparently...

There's a nice little accessory on sale at online retailer Expansys that can transform your iPad or iPad 2 tablet into a full-featured netbook, albeit with a couple of restrictions. That unbranded portable iPad 2 leather case...

Semiconductor fabricator GlobalFoundries has announced a new stage of its race to support 300mm wafer sizes in its manufacturing plants: a move from construction to equipment installation.For the past year, the company has been...

A new research has revealed that the number of adults owning a Smartphone in the United States of America is increasing.The Pew Internet Project has revealed that nearly one third of American adults accounting up to 35 percent of...

iPhone maker Apple has filed a second patent infringement lawsuit against Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC with the US International Trade Commission.According to patent expert Florian Mueller, the lawsuit, which is...

Target has announced it will be selling a new e-book reader, the iriver Story HD, which is completely integrated with Google’s eBooks platform.According to tech website Ars Technica, Google has announced its complete...

Yahoo Mail has made some changes to its terms and conditions that would allow it to scan user emails for targeted advertising.The policy has already been adopted by Google’s Gmail service. Yahoo said that it was moving its...

Apple has served independent software distributor GetJar with a cease & desist order over its use of the term 'App Store.' GetJar - which says it is the world's largest free app store with over two billion downloads of...

Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer High Tech Computer Corporation has made public the news that their former flagship Desire handset will be receiving Android ‘Gingerbread’ 2.3, at the end of the month.HTC unveiled this latest...

Two major dailies of Philadelphia on Monday revealed a lucrative deal in order to increase their long term readership in the state.Philadelphia Media Network, owner of city’s two major newspapers namely the Philadelphia...

Google's need for speed is apparently working wonders as Samsung is said to be queuing up the next version of Android Gingerbread, v2.3.4, for the Galaxy S2 Smartphone. The handset has been photographed running the latest...

Fujitsu has showcased a next generation colour e-ink screen that might bring colour to the existing range of e-ink based e-reader devices like Amazon Kindle.The technology, which was previewed at the International Digital...

The court of Canada and United States of America have approved sale of patents owned by Nortel Networks to Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.According to The Wall Street Journal, the judges of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice...

Popular movie streaming service Netflix is not in the running to acquire rival Hulu, it has been reported.Both Hulu and Netflix were not interested in a deal that would consolidate the services offered by the two streaming...