Microsoft co-founder creating commercial space travel business

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire has new plans to create a business for commercial space travel. It should take around five years to develop. The US government are cutting back on s... more.

Futuremark have just released an update to 3DMark 11 which is available for download from their website, and from media partners. You can get the update here http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/download... more.

Google have announced today that they are donating $11.5 million to several organisations who are fighting against modern day slavery of 27 million people around the world. The associated press sai... more.

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), launched the Indilinx Everest-based Petrol SSD Series. The Petrol Series enables further adop... more.

A simple three page contract that Steve Jobs signed, establishing Apple Computer sold for $1.59 million (£1 million) at a Sotheby's auction in New York today. The auction was estimated to generate ar... more.

Billions have been spent researching the little fellow, but it seems that scientists (mad, bad and downright boffin-like) may be ready to start discussing the physical characteristics of the Higgs Bos... more.

Research group NPD have posted the latest domestic sales data from America which show the Macintosh range of computers have experienced 13 percent growth year over year in the first 2 months of Q4. Th... more.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has broken all records, to reach a sales income of $1 billion in just 16 days. Avatar was a monster hit for James Cameron, grossing $1 billion in just 17 days after r... more.

Intel have cut their Q4 sales projection by $1 billion, citing supply shortages due to the floods in Thailand. The flooding caused damage to many factories in Thailand that produce disk drives. Int... more.

The concept of Morality has been around for as long as there have been intelligent humans on the planet. Looking back at the Latin origins of the word, you can see that it's roots are in 'moralitas', ... more.

The Xmas holidays seem to be a truly cross-cultural idea for the 21st century. No matter what your individual beliefs, there's something really cool about doing nice things for others - including tryi... more.

Tweetsport, the real-time tweet by tweet sport news site, announced the winners of the Naughty and Nice Twitlist for 2011 today (Monday 12th December 2011). Tweetsport which reviewed tweets from over ... more.

Cooler Master have announced a competition which they are running directly. They are giving away 50 black 5.5 whrs (1500 mAh) power forts! The contest runs from the 12th December until the 3rd of Janu... more.

Amazon's Kindle Fire has been a huge success so far, thanks to the low cost and high standard of online store support. That said, many reviewers and consumers have been complaining about the lackluste... more.

Hewlett Packard have a name immediately synonymous with technology. This year however is one they will want to forget, due to a bewildering array of decisions which have cost them literally billions o... more.

Motorola executives will be smiling today, as a German court has ruled against Apple in an ongoing battle over patents. Motorola have complained that Apple failed to license one of their wireless i... more.

Hewlett Packard have been in the news this year for all the wrong reasons. After their botched release of the TouchPad tablet, which ended up on sale at rock bottom prices it appears they have had a c... more.

No company is analysed and stripped apart more than Apple, and this latest report from ASYMCO is slightly bizarre yet fascinating. According to the correlated information the Apple stores generate ... more.

The Apple audience are waiting with baited breath for the upcoming iPad 3, which is said to feature a super high resolution 'retina' display with 2048x1536 resolution. We have been following the rumou... more.

Twitter showcased their new headquarters yesterday in San Francisco. They have invested a lot of money in the new expansion and are also improving their microblogging service. The new Twitter h... more.

Many companies are trying to grab some sales at this time of the year, and Arctic have just announced another range of products at cut prices. If you want to get healthy after that big Christma... more.

Samsung Electronics have issued a statement detailing their plans to build a new flash memory chip plant in China. They said they have applied with the Korea government to build a new semiconductor... more.

TomTom, the well known Satellite navigation system manufacturer are undergoing a 'restructuring' process which will mean that 10 percent of their workforce will be made redundant. They also plan to re... more.

Microsoft are under fire today for their announcement that they will be taking a 30 percent cut of all sales in the Windows 8 App Store. This will drop to 20 percent however once the software generate... more.

French navigation data provider NavX have filed another lawsuit against Google, claiming that the company have abused their position in online advertising and have tripled their claim for damages. ... more.

Apple retail stores account for a huge portion of their annual income, and the latest plans are to open a new mega retail store at Grand Central Station. The new store is said to open on Decemb... more.

Research In Motion have been ordered by a federal judge not  to use Basis International Ltd's "BBX" trademark at an industry conference in Asia that starts later today. The judge ruled that Resear... more.

It may sound bizarre but Apple are facing an unusual situation in China, as they try to protect their 'iPad' trademark. The Chinese court has rejected Apple's lawsuits to get control of their trademar... more.

Google Android is going from strength to strength - they have just achieved a record of 10 billion applications downloaded. Google have decided to cut the price of their applications by 10p each to ce... more.

AT&T are one of Americas largest carriers, but if reports are anything to go by, their customer service is appalling. For the second year in a row they have been ranked last in Consumer Reports an... more.