If all goes well, then an ambitious joint venture, planned by Microsoft and GE, will combine the power of the software giant to develop a large scale data platform and GE's Healthcare's expertise to create health care apps. The...

The third day of Google's celebration for 10 billion app downloads milestone achieved by Android Market includes 10 more premium apps for 10 cents. The company, to mark the important milestone, announced that for 10 days, select...

Microsoft, without much hype, introduced the latest service for helping Windows and Office users to get the most from their PC. Answer Desks, a part of Microsoft's retail store, is somewhat similar to Apple's...

The US Department of Justice has announced that it has started an anti-trust probe against Apple and its partners for allegedly fixing the prices of ebooks. The announcement comes as the European Union revealed that it is...

A recent study contradicts UK government claims that social networks help to fuel the riots that broke out last summer. The study proved that Twitter did not incite rioters, but that the site had been utilised as a tool for...

Microsoft has managed to invoke the anger of international developers as it previewed the upcoming Windows 8 App Store, to be launched with the new operating system. Taking a page from Apple's book, the software giant...

This morning in Germany, Motorola Mobility won a patent case concerning wireless technology against Apple. The ramification of this means if Apple is unable to secure a stay order or until an appeal is heard, Apple flagship...

A Microsoft executive has confirmed the beta version of the Windows 8 operating system will be released in February. According to The Register, Antoine Leblond, vice-president of Windows web services, made the announcement...

Microsoft is planning to patch 20 vulnerabilities in next week's Patch Tuesday security update release. Programs include Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Publisher and Windows Media Player via 14...

In a historic event, Pope Benedict XVI lighted up a grand Christmas tree display in Umbria - a small region in Italy. What's remarkable is that the Pope performed lighted the tree by tapping on the screen of a...

Twitter has major redesign plans for its website. The company has also launched an updated version of Android and iPhone apps as well as updates for TweetDeck client for matching the websites new look. The new...

The UK government has created a £75 million fund to encourage small businesses to invest in technology. According to an article on Channel Web, the government has published the Innovation and Research Strategy report which...

T-Mobile will soon release two Nokia Windows Phone 7 based devices in the U.S. The high end Nokia 810 Lumia and the mid-market Nokia 710 are currently available only in Europe. These phones are the first of...

Greenplum, data-warehousing appliance maker, has disclosed that they are preparing to mash up their data-warehousing software along with OEMed distribution of Hadoop big data muncher to set up a single uber data platform....

On Wednesday, IBM released several mobile apps designed to enable people to use IBM enterprise social collaboration software with various mobile devices and iPads. The new apps are free to all customers along with...

IBM has finally agreed to purchase DemandTec Inc. for around $440 million. This is on par with the latest trend involving big technology companies that are ready to pay a premium price for those companies offering...

Spotify has unveiled a new radio service, with a fresh look along with content and features that has some say could be a strong rival for Pandora. Even the co-founder and Chief Executive of Spotify, Daniel Ek, agrees saying that...

Businesses are increasingly adopting desktop virtualisation platforms primarily because of the security these platforms offer. In a survey conducted by Citrix, most businesses cited security as the primary...

The Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0 brings high availability and disaster recovery capabilities to the Oracle Solaris 11 operating system. The new cluster allows organisations to use Solaris 11 to manage mission critical workloads in...

Extending your home network couldn't have been easier and effortless as with the Devolo dLAN 200 AV Powerline Adapter Wireless Starter Kit. The two adapters in the kit, AVmini adapter get connected to a wall socket and to your...

With Apple's smartphone of the moment breaking all sales records and analysts continuously readjusting their forecasts to keep up with the trend, it seems Apple's suppliers are having more difficulty keeping up. With monthly...

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, while talking at the Internet freedom conference in the Netherlands, disassociated his company from Carrier IQ's software, describing the technology as keylogger. Schmidt said that...

In this quick guide we are listing what each mobile phone network is offering in terms of a Christmas incentive on prepay mobile phones, in an effort to highlight what each of the major players are using to gain favour - in order...

If you're looking for an iPhone or iPod dock with a bit more oomph (say, enough to fill a small football stadium), you might consider the Behringer iNuke Boom - although, you you'll probably need to move as far away from any...

Over the past few months, we have assembled a computer system that has pushed Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 8 (Developer Preview) to its limit. But rather than going for the most powerful computer, we went the...

HP is offering the Pavilion DM1-4004SA laptop with above average specifications at a very low price and through this has joined the long list of vendors that are going to give huge Christmas discounts. Powered by the AMD...

Taiwanese handset manufacturer High Tech Computer Corporation has announced that two of their older key mobile phones, last year's Desire HD and early this year's Incredible S, are having an major update rolled out in the UK....

International Business Machines (IBM) has unleashed a new cloud based analytics platform designed to allow companies to use the data generated by intellectual property and scientific literature. The strategic IP insight platform...

Samsung has struck gold down under, winning the patent battle against Apple which now allows for the Korean electronics firm to begin selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. This is timed really well for Samsung, which now has...

Search engine giant Google has released its own news aggregation app, called Currents, for smartphone and tablet device users. The company is touting the app as the go-to place for news, photos and videos. Google has partnered...

As the whole world is slowly but, gradually adopting and implementing DNSSec, OpenDNS has decided to introduce their solution to secure the user-side of DNS (Domain Name System) along with preview version of DNS encryption...

Wikipedia is investigating allegations concerning Bell Pottinger edits and has suspended around 10 accounts that were linked to the PR firm. Founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales has confirmed the suspension to FT: "Ten accounts that...

Finnish handset maker Nokia has told ITProPortal that the very latest version of Symbian ^3 operating system, known as Belle, won't be available in 2011 after all - for the company's previous flagship devices. Nokia has...

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, while talking at the Internet freedom conference in the Netherlands, disassociated his company from Carrier IQ's software, describing the technology as keylogger. Schmidt said that...

Jawbone has confirmed issues with its Jawbone UP wristbands and has declared that the company has implemented a no-questions-asked guarantee for returns whenever users come across such a device. Unhappy Jawbone UP customers will...

Capcom's boss Christian Svensson has been discussing Mega Man in an interview and was quoted as saying that the character was a "key brand for Capcom" and that "official announcements" were coming in "due course." Svensson also...

A report on Fortune claiming the Bill Gates was planning to return to Microsoft has been shot down. An article on Fortune, citing a prominent CEO who had in turn heard it from a source close to Bill Gates, claimed that the...

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is set to launch the next generation AM3+ chip in Q3 2012. It's currently codenamed Vishera and will use an improved Bulldozer core known as Piledriver. It's got stiff competition though, as it'll be...

Japanese electronics company Panasonic has made public a reference model to the Android handset that is due to arrive next year, as the first new Panasonic mobile phone to ship in Europe after the company pulled out five...

Microblogging platform Twitter has introduced new user interface changes that make it easier for people to access profile information and view message streams. The company said that the UI changes, biggest in the last five years,...

Advertising giant Google is once again following in Facebook's footsteps, rolling out a new facial recognition system to its Google+ social networking service. Unlike Facebook's system, which has garnered the ire of privacy...

Dead Rising 3 has been confirmed and is likely to be set in the fictional town of "Los Perdidos" in California - with hints at strong undertones of illegal immigration. Capcom's Facebook post gave the first hint of the next title...

Google has announced a major change to its mapping service in the UK, switching to home-produced maps from the outsourced materials it has previously used. In an apparent effort to reduce expenditure and minimise its reliance on...

Facebook has dished out its ‘Subscribe' button for websites, allowing users to get updates from journalists directly to their News Feed. Before this, users will were only allowed to ‘Like' and ‘Recommend' the...

Microsoft has confirmed that its upcoming applications store for Windows 8, the Windows Store, will include the facility for the company to remotely wipe apps and data should it so choose. In terms and conditions published by the...

Last month, ITProPortal and Brother teamed up to offer an A3 colour printer worth £200 to one fortunate reader. This lucky winner is Daniel Bujak, who told us that he is "very happy to have won this prize as I was planning...

On-line mobile phone news website BGR has published the exclusive news that Samsung is to be announcing a new Google mobile OS based tablet at MWC in Barcelona - with a retina resolution, similar to that of Apple's mobile...

AT&T has revealed that it will be throttling data speeds of top 5 per cent of its customer base to 2G speeds. Various reports are saying that AT&T has started informing their customers about this new controversial move...

Analysts at investment bank UBS are revising up their sales estimates for Apple's iPhone range, largely due to the performance of the newest member of the clan. iPhone 4S has exceeded all expectations having already broken a few...

British tax payers will have to shell out another £2 billion for the failed NHS IT project, it has been revealed. The money has to be a paid to a US based IT services provider despite the fact that the project has been...

In a regular set of features to ITProPortal.com, under the banner of Quick Tips, we are publishing ways for you to get the best out of your mobile phone, along with its operating system. In today's guide we are listing the...

Adobe confirmed a few days back that a zero-day vulnerability existed in Adobe reader for Mac OS X, Microsoft's Windows and Unix operating systems. The vulnerability is being exploited by hackers who have attacked the Adobe 9...

The Android-x86 project, which aims to port Google's popular mobile platform to processors based on the x86 or x86-64 instruction set architectures, is beginning to bear fruit, with dedicated hackers releasing a video of Android...

Alongside ZTE, Huawei is another Chinese telecom company which is promising to make the handset market more interesting in 2012, offering much better value for money compared to more established brands. Phones4U is offering one...

Microsoft has signed a four year pact with Hewlett Packard to make its cloud based communication and collaboration services available on HP's public and private cloud offerings. According to the companies, the four year agreement...

Semiconductor start-up SuVolta has joined forces with IT giant Fujitsu to release a new transistor technology capable of dropping the power consumption of integrated circuits by 50 per cent without harming performance. Dubbed...

For those looking for a cheap iPhone 4, online retailer SmartfoneStore is selling a fully refurbished model for only £280 (locked on T-Mobile). This is an 8GB iPhone 4, the one which was released in October 2011, which...

Apple has given an early treat to its Apple TV customers in the UK, Canada and Australia by releasing an over-the-air update for the platform that allows users in those countries to buy and download TV shows. Apple TV users,...

Dutch certificate authority Gemnet has been forced offline as attackers exploited an unprotected administrative page to take control of the company's website. KPN, Gemnet's parent company, has been quick to address fears that the...

Facebook has dished out its ‘Subscribe' button for websites, allowing users to get updates from journalists directly to their News Feed. Before this, users will were only allowed to ‘Like' and ‘Recommend' the...

Advertising giant Google has officially begun construction of its first Asia-Pacific data centre, located on the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Hong Kong's Kowloon. Acquired back in September, the 2.7-hectare site will be...

Carphone Warehouse is currently offering the Nokia N8 for as little as £10.50 per month on a two year contract with Vodafone, making a total cost of ownership of only £252, way less than the two-year-old...

Chinese telecoms giant ZTE has confirmed that it will be launching a high-end smartphone in the US "in the middle of next year". Lixin Cheng, who heads the North American division of the company, told Yun-Hee Kim of the Wall...

More details have been released regarding Apple's new ‘spaceship' headquarters. The significance of this plan is that it was the last project taken up by the Apple co-founder late Steve Jobs. The preparation of plans for...

Toy companies like Leapfrog and Vtech are scrambling to get enough units of their tablets for the toy market, as prices have been soaring well beyond their suggested retail price. A report by the Daily Mail's Chris Parsons claims...

Apple is reportedly planning to introduce a new iMac with TV capabilities, an analyst claims. According to an article on Boy Genius Report, Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair claims that the company will launch an iMac with TV...

Windows 8 has arrived in a developer preview version, giving a chance to all those Windows enthusiasts to have a peek at the various features to help them imagine the next era of computer and portable device use. Most of us...

Electronic gadgets along with the circuits are getting smaller by the day. Recently, a study conducted by McGill University and Sandia National Laboratories resulted in the development of the world's smallest electronic...

Prior to the availability of the iPhone 4S on the Taiwanese market, preorders have been boosted by a number of bogus buyers, as some shady customers look to make a quick buck. According to local media, the massive...