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Will HTC Merge Desire & Legend Into An iPhone Killer?

Desire Athow — Sat, 13 Mar 2010

It seems odd that HTC didn't kit the Legend with a better set of hardware in the first place, leaving instead the HTC Desire as the most powerful smartphone of its stable.

Khronos Updates OpenGL To Compete With DirectX 11

Desire Athow — Sat, 13 Mar 2010

The Khronos Group, the entity behind the cross platform graphics standard Open GL, has announced the fourth version of the 2D and 3D computer graphics set at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco.

Breaking : Orange Selling 32GB iPhone 3GS Cheap?

Desire Athow — Sat, 13 Mar 2010

Low stocks of the 16GB version of the iPhone 3GS have apparently forced Orange to sell the more expensive 32GB version of Apple's latest smartphone for a mere £20 more than the cheaper one until tomorrow.

AMD To Launch Attack On ION & Atom In 2011

Desire Athow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

AMD has released more details on its calculated response to the growing threat of Intel's Atom range as it released an updated notebook platform roadmap in Singapore.

Vodafone To Sell HTC Desire And Legend Next Month

Desire Athow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Vodafone has confirmed today that it will be stocking both the HTC Legend and the HTC Desire, therefore confirming its status as one of the most Android-friendly operators in the UK.

Tesco's Rehauled 20Mbps Broadband Package May Be UK's Best

Desire Athow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Supermarket giant Tesco has marked the launch of its new Spring/Summer catalogue by unveiling a new, reworked version of its existing broadband packages.

Apple iPad Available On Preorder In the US

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Apple fans across the US will be able to place orders for their very own Apple iPad tablet devices from March 12th 5:30 am. Pacific Time or 8:30 am East Coast Time, the company has announced.

EMI Loses Fight To Sell Pink Floyd Online Track Downloads

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

English rock band Pink Floyd, which gave us songs like 'Comfortably Numb' and 'Wish you were here', has won a court case against music company EMI Group, preventing it from selling online downloads of single tracks taken from the band's studio albums.

Google Offers Stock Updates In Mobile Product Search Service

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Search engine giant Google has announced that users of its mobile product search service will now be able to see if a desired product is available in a store near them or not.

FTC Set To Investigate Google Admob Deal

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

News site Bloomberg has reported that the US competition watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission, is likely to oppose Google's $750 million acquisition of mobile advertisement firm AdMob, as it believes that the deal could cause serious anti-trust violations.

BBC Staff Gets Twitter, Facebook Lessons

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) staff will be receiving optional tutorials on how to use popular social networking platform Facebook and other similar services including Bebo and Twitter, the Sun has reported.

Barnes & Noble To Launch iPad E-reader App

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

US-based bookseller Barnes and Noble announced plans to offer its online bookstore as well as a free e-reader application for the recently heralded Apple iPad tablet device.

Twitter To Include Location Functionality To Tweets

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Microblogging site Twitter has rolled out a new feature that would enable its users to include details relating to their whereabouts with their tweets.

News@Five : Tories Broadband Promises, iPhone 4.0 OS, New Xeon Mac Pro

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

ITProPortal brings you the round-up of all of today's tech news, keeping you updated with the world of technology and gadgets. What follows is a summary of today's top tech news.

Vodafone Giving Away Free Ebooks Today

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Vodafone, one of UK's largest telecom service providers, will offer its customers a chance to download five free ebooks under its Free Fridays incentives scheme, allowing them to save almost £37 in the process.

Apple Likely To Release Xeon Hexacore Mac Pro On Tuesday 16th

Desire Athow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Apple may be gearing up to release a new Mac Pro based on the new Core i7 980X processor which comes with six cores and runs 12 threads concurrently but we've got our doubts.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Comes To Vodafone On £30 Tariff

Desire Athow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Vodafone has announced that the Sony Ericsson Vivaz handset is now available on selected contracts both online and in its stores across the country.

Facebook Could Sue DailyMail Over Libellous Article

ITProPortal Staff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Social networking giant Facebook has expressed anger over an article published on Daily Mail, titled “I posed as a girl of 14 on Facebook. What followed will sicken you”, which gave the impression that underage girls suffered online abuse from paedophiles on Facebook.