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Vallares PLC announced Wednesday that it plans to merge with Genel Energy International Ltd, the largest oil producer in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

David Cameron’s appearance in front of MP’s yesterday at the House of Commons Liaison Committee has done little to quieten the calls for a vote on continuing European Union membership within the ranks of his party.

Yesterday,(Sep 6,2011) Bartz was removed from her position at Yahoo over a phone call.

New reports have arisen suggesting that Apple has selected two Taiwanese companies to build the 8-megapixel camera used in its next generation iPhone smartphone.

An executive at rival Android tablet maker Lenovo has mounted a fresh attack on Samsung's Galaxy Tab claiming the company only sold a meagre 20,000 out of the one million tablets shipped in 2010.

Sony's Android powered Tablet S is set to hit UK stores Friday 16 Sept., 2011 according to tech retailer Dixons.

Apple has revealed new plans to expand its presence in China, opening up two new stores.

Fourth September this year marked the first anniversary of the 7.1 Richter scale earthquake that struck the city of Christchurch at 04.35 local time. New Zealand's second largest city, and the largest in the South Island, the miracle was surely that despite extensive damage, no-one was killed in the quake. No doubt that the quake hit the area early on a Saturday morning helped make this possible.

Reports suggest that Apple is set to launch the 3G version of its popular iPad 2 tablet in China.

A new study into European consumer shopping behaviour by IBM has reported findings suggesting social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook play a larger role in individuals buying habits than previously thought.

Another fresh, unconfirmed rumour regarding Apple's currently fanciful iPhone has emerged as yet another anonymous retail source has come out of the woodwork claiming Apple plans to have the smartphone in stores this October.

A number of major sites have had their DNS settings hacked today and many visitors redirected to a Turkish hacker's Web site.The hacked Web sites include The Daily Telegraph, UPS, Vodafone, National Geographic and The Register among others. All the hacked Web sites are currently experiencing disruption according Zone-H, a site that monitors Web site defacements.The hackers responsible told The Guardian in an email interview that they were expert in exploiting web vulnerabilities and ...

San Francisco police accidentally confirmed suspicions that Apple's "lost item" is a version of its perennially popular iPhone series.

PlayStation 3 maker Sony has accused its chief competitor Microsoft of imposing unreasonable restrictions on publishers in order to protect its "inferior" Xbox 360 console.

Noricum Gold shares have soared over 20 per cent after positive news on the exploration results from Austrian gold projects

Microsoft has issued a statement denying claims suggesting devices running its Windows 7 mobile operating system are illegally collecting users' location data.

HTC has revealed plans to launch two new smartphones running Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Phone Mango operating system this October.

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The UK Metropolitan Police Service's Central e-Crime Unit has arrested two men for suspected involvement with hacktivist collectives Anonymous and LulzSec.

New evidence has arisen indicating that the slew of reports suggesting that an Apple employee had "lost" a prototype of Apple's highly anticipated, though as yet unconfirmed, iPhone 5 smartphone are false.

While exploring the recently reached Endeavour crater NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has discovered new evidence suggesting the Red Planet once contained water, one of the essential building blocks of life.

In his memior, Former Chancellor Alastair Darling accuses Gordon Brown of being a “brutal and volcanic” prime minister who undermined.

Simon Negus, 50, has been accused of alleged gross sexual misconduct and harassment towards female members of staff.

During a news conference at the IFA electronics show in Berlin Sony's chief executive Howard Stringer claimed that, despite the slew of hacking incidents inflicted on it, the company's PlayStation Network was more popular than ever.

Square Enix Inc. has promoted Clinton Foy to chief operating officer, tasking the new COO to expand the company's presence in the free-to-play, browser, mobile and "emerging platform" markets.

Following similar claims against Apple's iPhone, fresh allegations have arisen claiming that devices running Microsoft's Windows 7 mobile operating operating system are illegally collecting users' location data.

RBS Group and HSBC have reportedly seen a surge in customers lodging grievances related to the sale of Payment Protection Insurance.

An unofficial Apple site has issued a fresh report claiming to have discovered a new design image of Apple's mysterious new iPhone handset.

Microsoft has been taken to court for allegedly tracking the location of its mobile customers, even after users have turned off the device's tracking software.