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Is Kodak coming back?

Twenty years ago you couldn't help but marvel at the site of a stadium twinkling with thousands upon thousands of camera flashes and wonder just how much money Kodak was raking in. This year the last roll of 35mm Kodachrome colour film will leave the production line,...

Xbox 360 Dashboard preview program reopens

Microsoft has, just like earlier in the year, offered its users the chance to take a look at the forthcoming dashboard upgrade a little early in the hope of getting rid of any bugs that testers might not have spotted.

The next version of the dashboard will have,...

Facebook improves system to report offensive behaviour

Following some tragic news regarding the negative side of Facebook, the social networking site has announced it has improved its process to better respond to offensive behaviour on the site.

In a blog post, Facebook says: "While only a small fraction of people...

Is Spotify coming to the PS3?

It's no great secret that Spotify is expanding sideways at a rate of knots. Now that it's got its core desktop music-streaming experience locked down, it wants more little added benefits that it can turn over to premium subscribers to convince them to shell out an tenner...

Fugitive caught after Facebook updates

Maxi Sopo, a Camaroon-born fraudster on the run from US authorities, has been arrested in the Mexican beach resort of Cancun after posting about what a lovely time he was having in a series of Facebook status updates.

The updates were seen by a former US Justice...

Facebook poke lands woman in court

A Tennessee woman is facing jail time thanks to a simple Facebook poke. Shannon D. Jackson, of Hendersonville, TN, has been arrested and sent to the Sumner County Jail after she poked another woman on Facebook, violating the terms of a court order that stated: "no telephoning,...

VIDEO: Coke using Facebook to find your evil twin

Coke is launching a "worldwide social networking experiment", otherwise known as a publicity stunt, to help people find their doppelgangers.

With the laughably tenuous link that "if Coke Zero has Coke's taste, isn't it possible someone out there has your face?",...

Sony Ericsson T715 gets integrated Twitter app on 3

3, no stranger to Twitter-friendly phones, has announced it is to offer a special version of the Sony Ericsson T715, featuring an integrated Twitter application that is available only on its network. 

The integrated Twitter application gives users one click...

Facebook now available in Latin

As well as upside-down English and pirate, Facebook is now available in the mother of all romance tongues, Latin.

In a blog post, the social networking site says: "Most of the time when we stumble upon a Latin phrase, it's etched in stone: carved in the hallways...

Playfish debuts Quiztastic Facebook game

Playfish has launched another casual game to appeal to the masses on Facebook. This one's called Quiztastic and lets players create and customise a TV-style quiz show to play against friends and Playfish users.

Playfish doesn't seem to be doing too badly out...

Sky Player coming to Xbox 360 in October?

It's rumoured that the next Xbox 360 update will be arriving in October. The October issue of Sky Magazine says that the Sky Player will be avaialble to download on the console, and a web address that the publication links to also features "OCT" in the url.

The...

3 Free Agent programme goes live

3 has announced it will be offering consumers the chance to earn cash by promoting free Pay As You Go SIMs to their friends and family using social networks.

The "3 Free Agent" programme is said to be the first scheme of this kind available in the UK.

VIDEO: SocialSafe launches Facebook backup software

What happens if Facebook goes down, permanently? Think about it - how many pictures have you got on there? How many people are you only in touch with on the social network? What would happen if, suddenly, access to all that was withdrawn?

That's the question...

Facebook goes Labs with new "Prototypes" options

Facebook is taking a leaf out of Google's book, offering experimental features for the social networking site under the new "Prototypes" scheme.

Like Google's "Labs" options, popular in Gmail, the US company says: "Facebook Prototypes let us share the experimentation...

Facebook's population tops 300 million

Facebook has revealed its online population has just hit the 300 million mark.

In a blog post, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says: "It's a large number, but the way we think about this is that we're just getting started on our goal of connecting everyone".

Facebook Lite launches

Facebook has rolled out a faster version of Facebook in the States, and in India.

"Facebook Lite", is a stripped down version of the social networking site said to be originally created for countries where internet access is slow.

Despite this...

Facebook adds @ mentions in status updates

Facebook is continuing its attack on Twitter with the introduction of a new @ feature that apes @ replies in Twitter.

Claiming that one of the "most popular features on Facebook is tagging," the social network is rolling out the ability to reference friends,...

Facebook offers notifications Mac app

Good news if you're a Facebook-loving Mac owner. TechCrunch has discovered that the social networking site has a desktop notifications application for Apple's OS which lets you scroll through messages, notifications and wall posts without opening a browser.

It's...

President Obama warns "be careful" on Facebook

President Barack Obama has spoken out against the potential dangers of posting personal content on social networking sites.

Answering a question put to him from a group of teens, about how to go about becoming president, Obama said:

"Well, let...

AIM adds Twitter and Facebook publishing

At the start of July, AOL's Instant Messaging client AIM added the ability to view your Facebook and Twitter update stories in inverse chronological order within the software client.

However, at the time it was a one-way trip for your data. AIM was happy to...

Trapped kids update Facebook status

A couple of Austrailian girls are facing an incredulous response from the web after getting trapped in a storm drain in Adelaide and updating their Facebook status to call for help, rather than ringing 000 - which is the number for the emergency services in Australia.

Twitter makes you thicker, says scientist

A scientist has slammed Twitter, the microblogging service that's the social networking site du jour, for being bad for our brains.

Dr Tracy Alloway of Stirling University, and an expert in working memory, believes that retaining and using retained info is...

Facebook and Twitter for Xbox Live need Gold membership

It's been revealed, in the footnote of the press release announcing the Xbox 360 price cut, that the forthcoming Facebook and Twitter applications for the console will require a Gold subscription - which is already required for playing games online.

A Microsoft...

Facebook 3.0 now available

Facebook 3.0 now available

Facebook and iPhone fans can now get the latest social networking app, after Apple has made the facebook 3.0 app available in the App Store around the globe.

The new update brings with it a wealth of new features including...

Microsoft OneApp launched for "feature" phones

Microsoft has launched a phone application called OneApp that it hopes will allow emerging markets - i.e. the third world - to access Twitter, Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, and other applications on their mobile phones.

It's designed specifically for "feature...