With voice searches becoming a staple after the release of Siri, The Bing Speech Team and Microsoft Research have developed an improved system to more accurately and quickly return search results. More...
Microsoft put itself squarely in the firing line with the recent Xbox One announcements around well, DRM. But the question remains, will consumer pressure make them change their policies and tactics? More...
The Windows Phone platform is slowly but surely getting the same, popular, apps that both Android and iOS have, but an official Instagram app is still missing. Has it just shown up in an advert? More...
Windows Phone Blog and We Are Juxt have got together to host a Twitter party in which one lucky participant will come away with a brand spanking new Nokia Lumia 928! More...
A Florida man has been arrested for storing over 3,000 images of child erotic in his SkyDrive account thanks to a tip off from Microsoft's internal security operations. More...
With Windows Phone 8 due to support larger screens and 1080p, the operating system's UI could be getting a slight makeover, adding an extra column of tiles being to the Start screen. More...
If you're Apple, you're either celebrating or accepting that you're part of the trend. Gartner and IDC have released sales figures showing Apple's US PC shipments is both up and down respectively. More...
It's something that no man wants to hear; it seems size does matter. Samsung have just announced two new phablets in the form of the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Galaxy Mega 5.8 which will arrive in May. More...
With cloud based storage & sharing becoming ever present in the home, Dropbox are venturing into the corporate world by introducing Dropbox for Business, adding security and collaborative features. More...
While we understand that any job or role bring can have negatives, for part two of our guide, we want to talk about the negative aspects and expectations in IT and what you can do to combat them. More...
While it's not uncommon for Apple to ban certain content from the App Store, it has banned the latest instalment in the popular SAGA comic series for its inclusion of images depicting gay sex. More...
A recent survey, by job and career community Glassdoor, has listed Facebook as the number 1 employer in the world, with Google managing 6th and Microsoft not even listed in the top 50 list. More...
Rumours are flying around that Google is in talks to purchase WhatsApp, expanding their services into the mobile messaging space, and to further develop their rumoured Google Babble service. More...
BlackBerry has been dealt a blow in the public sector with the US Department of Defense opting to deploy Apple iPhones, instead of BB10 devices, due to device incompatibility. More...
Recently removed from the Google Play store along with all other adblocking apps, Adblock Plus, is back on Android handsets. However users will have to side-load the app to use it. More...
Google is promoting its recently launched Chrome Web Speech API by encouraging users to try out its capabilities by making a silent movie through the website The Peanut Gallery. More...
While Bill Gates has said before that politics is a path he isn't looking to become active in, he has once again been quizzed on whether the Oval Office would be one he would like to work from. More...
Google may be spring cleaning at the moment, but it looks like a previously retired service might be getting a new lease of life in the form of note taking app Google Keep. More...
With IT emerging as a feasible career choice for anyone with some common computer knowledge we look the options available to you. In this first part, it's all about choosing the right path. More...
HP have come out and said that they are going to focus more on mobile computing products, now that the tablet and smartphone market has moved “very fast,” according to CEO Meg Whitman. More...
Microsoft are celebrating Windows 8's four month anniversary by giving you the opportunity to bag yourself a few prizes. All you need to do is share your Windows 8 stories with the world! More...
HPs webOS has endured a difficult time. Hopes were pinned on it driving HPs hardware, but they never transpired. Instead, the OS went open source late last year, but has now been acquired by LG. More...
Apple has been riding a tidal wave of success that started with the iPod in the early 2000s. But with increased competition from Google & Microsoft in the mobile space, where does Apple's future lie. More...
Google has made a bit of a boob(le) and the sent personal information of users who purchased an app to the developer of that app; and it's enough for the dev to contact the users directly. More...
Adobe has responded to the parliamentary summons, around the IT pricing inquiry in Australia, by reducing the cost of its Creative Cloud subscription by AU$13 per month. More...
Until now, they have been avoiding the politcians, but the Australian government has demanded that Adobe, Apple and Microsoft all attend hearings around the IT pricing inquiry. More...
HTC are riding the wave of success with their latest line of Windows Phone 8 devices. Already available in four delightful colours, a new white 8X might be about to hit the shelves. More...
Now in its tenth year, Safer Internet Day is back promoting online safety for children and young adults with the theme “Online rights and responsibilities” and taglines like “Connect with respect." More...
With Windows Phone getting strong reviews and market share slowly starting to rise, a survey indicates that 19% of people considering a new smartphone will turn to the Windows Phone platform. More...
If Apple or Samsung were boxers, we'd have had a knock out by now, surely. But in yet another twist to in the tale, Samsung has been denied a retrial by presiding Judge, Lucy Koh. More...
Microsoft has decided to get the jump on the annual spring clean sessions by offering a variety of new official themes for Windows 8, and wallpapers for users of earlier Windows versions, to download. More...
Apple could be preparing to add another iPad to the mix, but not a fifth generation model. Evidence from iOs 6.1 and iTunes 11 actually point to a potential 128 GB iOS device being available. More...
With Samsung lighting the touch paper for the phablet phenomenon with the Galaxy Note, Sony is the latest company to get in on the action with an image of a 6.44 inch phablet leaking to the internet. More...
With a little help from the impending Unicorn Apocalypse, Samsung show that it is ready for the enterprise with security and workflow features of the Galaxy S III and Note 2 offered out of the box. More...
When Windows 8 arrived it divided opinion amongst everyone that used it. That is still the same three months after general release, but I want to stick up for the OS and touch upon why I love it. More...
With talks of a Dell buyout breaking earlier this week, it looks like Silver Lakes, the private equity firm looking to complete the deal, has four major banks lined up to finance the deal. More...
Nokia started their Lumia TV advertising campaign with the “It's time to #Switch” tag line. But it's been noted that their advert shares more than an OS in common with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 ads. More...
It's been well documented that Windows Phone 8 runs on the NT kernel, the same as Windows 8. But how would you react to a desktop error message appearing on your phone handset? More...
It is with great sadness that Aaron Swartz, the co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification and one of the three Reddit co-owners, has taken his own life at the age of relatively young 26. More...
The Nokia Lumia 920 has been used to advertise Dutch telecoms company KPN, and their 4G capabilities, by using 875 of the phones to create one giant video screen, 25 x 35 devices in size. More...
Lenovo has lifted the lid on the successor to the K800 Intel powered smartphone, the IdeaPhone K900. Powered by the newest 2GHz dual-core Atoms, this 5.5” monster will debut in China in April. More...
Samsung are pushing the boundaries of home entertainment yet again, this time debuting a 55” curved OLED TV at CES that promises a “panorama effect” and “IMAX-like” experiences. More...
With Samsung's latest financial report showing dominance in the smartphone market, it seems Apple may consider introducing a less expensive model of iPhone to compete with the budget Android market. More...
Samsung, unlike some mobile manufacturers, are celebrating a fifth consecutive record profit for Q4 2012. The reason? The Galaxy range of phones and tablets selling in their droves of course! More...
Smartphone OS competition is growing, and Ubuntu has thrown its hat into the ring with their mobile OS. Now it's been announced that the Galaxy Nexus image of the OS will be available in February. More...
Windows Phone 8 is getting a new handset manufacturer. Huawei has announced, and shown off, the Ascend W1 a more budget friendly handset set to rival the Lumia 820 and the HTC 8S. More...
Well, it was going to happen, the argument over super skinny versus plus sizes has finally spilled into the tech world with the unveiling of the ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Idol Ultra smartphone. More...
HTC - Quietly brilliant yes, but publicly haemorrhaging money. A 91% drop in profits for Q4 of 2012 has been announced, but CEO Peter Chou is optimistic for 2013 after a rough 2012. More...
The New Year is bringing new data speeds for the techie in all of us drool. This time we are getting a new USB 3.0 speed, taking the current ‘SuperSpeed' 5 Gbps to the double figures of 10 Gbps. More...
Not a day goes by without a story or fleeting comment on Windows 8's negative sales. Now the New York Times has added “shaky” and “tepid” to the list, but is the overall picture that disappointing? More...