Symantec claims Facebook is leaking user data via apps

The online world is one fraught with danger, malware, hackers, data breaches and all sorts of nastiness, and Facebook appears to have been guilty of the latter – at least according.. more

Google tackles fragmentation with Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Google has served up its latest Android dessert at the company’s I/O 2011 developer conference. And it aims to soothe the fears of those concerned by the path Google has taken.. more

Race Online campaign enlists 100,000 “digital champions”

Race Online 2012, as you’re probably aware, is a campaign which hopes to inspire and help some of the estimated 9.2 million UK adults who have never surfed the web to.. more

Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 billion

Microsoft has officially announced that yesterday’s speculation is true, and that it has done a deal to purchase Skype. The price was correct too, with the $8.5 billion paid out being the biggest ever acquisition Microsoft has undertaken, and a valuation which some analysts have.. more

Samsung Galaxy S II boasts 3 million pre-orders

The sequel to the Samsung Galaxy S already seems to be a hit, with a global rush of pre-orders for the smartphone as of the end of last month. The original Galaxy S made great waves for Samsung in the smartphone market, and the S.. more

HTC Flyer now up for pre-order

HTC’s 7 inch tablet is now up for pre-order in the UK. So how much will it cost to purchase the Flyer? Online retailers eXpansys and Amazon have the pre-order price at £480 (for the 16GB wi-fi version of the slate). For the equivalent money.. more

PSN update: Not back until the weekend… or next week?

Another update has been posted on the official PlayStation blog page. The latest from Sony is that they still can’t give us an exact date of when PSN will be live again, but it will “likely be at least a few more days”. This was.. more

Google animated doodle celebrates choreographer Martha Graham

Google’s third doodle for the month of May is another animated one, which are popping up more regularly these days. It celebrates the 117th anniversary of American choreographer Martha Graham, who is regarded as one of the leading pioneers of modern dance. The doodle shows.. more

Google about to make sweet cloud music

Google is all set to launch its cloud-based music service at the company’s I/O 2011 developer conference later today. Much like Amazon‘s recently launched Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, the search giant’s effort is expected to offer users online storage of their music collection, and.. more

Call of Duty: Black Ops is all-time best-seller on Xbox, PS3 and PC

It’s no secret that Black Ops sold well, outselling its massively popular predecessor Modern Warfare 2. And in Activision-Blizzard’s latest earnings call, the company has announced that it’s actually the best-selling video game of all-time across the Xbox, PS3 and PC formats in the US.. more