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Amazon has announced that its Kindle Fire tablet will have access to a catalogue of thousands of Android applications and games when it goes on sale in the US on November 15.

Apple has confirmed today that personal assistant Siri will not be coming to any device older than the iPhone 4S, dispelling rumours that it would be made available to everyone.

Analysts have warned that there could be a huge shortage in hard disk drives, with the possibility of stock running out entirely before December, due to the Thailand floods.

First day sales for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are the "largest in history", according to Activision Publishing, after the game went on sale at 12:01am Tuesday.

Adobe has announced that it is no longer developing Flash for mobile devices, and is instead focusing on creating Flash-based applications instead.

An American man was arrested after threatening to shoot employees and blow up a Best Buy store on Tuesday morning - because it had sold out of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was released worldwide on Tuesday, and parties in London, Paris and Berlin launched the game with a bang. The IBTimes went along to the London launch party, which featured Danny Wallis, Jason Bradbury, footballer Joey Barton and the cast of 'The Only Way Is Essex'.

Apple iPhone users can now order items from their phone to collect in store, and even scan and pay for items in Apple Stores without ever needing to see a sales assistant.

The Dell XPS 14z is billed as a 13-inch laptop with a 14-inch screen, and with its compact form factor and tiny screen bezel, the 14z looks to delivers on its promise.

A major security flaw in iOS, allowing rogue developers to take control of applications remotely, has been discovered.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hits the shops at midnight tonight, but with an eye-watering recommended retail price of £54.99, supermarkets and gaming stores alike have gone on the pricing offensive.

Apple's Siri is a significant development and could pose a "competitive threat" to Google, according to the search giant's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt.

Searching for "do a barrel roll" became a viral sensation last week, when users tweeted about the new Easter egg planted in Google Search. Google has a long history of putting surprises and quirks in its services, and we've chosen eight of the best for you to try out.

Rumours of an Apple television are refusing to go away, and now a news report reveals that Apple has been looking into streaming TV, too.

With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 due for release on November 8, some lucky Americans have got their hands on copies of the game already.

Motorola has announced that the upcoming Xoom 2 will be priced at an iPad-beating £380, and the smaller Xoom 2 Media Edition will set you back £330.

Sony today announced that PlayStation 3 and PSP users will only be able to play their games on two activated consoles.

The late Steve Jobs has been named the most influential person in gaming history in a survey of 1,000 executives from the gaming industry.

Hot on the heels of Siri and her huge catalogue of amusing 'Easter eggs', Google has joined in by adding two new personality quirks to its search engine.

Google has announced a new 'freshness algorithm' which promises to sort search results by order of how time-relevant they are, making sure that the newest appears first.

Just one day after Apple released iOS 5.0.1 as a beta to developers, the new firmware has been jailbroken, although the exploit is still tethered at this point.

Apple's voice-activated personal assistant, Siri, appears to be having some problems, with users reporting of a lengthy outage taking place last night.

With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's release just around the corner, analysts have come to question whether Battlefield 3 will be able to maintain its strong opening sales.

Motorola has announced two new Android tablets, the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition, both packing 1.2GHz processors and 16GB of storage.

Less than 24 hours after the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V was revealed, speculation about the games release date has already begun.

Head of design at Apple, Jony Ive, is to give evidence this month in an attempt to defend Apple in its on-going patent disputes with Samsung.

Apple has admitted that there is a problem with the battery life of iOS 5 devices, and a fix will be released "in a few weeks".

Last week we reported that Siri had been made to work on older iPhones and the iPod touch, when officially the voice-controlled assistant should only work on the new iPhone 4S.

While Sony's PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles have posted strong performances, Nintendo's Wii and 3DS have continued to under-perform, leading to further speculation that the industry veteran may have to bow-out of the console market.