RIM has unveiled today the latest BlackBerry Curve smartphone, the 9320, previously known by the codename of BlackBerry Armstrong. The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 is the newest budget smartphone from the Canadian handset...

Virgin Media saw its website downed by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack launched by Anonymous yesterday. The attack started at 5pm and the site was offline for about an hour, with the motive being the service...

With the recent news of Google+ Hangouts On Air now available the world over, there's another advancement being delivered to its users, via an improved Google+ notification experience for your Gmail. It now allows you to view,...

MySpace's cult following has dwindled down in recent years, but at least they can count on one keen follower - the Federal Trade Commission. For the next 20 years, MySpace will be under the watchful eye of the feds after the...

Google's latest doodle pays tribute to the famous archaeologist Howard Carter. Carter was born on this day in 1874, in London, and trained to be an artist like his father. He first went to Egypt at the age of 17, in order to...

Usually quite the helpful source when it comes to co-operating with legal requests for users' data, Twitter appears to have done a 180 - and instead of complying with a recent court order, it decided to oppose it. Prosecutors in...

It's not been a good week for Yahoo!, following revelations that its CEO falsified his credentials. But just when the company didn't think it could get any worse, it looks like someone was telling porky pies too - the director...

MasterCard is readying its own digital wallet service, for deployment later on this year. PayPass Wallet Services (PWS) joins the growing collection of schemes, including offerings from Visa and indeed Google (the latter of which...

Whilst it's common courtesy to never mix business with pleasure, unfortunately many believe they can get the best of both worlds - just ask Dr Louise Losos.   Former principal of Clayton High School in Missouri, Losos,...

Following the news of Facebook's lifesaving feature rolled out to Australia after its introduction in the US and UK, two other social networks are utilising the power of medicine - with Twitter set to live-tweet a brain operation...

Whilst many a celebrity has fallen in love with the microblogging platform that is Twitter, some have yet to be convinced.  Enter media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, who ironically, isn't a fan of social media. In his search to...

We're all guilty of putting our love for social networking first when we should be paying attention to the subject in hand (logging on Facebook during work serving as a primary example).  But when you're one of the world's...

Last week Facebook launched their lifesaving tool to users in both the US and UK, and now the feature has been extended to social networkers in Australia.   The new function has really taken off in the US, and with...

Facebook began their IPO roadshow in New York yesterday, ready to show the world what they had in store - but they've already lost a potential investor, in the form of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Ohanian revelaed in an...

Last year, Google+ introduced Hangouts On Air to an elite few - but yesterday saw the facility shed its beta image and extended its service to users the world over.  Thanks to this new feature, people can interact with a...