Apple may have finally cleared a hurdle in bringing the iPhone to China as it has reportedly applied for a Network Access License in the Asian country, putting a release just a few months away -- albeit without Wi-Fi.

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt acknowledged this week that his company's foray into the operating system business may further complicate his role as a member of Apple's board of directors.

Apple on Thursday evening delivered to developers a new build of its forthcoming Snow Leopard operating system that addresses a number of outstanding bugs but also delivers a couple of interface tweaks.

A half dozen new patent filings published this week from Apple detail various advancements that could find their way into future iPhones, such as a new "ID App" for identifying objects in a user's surroundings, an interface for managing outgoing

One of the more overlooked features of the new iPhone 3.0 is support for a new open standard for live video streaming over HTTP, which promises to open up standards-based video broadcasting to a wide audience while giving mobile users

Downstream, you might hit well over 1 Mbps; upstream, under 384 KbpsWhen the iPhone 3GS arrived last month, I explained the ins and outs of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), the rubric that covers AT&T's two highest-speed cellular data standards:

Downstream, you might hit well over 1 Mbps; upstream, under 384 KbpsWhen the iPhone 3GS arrived last month, I explained the ins and outs of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), the rubric that covers AT&T's two highest-speed cellular data standards:

BT fibre broadband is coming to 69 more townsBT is to rampup its roll out of superfast fibre-based, 40 megabits per second (Mb) fibre optic broadband Internet , making it available to 1 million homes by early next year.

New 7in netbook costs just £159 and comes with 30 hours a month free web access.Sitting at virtually the opposite end of the tech spectrum from Apple - with its high premium, high-end devices - is a company called DataWind.

BT fibre broadband is coming to 69 more townsBT is to rampup its roll out of superfast fibre-based, 40 megabits per second (Mb) fibre optic broadband Internet , making it available to 1 million homes by early next year.

Canonical says building an OS is 'harder than putting a new feature on a search engine'Ubuntu maker Canonical is defiant that it can maintain its edge in the desktop Linux space despite Google's coming Chrome operating system.

Four cases of batteries overheating or exploding have been reported since DecemberApple has had to recall a batch of first generation iPod nanos in Korea over concerns they might potentially overheat, swell and set fire.

Adds the the flexibility to set multiple alarms at different timesGEAR4, the Mac accessory manufacturer, has introduced the GEAR4 CRG-200W a dual alarm clock for both iPod and iPhone.

The CRG-70W comes with FM radio with 6 programmable preset stationsGEAR4, the Mac accessory manufacturer, has introduced the stylish GEAR4 CRG-70W compact alarm clock with universal iPod/iPhone dock.