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The Government’s spending watchdog has urged local councils and other related bodies to boost their counter-fraud defences with a view to tackling criminals who con them by using the data they post on their own websites under transparency drives.

A month to forget is quickly turning into a year to forget for Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM), which has come bottom of a list of the greenest electronics firms.

Amazon has announced that its Kindle Fire tablet will have access to a catalogue of thousands of Android applications and games when it goes on sale in the US on November 15.

Apple has confirmed today that personal assistant Siri will not be coming to any device older than the iPhone 4S, dispelling rumours that it would be made available to everyone.

Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced a £2m-a-year partnership between the Department for Education and the Institute of Physics (IOP) to attract the best graduates to become physics teachers.

Analysts have warned that there could be a huge shortage in hard disk drives, with the possibility of stock running out entirely before December, due to the Thailand floods.

First day sales for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are the "largest in history", according to Activision Publishing, after the game went on sale at 12:01am Tuesday.

Live coverage of the London student demonstrations against higher education cuts.

It is not the food prices that are causing the monthly household expenditure going over the roof for the British citizens, according to the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC) report on Shop Price Index 2011. Rising utility, fuel and insurance bill are the real culprits and driving the household spending to a higher range.

Adobe has announced that it is no longer developing Flash for mobile devices, and is instead focusing on creating Flash-based applications instead.

The Confederation of British Industry on Wednesday urged Chancellor George Osborne to continue austerity measures to safeguard Britain’s prestigious AAA credit rating. The leading business lobbying group also slashed its GDP projections.

An American man was arrested after threatening to shoot employees and blow up a Best Buy store on Tuesday morning - because it had sold out of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Energy and motoring experts from across the world are converging on a western Indian city to participate in an international conference on fuel economy and sustainable road transport.

Vodafone, Britain’s biggest mobile phone company denied any ‘sweetheart’ deal with HMRC in a reported multibillion tax bill. The company was accused of settling a tax dispute by paying just £1.25 billion last year as the actual amount is still not clear.

Manchester United, Ofgem, Asda, Scottish Power and Center Parcs are among the top 100 names in the performance league table published by the Environment Agency under its Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy (CRC) Efficiency Scheme.

Nissan Motor Corp Ltd, Japan’s second largest automotive company by volume, is planning to start 400 free charging stations across Europe by February 2012. As part of its plans to set up a European-wide Quick Charge (QC) network across prominent locations in Europe, the company is giving away the charging stations free of cost to the operators.

The Office for Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed that it is pursuing a £121.5m fine it had imposed on British Airways (BA) following the alleged collusion between BA and Virgin Atlantic over the pricing of passenger fuel surcharges on transatlantic flights between August 2004 and January 2006.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was released worldwide on Tuesday, and parties in London, Paris and Berlin launched the game with a bang. The IBTimes went along to the London launch party, which featured Danny Wallis, Jason Bradbury, footballer Joey Barton and the cast of 'The Only Way Is Essex'.

Apple iPhone users can now order items from their phone to collect in store, and even scan and pay for items in Apple Stores without ever needing to see a sales assistant.

An organiser of the planned student demonstrations in London on Wednesday has attacked a decision to authorise the use of rubber bullets.

The Dell XPS 14z is billed as a 13-inch laptop with a 14-inch screen, and with its compact form factor and tiny screen bezel, the 14z looks to delivers on its promise.

A third of undergraduate students at a leading American research university admitted cheating, according to a survey published in the Science and Engineering Ethics journal.

A major security flaw in iOS, allowing rogue developers to take control of applications remotely, has been discovered.

Two of Britain's biggest High Street names have posted worrying financial reports.

Silvio Berlusconi will face on Tuesday a crucial vote on Italy's public accounts while the interest rate on Italian ten-year bond hits another high of 6.733 per cent.

Leading airline Ryanair is planning to introduce a pornography service for passengers during flights, claims news report

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hits the shops at midnight tonight, but with an eye-watering recommended retail price of £54.99, supermarkets and gaming stores alike have gone on the pricing offensive.

The British economy will contract this quarter or next, warns accountancy and business advisory group BDO.

Apple's Siri is a significant development and could pose a "competitive threat" to Google, according to the search giant's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt.