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A recent report from CNET has indicated that Apple may have secured a licencing agreement with EMI for its forthcoming cloud-based music streaming service and that it may well be on the verge of signing similar deals with Sony and and Universal.

Newly sworn in Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has expressed his desire for Scotland's energy be 100 percent renewable by the year 2020.

Google has responded to the the potential security risks highlighted by researchers at the University of Ulm, claiming to have created an emergency fix that will solve the problem without the need for a full software update.

The third entry into Epic's now legendary Gears of War franchise has today earned a place in the Xbox 360's record books, becoming fastest pre-ordered game in the console's history.

Since Apple's image-sensor supplier OmniVision revealed a slimmer 5-megapixel unit small enough to fit into Apple's current iPad and iPod touch, rumors have developed that the forthcoming iPhone 5 will be capable of recording 1080p high-definition video.

Speaking at Google's Big Tent event in London, executive chairmen Eric Schmidt promised consumers that the company was dedicated to simplifying the Android app instillation permissions screen.

The Carphone Warehouse has launched its latest offensive in the ongoing price-slashing war of the phone sellers, offering budget smartphone maker INQ's latest phone the Cloud Touch for just £12 per month.

Mothercare has said that it will be closing over a quarter of its stores in the United Kingdom, just as it announced massive growth in its international markets.

With service of its PlayStation Network once again resuming, tech giant Sony has officially denied that yesterdays outage was caused by a second security breach.

The latest firmware update for Microsoft's Xbox 360 can leave older versions of the device unable to read high-capacity discs.

Sony's ongoing battle to win back public trust in the wake of its PSN nightmare has just taken another serious blow as a new maintenance notice indicates that its network has once again been hacked.

Revealed just after the unmitigated disaster that was the PSN crash, research carried out the University of Ulm has discovered that any Android smartphone running a version older than 2.3.4 could be leaking sensitive personal data.

In a bid to win back some of the 100 million account holders effected by the PSN's outage, Sony has finally released details of the new identity protection service it will be offering its users.

Calls for a reformation of British copyright law today gained new momentum as a recent independent review highlighted just how archaic and out-of-step the current British system is with modern day music, film and media usage.

EasyJet has condemned plans by the Coalition government to change the rules on Air Passenger Duty (APD), saying that the proposals will increase CO2 emissions while harming the economy.

In a recent meeting with the Wall Street Journal Sony Corp. executive deputy president Kaz Hirai and CEO Sir Howard Stringer indicated that only a "very small" percentage of PlayStation Network users went so far as to cancel their accounts after the network was restored.

Research in Motion has recalled close to 1000 of its newly release PlayBook tablets due to a software flaw within the operating system.

In the wake of a 17-plus hour network outage, that left millions of O2 customers unable to make calls, texts or use the internet, in a statement to the BBC O2 representatives confirmed they will not be offering compensation to those effected.

After a successful theft and vandalism raid hit O2's East London operations site customers accross parts of London, Kent and East Sussex have lost coverage.

Cassidian -- the defence and security division of EADS -- has been tasked to improve the German Army's STINGER air defence training systems.

Jumping on the growing budget smartphone bandwagon, Vodafone has officially confirmed its plans to release its first ever own-brand smartphone.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as bailout talks in Brussels continued today.

In its latest bid to boost sales of its 3D TVs, tech giant Samsung has officially announced a new TV app that allows Smart TV owners to stream 3D videos through their television.

Shares in Vodafone were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the telecoms giant reported a rise in revenue and operating profit in the full year ended 31 March.

With the PlayStation Network now limping back to life, Sony has revealed the the content of its American "Welcome Back" gift package.

A recent report from the Dow Jones Newswire has indicated the reason for the delaying the PSN relaunch in Japan stems from government intervention.

Having only just revealed the Samsung Series 5 as the first machine to make use of the its new Chrome OS, Google has now confirmed that the mobile network provider Three will be its official UK running partner at launch.

Speaking at the Google Zeitgeist event in Hertfordshire, UK chancellor George Osborne highlighted the growing threat cyber crime is presenting the government in its attempts to make more public service data available online.

Shares in Vodafone were down on the FTSE 100 in afternoon trading ahead of the telecom giant's full year results, expected tomorrow.