China's alternative to the US based GPS navigation system has gone live as the country launched its tenth navigational satellite into space. The Beidou project, started in 2000, aims to provide navigational data to the Chinese...

Orange has introduced a new hybrid deal that combines Pay As You Go and monthly contract characteristics; the deal offers the new Orange San Francisco II for £99.99 and £100 free credit when you top up £10 for...

JXD S7100 Android gaming tablet - the amalgam of a game console and tablet was recently launched amidst high expectations from fans. And as the name itself suggests, the product represents a new generation tablet for the...

Apple's China based partner Foxconn is planning to expand its Zhengzhou plant - the iPhone manufacturing unit of the company. As a part of this move, the company is going to recruit over 100,000 workers in the coming...

Seems like SAP- the Enterprise software maker - has finally decided it is time to jump into the cloud computing race and make the most out of it while the sector is still expanding. As part of this effort, SAP has...

Twitter has proven to be more popular than Facebook in terms of media coverage during 2011. The micro-blogging platform, which has more than 100 million monthly active users, was featured in 50 percent of media reports related to...

While the price of hard disk drives has surged temporarily over the past few months, the price of the memory modules has fallen to new lows. You can now get six 4GB DDR3 240 pin DIMM modules (1600MHz PC3-12800 9-9-9-25) or 24GB...

Microsoft has reportedly decided not to produce new versions of its Zune media player owing to its rapidly declining demand. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported the company won't continue...

Recent benchmark figures from IBM reveal how online shopping has undergone massive growth this Christmas season as compared to last year. According to the statistics released by the US based multinational tech outfit, online...

Researchers are looking for ways to equip small insects with cameras and microphones to help in search and rescue operations. According to an article on the Telegraph, the insects will be highly useful in locating victims of...

Apple's suppliers will start preparing materials for iTV sets during the first quarter of 2012. Citing sources within the industry, Digitimes reported that Apple's supply chain partners are preparing to meet the iPad...

In its latest appeal to a Canadian court, Research In Motion is seeking removal of the lawsuit BBM Canada filed against the company earlier this month. BBM Canada, an industry body for broadcasting company, dragged RIM into...

Intel will most likely launch Thunderbolt I/O technology for the consumer PC market in April 2012, according to new reports, as reportedby Techradar. For now, the super fast "USB killer" technology can be found only on...

Sony has released a firmware update for the PS Vita hand-held gaming device to combat issues of device freezing and instability. The PS Vita, launched to mixed reviews in Japan, has been plagued with reports of screen...

A woman in the US who was being held hostage in her home used Facebook to alert police about her predicament. The woman was a prisoner in the home for five days. The woman hid with her laptop in a closet and posted a message on...

Developers have managed to release a port for the Siri voice controlled assistant for jailbroken Apple devices running on iOS 5. According to an article on 9to5 Mac, the new Siri port, called Spire, is available for iPhone...

The Motorola Defy smartphone can now be had for £99.99 with an additional compulsory £10 topup direct from Orange (ed : the phone is currently out of stock at Orange Shop). The phone comes with an ARM-based Cortex A8...

The Haier LEY24C430 24-inch LED DVD combi is a great package and more or less an ideal Christmas gift for your kids if you still haven't got one for them. The TV is sleek looking and you can't go wrong with the TV as it would fit...

HP ProBook 4535s is a laptop with great specifications and features that would serve the dual purpose of being an entertainment as well as a work laptop. Powered by the AMD A6-3400M Quad-Core 1.4 GHz processor and fitted with 4GB...

Treat yourself and your family this Christmas by bringing a cinema like 3D experience to your home with the amazing Sony KDL46NX723BU/S 46-inch LED Backlit 3D TV at an equally amazing price. With a frame rate of 200MHz and full...

Nikon brings the Coolpix S2500 Digital Camera in Black that helps you capture all the wonderful moments of the current holiday season quite easily. The S2500 is slim and stylish and is capable of capturing images at 12 megapixel...

Security researchers have discovered that millions of mobile phone users around the world could have their devices hacked owing to lax network security imposed by their mobile phone operators. Karsten Nohl and Sylvain Munaut...

Internet filter and parental control tool maker Mobicip.com has announced the release of a Safe Browser app for Android smartphones and tablets. The company provides filtering and parental control platform for devices like the...

Healthcare software maker iTriage has announced that it plans to integrate Microsoft's HealthVault personal healthcare record (PHR) with its iPhone and Android apps next year enabling users to access their health records stored...

The latest operating system released by Apple has proved a real challenge for hackers to crack to discover a jailbreak solution, although an untethered jailbreak for older iDevices, iPhone 4S and iPad 2 excluded, was recently...

The Chinese city of Shanghai has decreed that micro-blogging users would be required to register their real-names with the service, as the government tightens its iron grip on the use of social media in the country. Shanghai is...

Gaming giant and Wii maker, Nintendo, has sold more than 4 million units of its hand-held 3DS gaming device in Japan. According to new data released by research firm Enterbrain, published by Famitsu [translated], the device,...

Twitter has been asked by American congressmen to block the pro-Taliban online activists from spreading propaganda through the site, according to a new report. Senators are asking the microblogging website to exclude all the...

Japanese mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo has announced that it plans to form a joint venture with Samsung, Fujitsu and 3 other companies to develop Long Term Evolution (LTE) chips for smartphones. Apart from NEC, Fujitsu's...

Boxee has released a new version for its desktop video streaming software which brings new interface changes and additional features to the platform. The Boxee version 1.5 for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems comes with...

Internet search giant Google's new found interest in the online travel industry has quite expectantly started altering the status quo of the billions-worth market, according to new reports. Competitors, Expedia & Orbitz...

Cupertino based iPhone maker Apple Inc. has released a handful of new resources. Ranging from an instructional video, to several frequently asked questions (FAQ), the new posts on the official Apple website are aimed at...

The Acer Liquid Metal Android smartphone can now be purchased for £130 from Expansys, a big drop from its suggested retail price of £330. Acer touts the phone as one that comes with "premium quality, industry leading...

Security researchers have discovered that millions of mobile phone users around the world could have their devices hacked owing to lax network security imposed by their mobile phone operators. According to BBC News, Karsten Nohl...

Finnish mobile giant Nokia is likely to dish out the much awaited Nokia Lumia 900 early next year in the month of January, according to a new but, unconfirmed report. It's not been long since the company launched its Windows...

Amazon's maiden venture into the tablet market Kindle Fire has received its first unofficial Android 4.0 update. However, the update comes in the form of just a pre-alpha ROM, meaning fanboys will have to wait a little longer...

LG's Android powered smartphones will be receiving with the Ice Cream Sandwich update in the coming months, according to new reports. "LG will be offering the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS upgrade for a range of LG smart-phones...

Ever since Apple first dished out its flagship tablet device iPad in 2010, this massively popular offering from the Cupertino based tech giant has survived the onslaughts of a handful of rival products - be it RIM's PlayBook or...

Seiko Epson has announced that it has settled the lawsuits that were filed against it in the US and UK by Nokia. The Finnish mobile phone maker had filed lawsuits against Epson and its subsidiaries in the UK and the US, claiming...

Just when a handful of tech pundits from all across the world were predicting that LG was shying away from the increasingly intensifying Windows Phone race, the South Korea based electronic giant has surprised many by...

Russia based security software provider Kaspersky Lab has stated that social networking sites including the likes of LinkedIn, Twitter, Flickr are increasingly being targeted by spammers. The situation is getting even worse for...

Finnish mobile giant Nokia is likely to dish out the much awaited Nokia Lumia 900 early next year in the month of January, according to a new but, unconfirmed report. It's not been long since the company launched its Windows...

Sony has announced it will soon launch the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to P and S tablet devices. It was already a known fact that the whole 2011 line of Sony Ericcson smartphones was likely to be rewarded with Android ICS...

A Russian company is in the middle of building a 10 petaflop supercomputer for the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. According to an article on Computer World, T-Platforms, which has built several large systems for the...

Mark Zuckerberg's visit to Vietnam has drawn the attention of the tech community throughout the world. However, the massively popular social networking site's Vietnamese wing has refused to provide any details regarding his...

Rhapsody - the leading digital music platform has announced it has over 1 million subscribers in the US. It has been almost 10 years since Rhapsody entered the US digital music market, and with this milestone reached, the...

It's that time of the year again when Apple users all over the world are rewarded some fabulous offering via the iTunes Store. This year's Christmas season is no exception as the company launched started its...

HP announced late last week the research outfit International Data Corporation (IDC) named it a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Print Services 2011 Hardcopy Vendor Analysis Study. IDC is an independent provider...