Google Drive cloud storage launched

Following the news that SkyDrive is to offer paid storage options yesterday, Google has pushed out its own cloud storage locker to rival Microsoft and the likes of Dropbox. Google drive is a repository for all your files, and as you’d expect, is designed to.. more

SkyDrive introduces paid storage options

Microsoft has announced paid storage options for SkyDrive, its cloud storage service, and also refreshed versions of SkyDrive apps. It’s not all good news, though. SkyDrive freebie users are having their allowance cut, so if you join the service now, you only get 7Gb worth.. more

Vodafone to stock Samsung Galaxy S III

The Galaxy S III rumours continue to gather pace, ahead of the smartphone’s expected launch in London on May 3rd. Samsung has just put up a new website, www.tgeltaayehxnx.com, which presents an anagram you have to solve. Of course, the answer is: “The Next Galaxy”,.. more

Google Doodle: Gideon Sundback, inventor of the zip

The common zipper may seem ubiquitous to us now, but it’s less than 100 years old since Gideon Sundback invented it – and today Google are celebrating the birth of the man with a full page interactive animation. Of a zip across the entire middle.. more

The Witcher 2 hits number one

There was only one new entry in this week’s all-format UK game chart, but it made a big impact. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition, which was released on PC and Xbox, shot straight to number (with 98 per cent of sales.. more

Amazon now shipping Kindle Touch

Amazon has announced that it’s already shipping out Kindle Touch e-readers (both Wi-Fi and 3G variants) to UK customers, ahead of the previously expected release date which was this Friday (the 27th). Apparently the level of demand has surprised Amazon, so the company has made.. more

Skype for Windows Phone launched

After already being launched on iOS and Android platforms, there’s now an official Skype application for Windows Phone. Which can be regarded as the official mobile platform, in a sense, given that Microsoft bought up Skype last year. In terms of size, though, the WP.. more

Techwatch E-mag issue 2 now out

The second issue of our e-magazine is now out, and you can download it using the link below this story. For our April issue, we’ve taken a look at the best free office software, in terms of both locally installed and cloud-based office suites. There.. more

Microsoft reports record Q3 revenue

Microsoft has announced a record third quarter revenue, with the company scooping some $17.4 billion in total, which is up 6 per cent on the previous year. The operating income from that was $6.4 billion, up even more at 12 per cent on last year... more

Xbox entertainment apps free this weekend

If you’re not a gold subscriber, then you’ve missed out on many of the juicy entertainment apps which have been bolted onto the Xbox since the launch of the new dashboard – as they aren’t available to those who don’t fork out for Live. This.. more

Windows Phone 8 for new devices only?

It seems that when the end of the year arrives, there will be haves and have-nots when it comes to Microsoft Windows Phone handsets. For it would seem that existing Windows Phone owners won’t be able to get Apollo – Windows Phone 8 – when.. more

Gmail goes down, but quickly fixed

Yesterday evening, some Gmail users were left stumbling around in the messaging dark, after the webmail service suffered a large-scale outage. At around 5:45, the service hit the rocks, and Google flagged the problem up, stating that: “We’re investigating reports of an issue with Google.. more

Samsung Galaxy S III: More details

Just yesterday, we were talking about the invitation which has been sent out to the press, for the Galaxy S III’s launch event on May 3rd. Well, it’s certainly widely assumed to be the launch of the S II’s smartphone sequel, although the invite only.. more

iPad Mini priced at $250?

The iPad Mini rumour mill just kicked up a gear, stamping its foot on the accelerator. Because the latest speculation, according to Chinese website NetEase (via Kotaku), is that the 7.85 inch tablet is indeed on its way, and will be released in the third.. more

Microsoft announces Windows 8 editions

There will be three consumer flavours of the next Windows operating system, and Microsoft has just announced those monikers. They will be Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and Windows 8 RT. Which is a marked simplification from the usual Home, Basic, Premium, Pro, Ultimate, and.. more

FIFA Street back at the top

FIFA Street has zipped back up to number one, with the EA footballing title now having spent four weeks at the top in total this year. The original FIFA Street, which came out in 2005, managed four weeks at the top – and we’d expect.. more

Google’s Brin warns on web freedom

Google’s Sergey Brin has been talking about freedom on the net, and has loosed some flak in the direction of both Facebook and Apple. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin noted that the web is facing a dangerous time in terms of censorship, and.. more

Samsung Galaxy S III event May 3rd?

Rumours have been flying about concerning the Galaxy S III’s launch date for quite some time now. Some previous rumours have pushed the release back to the summer, but the latest whispers have indicated that the launch could be fairly soon – and that would.. more

Microsoft roadmap leaked, IE10 due mid-2012

A confidential Microsoft roadmap has been leaked to the net by a developer. Maarten Visser, CEO of Meetroo, stumbled on a link in a newsletter from the Dutch arm of Microsoft, which promised the roadmap as a download. Visser found it as an unprotected PDF,.. more

Apple denies e-book price fixing

As we reported earlier this week, the US Department of Justice finally went through with its threat against Apple and five major book publishers. Much controversy has been caused by Apple’s so-called agency model – which gives away control of pricing to the publisher in.. more