AMD announces new 8-Series processors

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has introduced three Phenom and two Athlon desk-top processors in its 8-Series range. The processors are designed to offer an improved visual experience while using less power... more

Orange San Francisco launched, Android smartphone

Orange has launched its own brand budget smartphone with an unusual name, the San Francisco. Why is it called the San Francisco? Who knows. Maybe using the phone is an up.. more

Nokia N8 isn’t delayed?

We reported, along with half of the rest of the technology world this morning, that Nokia’s long awaited N8 smartphone appeared to have been pushed back (again). Two weeks ago, we.. more

PS3 firmware 3.50 arrives with 3D Blu-ray support

New firmware has hit the PS3 today, version 3.50, and it brings with it support for 3D Blu-ray disc playback. So you can now enjoy 3D Blu-ray movies on the console, providing you have the requisite other hardware in the form of a 3DTV and.. more

Facebook aims to do more to tackle scams

Facebook users being scammed and their accounts being hacked is becoming a major problem, the Head of European Public Policy for the site, Lord Richard Allan, has admitted. Allan told the Guardian newspaper that as a result of this, Facebook was tightening up its security.. more

Girl’s Facebook party faux-pas sees 21,000 guests RSVP

Rebecca Javeleau, a fourteen-year-old girl from Hertfordshire, got a few more guests than she bargained for when she organised her fifteenth birthday party on Facebook. She intended to invite fifteen friends, but accidentally made the event page public, complete with her address and phone number... more

Halo: Reach storms charts, but suffers disc error woes

Halo: Reach has topped the UK all-format video game chart this week, as expected, with the game recording the fifth best debut week ever witnessed. It only failed to outdo Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360 and PS3, Grand Theft Auto IV on the.. more

Microsoft Zune Pass officially announced

Microsoft has confirmed that it will be offering a Zune Pass unlimited music streaming service in the UK. The Zune Pass will cost £8.99 per month, although we already knew that due to a screen grab which was leaked a couple of weeks back. As.. more

Nokia N8 gets delayed again

There’s some more bad news in the long running saga of the Nokia N8, the Finnish firm’s high-end handset which has been the subject of a number of delays. Two weeks ago, Nokia promised that it would be available at the end of this month,.. more

fring offers international calls for 1¢

In direct emulation of SkypeOut, mobile VoIP service Fring has launched FringOut, which allows Nokia phone users to call anyone in the world from just 1 cent a minute. Fring plans to roll the service out to iPhone and Android handsets. Calls to Canada will.. more