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Amazon, the giant online store have launched a new cloud based storage service called ‘Cloud Drive'. To tie in with the launch they have also released a music player which they call Amazon Cloud Player for the web. Amazon have launched the storage service as a means to access music …

NASA have had to cancel plans to build a 3D camera for the next robotic rover that they will send to Mars. Time was against them and they wouldn't have had enough time to test the device for inclusion on the new ‘curiosity' rover scheduled to launch later this year. …

How can one woman from a small city in the north of Hungary make CEOs and Vice Presidents across Europe, Middle East and Africa break out in a cold sweat?    Simples. You give her years of experience, razor sharp wit and a BS detector tuned to the max. Then …

OMFG?! WTF M8, u 4 rl? Yes, we certainly are. Internet slang such as ‘OMG' and ‘LOL' have been added to the March 2011 release of the OED Online dictionary. These abbreviations join those such as TMI (too much information) and BFF (best friends forever) in the newest update to …

Microsoft have offered to pay $7.5 million for 666,624 IPv4 addresses from bankrupt Canadian telecom equipment maker Nortel. This move indicates that IPv4 addresses are increasing in value as they become more scarce. Nortel have filed a motion seeking approvals for the sale from the Bankruptcy Court for the District …

Nintendo 3DS mania is hitting the UK this week and supermarket chain store Asda have announced that they are opening tonight at midnight to get Nintendo fans get their hands on the new portable game console. We find the statement quite amusing however as many of the stores are open …

Adobe Systems shares have fallen by 3.7 percent after the company forecast second quarter profit that missed analysts estimates. Profit, excluding some costs will be 47 cents to 54 cents a share this quarter, Adobe said in a statement. This is compared with the 56 cent average of projections compiled …

Apple have announced that their senior vice president of Mac software engineering Bertrand Serlet is leaving the company. Serlet has said in Apple's official release that he ‘wants to focus less on products and more on science'. He holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of Orsay in …

Amazon opened their App Store yesterday, a rival store for the official ‘Android Market'. The new App Store offers both free and paid for applications based on the open source operating system. While the Android market will let users download free and paid for applications, the Amazon App Store will …

More legal action news today, as Microsoft are targeting Barnes & Noble and their Android based Nook ereader device. They claim it violates their patents. Microsoft have filed legal action against Barnes & Noble and manufacturers Foxconn International Holdings and Inventec. “The Android platform infringes a number of Microsoft's patents, …

I received an email this morning from Play.com informing me that they have had some security issues with names and email addresses of customers being exposed. The email was delicately worded, blaming a third party marketing company used by Play.com. “We are emailing all our customers to let you know …

Since opening in May 2010 we have looked at a variety of items from Arctic and we have found that their range of products often deliver high levels of performance for very little cost. In September 2010, Henry reviewed their MX-4 Thermal paste and it was the first product to …

We received a press release this morning from AMD and it might be of interest to our readers. To demonstrate AMD’s unbeatable 6-core value with immersive visual experience, we’re giving our social media savvy fans the opportunity to win a AMD Radeon HD 6850 graphics card and a copy of …

Yesterday KitGuru reported that Google claimed China were blocking their citizens from accessing Gmail services. Today the Chinese Foreign Ministry have spoken out, denying the accusations. China's Foreign Ministry said today that it could not accept accusations from Google Inc that the government was making it difficult for Gmail users …

ICANN has finally agreed that xxx domains will be hitting the World Wide Web soon. The decision has taken many years and has a lot of supporters and dectractors, but it means that pornographic sites will be under a moderated and trusted domain for easier control and reliability. The decision …

Online store Amazon could be preparing to launch their app store tomorrow – aimed at the Google Android userbase. A source within Amazon has leaked information to Wired saying that the retail chain could be launching the app store tomorrow. This new Amazon store is set to lure users away …

Google have claimed that the Chinese government are blocking the Gmail service, after many users have complained they cannot access the site. Users of Gmail in China have not been able to access accounts and have had issues sending email and using other services for the last two weeks. Google …

The security division of EMC, RSA have been hit with a sophisicated cyber attack which might end reducing the effectiveness of their SecurID authentication services. Executive Chairman Art Coviello sent a letter to RSA customers and documented that the company had recently “identified an extremely sophisticated cyber attack in progress …

02 are officially the first UK mobile operator to roll out their superfast 3G network. Earlier today the company have started their 900mhz network which is using bandwidth from the old 2G intrastructure … which is no longer needed. This is boosting the speed and capacity to the 3G system, …

Microsoft and federal law agents have managed to seize equipment from Internet hosting facilities across America in the efforts to stop junk email being sent across the internet. Microsoft have launched these raids as part of a civil lawsuit which was filed in federal court in Seattle last month against …

The Nintendo 3DS pre order sales figures are breaking all records on Amazon UK, outperforming the previous console leader, the Sony Playstation 3. Chris Poad, the director of Video games at Amazon.co.uk said “It’s unusual for a handheld console to attract this amount of excitement in the run up to …

The disaster in Japan will have a knock on effect for the technology industry, affecting many devices, including Apple's newly released iPad 2. The iPad2 has sold over 1 million units already in the US, however the campaign has yet to hit the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. The …

Sony have been in the limelight in recent weeks thanks to their high profile campaign against the hacking audience who have been breaking into the Playstation 3 and compromising their technology. Reports floating around the news wire indicate that they might be looking to hire some hackers to help them …

TMSC chairman Morris Chang said that TSMC sales will not be affected by the recent Japan disaster, saying that the company is expecting 20% sales growth in 2011. Chang's company is currently the worlds No.1 pure silicon foundry and said that the implications of the earthquake are ‘under control' and …

nVidia have announced that they are losing their chief financial officer David White with corporate controller Karen Burns due to take over his position until a full time replacement can be made. White's departure from the company has been said to be for ‘personal reasons', and the companies high profile …

Intel have bought SySDSoft to help expand their wireless business, this egyptian based group build IP systems and RF/Analogue circuits for mobile platforms. The 100 engineers in SYSDSoft will be joining the Intel team to push forward new high speed technologies into the mainstream market. The SySDSoft deal will help …

A federal judge in San Francisco has granted Sony permission to subpoena PayPal records of George Hotz, the hacker who is being sued by Sony for jailbreaking the Playstation 3 console. US Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero said the information subject to Sony's subpoena ‘shall be provided on an Attorneys' …

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey said that Twitter is now serving 1 billion tweets each week. Twitter have never released detailed information on their platform, but Dorsey wants this to change, highlighting the popularity of the platform. Dorsey obviously tweeted the information, giving them 1 billion and one tweets this week …

An Australian teenage girl posted a birthday invitation on Facebook, but due to a system hack she received more than 20,000 RSVP's. The 15 year old girl, identified as ‘Jess' had posted her address, home phone number and mobile number for her 16th birthday party on March 26th. She wrote …

Indilinx, a South Korean company who specialise in flash controller technology have been acquired by OCZ Technology. The takeover only cost OCZ £20 million in stock. Indilinx patents will be transferred over to OCZ as part of the deal, giving them a wide poll of technology to call from, including …