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HTML5 new tag for video codec has brought up what’s about to become the new hot topic in developers’ communities - which codec will be chosen by W3C for the video playback purposes in HTML5. A lot of options, not much choice.

Cheap knockoffs aren't limited to Ray-Bans and Rolexes. Read on for a look at an imitation iPad, a pirated Palm Pre, and more low-budget copies of popular tech products--often with features not found in the originals.

The magical cloak featured in the Harry Potter series just took one step closer to reality.

HTC Corporation today outlined its disagreement with Apple's legal actions and reiterated its commitment to creating a portfolio of innovative smartphones that gives consumers a variety of choices.

Google looks set to leave the Chinese market. If, as is expected,Google shuts down its Chinese-language search engine later this month,it will be the culmination of years of tension between the onlinemedia giant and the Chinese authorities. Here's a timeline of what'shappened to date.

Location is heating up and Apple wants in on the action.

For the past couple of years now, when talking about the Apple TV product, Apple likes to throw out the word hobby. It's as if they're ashamed of the device. And considering sales are anemic next to Macs, iPods, and iPhones, it's no big surprise that they talk this way.

BullWhip's plans are to have celebrities such as Angelina Jolie eating a hot dog or Eliza Dushku with two big slabs of Angus steak on her breasts. Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have also been contacted to fight in a tub of hamburger. BullWhip, a meat company from Southern California is in the fighting ring against PETA for the domain Sex.com.

Geremi Adam, a member of the movie release group ‘maVen’ has been sentenced to two and a half months in prison. The 27 year-old Montreal resident, who was referred to the Canadian police by the FBI, pleaded guilty to distributing two major motion pictures.

No annual festival, conference, or party will ever be as good as the first year you went.

Most of the NCAA men's basketball championship tournament's games are played during daytime work hours, and many office workers will be filling out online tournament brackets, wagering in online betting pools and watching streaming video of the games when their bosses' backs are turned.

As the rhetoric battle between Google and Apple heats up, the search giant is showing that it will fight to defend its Android mobile OS from attacks from Apple. Here are 10 ways Google can defend its Android turf and take on Apple in the mobile market.

Google has since made major tweaks to Buzz, but Harbour believes the misfire is a symptom of a greater problem. She says: “This is turning into a dangerous game of ‘copycat’ behavior … Unlike a lot of tech products, consumer privacy cannot be run in beta.”

The technology blows away the competition by scanning 200 pages a minute...

The plan floats the idea of a "national broadband fee," paid for by taxpayers.

There’s an email going round asking Facebook users to reset their password. The email is a fake and contains a virus, do not open or follow any of its instructions.

Lithuanian-based GetJar, an independent mobile phone application store with more than 60,000 mobile applications for major mobile platforms such as Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile, commissioned a study that predicts a huge surge in the number of mobile app downloads and the overall size of the mobile app market...

Countries should be judged on their willingness to open up public data, the inventor of the world wide web tells the BBC.

The battle to dominate the smartphone OS market is heating up, as everyone looks to grab a piece of the pie. Here we outline the shifting landscape among the major players.

iLounge and Macworld are reporting that Apple has banned the sale of film-based screen protectors for its iPhone, iPod, and Mac lines in its retail stores. But why?