Technology news and breaking stories from the IT industry

Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi access could be on the way after the WiGig Alliance published its specifications and partnered up with the WiFi Alliance

Retina-X Studios has released Mobile Spy for the Apple iPad, pitching it as a way for businesses to keep an eye on employee use of the device

Vodafone is bringing in new charges for its Pay Monthly customers who use more than 500MB of data per month

The case of a woman misusing Faceboook to back up rape charges should prompt people to protect their passwords, say security experts

Despite only winning 0.34 percent of the vote, the UK Pirate Party believes it could benefit from a hung parliament and the focus on smaller parties

Max Palevsky, who invested it in a startup that would become Intel, has died of heart failure at the age of 85

Security researchers at Symantec and BKIS report worms hitting users of Yahoo Messenger and Skype

A joint investigation by US federal agencies leads to the conviction of several individuals trading in counterfeit Cisco network hardware

AdAge is reporting that Facebook is expected to challenge popular startup Foursquare by offering location-based status updates

Nokia launched a new legal complaint against Apple on 7 May, alleging that the iPad and iPhone violate five of its patents

Updating its customer database gave Virgin Media some trouble with its Internet customers

Apple has confirmed the UK launch of the iPad on 28 May, and UK users will have to pay a 5 to 7 percent premium for the tablet, compared to those in the US

O2 has officially moved into the home phone market, bringing it into direct competition with its former owner BT

Pressure is building to introduce electronic voting in the UK, after some citizens were unable to take part in yesterday’s General Election

IBM continues to bang the ‘business agility’ drum, after it unveiled new software designed to cut costs

In an effort to ‘future-proof’ data storage, Seagate has launched a new generation of FreeAgent external storage hard drives, with a strong emphasis on connection flexibility

Springsource lightweight development platform needs caching to meet performance needs

SGI is upgrading its Altix ICE HPC blade server range with new processors from Intel and AMD

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has laid down new rules for applying narrow regulations to broadband providers

Demand for electronic goods in an improving economy should spell success for semiconductor makers this year, says iSuppli