"OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW," the last words uttered by the iconic Steve Jobs have been revealed in an incredibly moving eulogy by his sister Mona Simpson, in the form of an op-ed published in the New York Times.In the piece, Simpson -- who is Jobs' biological sister -- ...

I was quite taken aback to discover a very interesting article posted on the ABC news network's Technology Blog, called The Case For Piracy. What I found surprising about this, was that a mainstream media company had actually published an article that presents an argument defending piracy. What is also ...

Halloween is here and little children will surely be marching up and down your block dressed as ghouls and vampire movie characters in just a matter of hours.The holidays always show the unique strategies that companies come up with for their promotions. Scarily enough, no one ever complains that Halloween ...

We're all spending more and more of our online lives on social networks. For many, these services have become the hub of their online activities, and mobile devices are a major tool for accessing these social networks and the campaigns we've recently seen provide examples of how major brands are ...

Following the recent release of the iPhone 4S, UK newspaper The Guardian has run a series of articles investigating severe battery drain issues discovered in the latest iteration of the smash-hit smartphone.In the first of the articles, published a mere week after the global launch of the smartphone, the Guardian ...

Flexible screens have been knocking around trade shows and gadget events for ages now. It took Samsung, one of the world’s most successful electronic developers to make it a palatable reality.Last week, Samsung said that it is aiming to have tablets and mobile phones with flexible displays by 2012. Following ...

As the uprising in Syria, one of the last and most brutal of the Arab Spring movement, continues unabated, a US firm specialising in internet censorship equipment has confirmed that web censorship tools sold to Iraq have now been traced to the Syrian regime.Any sale of such equipment to the ...

The first game I can remember playing was Pong on a console of some description, whose name escapes me, that my favourite Aunt bought in Saudi Arabia, of all places. It was a fun distraction, but I wouldn’t say it was the tipping point that led me into a life ...

Bidorbuy, a large online auction site, based in South Africa, is set to give people a unique bidding opportunity. Six winning bidders will have the opportunity to take on renowned Russian chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov in a simultaneous game of chess.Kasparov will play an exhibition match against 30 or ...

Controversial Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn has announced plans to mass produce industrial robots as part of its efforts to cope with labour shortages and rising wages.The project, which is initially forecast to cost the Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Tw$6.7-billion (US$223-million), was unveiled Saturday when Terry Gou, chairman of the ...