Telesign, creators of voice-based authentication software, was so confident of its StrongWebMail.com webmail site, recently launched, that it set up a prize fund of $10,000 for anyone able to break into it successfully.

Only a week later,...

iPhone OS too flashy for you? Windows Mobile doesn't run enough applications? Not a fan of Android, Symbian or webOS either? Chinese company "In Technology" has created a phone that runs Windows XP.

Believed to be the first XP-packing handset...

Klipsch has announced that its hand-built Heritage range of speakers is returning to the UK, more than 60 years after it was originally introduced in 1946.

Four loudspeakers comprise the range. The Klipschorn is the daddy of the group, standing...

The UK government's culture secretary, Andy Burnham, has announced that "technical measures" may be implemented, as part of the fight against illegal file-sharing.

Later this month, Lord Carter's "Digital Britain" report is due, and the measures...

The Nokia N97, as Pocket-lint has previously reported, comes in white and black. It's a simple preference. Personally, we like the black variant better, but if you disagree and absolutely need to have the white one, then you might want to know that the...

BenQ, the Taiwanese company best known for its monitors and projectors, has plans to launch a smartphone and a netbook in 2010, both based on Google's Android operating system.

It's not the first time BenQ has dabbled in mobiles and netbooks....

Google has made early builds of Chrome for Mac and Linux available on its Chromium blog. However, it's warned that they're aimed at developers, "incomplete" and "unpredictable".

So much so that Google has issued a warning, all in caps, saying...

After Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, stood down in January for what he claimed was going to be just 6 months, some analysts suggested that we wouldn't see him back, that this was a convenient way of retiring the celebrity CEO.

But it appears that...

Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, has told the Financial Times that his company tried out similar technology to Microsoft and Sony's new camera controls, but that the results turned out better with the accelerometers that the Wii currently uses.

Spotify has agreed a deal with Ditto Music, a digital distribution service that aims to give unsigned bands access to sites like Amazon MP3, iTunes and now Spotify for as little as £2 a month.

Small and large bands use Ditto Music to self-release...

Internet giant Google has recently been faced with a few upstarts in the search area, namely Wolfram Alpha and Microsoft's "Bing", both of which attempt to categorise results, rather than just providing a list of links.

While we at Pocket-lint...

Sony has triumphed in a survey which asked teens to rate brands in different categories. Apple, Nokia and MySpace scored well, too.

The Global Habbo Youth Survey Brand Update 2009, which is a bit of a mouthful, surveyed 112,000 teens across...

Chip manufacturer Intel has bought embedded software maker Wind River Systems for $884 million in cash.

The company works primarily with wireless products and embedded systems, and helps other companies develop the software to manage them....

Software company Moonfruit has announced that its website builder product has been updated to include integration with Facebook and Twitter.

The service is targeted at entrepreneurs such as freelance photographers and designers, who want...

One of the best things Microsoft ever did for PC gaming was the creation of DirectX. It unified a set of diverse and tricksy APIs into one package that gamers could download to make sure games worked on their hardware, so long as it was fast enough.

Sony Ericsson is launching a music-based entertainment program, which you'll be able to watch on your handset or on YouTube. It's called Pocket TV.

The show will feature interviews, live sessions and behind-the-scenes features with bands....

LG has announced its second series of digital Freeview+ DVD recorders with built-in disk drive, starting with the RHT497H.

The new product can receive 40 freeview channels, pause and review live TV and contains a 160GB hard drive, which will...

Google has announced the release of a mobile application for Symbian S60 phones, which will include most Nokia handsets. The application offers search as well as links and updates to other Google mobile applications.

It mirrors the BlackBerry...

Sony Ericsson has announced a new environmental initiative called "Greenheart". It applies across the whole range of the company's phones, though there will also be some special handsets that are extra-green.

When announcing the move, the...

Alternative browser Opera has hit a milestone in its testing of version 10, and has issued a public beta for you to try out.

The update adds a new skin, Windows 7-style visual tabs, turbo compression for browsing on slow connections, auto-update...

Take a second to think about the computer you're reading this on. If it was lost or stolen, would you be losing important information? Could it be a security risk?

HP has announced that it's going to be offering a new optional service with...

Logitech has just announced its Flight System G940 at E3. It's the company's first force-feedback flight sim controller device, apparently inspired by military and commercial planes and helicopters.

The three-component Logitech Flight System...

BT, Britain's biggest broadband supplier, has been accused of limiting streaming video speeds at peak times, which is having a negative effect on iPlayer viewing for its customers.

A customer on BT's Option 1 deal with an 8Mbps line could...

Tiscali has announced that it will be rolling out a new electronic programme guide, or EPG, on 10 June. The company promises benefits in speed and usability.

The new software is designed specially for widescreen, high definition televisions,...

Ding! Napster is now 10 years old, which means that if you remember using it in its original form then you're officially old. The file-sharing network that began the downfall of major music labels has celebrated with a post on its blog from CEO Chris...