Microsoft preps Windows Mobile 7, Zune phone

Microsoft is preparing Windows Mobile 7 for its official debut at the Mobile World Congress in March.

Apple prototype tablet images hit the 'Net

Engadget has managed to obtain at least two images of what appears to be a  prototype Apple tablet, or what may be a tablet "bolted down" to a table.

Second man admits attack on Scientologists

A second man has admitted taking part in a DDoS attack on the Church of Scientology's website.

EU to investigate Virgin Media surveillance

The European Commission is to investigate Virgin Media's decision to use piracy detection software, following a complaint by Privacy International.

Avatar is bad news for movie lovers

While the world struggles to find new adjectives to describe the wonderfulosity of James Cameron's 3D epic, Avatar, the more sober amongst us reckon that film lovers should be afraid - very afraid - of what its runaway success means.

Sun's McNealy says goodbye

Goodbyes are proverbially hard to say, but Sun Microsystems' cofounder and chairman Scott McNealy has had no problems.

Hah! Rock 'n roll generation has really good hearing

Your mother was wrong, and now you can prove it. All that loud music probably hasn't done your hearing any harm at all.

Laughter is a universal language

Laugh, and the world laughs with you: a new study suggests that both laughing and crying are universal across cultures.

Obama expected to scrap moon plans

The dream is over: Barak Obama's NASA budget proposal, due Monday, looks unlikely to make any provision for returning men to the moon.

Google says software patch could help fix Nexus One woes

Google has pledged to release a software patch that could help improve spotty 3G coverage on its flagship Nexus One smartphone.

China lashes out at Google

The Chinese are no longer playing a game of whispers when it comes to mouthing off about Google’s smackdown two weeks ago, with the country’s media now openly dissing the Internet giant, and the US government too for good measure.

HP and Microsoft crash Apple’s tablet party

Hewlett Packard has crashed Apple’s noisy tablet party by offering a detailed glimpse of its own shiny Slate device on YouTube.

Everything everybody doesn't know about the Apple Tablet

Think you know everything about the engimatic Apple tablet? Well, think again, because there is a lot you probably don't. And there a lot of people guessing the answers. Here's our roundup of the latest and greatest Apple tablet speculation.

Android apps more expensive in Europe

Continental Europe, as every backpacker knows, aint cheap, and that includes its Android apps according to analytics outfit, Distimo, which found publishers in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Holland and Spain flogging their mobile wares for significantly more than their cheaper US, UK and Japanese counterparts.

Engage! Bioware launches Mass Effect 2

Bioware's long-awaited Mass Effect 2 has received rave reviews from a number of prominent journalists, including Ben Kuchera of Ars Technia who described the game as "richly woven" and "utterly" fascinating.

X86 processor market limps towards recovery

The X86 processor market has begun to exhibit telltale signs of recovery from the devastating global economic recession.

Google snubs Apple with web-based iPhone Voice app

Google has launched a mobile web version of its popular Voice application for the iPhone and Palm Web OS devices.

What's the Apple Tablet? It will be well designed

The New Scientist has an interesting take on the launch of Apple's by now very renowned tablet PC - it's pieced together a number of patents that suggest just what kind of a machine it is. Then we can add to the speculative mix all that stuff on Flurry yesterday about  the kind of applications that are likely to be used.

Girls' fear of math is learned from their teachers

Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math pass on their fears to the girls that they teach.

Men don't feel guilty enough

Men are insensitive bastards, according to a new study, which finds they feel much less guilt than women.