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Thrustmaster is giving all gamers the chance to feel like Fernando Alonso, with the Ferrari F1 Wheel Add-On, which is an exact replica of the wheel found in this year's Ferrari F1 car.

Just four days before Apple's iPhone-focused media event, Sony Ericsson's updated Xperia Arc has hit UK shelves, leading to speculation whether the smartphone will be able succeed despite the looming threat of Apple's next iPhone.

Liverpool's former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are still seeking damages from the club's current owners, former directors and the Royal Bank of Scotland, nearly one year after New England Sports gained control of the club.

The BBC have apologised to the EU after Daily Telegraph columnist, Peter Oborne repeatedly called an EU representative an idiot.

Photos believed to show an iPad 3 prototype have appeared online that show a strange bulge on the case, possibly housing a new connector port.

The European stock index futures fell on Friday, putting shares on course to record their biggest quarterly decline since 2008 following the collapse of the Lehman Brothers.

Hot on the heels of the new Kindle range, Amazon-owned film and TV rental service Lovefilm has announced an iPad app.

Japanese blog Macotakara has reported that an executive from China Unicom apparently confired that the iPhone 5 - due to be announced by Apple next Tuesday - will support HSPA+, better known as 4G technology.

With it still being unclear whether Apple will unveil its next generation iPhone 5, or slightly tweaked iPhone 4S on 4 October, Huawei has covered its bases, unveiling its new Blaze and Honor devices.

Following widespread speculation that Apple will release a new budget version of its current iPhone 4, HTC, ZTE and Huawei have all announced new budget handsets designed to take on the iPhone 4S.

China is set to make a giant leap forward in its space program, when a space laboratory named Tiangong-1 will be launched into orbit this afternoon, atop a Long March 2F rocket.

Manchester United have regained their position on the top of the most expensive football teams by brand value.

Despite recently announcing that it would be using Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' for its smartphones, Nokia is going to create its own operating system for low-end mobiles, according to the Wall Street Journal.

With Apple's iPhone-focused media event just around the corner, police in Shanghai have confirmed the arrest of five individuals selling fake versions of the popular devices.

News Corp.'s iPad-exclusive newspaper, The Daily, is struggling to generate an audience with less than 120,000 readers a week, insiders say.

Facebook has claimed to have fixed a bug which was discovered by a blogger and would cause the site to track what users did online, even when they were logged out of the social network.

Since news of Apple's iPhone-focused media event next Tuesday broke, evidence has emerged suggesting the company will be unveiling an updated version of its current iPhone 4, not the highly anticipated, next-generation iPhone 5.

Amazon.com Inc. announced the new Kindle Touch today, alongside a new standard Kindle and the Kindle Fire. With a retail price starting at $99, the Touch has no buttons at all. It instead relies on a touch screen for reading and navigation.

Amazon has launched the new smaller, lighter Kindle and has priced the ebook reader at £89, available now.

Amazon has announced the Kindle Fire, a touchscreen tablet intended to rival the iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook, with a 7 inch screen, Android operating system and $199 price tag.

With Apple's 4 October iPhone media event just having been confirmed, new reports have emerged suggesting further details about Google's future Nexus Prime smartphone.

Just one day after Apple announced its 4 October iPhone-focused media event, smartphone competitor HTC has announced its own unveiling on 6 October.

New York commuters can now tweet, update their Facebook status, check email and call their boss to explain why they're late, as the NY subway gets mobile phone coverage.

Amazon is set to introduce its iPad-rivalling tablet, tipped to be called Kindle Fire at a media event in New York today. The Kindle Fire is expected to undercut Apple's $499 (£399) iPad and come in at the $250-$350 price point where tablets have so far failed to succeed.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango has arrived just days before the fabled release window opens for Apple's iOS 5 and Google's Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating systems.

Barclays is the most complained about bank in the UK in the first half of 2011, with 251,563 complaints received.

Apple may be set to discontinue the iPod classic and shuffle at next weeks' iPhone 5 media event, while a white iPod touch will be announced some technology sites believe.

ITV has issued an apology after it was revealed yesterday that a documentary about the IRA mistakenly used footage from a video game, which was claimed to be IRA video from 1988.

Google is to lease a seven-floor building in Shoredicth - known as London's 'Tech City' - providing space for developers and startups and adding a big-name boost to David Cameron's plans to create a global technology hub in East London.