REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave the world the first look at its new game console on Tuesday, hoping the newly named Xbox One will build on a solid core of gamer fans and become a hub for living room e ...

Microsoft unveils the third generation of its video games console in an event at its headquarters at Redmond, Washington. ...

Apple chief executive Tim Cook is expected to defend the tech giant's tax strategy during a Senate grilling. ...

A cyclist says he is lucky to be alive after he was hit by a car whose driver is later believed to have tweeted about the crash. ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. ...

Yahoo revamps its Flickr photo-sharing service, offering users up to 1TB of storage if they accept adverts. ...

Facebook tells Newsbeat it will not rush a review of violent content after beheading videos were removed from the site. ...

The US military's wireless internet service inside Guantanamo Bay has been shut down following threats by Anonymous hackers ...

Big UK net firms have begun blocking access to two movie streaming sites accused of flouting copyright laws. ...

Vodafone's full-year sales slip for the first time in eight years as tough economic conditions in Europe take their toll on customers. ...

A study showing how ants tunnel their way through confined spaces could aid the design of search and rescue robots, say scientists. ...

Apple is accused of being "among America's largest tax avoiders" by a Senate committee, who says the company avoided paying billions of dollars in US taxes. ...

Yahoo says its $1.1bn (£723m) purchase of blogging platform Tumblr will boost its revenue as soon as 2014. ...

A review of BBC Online and the Red Button service by the BBC Trust finds audiences are served well but BBC Online has failed to hit its reach target. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two of the nation's biggest online food delivery businesses said they are merging in a deal that they hope will drive more orders, in more cities, through their platforms. ...

A smartphone created by former Nokia employees is unveiled ahead of its release later this year. ...

(Reuters) - Websense Inc said it had agreed to be taken private by Vista Equity Partners in a deal that values the online security firm at about $907 million. ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses. ...

ST. LOUIS, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - U.S. authorities have seized two accounts linked to a major operator in the booming Bitcoin digital currency market, Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox. The move may prevent the fi ...

State-sponsored hackers are renewing their attacks on the US after a three-month hiatus, according to the New York Times. ...

Up to 22 million login names may have been stolen during a hack attack on Yahoo Japan, the web firm warns. ...

GPS data could provide faster and more accurate early warning systems for tsunamis, a German team of scientists suggest. ...

Scientists in Glasgow have discovered a low-cost way to create 3D images, capable of sensing frequencies beyond visible light. ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have given some of Google's rivals more time to study its proposals to settle anti-competitive complaints, which could provide more leverage to pry further concessions from th ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters. ...

(Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media i ...

Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say. ...

Some people are "put off" making important calls because of confusion over the amount they will be charged, according to the telecoms regulator. ...

US politicians are seeking reassurances from Google that its smart spectacles will respect personal privacy. ...

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt defends the company's tax affairs after it comes in for strong criticism from MPs. ...

Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research. ...

An IT manager who grew frustrated with call centre menus has catalogued shortcuts to thousands of phone services ...

Vodafone has hired Phillipp Humm, who was until earlier this week the chief of T-Mobile USA, to head up its northern and... ...

Google has released an iOS version of its Chrome browser, after taking the Android version out of beta earlier this... ...

Games giant EA has revealed that it currently has no games in development for Nintendo's Wii U console. ...

YouTube is demanding Microsoft removes a Windows Phone 8 YouTube app, saying it violates its terms of service. ...

Dell reports a 79% fall in quarterly profits to $130m (£85m) amid falling computer sales and a takeover battle. ...

The internet giant Google has been challenged by MPs over the way it reports its income for tax. ...

The EU warns it may investigate claims that Chinese telecom firms have been paid subsidies, allowing them to flood markets with cheap equipment. ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former Groupon Inc. Chief Executive Andrew Mason is moving to San Francisco to start a company after recently recording an album of "motivational business music," according to an update on his b ...

Yahoo's board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m; 857m euros), US media reports say. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail terms on Thursday. ...

Fan anger after Nintendo confirms it will profit from advertisements placed on gameplay videos uploaded by gamers. ...

British hackers who were behind a series of high profile cyber-attacks in 2011 have been sentenced at a hearing in London. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A retired British politician sued the wife of the House of Commons Speaker for defamation on Thursday, accusing her of implying in a tweet that he was a pedophile guilty of sexually abusing boys living ...

A service allowing fans to club together to pay bands to play gigs at their request has been launched. ...

A $15m computer that uses "quantum physics" effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility. ...

Virgin Media has now turned on free Wi-Fi service at 38 Tube stations, as the London Underground gets ready for the... ...

The continuing NatWest debacle has highlighted the IT systems risks faced by British banks, springing from a lack of investment in back-office staff and a reluctance to abandon legacy systems(ZDNet UK - IT Strategy) ...

BT has renamed its BT Fon and BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspot network simply 'BT Wi-Fi' in an effort to make it less confusing... ...

The Nexus 7 is the first tablet that Google will sell directly to the public, starting at £159 for the quad-core device running the next version of Android, Jelly Bean(ZDNet UK - Mobile Devices) ...

Google co-founder Sergey Brin employed cyclists and skydivers in an elaborate show to highlight the powers of the company's Project Glass computerised glasses, at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco(ZDNet UK - Eme ...

The next version of Android, which will debut on Google's own Nexus 7 tablet, promises better voice-driven search to take on Apple's Siri, as well as a personal assistant tool and key features for developers(ZDNet UK - M ...

France's Minitel system, which provided online services for millions of people in pre-web days, is to be shut down on... ...

Google's network-enabled, computerised glasses

The Digital Economy Act is 'back', not that it ever went away. It's only been dormant, and for now it remains so, but... ...

The war of the supercomputers is back on. Japan Times is today reporting that Fujitsu's President Masami Yamamoto... ...

HP Labs is using randomisation to divorce applications from their infrastructure, in an attempt to prevent hackers from mapping out an approach and so make it harder to mount targeted attacks(ZDNet UK - Emerging Tech) .. ...

An unknown number of NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank customers are continuing to experience problems with payments into and... ...

The OpenShift development platform will move to FreeShift, a free service, and MegaShift, a subscription-based platform(ZDNet UK - Application Development) ...