Jul
29

Spotify hit by US patent suit

Spotify Logo It wasn’t just movie buffs who were pleased when Spotify entered the US market – it seems patent trolls were also delighted to hear the pit-pattering of billygoat feet over their.. more
Jul
29

Apple top in global smartphones

iphone4 There’s more bad news for Nokia with the latest figures released by Strategy Analytics, as it falls from the top spot in the global smartphone shipment rankings to third place. But.. more
Jul
29

ViewSonic PJD5 projectors unleashed

ViewSonic PJD5 ViewSonic has launched a refreshed range of PJD5 projectors designed for both home and business use. The new models benefit from a more streamlined design, with the profile being reduced by.. more
Jul
28

Bootlegged Windows hacker targets

Windows XP remains the main target of rootkit infections, according to a study by anti-virus company Avast. Over a six-month period, Avast tracked down 630,000 rootkit infections – and found 74% of these were on computers running Windows XP. While XP is still the world’s.. more
Jul
28

BT told to block filesharing site

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has successfully persuaded a high court judge that BT should be forced to block access to a pirate website. Similar blocking orders have successfully been won in other countries, particularly in Italy, but this is the UK’s first, and could.. more
Jul
28

Google+ visits take a dive this week

It appears that the shine has been taken off Google+, with its visitor figures tailing off this week. Following a blistering start which saw the social network racing to 20 million users despite not being widely available, it is claimed that traffic has taken a.. more
Jul
28

Suspected LulzSec spokesman arrested

Police have arrested another man suspected of taking part in hacktivism with LulzSec and Anonymous. The 18-year-old was arrested yesterday in what police described as a “pre-planned intelligence-led operation.” The man, who uses the online handle ‘Topiary’, was detained at a residential address in the.. more
Jul
28

LG profits up thanks to TVs

LG has announced its second quarter results for 2011. And the good news for the firm is that profits are now back in the black, with some aggressive cost-cutting and sales of high-end TVs having positive effects on the company’s bank balance. For Q2 ending.. more
Jul
28

Drop in Sony PS3 sales

Sony has announced that its PS3 hardware sales dropped during their first financial quarter ended June 30th. The PS3 sold a total of 1.8 million units during the three months in question, which is a sharp decrease of 25% from the same time last year... more
Jul
28

Upgraded telecoms for the disabled

Ofcom has put forward new proposals to upgrade telephone services for the disabled, after research found the current text-relay services made conversing slow and didn’t allow conversations “to flow naturally.” Ofcom want telephone companies to modify their service in order to bring it more in-line.. more