Social networks know that no one wants adverts all up in their feed –it’s no wonder they try to sugar coat paid-for posts. Twitter sneaks in “promoted” tweets; Facebook has its “sponsored” posts; and soon you can expect “Promoted Pins” from — where…

The remaining way to easily access Google’s email service Gmail is now blocked in China according to reports.

Internet Explorer has been a cornerstone of Windows ever since 1995 but it looks like Microsoft is ready to leave its venerable (if sometimes infamous) web browser by the wayside. ZDNet understands that a previously rumored overhaul to Internet Expl…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – (This is a correction to Dec. 19 story which originally lacked the word ‘temporarily’ in 11th paragraph.)

BEIJING (Reuters) – Google Inc’s Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world’s biggest email service with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame.

It’s scary to lose memories especially in the early phases of diseases like Alzheimer’s — you’re really losing part of yourself. Thankfully researchers at UCLA may have found a way to get those memories back. They’ve conducted experiments suggesti…

Your humble narrator doesn’t review too many gadgets so it’s always a treat when one hits the How Would You Change timetable. In my mind the BlackBerry Q5 was the company’s most important new device simply because it would show if BlackBerry could …

Hacker Jan Krissler claims to have cloned the fingerprint of a German politician using standard photographs taken at an event.