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The Siri personal assistant on Apple's iPhone 4S can now be configured to offer many more features, thanks to a program for jailbroken phones.

The Apple iPhone 5 is to soon be put into production and a range of prototypes with larger four-inch screens have been spotted, according to a Foxconn worker.

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The winners of the third annual NASA-sponsored Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge have been announced and at the top of the list are Alliance Rocket, from the United States and virtual participants Alliance CyberAvo from Europe.

Aircraft manufacturers in UK receive welcome boost as Norwegian airline places huge order for planes.

Books and magazines chain store suffers 6% drop in high street sales over Christmas

London Underground commuters will soon be able to access the internet in 120 stations on the tube network, as Wi-Fi will be installed before the Olympic Games.

O2 has issued an apology for the major security flaw which saw the mobile network accidently leak users' mobile phone numbers to every website they visited.

Construction on the Bishopsgate Tower has halted because of a lack of funding.

The Information Commissioner's Office is to contact O2 about a possible breach of the Data Protection Act, after the network has been accused of sharing users' numbers with every website they visit.

The Nokia Lumia 910 is fantastically rumored to precede the launch of the Lumia 900. If there is any truth to that rumor, expect the former to launch in May and the latter in June.

Homer49, a hacker, has successfully demonstrated full remote play capability on Vita through a firmware v3.55 hack exploit.

MPs hear of lawyers’ intervention to block direct criticism over a lack of proof of “incompetence”.

Petrolplus bankruptcy leads to upfront tax demand, says oil industry insider, but Customs and Revenue refuses to comment.

The mobile phone operator O2 is investigating a major security flaw which gives users' mobile phone numbers to every website they visit.

Business secretary sparks controversy again with claims footballers deserve fat pay packets because rewards reflect merits.

Sales of the Apple iPod have shrunk for the 11th consecutive quarter, as the company posted a 21 percent drop in sales of the MP3 players.

Despite selling more than one million Kindles a week during the Christmas period, Amazon's Kindle range did not affect sales of the iPad, which saw a sales increase of 111 percent.

Britain's economic growth contracted by 0.2 percent in the last quarter of 2011, fuelling fears that Britain is tumbling into a double-dip recession.

FIFA Street, the fourth installment in EA Sports' franchise of street football video games, is confirmed for a global release on March 13.

In the wake of policy regulators across the world seeking shorter and simpler privacy policies, Google has announced its plans to consolidate its over 60-plus policies into a single document governing all its online services.

Facebook Timeline - the biggest overhaul since the Wall was introduced - is being rolled out to everyone from 24 January, and there is no way that you can opt out.

The IMF has warned the eurozone is in serious risk of spreading its toxic economy worldwide unless it is dealt with “decisively”.

Despite trialling selling beer and wine in some US stores, there are no plans to do the same in the UK.

Drop in region's fuel supply could hit the Olympics.

£41m more of taxpayer money for Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, says Jeremy Hunt.

Hackers were able to break into the US Northwest rail company's network and take control of passenger trains in December, the Transport Security Administration has revealed.

Global fast food chain McDonald's will create 2,500 jobs for Britain in 2012, the company announced.