Adobe Flash exploit to be patched next week

Adobe has issued a warning that a critical vulnerability has been detected in its Flash player. The vulnerability is exploited via a corrupt Flash file packaged inside a Microsoft Excel file... more

Japanese quake will spark component price rise

The ongoing disaster in Japan, which began with the quake and tsunami, and is continuing with the radiation leakage at the Fukushima nuclear plant, will undoubtedly have ramifications in the electronics.. more

IWF reports child abuse images being swiftly removed

When it comes to removing child sexual abuse pictures from the net, websites and ISPs are getting the job done more swiftly these days. This is according to the Internet Watch.. more

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 launched

Microsoft has popped the champagne corks and officially launched the ninth version of Internet Explorer. The release candidate of IE9 was out a month ago, and the beta process went from early preview to the final version in less than a year. There were 40.. more

Apple iPad 2: Only place you can get it is eBay

The iPad 2, freshly launched this weekend, has pretty much sold out across America, according to various reports on the net. If you buy from the Apple online store, shipping time is now quoted at four to five weeks (pushed out from a two to.. more

Further estimate reckons closer to a million iPad 2s shifted

As you most probably noticed at the weekend, the iPad 2 was launched over in the US. And this morning we reported on the various estimates which have been floated regarding how many tablets Apple has sold over the weekend. Analysts from several companies had.. more

Twitter wants consistency, discourages third-party apps

The winds of change are blowing for developers of third-party apps which provide alternative means to access Twitter. And not everyone likes the direction they’re gusting in. In a post on the Twitter developers’ forum (spotted by V3.co.uk), Ryan Sarver of the platform/api team wrote.. more

iPad 2 shifts estimated 400-500K units during launch weekend

While the official figures from Apple are still to arrive, analysts have been busy casting their estimate bones and guessing what the iPad 2 sales figures have been for its launch weekend. The bean counters at Piper Jaffray reckon that 400,000 to 500,000 units have.. more

Dragon Age II swoops to top of UK game chart

This week’s all-format UK game chart is out, courtesy of Chart Track, and the predictable news is that Dragon Age II has gone straight to number one. It’s EA’s third number one of the year, FIFA 11 and Dead Space 2 being the others. Although.. more

Apple iPhone 5 won’t have NFC

NFC is one of the latest mobile buzzwords, with new smartphones such as Google’s Nexus S having the technology on board. Not that you’re likely to have missed it, but NFC stands for Near Field Communications, a tech which allows your phone to read (and.. more