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Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reported impressive revenues of US$24.33 billion for third quarter 2012, with net profit rising 139.94% to $30.256 billion. The results are very positive for the company who make many components for leading brands such as Apple. Although the profit figures are very high, the …

The father of a man who suffered brain damage during an accident at a Foxconn facility that was making Apple products, has taken the manufacturer to court for its handling of the man's care. 26 year old Zhang Tingzhen was electrocuted in a Foxconn factory accident just over a year …

From mid 2013, the Netherlands is set to receive an upgrade to its motorway infrastructure: glow in the dark highways that also display weather indicators based on the exterior temperature. Designated as “Smart Highways,” the design initially won the Best Future Concept award and has quickly moved beyond the drawing …

Imperva, Inc. today released its October Hacker Intelligence Initiative report, “Monitoring Hacker Forums,” its second annual analysis of a large hacker forum containing roughly 250,000 members. Imperva has detected a black market for social network fraud.  In addition, about one third of discussions in the hacker forum focused on training …

Apple fourth quarter profits have missed the Wall Street forecasts as iPad sales have fallen short of analyst predictions. Profits in the last three months were $8.5 billion (£5bn), up from $6.6 bn last year. Revenues are recorded as $36 bn, a 27% increase. Apple sold 26.9 million iPhones in …

Apple CEO Tim Cook has fired Scott Forstall, the head of the companies mobile software products group. According to sources at Reuters Forstall was a long time ‘lieutenant' of the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Cook asked him to leave after years of friction with other top executives in the …

File locker website Rapidshare has announced that it has removed download speed restrictions from free users, as part of a move to introduce what a spokesperson described as “more efficient counter measures” against piracy. The Rapidshare download limits, which prevented those with free accounts from downloading at speeds over 30Kb/s, were introduced …

If Kim Dotcom launches the new Mega file sharing website as he plans to do on 20th January 2013 – the anniversary of Megaupload's shutdown – then he could be found in breach of his bail, which he was only granted earlier this year after stating that he had no …

At CES in January 2011, Jen Hsun gave a big speech about the fruits from Project Denver, the idea of nVidia working with another company to incorporate important CPU technologies that the graphics giant lacked in its portfolio. Today, in San Francisco, AMD looks set to make a very similar …

Anonymous has targeted Facebook game maker Zynga, in its latest hacktivist action, announcing its intention to release reams of internal information about a possible layoff of nearly 1,000 more employees. The collective also plans to let loose the developer's entire game catalogue for free, unless it goes back on its …

The legacy of Steve Jobs shows no signs of slowing down.  Eric Slivka over at MacRumors published a story on the Venus yacht saying “Earlier this year, it was revealed that French designer Philippe Starck was working with Dutch shipbuilder Feadship on a new yacht for the family of Steve …

While UK Amazon goers will not have seen this advert, in America Amazon seem to be aiming for the Apple jugular. The US store has a comparison which is seen immediately when you first visit the Amazon website. It compares the $199 Kindle Fire HD against the $329 iPad Mini. …

Did you buy a high powered Core i7 computer this year? If you are feeling smug, then be prepared for a reality check, because the Titan SuperComputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has recently received an upgrade. This is the world's most powerful supercomputer for open science with a theoretical …

As if anyone is surprised, Apple is doing rather well financially at the moment and has announced that for the fourth quarter of 2012, it has made a profit over $8.2 billion. Compared with the same period last year, things are on the up, as it made ‘only' $6.6 billion. …

The battle between Apple and Samsung shows no signs of slowing down however there have been some very interesting statistics released which show that Samsung are outperforming Apple significantly in the smartphone market. According to ABI Research and Strategy Analytics, Samsung claimed a third of the market in Q3. Strategy …

Are you planning on upgrading your television to a new high definition model before the end of the year. Well the latest LG 84 inch 4k television might just tick all the right boxes …. well apart from the price that is. They have released their first 4k TV in …

On the same day as Windows 8 official launch, a research study by Gartner reveals that Google's mobile platform Android will be seen on more computer systems than Microsoft's Windows by 2016. As the world slowly shifts to mobile platforms Android will undoubtedly become ever popular. The study expects that …

While we might have discussed a fair bit here about how the Wii U could potentially open up some interesting new avenues of gaming, thanks to its inclusion of a tablet controller in the standard gaming environment, Microsoft Smartglass for Xbox has even more potential – and it launches tomorrow, …

If you've always thought to yourself, “man, I like these Assassin's Creed games, but that Ezio sure is a snappy dresser – I wish I could buy clothes like that,” then you're one of the few people who wants to wear an off-white, hooded, open collar shirt. However if you …

Today Amazon is releasing its two flagship Kindle devices as the battle of the tablets heats up for Christmas. The Kindle Fire aims to challenge big players in the tablet space, whilst the launch of the Kindle Paperwhite highlights that Amazon is looking to consolidate its position as the eBook …

Every platform has its livid followers, and every group of followers can become well known for certain sayings over time. On occasion these sayings are bundled into a comedic video and Google's Android platform has been given that treatment. Points of interest widgets, standardised ports, larger screens, pricing and even Steve Jobs. …

The Microsoft Surface Tablet has been featured in Global news now since it was announced months ago. The most exciting part of the Surface Tablet design however is with their new magnetic keyboard concept which is offered in two versions. The Touch Cover version is a laser etched soft keyboard …

Samsung have lost the first round of a U.S. trade case against Apple. This will count as the second big defeat this year in America as both companies continue to sue and countersue across the globe. Samsung are said to infringe on four patents, including one for touch screen technology …

Microsoft were charged yesterday in Europe with an antitrust violation for failing to live up to a prior agreement to give users of Windows software equal access to rival Internet browsers. The decision was made by Joaquín Almunia, the European Union antitrust commissioner. The ruling could be costly for Microsoft …

Finally moving on from the 20th century catalogue, Argos is looking to become far more digitally focused in a move that will see 75 stores close or relocate to more viable locations. According to The Guardian, the parent company of Argos, Home Retail Group, has announced that it will also …

The final stage of the digital TV switchover has been completed, ending the long standing run of analogue TV for good. Around midnight last night, analogue signals in Northern Ireland were turned off, killing the Ceefax platform as well –  a teletext service that has been around for more than …

Zynga announced yesterday that a further 5 per cent of its staff – totalling 120 people – had been let go and the Boston Studio had been officially closed. The Chicago office is also being downsized and there are suggestions that both the UK and Japan based branches of the …

Apple is well known for creating and attracting a lot of legal attention; whether it be with the competition from Korea or the Swiss Federal Railway service. I'm sure there's been a few odd cases involving Apple and other tech companies but this is the strangest one I've ever heard …

Speaking at the Playful 2012 conferance, Hide&Seek development director Mark Sorrell, put it to the audience that we shouldn't be looking at the screen when we play games, but at each other. He called this type of game “computer mediated,” and said it was the wave of the future. Pointing to games …

Despite the fact that we've heard from ISPs, the Pirate Party and the websites themselves, that blocking torrent search sites doesn't effect the number of illegal downloads, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has called for three more sites to be blocked by UK ISPs. The three on the digital chopping …