Vodafone has launched a Google Maps/Twitter mashup that allows Brits to post where they're going on holiday this summer. It's an attempt to make more of a fuss out of the fact that the company is abolishing roaming charges for the summer.

They've...

Google has announced that it's created a mobile version of iGoogle - its personalised homepage service - customised for the iPhone and Android platforms.

The current implementation of iGoogle on mobile phones leaves quite a bit to be desired,...

Until now, it was difficult to completely anonymise your browsing and filesharing habits. VPN services were available for a small fee each month, but most people rely on the sheer volume of filesharing traffic to keep themselves relatively anonymous in...

The launch of Twitter's "verified accounts" functionality was promised to us earlier in the week, and here it is. Various celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, MC Hammer and Ashton Kutcher have now got "verified" badges next to their names.

In response to the EU's antitrust case against Microsoft many years ago, the company has announced that it won't be bundling Internet Explorer by default with Windows 7.

Instead, it'll provide an IE-less version to manufactuers, who'll then...

Sharp has developed new LED technology that'll allow you to control the colour of your lightbulbs via remote control. As a bonus, you'll be able to cut out the frequencies that attract insects.

The 560-lumen Sharp DL-L60AV looks very similar...

Verbatim has announced the release of two new gaming headsets that claim to offer first-class sound quality and improved gaming performance.

The Rapier USB Gaming Headset's big feature is vibration. The company says that an integrated bass...

Shure has announced a new pair of headphones at the London International Music Show. The SRH240s are targeted at consumers and the company says they're for "general listening".

Although Shure has been making earbuds for some time, the SRH240s...

Denon has announced the latest addition to its headphone lineup - the AH-C710 earbuds.

The earphones feature an ergonomic design, a "radial cascade damper", which apparently reduces cable noise, and an acoustic optimizer that adjusts sound...

Opera, the company behind the web browser of the same name, has a surprise up its sleeve. It's got a page on its site labelled "freedom" announcing that "on June 16th at 9:00 a.m (CEDT), we will reinvent the Web".

The company recently issued...

We're getting reports that between midnight and 5.30 am on 11 June, Amazon customers were able to purchase MP3 downloads for absolutely nothing, with the charges removed from the bill as a "Promotion"

A poster, "Dumpling", on the HotUKDeals...

Controversial software that screens out "offensive material" from the internet, better known as "Green Dam", has been shown to have security flaws that could lead to the computer being taken over by malicious hackers.

The government has mandated...

Late last year, Microsoft promised that we'd all be getting free antivirus around the middle of 2009. Right on schedule, it appears that it's nearly here.

Microsoft is preparing to unveil a free anti-virus product, that'll be appearing in...

Nine people are being held in custody after allegedly earning $300,000 by buying their own records from iTunes and Amazon with stolen credit cards.

The gang supposedly used a US company to upload tracks to iTunes and Amazon.com, and then...

Firefox has announced that it's launching Add-on Collections - the ability for users to bundle extensions together for other users. The company hope that it'll help expose more niche content to more users.

Some sample ones have been created,...

Last.fm's founders Felix, RJ and Martin have announced that they're going to be leaving the company. In a blog post, the founders said that they were "extremely proud of what we’ve achieved together".

The company was bought by CBS in 2007,...

Eye-Fi has announced a new product for professional photographers - the Eye-Fi Pro. Like their other products, the Pro is an SDHC card that lets users upload pictures to the internet straight from their camera.

The Pro supports RAW, JPEG...

Phone company and ISP BT has called on the BBC to contribute to the costs that ISPs incur due to its iPlayer, saying that the Beeb "can't expect to continue to get a free ride".

Many ISPs have complained in the past about the bandwidth that...

Microsoft and Google have been trading blows over their recently announced products, with Microsoft calling Wave "anti-web", and Google dismissing Bing as something Microsoft does "about once a year".

First was Microsoft's chief software...

Finnish cellphone giant Nokia says that it's developing technology which will allow phones to be charged via the ambient electromagnetic that surrounds all of us. Energy from Wi-Fi, phone masts, TV transmitters, and all sorts of other sources could be...

The new iPhone operating system that'll be available on 17 June has leaked early to torrent sites. The build, labelled 7a341 can be installed on any iPhone.

We don't really recommend you give this a shot, as it's only a week until the update...

In a further expansion of the mobile music sector, and following the recent announcement of mobile apps from Spotify and We7, Napster has joined the party.

It's currently recruiting a software engineer via Craigslist, looking for someone...

Thrustmaster has announced the launch of the "Tennis Duo Pack NW", which is a pair of tennis rackets for use with Wii Sports. But these aren't just your average plastic jobbies - they're proper rackets with strings and a shockproof frame.

The...

The English language now contains one million words, claims the Global Language Monitor, based in Texas. A new word is added to the language every 98 minutes - 14. 7 times a day.

The one millionth word is "Web 2.0", but could have been a...

Garmin has launched a series of downloadable CityXplorer guides for its nüvi 1200, 1300 and 1400 series of sat-navs. They aim to assist tourists in foreign cities by showing them local landmarks.

Unlike most sat-navs, the CityXplorer guides...