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BT probed by police over Phorm trials

Police question BT about secret Phorm trials

By Peter Gothard published

Following the fallout earlier this year over BT's deployment of the Phorm online targeted advertising technology, a full investigation has finally been launched by police.

GTA soon to hit the Wii?

GTA coming to Wii?

By Peter Gothard published

Take Two keen to 'develop relationship' with Nintendo

An artist's impression of the scene at Finsbury Park this morning

Finsbury Park grinds to a halt in EA's £20K free fuel frenzy

By Peter Gothard published

Exclusive 'Might be' environmentally irresponsible, company tells TechRadar

Sims coming to iPhone soon, Spore even sooner

Sims coming to iPhone

By Peter Gothard published

Electronic Arts has officially announced that it's developing nine new games for the iPhone.

eBay launches "eco-positive" offshoot

E(co-friendly) Bay launches

By Peter Gothard published

Auction site eBay has launched a new branch of its sprawling empire, aimed at bigging up "People Positive" and "Eco Positive" goods.

GP2X: Wiz - games developer Jeff Mitchell talks games, business and the dev scene

GP2X: Interview with games developer Jeff Mitchell

By Peter Gothard published

Canadian BattleJewels creator speaks about his work with Korean handheld

GP2X: Wiz - games dev Jeff Mitchell talks homebrew

GP2X Wiz handheld developer speaks

By Peter Gothard published

The Korean open-source handheld GP2X Wiz is nearing release (link), but the world at large remains largely in the dark about Game Park Holdings' business plans for the machine.

Extensions for Windows in action

Major unofficial Vista and XP upgrade released

By Peter Gothard published

Extensoft answers user demands

Scott McCloud tells us more about Google Chrome, as well as his own plans for the future

Google comic creator on Chrome

By Peter Gothard published

Exclusive One of the coolest things about Google's surprise launch of its Chrome web browser this week was the use of Scott McCloud's explanatory comic book.

An excerpt from McCloud's comic-book guide for Google Chrome

Google Chrome: interview with artist, Scott McCloud

By Peter Gothard published

Google week: Google comic book artist speaks

Make boring holiday slides quicker and easier with AutoCollage2008

Microsoft launches AutoCollage2008

By Peter Gothard published

Microsoft Research launched AutoCollage 2008 today, a desktop app which, it says, allows users to compile sets of photos into, surprisingly, collages.

Ailing Thai government cracks down on online protesters

Thai government tries to close 400 websites

By Peter Gothard published

And block 1,200 more it considers a threat

Out tomorrow: Sony's Reader

Sony eBook reader on sale tomorrow

By Peter Gothard published

Sony's PRS-505 Reader goes on sale in the UK tomorrow, steering, the company hopes, a move forward for book lovers everywhere.

Hi Tech Crime Unit sells loses own domain name. *headdesk*

National hi-tech crime unit has own identity snatched

By Peter Gothard published

It's been revealed that the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, a now-defunct government agency specialising in tech crime, no longer owns the domain name for its website.

The Spark - hitting America's schools soon?

IDEO announces childs' study computer

By Peter Gothard published

Global design consultancy IDEO and American education technology company Project Inkwell have unveiled a laptop-style study tool for children under the age of 12.

KORG synthesizer: soon on your DS

Vintage KORG synthesizer hits DS

By Peter Gothard published

Nintendo has just announced the imminent release of a handheld version of the class synthesizer, due to hit the DS in October.

We round up the best PSP and PS3 bundles for Xmas '08

The best PSP and PS3 bundles for Xmas '08

By Peter Gothard published

PSP-3000 release date and Little Big Planet bundle news

The SOCOM Bluetooth headset: coming soon

Sony's PS3 SOCOM Bluetooth headset confirmed

By Peter Gothard published

"Bang and clear, noob! Haha, loser," etc

Pandora: hitting our shores at the end of September

Latest open-source handheld on the way

By Peter Gothard published

The development team behind the Pandora open-source handheld has finally announced a release date and price for the console.

PlayTV - not long to go...

Sony's PlayTV: all you need to know

By Peter Gothard published

Various people have had a look at PlayTV recently. Expect the definitive hands-on from TechRadar soon, but for now, here's some observations from those in the know.

The first page of McCloud's Google Chrome comic

Google Chrome comic artist - who is he?

By Peter Gothard published

By now, you'll have read the comic that appeared late yesterday announcing Google Chrome, but who wrote and illustrated it, and what's he all about?

Car tech: Lotus ice vehicle and real functioning Landspeeder

By Peter Gothard published

Lotus has unveiled a snow buggy reminiscent of one of Q's finest, while a Star Wars nut has built some 25mph desert transportation.

Five ways to tech up your home interior

By Peter Gothard published

Nintendo decals, funky flora and a lamp made of Lego

Commodore's new netbook promises to be smaller than its past devices

Commodore launches netbook

By Peter Gothard published

Commodore has announced that it's joining the netbook market with the launch of its new Via C7-M processor netbook at IFA today.

Email ad scanning: keeps 40 per cent of you awake at night

40% of Brits worry about emails being scanned

By Peter Gothard published

Over 40 per cent of British people admit that they worry about free email providers scanning their personal emails for advertising purposes, according to research made public by GMX today.