TECHNOLOGY

Ahead of its rumoured September iPhone 5 release, Apple has reportedly included face recognition support in its iOS 5 application programming interface (API), meaning that app developers will be able to integrate face-recognition features into their games and apps.

Adding to what can only be described as the biggest game of Chinese Whispers ever played by the world's media, new rumours once again suggest a September release for Apple's highly-anticipated iPhone 5 smartphone.

New research suggests solar pv panels could provide a cheap alternative to air-conditioning.

As the threat of Apple's still unconfirmed -- but definitely maybe -- iPhone 5 September release looms, smartphone rival HTC has begun making moves to resolve its ongoing patent dispute with Apple.

In response to the ongoing slew of successful hacks hitting U.S. military and government agencies Randy Vickers, the director of the US computer emergency readiness team, has stepped -down.

Apple has released a new iOS update for its iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 and iPad devices designed to fix an inherent security flaw within the previous version.

China has revealed new plans to increase government surveillance of its citizen's internet use, leading many security experts to question why hacker collective Anonymous hasn't taken notice.

Reacting to Google's recent decision to cut Firefox support from its Chrome software, Mozilla has hit back revealing plans for its own smartphone and tablet operating system.

China has revealed new plans to increase government surveillance of its citizen's internet use.

New research indicates that Apple's ongoing dominance of the smartphone market may eventually turn what is currently a full on derby, into a two horse race between it and Samsung.

As Apple and Samsung's dominance in the smartphone market grows, competitor LG has slashed its previous sales targets for the year, reporting losses across the board.

Apple has won the opening round of legal proceedings, with the U.S. ruling against its rival smartphone maker HTC on two of the 10 patent infringement claims made by Apple.

Games veteran Nintendo is being sued by its Taiwan-based distributor Hakuyu.

At least four of the 21 suspected Anonymous hackers arrested in the U.K., Netherlands and U.S. have reportedly agreed to help the authorites track down other Anonymous and LulzSec members.

A recent report has indicated that Apple's highly anticipated iPhone 5 will include a new iOS 5 run voice control feature.

It has been revealed that phones running Google's Android OS actually store passwords in plain text, potentially leaving them open to hackers.

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is set to cut 11 per cent of its staff to compensate for its ongoing poor financial performance.

Microsoft has apologised for a tweet sent from its Xbox 360 PR account encouraging grieving Amy Winehouse fans to remember the singer by buying her album, Back to Back, from Microsoft’s Zune store.

Samsung has denied allegations that unsafe working conditions in its chip production factories directly led to two employees dying of leukaemia.

iPad and iPhone maker Apple is set to conquer the Chinese market as two of the country's biggest telecom providers battle to secure the right to sell its devices.

Just as tech giant Sony reels from the public's loss of trust, one of its biggest insurers has taken it to caught claiming that it is not liable for any of the losses resulting from the PlayStation Network hack.

Hacker collective LulzSec revealed a new, more mature side Thursday when it reported it was delaying the release of the News International-owned Sun newspapers' e-mails to ensure that the data didn't affect the UK's ongoing phone-hacking court case.

Thousands of Africans are taking to Twitter to vent grief and anger over another famine in Somalia, raising money and comforting each other showing that once again social network are increasingly used to highlight international issues.

A new report from tech consultancy Good Technology has revealed that despite a consistent increase in Google Android's market share, business consumers still prefer Apple devices and software.

Following a rough estimate earlier this month, Google's new Google+ service has reportedly broken past the 20 million member mark just three weeks after it half-opened to the public.

One of PlayStation 3 maker Sony's top insurers has taken the tech-Goliath to court claiming that it is not liable for any of the cases that resulted from the company's PlayStation Network hacking disaster.

Despite both companies posting record quarterly growths in both profits and revenue, for the second quarter in a row Apple has outperformed Microsoft.

Tech giant Microsoft has exceeded analysts quarterly financial estimates, with strong sales of its Office software and Xbox 360 games console leading the charge.

New reports suggest that tech giant Apple are in the process of creating a new 3D user interface for its OS X operating system.