Google "to set up online tablet store"

Google is considering setting up its own online tablet shop to boost Android sales. While Google's mobile OS has been a success on smartphones, tablets running Android have made less of a dent in the Apple iPad's dominant market share. Google will try to counter that by selling tablets directly to consumers via its own online store, with some co-branded devices, according...

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RIM to refocus on corporate customers

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says it plans to go back to its roots and focus on corporate customers at the expense of consumer markets in a major strategic shake-up. RIM has been struggling to compete with the surge of Android and Apple smartphones, and the move away from the consumer market follows a $125 million loss for its third financial quarter. The decision...

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Inspectors slam conditions in Apple factories

The Fair Labor Association has told Apple and supplier Foxconn to clean up their act after an investigation found at least 50 breaches of code and labour laws. Apple – and other tech manufacturers - have come under scrutiny over the way workers are treated, with critics bemoaning low wages, poor working conditions and long hours. Apple moved to quell the complaints...

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Windows smartphones overtake Symbian for Nokia

Nokia’s UK sales of Windows smartphones have overtaken smartphones based on its older Symbian system, marking progress following the company’s switch to Windows Phone last year. According to a report from Bloomberg that cites research from Kantar Worldpanel, Windows handsets made up 2.5% of the UK market, compared to a 2.4% share for Symbian. Based on...

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New iPad hotter but "not uncomfortable"

The new iPad runs hotter than the previous version, but it remains "comfortable" to hold in the hand, according to tests from a US consumer group. Consumer Reports recorded top temperatures of 116 degrees Fahrenheit (47 degrees Celsius) while running a game - hotter than the iPad 2's top temperature by a few degrees. "Using a thermal imaging camera, Consumer Reports...

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Report: Windows 8 to arrive in October

Microsoft will finish Windows 8 this summer, with the official launch in October, according to a report from Bloomberg. Tablets and laptops running the new OS will launch at that time, according to unnamed sources. While both ARM and Intel devices will be available at launch, the sources predicted there would be around five running on ARM and more than 40 on Intel. After...

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iPad teardown reveals Samsung still in favour

Apple's new iPad uses chips made by Samsung, Qualcomm and Broadcom other semiconductor makers, according to a firm that cracked open one of the devices. The newest iPad went on sale this morning in the UK, but teardown firm iFixit got hold of a device in Australia and took it apart to reveal its inner workings - and despite Apple's patent disputes with Samsung, the company...

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SOPA’s father gets a not-so-subtle warning

With America’s largest Internet providers only weeks from their next attempt at curbing copyright crimes by way of a coast-to-coast anti-piracy campaign, opponents of online censorship are taking their own message to the streets — literally. At least 120 supporters have pledged a total of $15,111 by Thursday afternoon, more than enough to fund a billboard that...

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Internet providers to start policing the web July 12

Some of the biggest Internet service providers in America plan to adopt policies that will punish customers for copyright infringement, and one of the top trade groups in the music biz announced this week that it could begin as soon as this summer. The chief executive officer of the Recording Industry Association of America told an audience of...

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Review : Samsung Series 9

The torrent of Ultrabooks shows no sign of abating, but until now one major manufacturer has been conspicuously absent from the slim and light fracas. We caught a glimpse of Samsung’s sensible Series 5 – a semi-successful attempt to subvert the Ultrabook template by restoring the optical drive into a swollen 14in chassis – but now the spotlight falls on to the...

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Police arrest woman over internet terror connections

The Metropolitan Police have arrested a woman that officers allege is involved with organising terror over the internet. The arrest was made in an investigation that also saw a Moroccan arrested in Italy amid accusations that he was running a terror training group on Facebook and may have been planning an attack in Milan. “Officers from the MPS Counter Terrorism Command...

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BBC confirms commercial download plans

The BBC has confirmed plans to add a paid-for download service to its digital portfolio, giving viewers the option of “downloading to own” programmes shortly after broadcast. The idea of a commercial download service was mooted earlier this year, and the BBC has confirmed it plans to push ahead with what is now dubbed “Project Barcelona”. In a speech to the Royal...

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