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Microsoft really wants Yahoo. In fact , it wants it so badly that if the Yahoo board doesn’t respond more favourably to the initial offer of $45 billion, it’s going to reduce the offer and go straight to …

We all know the new 3G iPhone is on the way but according to popular technology pundit, Walt Mossberg, from the Wall St. Journal, it will be here within 60 days.

Speaking on a Beet.tv panel, Mossberg casually, but confidently, threw out the statement …

Listen up runners, Nike has just added the latest toy to its range of exercise devices, the Nike+ SportBand.

The SportBand wristwatch promises to provide runners with ‘real-time performance feedback during a run, while linking them to the world’s …

Hot on the heels of Amazon MP3, social networking site MySpace has announced plans to launch a music download service to rival iTunes.

Called MySpace Music, the service has the backing of Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal which will …

T-Mobile in Germany has made just about the most dramatic iPhone-related decision since the product launched, by slashing the cost of the device to €99 (£78), down from €399.

This is either a stroke of genius or, a sign of …

Whether it’s just good business or Microsoft bowing to customer pressure, the software giant has just announced that it is extending the life of Windows XP Home on what it calls ‘the new class of mobile …

LaCie was smart to get Neil Poulton designing its hard drives because they look damn fine - as always.

This is another one looking like the slab from in the 2001: A Space Odyssey but adds an …

I realise most men seem to think that all women want is flowers and chocolate - and diamonds [that one is true] - but there is a third option: gadgets. Women love them these days as …

The Gizmodo Award for this year’s best April Fool’s IT product – apart from the spiritual lifestyle coach for the iPhone – is the Dynamo Kinetic Keyboard.

Not only does it look like one of the …

I realise that today is April’s Fools so all ‘proposed’ technology developments will be taken with an extra helping of salt, starting with Apple’s plans to turn the iPhone into a fitness companion.

According to AppleInsider, Apple has lodged patents …

The game, Tetris, drove me nuts. It was gaming cocaine. I wasn’t very good but I still couldn’t stop. I was glad to see the back of it, which is why I can’t really decide if I like …

Sony has confirmed that owners of the PSP will be able to transfer copies of their Blu-ray movies to the device later this year.

The company is working on a technology called Portable Copy that will allow …

Alternative therapies are the in-thing these days, from sucking expensive oxygen to weekly enemas.

Now, you can step up your love of the alternative while sticking two fingers up to those peasant air suckers in oxygen …

For Sale: one really annoying robot and a really handy one that, thankfully, doesn’t speak but can fix your dishwasher and Sky+ box.

I’m referring of course to the tag team known as C-3PO and R2-D2, or at least …

With Fidel gone and his brother Raul trying to make Cubans happier, the new Cuban president has lifted the unpopular ban on mobile phones.

This will be the first time that all Cubans will be able to buy …

A US company called PDASmart has launched a new battery for the iPod 5G 30GB player that promises to significantly extend your viewing and listening pleasure.

The company claims that initial tests for the battery have yielded …

The problem with digital cameras is that we all have too many damn photos that never get printed or even transferred to digital photo frames. And in that lot we sometimes - just sometimes - manage to …

I like retro gadgets and this TV concept design by UK industrial designer, Tej Chauhan, for Humax is certainly striking. Love those curves.

Known for making pocket-friendly LCD TVs and models with HDDs inside, this would …

TV psychologist, Dr. Tanya Byron, has turned in her report for the government and is recommending a new ‘easy-to-use’ rating system for videogames.

Of course, many feel that the big red ‘18’ on certain games should be warning …

I like retro gadgets and this TV concept design by UK industrial designer, Tej Chauhan, for Humax is certainly striking. Love those curves.

Known for making pocket-friendly LCD TVs and models with HDDs inside, this would …