UK Tech

'Life On Mars Is 99% Certain'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.06.2012 | UK Tech

New analysis of soil samples taken on a Mars mission in 1976 have revealed evidence of life, a report claims. The samples, collected by Nasa’s t...

Nokia Lumia 900 - What's the Big Deal?

Ramy Khuffash | Posted 13.06.2012 | UK Tech
Ramy Khuffash

Microsoft and Nokia have been kicking up a fuss about their latest Windows smart phone and after the Nicki Minaj concert in Times Square to celebrate the launch of the Lumia 900, I'm left wondering what the big deal is?

Your Chance To Buy An Ultra-Rare Mac

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK Tech

An "ultra-rare" 128k Apple Macintosh computer prototype is up for grabs on eBay, complete with boxy mouse, chunky keyboard and wide-mouthed 5.25-inch ...

Scrap Metal Robots: Pictures

The Huffington Post UK | Luke McGee | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Tech

What do the words "scrap metal" mean to you? A target for thieves? A valuable asset? Or, do they inspire dreams of creating towering model robots?...

The First Batch Of Raspberry Pi Arrives In Stock

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Tech

The first batch of Raspberry Pi has arrived at an Oxford warehouse. Orders of the coveted £31 computer could be with IT enthusiasts early next week. ...

Amazing High Tech Homes - PHOTOS

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK Tech

High tech homes are not just those with the most gadgets. The high tech home of 2012 is sustainable and allows gadgets and gizmos to drop into the bac...

Asteroid 2012 DA14 To Narrowly Miss Earth

PA | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK Tech

A 164ft (50m) long space rock with the destructive power of an H-bomb will narrowly miss the Earth next year, scientists predict. Asteroid 2012 DA1...

London At Night: The Majestic M25 As Seen From Space

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK Tech

If you find it hard to love London as much as you could, or even if you're a died-in-the-wool Londonist, here's an amazing shot to warm the cockle...

Nintendo's 3D Louvre Gallery Audio Guide - PHOTOS, VIDEO

The Huffington Post UK | Luke McGee | Posted 12.04.2012 | UK Tech

The sight of a handheld games console being carried around an art gallery could make many art lovers recoil in horror. Games? In a gallery? Oh the cul...

US Government Sues Apple Over E-Book Price Fixing

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 11.06.2012 | UK Tech

The US Department of Justice is sticking up for e-book readers, and has charged Apple with colluding with six top publishers to drive up the price of ...

Minecraft Creator's New Game Screenshots

Kotaku | Posted 12.04.2012 | UK Tech

Marcus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft, is working on something new. It's called 0x10.cc, and is a sci-fi game that's got some neat ideas, p...

Inside Apple: Watch An Ipad Being Made At Foxconn - VIDEO

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 11.06.2012 | UK Tech

Did you ever wonder what really goes on inside Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that supplies Apple iPads? Rob Schmitz, the Shanghai bureau chief...

The HuffPost UK Tech Playlist: Future Sounds To Tweet By

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 12.04.2012 | UK Tech

To launch our new Spotify Playlists page and the Spotify Play button, Huff Post UK Tech has put together a top ten list of future sounds to tweet, pin...

Dropping ICT Lessons Will 'Severely Disadvantage Children'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The gap between the best and worst ICT teaching in England's schools will open to an "unacceptable level" if plans to ditch the subject from the natio...

Why Would Facebook Buy Instagram?

Gigaom | Posted 11.06.2012 | UK Tech

You might have heard by now that Facebook has acquired Instagram for nearly a billion dollars in cash and stock. Incredible, isn't it? I have received...

Night Skies Leaves UK Without Starry Eyes

PA | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK

The UK's night skies are still "saturated" with light pollution, campaigners warned on Wednesday, after a survey suggested half the population cannot ...

Apple Acknowledges Flashback Malware With Update

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 11.06.2012 | UK Tech

Apple has been slammed by online security experts for taking three months to stop the Flashback malware threat to Apple computers and develop software...

Could the Olympics Become a Network Danger?

Thierry Grenot | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK Tech
Thierry Grenot

The Olympics are coming. In the same way that the city of London is building new roads to handle increased traffic, companies must ready their networks to support the increased flow of applications.

Facebook COO Leaves Work At 5:30 Every Day

Mashable | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Tech

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is familiar with the funny, uncertain feeling that comes with checking out soon after 5:00 to be with family, and althoug...

Top Alternatives To Instagram

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK Tech

Facebook has just bought photo-sharing app Instagram for $1 billion, and many users of the iOS and now Android app are worried that their reliable ser...

iPhone 5 Rumour Of The Day: 4 Inch Retina Display?

Electric Pig | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK Tech

Apple iPhone 5 rumours are starting to come thick and fast now, despite the fact that the handset probably won't land until the third quarter. Even so...

Downing Street Website Hacked

Telegraph | Posted 10.06.2012 | UK Tech

The Downing Street website was also disrupted by computer hackers who targeted the Home Office in protest at the Government's extradition policies....

University Launches 3D Chocolate Printing

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Tech

The University of Exeter has created the most high tech way to make Easter Eggs yet - a 3D chocolate printer. Dr Liang Hao from the university ta...

£5 Billion Wasted On UK Phone Tariffs

PA | Posted 09.06.2012 | UK Tech

Mobile phone users waste £5 billion a year by being on the wrong tariff, new research suggests. In a study of 2,034 people nearly half (47%) were un...

Islay Whisky Made In Space

PA | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Tech

An island distillery is carrying out experiments in space to find out how its product matures without gravity. The Ardbeg Distillery on Islay blast...