Yes there are 100,000 or so apps for the iPhone, but thanks to Apple policy if it's porn you are after there's not an app for that. The construction of an Adult App Store for Android devices,...

Apple has long been criticised for the way it handles iPhone App approval. Inconsistency (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4408.html) and mind-boggling logic...

Jon Lech Johansen is perhaps best known as DVD Jon, the chap who cracked DVD movie encryption at the tender age of just 15. He may soon have to adopt a new nickname, how about iTunes Jon, as he...

Sky, better known for news and sport television broadcasting, has today announced that it is entering the online music business with an ad-free streaming download service. All of the four million...

If you are in the market for a new Apple computer, you might want to wait a few days. It would appear that new super thin iMacs, MacBooks and even a cheaper Mac Mini are on the way real soon.
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Continuing on its charm offensive, the music industry is apparently not satisfied with the $675,000 fine for sharing 30 songs imposed on Joel Tenenbaum or the $1.92 million Jammie Thomas-Rasset was...

Safari 4.0.3 is out now and available for download (http://support.apple.com/downloads/Safari_4_0_3) from Apple, for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.

While there are the usual claims...

Do cats have a taste for porn? Somehow I doubt it, and I doubt that a jury will fall for it either no matter how much one alleged downloader of the most disgusting of pornographic images tries to...

Seems like a silly question, right? But $80,000 per track is exactly how much Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother from Minneapolis, has been charged. Well, I say charged but actually she was fined...

Across Europe people have been voting in the European Parliamentary elections, and it looks likely that a pirate or two will have got elected in Sweden.

I voted nice and early this morning, with...

Strange but true. The 02 Digital Families report (http://dnc.o2.co.uk/home/2009/05/o2-digital-families.html) was commissioned in order to get a grasp on the impact that technology has on family life...

Apple has started the countdown to the billionth app to be downloaded from the App Store. The company has put up a live countdown counter on the web...

The pricing is not too bad in the US market, to be fair, but I fail to see how moving from dedicated to integrated graphics can be sold as an upgrade and expect users to pay for the privilege of...

The Chinese Government obsession with eradicating all 'lewd' and pornographic content from the Internet marches on. It all started back in 2007 when the authorities declared war on porn...

Surprisingly, the answer could well be yes. At least if a bunch of computer science researchers at Durham University (http://www.dur.ac.uk/computer.science/) have anything to do with it. The group...

Who would you back in a fight? Barack Obama or Stephen Fry? When it comes to being popular on Twitter (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22533/53/) these two are the only real contenders for the...

Apple users opting not to grab a free 30 day demo version iWork 09, or even cough up the bucks for a full retail version, have found themselves getting more than they bargained for. It appears that...

Apple has had marked success with the 'I'm a Mac (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20808/53/)' advertising campaigns, and Microsoft is back banging it's head against a seeming brick wall of...

It has been a long time coming, but Apple has finally announced that iTunes is going DRM-free. As in, all songs on the iTunes site will ditch DRM. That's everything from Universal Music Group, Sony...

Facebook can claim many things, from defeating the Nazis (http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3523.html) to recruiting spies (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20914/53/) and even helping to elect...

Now that could be cool, or maybe not: a whole new look to the MacOS desktop could be on the cards after Apple puts in a patent application for a 'Multi-Dimensional Desktop.'

The patent...

Following the publication (http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=27494718-77f6-4cd9-976f-ecc9c13f7559) of the second quarter and half year results to September 30, 2008 it...

With the gadgets sadly lacking from the latest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, I am glad to report that a British company that specializes in bringing unlikely innovation to market has stood up...

The actual Patent title reads "Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof" but PANTS is much snappier don't you think? That's Personal Area Network Technology Systems in...

A few months ago News Corporation announced that it was taking on Apple in the music downloads marketplace. Chris DeWolfe, the CEO of MySpace, said it would be starting up a one-stop music shop...

According to IT Pro (http://www.itpro.co.uk/606135/bt-victim-of-2-million-network-exchange-theft) the BT exchange in Mayfair, London has been the victim of a well executed heist. The London exchange...

New laws have just come into force in the UK which apply to motorists who cause death as a result of careless driving. The Road Safety Act 2006 has been changed to incorporate distractions such as...

According to The Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/07/31/dlyoutube131.xml) newspaper here in the UK, British Members of Parliament are kicking up a right...

Sometimes I am left almost loss for words, and today is one of them. Judge Louis Stanton gave a ruling in the federal court for the Southern District of New York which has, quite frankly, dismissed...

Apple has rolled no less than 25 patches into the Mac OS X 10.5.4 Leopard update (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/) that was announced yesterday. These address a number of Ruby...

The official US PlayStation 3 blog has posted a confirmation (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/06/17/firmware-v236-coming-soon-v240-to-include-trophies-in-game-xmb/) of the forthcoming firmware...

Not a fan then? :)

Sky News reports (http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91221-1319525,00.html?f=rss) that there are less than 100 days to go before Europeans have to start disposing of their old batteries in a more...

An employee of the Northern Trust Bank in Naples, California apparently stole a number of bank owned computers which he then either sold to his co-workers, pawned or auctioned off on eBay. The 34...

According to some online reports (http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/28/allergies-caused-ipods-mobiles) it seems that those of us who suffer from seasonal allergies, which we...

Well it was news to me :)

How cool is that? A financial software programmer has put his coding skills to good use by hacking into a popular video game and adding an Easter Egg with a twist. Hold on a minute, you are probably...

Oh the irony.

According to The Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/30/sony-bmg-sued-nicking-software) and others...

According to a report by the Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/facebook-friends-not-real-judge/2008/03/27/1206207279597.html) a UK judge has ruled, as part of a harassment...

Mac OS X is not, on the whole, known as an OS which attracts too many problems when it comes to malware. However, in the last few days there has been something of a scare involving the Immunizator...