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Hot on the heels of the Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon is tipped to be preparing a Fire smartphone, with a bargain basement price tag and Android operating system.

Hard drive chip maker Marvell gave a cautious revenue forecast, as widespread flooding in Thailand continues to damage the computer industry, severely limiting production.

Rockstar this week released a video demonstrating some of the new features in the up-coming Max Payne 3, highlighting targeting and shooting, movement and animation, artificial intelligence and Bullet Time.

Skyrim developers - which received more than 50 perfect scores from the world's media - has shipped more than seven million copies, generating over $450 million in global sales in its first two days.

Just days after Apple released iOS 5.0.1 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, hackers have jailbroken the new firmware, but an untethered hack is still in the works.

A German technology blog is claiming that Apple will soon be releasing iOS 5.0.2, an update that will once again attempt to fix the on-going iPhone battery issues.

'Super Mario 3D Land' for the Nintendo 3DS launches across Europe tomorrow, November 18, and after selling over 340,000 copies in its opening four days in Japan, Nintendo is expecting good things from Mario's first outing in 3D.

Gamers may be forced to venture outside and socialise with real people, and maybe even play actual sports in the real world on Friday evening, as the PSN will be down for maintenance.

Facebook has said that it has removed most of the pornographic and violent images that polluted the social networking site earlier this week, following a spam attack.

The iPad 2 has been with us since spring and with the iPhone and iPod ranges both seeing yearly updates, it stands to reason that Apple will be releases an iPad 3 in the first quarter of 2012.

While a full fat Apple television may not be seen for another year or so, the Apple TV set-top box might soon get an update.

Controlling every aspect of the user experience was one of Steve Jobs' main objectives while at Apple, and it comes as no surprise that the late co-founder wanted to create his own mobile network for the iPhone.

Broadband speeds in the UK drop by an average of 35 per cent during the evening 'rush hour' between 7pm and 9pm, new statistics claim.

Facebook is looking into reports that the site has been hit by a 'virus' that posts hardcore pornography and violent images in users' timelines.

Apple released iTunes 10.5.1 today, which brings the usual array of bug fixes, along with a new feature for American customers called iTunes Match.

BlackBerry manufacture Research in Motion has announced that BBM Music has launched in the UK, giving users to ability to share music tracks with their friends.

Reports today claim that Apple will be shipping the much-anticipated 15-inch MacBook Air in March, as speculation surrounding a larger Air - or thinner Pro - continues to grow.

A team of developers has cracked Apple's personal assistant, Siri, to work on any device, including iPads, computers and even Android smartphones.

Microsoft will announce the new Xbox - tipped to be called 'Loop' - at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

Apple released iOS 5.0.1 last week to try and fix the poor battery life encountered by many iPhone 4S and 4 users, and while initially the company was confident, customers are still reporting poor battery life.While Apple gets its act together and releases an update that actually works, the IBTimes has put together a quick list of tips to save battery life on iOS 5 devices.

Picking fights with whomever you please, stealing cars by jumping in through the window and having fire fights while diving out of a disintegrating aeroplane, all while being hailed a celebrity by everyone you meet. 'Saints Row: The Third' makes 'Grand Theft Auto' look like a Disney game.

Mobile network O2 has started a trial of the new ultra-fast 4G network in London today, which will see users receive up to 150mbps download speeds, drastically faster than the current 3G network.

Flooding in Thailand has killed more than 500 people and has caused an estimated £2.5 billion of damage following three months of heavy rain. The computer industry is being affected as the majority of the world's hard drives are manufactured in the country, and these factories have been forced to close, resulting in global hard drive prices soaring.

Computer manufacturer Dell has said that its hard drive supplies are likely to be affected due to the extensive flooding in Thailand.

The Amazon Kindle Fire goes on sale in the U.S. tomorrow, November 15, and while the touchscreen tablet isn't coming to the UK just yet, we've compiled a summary of reviews below.

Apple has announced a replacement programme for the first generation iPod nano, after a manufacturing defect in the battery has caused units to overheat and, in some cases, catch fire.

As a part of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's launch, Activision has pledged to donate an additional $3 million (£1.9 million) to help soldiers leaving the army.

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" set a new all-time record, after selling more than 6.5 million games in the U.K. and North America in its first 24 hours.

Frustrated iPhone 4S users are complaining that the iOS 5.0.1 update released yesterday by Apple has not fixed poor battery life as promised.