Steak and cheese internet dinner traps fraudster

The US' Internal Revenue Service claims to have caught a pair of serial ID fraudsters by using some simple detective work on an Instagram picture of a steak and cheese dinner.

Samsung claims it's on 5G trail

Although many countries around the world have struggled to get 4G widely available, Samsung has claimed it has made a major breakthrough at the core of 5G, the next generation of mobile communications.

Now the US taxman probes Google

The world's tax men are ganging up to take on the creative accountants at the likes of Google, who have been allegedly engineering some fairly staggering tax evasion moves.

Microsoft is lagging Linux

Microsoft's kernel is falling behind Linux because of a cultural problem at the Volehill of Redmond, claims one of its developers.

Facebook scammers target religion

Facebook scammers are increasingly trying to imitate American religious leaders and rake in some easy money.

Copyright trolls rock and roll in Georgia

If you want to know the standard of legal arguments among the copyright patent trolls, you need look no further than the Prenda case in Georgia.

Apple loses dominance with iPhone

More figures are proving to a shell shocked Apple loving press that the overly hyped iPhone is slowly dying and is set to fall behind Microsoft.

Microsoft fights back over Windows 8

Software giant Microsoft appears to have finally lost its rag over the large number of critics bashing its flagship Windows 8.

Acer PC sales slump

Acer seems to be getting the worst of the PC slump. Friday the company reported its April sales plunged 18.8 percent from a year ago, Reuters reports.

KDDI AU Smart TV Android-powered TV stick rocks a TI OMAP 4430 processor

One of the busiest segments of the Android market is TV/PCs-on-a-stick, with a variety of devices constantly rolling out from various overseas manufacturers.

Physical Google Wallet is dust

Google is planning to revamp its Google Wallet digital payments platform at Google I/O. However, it seems plans for a physical credit card have been shelved, at least for the time being.

Sharp slashes 5,000 jobs

Sharp is planning to let go 5,000 workers over the next three years. Most of the cuts are expected at overseas plans in China and Malaysia. 

TSMC ready for 18 inch wafers

Foundry-for-hire TSMC has reiterated plans to build its first 450mm wafer plant by 2017.
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Chen

Nvidia does better than analysts expected

Graphics chip maker Nvidia has done a lot better than analysts were expecting and announced third quarter results which are not that bad.

Apple iPads could be bad for your heart

Apple fanboys, with heart conditions, who take their iPads to bed with them, could find that their next rounded rectangle is a coffin.

World of Warcraft is fading away

The age of World of Warcraft is finally coming to an end.
Michael Dell

Michael Dell deal faces further obstacles

Michael Dell and his Silver Lake cash cow pal have been dealt a potential blow in their bid to buyout Dell.

Chromebook is no Windows killer

Once touted as Google's great white hope, it appears that Chromebooks are becoming a great white shark to the company's bottom line.
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany

Germany gears up for cyber war

The German Army held its first cyber warfare military exercise open to the public earlier this week and a select core of tech hacks were there to see what it was all about.

USA tops on internet front: Antarctica not far behind

The CIA World Factbook is a really useful resource for discovering information about places you’ve never been.