Update: Microsoft has since then integrated Kinect system in the recently released Xbox One gaming system and also made it available for computers running Windows as well. Update 2: Since Kinect raised […]
Microsoft has for years been accused of being shy about standard's compliance. For many years they said they could do the web better and, for many years the web went along with […]
In a story that seems to have surprised nobody except Facebook, the developers of some applications for the world's largest and most popular social networking website have been selling user details, harvested […]
It's finally happened that embattled Blackberry Maker, Research in Motion, has lost the 4th spot of mobile handset manufacturers to Apple. Figures from IDC and published by Engadget show that the league table […]
This is a title that bounces back and forwards between countries, but now China has claimed the top spot for the world's fastest and most powerful supercomputer. The title has gone to […]
Apple has encountered some problems with the hardware in it's iPhone 4, most notable with signal problems and with the glass covers cracking. This may be behind the further delay of the […]
It was a great idea that was sadly let down by poor implementation and poor support. Games for Windows, which was launched with Windows Vista, was intended to be the marker by […]
While Google's executives have recently been attacking Microsoft's Windows 7 and Windows Phone platforms, Apple supremo Steve Jobs has now stepped in to hammer Google's Android operating system. While not attacking the […]
Update: Microsoft has renamed the Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac application to Windows Phone app for Mac. Mac users can download the program for their operating system from the Windows Phone […]
It was one of the biggest complaints about the iPhone for the best part of three years and looked set to also be a major gripe about Microsoft's new smartphone OS, Windows […]
With the smartphone market already crammed with handsets, operating systems and options, Microsoft have now entered the fray with their latest and greatest. At an event in New York city this morning, […]
With the official launch of Microsoft's long-overdue new Smartphone operating system, Windows Phone 7 just two days away, it's little wonder that people at Apple and Google might be more than a […]
Microsoft's Hotmail service is undergoing a period of expansion, with new features being added. As always happens this adds levels of complexity to the service but, recognising that many users still like […]
Evan Williams, the co-founder of social networking site Twitter is to stand down as Chief Executive Officer of the company to move into a role that will allow him to help make […]
There's been huge speculation about when Microsoft would launch Windows Phone 7. Microsoft had already pre-booked an event to be held in New York City on October 11th but some commentators such […]
Following pressure from the US military, EA Games have decided to remove a feature from their forthcoming multi-player Medal of Honor game that would have allowed gamers to play as members of […]
Microsoft have announced that they;re to shut their underused blogging service, Windows Live Spaces, and instead port everyone's account to WordPress. The announcement, made at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference and later reported […]
A new worm that has been named Stuxnet has been detected that appears to have been written specifically to attack infrastructure in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the first example of […]
In a u-turn for Microsoft, the company has now announced that it will licence it's free Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) anti-virus product for small businesses from October. The move is a turn […]
A new European project, kick-started by 22 European companies and organisations aims to develop an application development environment that will work across all platforms by providing a web-based approach, according to the […]
Germany is the largest country in Europe where Google's controversial Street View has not gone live. This is because of privacy complaints made about the service around the world. Now the German […]
There was a time when Yahoo! was the portal everyone went to for search and social groups online. Sadly Google stole the company's crown and now Yahoo! has even slipped into third […]
Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn has said that the iPad has halved sales of laptops at the popular store in an interview with the Wall St Journal. As a result shoppers at […]
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has used a speech at a Nokia conference in London to call for everybody worldwide to get free Internet access and at […]
HDCP is a security encryption key for copy-protecting Hi-Def video content, most notable Blu-Ray players and set-top boxes. Now a story has appeared that a master key has been found to permanently […]
After the Antennagate affair of a few months ago where it was revealed that if you held the new iPhone 4 a certain way the signal would drop out, and the resulting […]
Ten years ago where were worms like Kournikova and I Love You that were infecting computers worldwide with malware and getting mainstream attention on the news. In that time operating systems and […]
Apple's latest operating system version for the iPhone and iPod Touch was launched only one day ago, but already it's official that it's been jailbroken. A message posted by MuscleNerd on Twitter […]
In a way it's odd and unusual that technology companies, that usually want you to buy the very latest version of the thing you only bought a year ago, are so willing […]
UK-based ISP TalkTalk, owned by the Carphone warehouse (Phone Warehouse in the EU) has been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner's Office for failing to disclose enough information about a malware system it […]
Google has proposed payments totalling $8.5m (£5.5) to settle a lawsuit brought over the Buzz social network. Back in February the new social networking beta from the company caused controversy when users […]
Have you ever seen a logo or been to a website and wondered, "That's a nice font, I wonder what one it is they're using?" Well you need to wonder no more. […]
Microsoft have reached a big milestone with their new smartphone operating system, Windows Phone 7. Today, Terry Myerson the Corporate Vice President of Windows Phone Engineering has announced that it has been […]
AMD has decided to kill off the ATI brand, synonymous with high performance graphics cards, to bring them under it's own brand instead. AMD acquired ATI four years ago and pledged to […]
The H.264 video codec has been proving extremely popular of late, enabling all of us to watch quality, high-definition video on the web and in our homes. Microsoft and Apple have also […]
Jailbreaking Apple's iPhones has has a lot of publicity of late with new tools making it easier than ever before to unlock the iPhone so it can be used across networks and […]
Windows Live Sync, formerly Live Mesh and part of the new Windows Live Essentials 2011 Suite is now available for the Apple Mac, as reported by Windows Observer. The beta can be […]
It's not been a good time in recent months for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange after the publication of a series of secret documents about the war in Afghanistan that's had the Pentagon […]
AV Test have now released the results of their 2010 best anti-virus for Windows 7. The tests put each anti-virus package through a rigorous set of tests to determine not only how […]
Intel, the world's biggest manufacturer of computer processors has announced it's to buy security technology firm McAfee for $7.68bn (£5bn) in cash the BBC reports. The deal values the anti-virus firm at […]
