Acer Iconia Tab A500 with 16GB storage now out

Acer has just released a new version of its Iconia Tab A500 slate with 16GB of storage capacity. The new 16GB variant of the tablet provides half the storage space of.. more

Google now activating 500,000 Android devices every day

Google would appear to have hit the half a million milestone when it comes to the number of Android devices which are being activated every day. Andy Rubin, Senior Vice President.. more

MPA takes BT to court over Newzbin

Copyright infringement litigation has taken a new angle with the news that the Motion Picture Association (representing the major film companies) is taking BT to court in the UK. The MPA.. more

Sony Vaio Z 13.1 inch ultraportable unveiled

Sony has revealed the new Sony Vaio Z series of slimline laptops designed for business users with an optional power dock. The Vaio Z is an ultraportable weighing just less than 1.2kg and it’s 1.6cm thick, with a carbon fibre design meaning the laptop looks.. more

Sony hacker GeoHot employed at Facebook

George Hotz is a famous name in the hacking world – well, he’s actually known as GeoHot – and he’s been quite a thorn in Sony and Apple‘s side in the past, working on cracking the security of the PS3 and iPhone. After publishing the.. more

Tablet shopping “revolution” to hit the UK

A study conducted by Shopzilla has revealed that a year on from the launch of the iPad, the popularity of doing online shopping on tablets is set to “rocket”, as has happened in the States. Currently, 6% of European online shoppers own a tablet and.. more

Samsung Galaxy S II Plus in the pipeline?

The Samsung Galaxy S II could be due a new version with an upgraded processor, according to various reports on the net. The Samsung Galaxy S II Plus would apparently carry a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, with the phone already having been bumped up to a.. more

Google’s Android Market gets a review makeover

Google has decided to update the rating system for the apps on Android Market. To keep the marketplace up to speed with modern practice, Google has introduced a new at-a-glance bar chart, so would-be buyers can look and quickly process information on what sort of.. more

Google reveals latest more detailed Transparency Report

Google has made its latest Transparency Report available online, which covers the period from July to December 2010. The company has also updated the report to be even more transparent (just in case it wasn’t see-through enough previously). The Transparency Report shows how many times.. more

Study shows Facebook has overtaken MSN in the UK

A report from Nielsen claims that Facebook has now exceeded Microsoft’s websites in terms of UK visitors. Taking figures for the month of May, Facebook managed to accumulate 26.8 million unique visitors. That total beat out Microsoft’s sites – MSN, Bing and Windows Live –.. more