COMPANIES

In a deal more often seen on late-night television shopping channels flogging 'incredible vacuum packing solutions' BlackBerry is offering a 'buy two, get one free' promotion for its struggling PlayBook tablet.

Both SEGA and Nintendo have posted disastrously low sales leading to speculation as to whether the two God Fathers of gaming will be able to remain serious players in the increasingly competitive games industry.

Aided by celebrity supporters, YouTube is set to launch as many as 100 new channels The Wall Street Journal reports.

Microsoft is set to launch a commercial software development kit (SDK) for its Xbox Kinect motion controller, allowing any company to build and sell software for the device.

A 15 inch MacBook Air is in the works, and could be added to Apple's line up of ultra-thin laptops in the near future, according to rumours.

Just after Nintendo revealed its own disastrous quarter, veteran games make SEGA has revealed a massive 29.9 per cent drop in revenue in its latest financial statement.

Battlefield 3 has taken the dark knight out mid-flight, robbing Batman: Arkham City of the UK all-formats games chart's top-slot.

Mona Simpson, the author and sister of the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs revealed the final words of her brother at a memorial service at Stanford University.

The Church of England is threatening to withdraw millions of pounds invested in Internet service providers unless they take action to curb online pornography.

Siri has been hacked to fully work on an iPod touch and iPhone 4, although the hacker has stated that he will not distribute the application to other users.

A bug in the location services of iOS 5 has been blamed for poor battery life experienced by users of the new iPhone 4S and older models.

Forbes magazine has unveiled its annual rankings of the richest people on the planet. In the United Kingdom, the Forbes list revealed, Britain has 32 billionaires, three more than last year.

Kinect Sports was one of the launch titles for the Xbox Kinect when it debuted last year, and now the game is back for a second season with six new games.

The three-day blackout earlier this month cast a dark shadow over RIM, but the BlackBerry manufacturer had been in trouble long before a server in Slough decided to take the day off.

Samsung has confirmed its opening pot-shot at Apple's iPhone 4S, the Galaxy Note will be hitting UK stores on 3 Nov., weeks before the speculated 17 Nov. release of its Galaxy Nexus.

Despite a 20 per cent growth in mobile device sales, Motorola is failing to make a dent in the tablet market, with the iPad dwarfing sales of its Xoom.

Having just wrestled the crown of world's favourite smartphone maker from Apple, speculation has turned to the next quarter, with analysts questioning whether Samsung's Galaxy Nexus will be able to keep the Apple iPhone 4S hordes at bay.

British police last night searched the Occupy the London Stock Exchange camp site after an "anonymous tip" reported seeing a firearm in one of the tents.

An Apple television is a 'guaranteed product' that has been in development for some time and will use personal assistant Siri to replace a conventional remote control, according sources.

According to the two companies' quarterly financial statements, Samsung has won the title of world's top smart maker, with its current line of smartphones outselling Apple's iPhone.

BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) has lost a senior executive involved in the company's move to cloud-based services, casting yet more doubt over the Canadian company.

The next downloadable car pack for Forza Motorsport 4 will be made available to download from Xbox Live next Monday, November 1, and includes the Lamborghini Aventador.

Attempting to draw consumers to Nokia's forthcoming Windows Phone, the Lumia 800, Orange is offering existing customers a free 4GB Xbox 360 when they upgrade to the Lumia 800 on an 18 or 24 month contract.

With news of the buy-out now public, analysts have suggested Sony's decision to buy Ericsson out of the two company's partnership may have been motivated by the patents and added legal protection it would duly acquire.

With Nintendo's latest financial statement confirming a further slump in revenue, analysts have come to question whether Nintendo will be able to continue developing consoles, suggesting the company may be forced to go the way of SEGA and re-focus its efforts to third-party software development.

Toyota Motor Corp has announced it will suspend production in North America on Saturday following a shortage of parts, the latest signs that the floods in Thailand have started to affect the giant automaker's global operations.

Yet more bad news for BlackBerry has transpired today as the PlayBook tablet continues to sell badly, despite significant price cuts.

Owners of Oceana nightclubs, Luminar Leisure has gone into administration, as the company said its banks would not extend a recent period of leniency, due to end on Friday.

Electric car company Tesla is "trying to change the industry" after it has revealed plans to launch an all-new two-seater Roadster model in 2014.