UK authorities battle with Apple over '4G' claimsApple said it would (and has) removed any reference to '4G' on its UK website after complaints rolled in over lack of 4G connectivity. Except, it hasn't.April 30, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Mobility
Australia to question Microsoft, Apple, others in 'price gouging' probeAustralia's parliament will hold an inquiry to determine why major digital content providers are charging significantly more for content than elsewhere in the world.April 30, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Microsoft
10 million face 'Pirate Bay' block after UK court rulesA court in the UK has issued a ruling that the file-sharing site, Pirate Bay, is illegal and must be blocked by UK broadband providers.April 30, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Networking
Visa to launch V.me digital wallet by late 2012Visa's V.me mobile wallet service will launch in three European countries by fall 2012. But it arrives late to the game and faces stiff competition from rivals.April 30, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Enterprise Software
Academics: If an app doesn't go viral, there's no point in making itIn written evidence to a UK Parliamentary committee, the UK's top computer scientists and academics claim mobile applications are not strong sources for money-making.April 27, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Mobility
Google's "Zerg rush" Easter egg game eats up search resultsThe battle of the Zergs is on, as Google installs a new Easter egg to waste millions of global productivity hours. Kill the rogue letters and stop them destroying your search results!April 26, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Google
UK's anti-piracy law delayed: 'Three-strike' warnings on holdProvisions in the UK's anti-piracy law to cut off repeat copyright infringers and file-sharers from the Web have been delayed again, this time until 2014.April 25, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Security
Intel to appeal EU antitrust fineIntel will appeal a European Commission fine against the company in 2009, for breaching antitrust and competition laws for blocking AMD sales and harming the rival chipmaker. April 25, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Security
Why you can't post London Olympics photos, videos onlineTaking a photo of your favourite athlete at this year's Olympics could land you in trouble. But Olympic organisers said that enforcing social media rules is impossible.April 24, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Social Media
If you have something to hide from the government, don't use Google DriveJust as with Dropbox, SkyDrive, or any other cloud service provider, if you have something to hide from the government, don't put it in the cloud. Here's why. April 24, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Storage
Google unzips homepage for inventive doodleGoogle's Doodle for the day turns the front page of the search engine into a rather fun zipper, in honour of the man who invented the more-difficult-than-thought device. April 23, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Google
Netflix's European dilemma: Stick it out, expand, or go home?Netflix takes another profit bullet for the UK and Ireland, as its international expansion does better than expected, but still lost money. Should it stay or should it go?April 23, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Hardware
Did the U.S. 'blackmail' the EU over passenger data: No deal, no entry?If the EU did not pass a controversial data sharing deal with the U.S. government, it may have meant non-visa holders may have been turned away from the land of the free.April 23, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Enterprise Software
Aviva mistakenly sacks 1,300 employees by emailUK insurance giant Aviva mistakenly sacks 1,300 of its employees in a rogue email. The email was only meant to go to one employee. Wait, people are still being sacked by email?April 22, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Collaboration
UK regulator to probe Sky News over email hackingBritish news agency Sky News is to be investigated by the UK's communications regulator after it admitted to hacking into two email accounts to generate a story.April 22, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Security