Gareth Halfacree

Google to announce tablet at CES?

Rumours are rife that Google is to announce a tablet device in partnership with hardware manufacturer HTC at CES - pre-empting Apple's own rumoured tablet device.

January 4, 2010 | 13:59

Chrome overtakes Safari

Google's Chrome has officially become the third most popular browser in the world, beating Apple's rival Safari browser into fourth place in December 2009.

January 4, 2010 | 10:14

Samsung WiFi camera leaked

A new Samsung point-and-shoot digital camera - boasting a 14 megapixel sensor, WiFi, and an AMOLED touch-sensitive display - has been leaked ahead of its launch at CES.

December 31, 2009 | 11:40

Panasonic boosts Li-Ion power

Panasonic has announced improvements to its Lithium-Ion power cell technology which hold the promise of a 30 percent improvement - although not until 2013.

December 31, 2009 | 11:33

Kingston previews liquid-cooled RAM

Memory manufacturer Kingston has released a couple of sneak previews of a new liquid-cooled range of RAM, expected to launch at CES next month.

December 24, 2009 | 09:03

Broadcom announces Crystal HD chip

Broadcom has taken the wraps off its single-chip Crystal HD media accelerator for netbooks, promising full 1080p playback and hardware Flash acceleration in a low-power chip.

December 24, 2009 | 09:02

Firefox 'Fennec' due in days

The smartphone-optimised version of Mozilla's Firefox - codenamed Fennec - is due in the next few days, according to a spokesman from the Mozilla Foundation.

December 23, 2009 | 14:11

Microsoft appeal against XML patent fails

A patent held by XML specialist I4i since 1998 has been infringed by support for custom XML in Word 2007, and Microsoft now faces a sales ban along with a $200 million fine.

December 23, 2009 | 10:27

Glitch leaves O2 iPhone users offline

A glitch in O2's network left some iPhone users without an Internet connection for more than two days - although the basic 'phone functionality, along with WiFi, was unaffected.

December 22, 2009 | 14:09

UK MPs accuse Google of tax dodge

Following the £29 million fine issued by the Turkish government for tax avoidance, UK MPs have accused Google of dodging up to £450 million in corporation tax from its UK arm.

December 22, 2009 | 13:03

Firefox is most popular browser

Firefox is now the most popular browser, according to StatCounter.

December 21, 2009 | 13:55

Microsoft sued over Bing trademark

Microsoft is facing a legal battle over the Bing trademark.

December 21, 2009 | 10:19

Canonical due to get new CEO

Canonical - the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution - is due to get a new CEO following the news that current head man Mark Shuttleworth is stepping down.

December 18, 2009 | 13:38

LaCie announces USB 3.0 drive

Storage specialist LaCie has announced a collaboration with Symwave to launch a dual-disk USB 3.0 external storage box which can be configured in RAID 1 or 0.

December 18, 2009 | 10:23

Broadcom announces VideoCore IV

Chip manufacturer Broadcom has announced its next-generation mobile graphics processor, the VideoCore IV - and the specifications are certainly impressive.

December 17, 2009 | 13:03

Microsoft coughs to Plurk theft

Microsoft has come clean regarding theft of layout and code from microblogging site Plurk for its new MSN China social networking service, blaming a contracted third party.

December 17, 2009 | 10:00

RockYou passwords stolen

Social networking gadget site RockYou has admitted that 32 million passwords - in plaintext - have been stolen in an SQL injection attack, including third-party site credentials.

December 16, 2009 | 13:28

Hackers mod B&N Nook

Wily hackers have worked out how to root the Barnes & Noble Nook ebook reader, allowing third-party Android applications to run on the device - including a full web browser.

December 16, 2009 | 10:49

Adobe Acrobat, Reader under attack

Adobe's Acrobat PDF-maker and Reader PDF-viewer are under active attack by crackers exploiting an as-yet undetailed flaw in the software's security.

December 15, 2009 | 13:55

ASTRA builds 13-GPU supercomputer

The guys at the University of Antwerp have done it again, besting their eight-GPU desktop supercomputer with a 13-GPU beast offering 12 teraflops of computing power.

December 15, 2009 | 10:04

SATA 6Gb/s SSD shows speed gains

A prototype SSD from Marvell - designed to show off its latest controller board - demonstrates the raw power of the SATA 6Gb/s standard - albeit in read-only format.

December 14, 2009 | 13:36

UK trails in broadband speed study

Figures released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development put the UK 21st out of 30 in terms of available Internet connection speeds.

December 14, 2009 | 10:28

OPTi claims infringement by Nvidia

Intellectual property holding company OPTi is seeking arbitration against Nvidia, claiming that the company has broken a licensing agreement for a patent on pre-snoop tech.

December 11, 2009 | 12:54