TECHNOLOGY

Sony has today begun accepting applications for its AllClearID Plus Identity Theft Protection service, for PlayStation Network and Qriocity music service customers.

Sony today announced its earnings for the financial year ending 31 March, 2011, recording a loss close to its initial estimate.

Speaking at the e-G8 Internet forum in Paris, Twitter's head of operations in Europe Tony Wang, indicated that the company would be willing to hand over user information should it be "legally required" to do so.

The Russian security firm ElcomSoft has claimed to have managed to crack the iOS 4's encryption systems, demonstrating the vulnerability of numerous Apple products.

In a recent interview with Reuters, HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou confirmed the company will be releasing new smartphones using the forthcoming Windows Mango operating system.

U.K. telecoms giant BT is set to cut the cost of calling mobiles from its landline telephones by up to 24 per cent.

Currently struggling to claim even a five per cent share of the Smartphone market, many analysts have come to question whether the newly revealed Windows 7.5 "Mango" update will be enough to reverse the ailing OS's fortune.

Internet retailer Amazon suffered major technical hitches as Lady Gaga fans besieged the site eager to take advantage of its one-day offer on the artist's new album.

BT Wholesale and Everything Everywhere today announced a new collaboration between the two companies to begin the first stages of next generation 4G high speed broadand trials in the U.K.

In a post on the PlayStation blog, Sony representatives officially confirmed that the PlayStation Store will not be up and running until the end of the month.

In a statement today, Microsoft revealed the next version of its Windows Phone operating system.

With more and more airlines arguing that even with Iceland's latest ash cloud descending over Europe it is still safe to fly, a flight operations manual released by Airbus has revealed just how damaging a meeting with volcanic ash can be on a modern plane.

Just after Sony forecast its PSN related $171 estimated loss for the year, veteran game developer Capcom expressed its faith in Sony to recover.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, has today attacked the social networking site Twitter, questioning its policy to allow extreme views to be freely expressed regardless of their legal status in super injunctions or possible nature as hate speech.

A recent report from the BBC has confirmed that a website designed to sell tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games to oversees fans, crashed yesterday as a British buyers attempted to bypass the ticket lottery and buy directly from the site.

Nearing the end of its two-month long PSN hacking disaster, despite estimating an up to $171 million loss, Sony has managed to record a two per cent rise in share value.

In the recently released "Giving White Paper" report, the Cabinet Office has revealed details about several newly planned reforms designed to increase the amount British citizens donate to charity.

Following the previous report about easyJet's new AVOID system -- a newly developed ash cloud detection and mapping radar -- the IBTimes attempted to contact the company to see whether the new technology would be used to help manage the forthcoming ash cloud's impact on the global travel industry.

According to an unconfirmed report from the DigiTimes, Apple's highly anticipated smartphone the iPhone 5 will launch with a curved display similar to that of its earlier product the iPod Nano.

Launching to widespread interest and a nearly universal positive critical response, Rockstar's crime-thriller L.A. Noire has rocketed straight to the top of the UK games chart, becoming the fastest-selling new video game IP ever in the UK.

Google's Vice-President of Display Advertising Neil Mohan has announced his belief that display advertising is on the increase, leading to speculation that the company will be expanding its presence in the field.

Intel has offered consumers a new five-year extended warranty on its SSD 320 solid-state series of storage devices.

With memory of the widespread disruption last years ash cloud debacle caused British travellers still fresh and another similar cloud reported as on its way, budget airline easyJet's decision to invest in new ash cloud detection technology may well be proven right in the coming days.

A recent report from research group Gartner has revealed that in the opening three months of 2011, sales of smartphones running Google's Android operating system have overtake those of Apple's iPhone.

A new parliamentary motion has urged Ofcom to extend its next generation mobile broadband to cover 98 percent of the country.

After standing down from his role as The Guardian's Head of Technology last week, Mike Bracken has just been appointed as the government's acting executive director of Digital.

Technology website Engadget today reported that Google is set to buy the bankrupt mobile maker Modu's patent portfolio.

With E3 and the promised reveal of Nintendo's new console drawing ever closer, retail prices of the Wii have hit an all time low, dropping below £100 for the first time in the console's history.

In a press release today Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirmed that a new Lego Harry Potter game will be hitting stores later this year.