ITV consults lawyers over Apple’s iTV plans

ITV is planning a legal challenge against Apple’s decision to rebrand its Apple TV service as iTV, according to The Telegraph. While the iTV name would be in keeping with Apple’s.. more

Gartner predicts positive future for security software industry

While security was one of the areas where companies cut back during the recession, analyst Gartner forecast that worldwide spending on security software will increase 11 per cent to $16.5bn this.. more

BlackBerry 9670 clamshell phone leaked

Another rumour to hit the net this morning is that Rim is set to bring out a clamshell design BlackBerry, the 9670. This all centres on a device simulator for the.. more

Toy Story 3 remains top of UK game chart

Toy Story 3 has held the top spot in the UK all-format video game chart (as compiled by Chart Track) for the second week running. It was actually number one four weeks ago, as well, but was dislodged temporarily the following week by the massive.. more

Samsung Windows Phone 7 handset pics leaked

Images of an upcoming Samsung smartphone running Windows Phone 7 have been leaked online. The snaps, which turned up on Twitter (highlighted by Pocket Now) show what appears to be a phone with an AMOLED display, and a very square design. Some sites are calling.. more

“Save the Internet” protesters gather outside Google

The Google headquarters, known informally as the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, has been under siege from protesters. The crowd gathered at the end of last week, the BBC reports, to protest against the search company’s recent manoeuvrings on net neutrality. Net neutrality is the.. more

Vodafone prepares for the Samsung Galaxy Tablet?

Samsung’s iPad rivalling tablet may be coming out on Vodafone contracts, according to speculation on the net. The Samsung Galaxy Tablet should be launched next month, and will be the first serious competitor of the many tablets due out which are aiming to grab a.. more

Apple manager charged with taking $1m in kickbacks

A supply manager at Apple has been charged with taking over $1 million in kickbacks from Asian companies. Paul Shin Devine, along with Andrew Ang of Singapore, were both indicted for their alleged underhand business activities. According to a report by the San Jose Mercury.. more

Wessex Water pulls plug on Fibrecity in Bournemouth

As we reported back in February, Fibrecity is the company providing Leeds and Bournemouth with super-fast broadband to the tune of 100Mbps (and it has designs for a number of other UK cities, too). Although the firm’s plans in Bournemouth have been scuppered by Wessex.. more

iPad owners prefer e-reading to printed books

The latest survey to emerge regarding Apple’s new tablet focused on what 1,000 iPad owners preferred to do with their device, and how much they used it. The research was conducted by Cooper Murphy Webb, and it unearthed some interesting discoveries, including the fact that.. more