Strap on your seatbelts, Android fans: Google has a new tool in its Google Goggles Android app, and it’s time to take it for a test drive. Google announced the debut of its Google Goggles image-based text translation feature this morning. The feature, integrated into the new 1.1 version of the Goggles app, allows you to point your phone’s camera at any block...

A Russian-born hacker is attempting to sell Facebook IDs for as little as $25 per 100 usernames, social-media blog Mashable reports, citing researchers at VeriSign’s iDefense. The hacker, who calls himself Kirllos, has obtained 1.5 million Facebook IDs, or one for every 300 people who use the social networking website. He’s charging $25 per 100 IDs for users with fewer...

Innovation is our regular column that highlights emerging technological ideas and where they may lead How would you like to have just one all-powerful program on your computer? No cluttered “start” menu or “dock” to make your selection from, just one icon to click that opens up a window capable of any task you may require. In fact, you are already...

Apple has announced that the demand for the iPad in the US is so high they will be forced to delay shipments to the rest of the world by one month. International customers will now have to wait until the end of May to get their hands on Apple’s “magical” device. The company has sold more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, and continues to fill...

We’ll keep coverage down to this single post: today the Apple iPad launches in the US. At this stage just the WiFi-only version of the iPad will be available, with prices starting from $499 for the 16GB edition and rising to $699 for the most capacious 64GBer. 3G enabled models will launch in ‘late April’, which is believed to be inline with international...

Google is set to encourage more people to turn to cyberspace with plans of producing an Internet guide in a leaflet. The search giant will hand out the information on how to work basic online tasks, such as communicating with friends, and not promote its own services. “Well, if you’re trying to get people who are not on the internet to be interested in the...

World’s most famous social networking site Facebook, is receiving lots of pressure from the British child protection authorities to include a ‘Panic’ button in their ...

For a company that’s synonymous with one product–the world’s most popular search engine–Google is far from a one-product company. Actually, it’s a veritable idea factory, in part because it lets employees spend twenty percent of their time on pet projects. When it comes to new services, the Google philosophy is simple: When in doubt, try it...

Even the most conscientiously crafted news story can leave out information that might have changed your opinion. Some may even do so deliberately. A prototype web service changes that, by sourcing additional quotes, figures and other information to augment any given online news article. Unlike existing news aggregators or “related stories” features, the new...

As we creep on toward the iPad launch, developers are scurrying about getting their apps ship-shape, consumers are twiddling their thumbs waiting for pre-orders to be announced, and print publishers are making preparations. Apple, of course, announced that its iBookstore would cater to books, but it seems that periodicals are going to have to make their own arrangements. On...