There is always going to be a ton of innovation in the tech world but it seems that very few individuals have the means necessary to truly capitalize on the opportunities that new technology brings. Thats not always the case however with certain companies that present great opportunities such as ACN Inc offer their [...]

VC investment in UK and Irish high-tech companies this year is rapidly outstripping last year’s investment volume, according to the technology-focussed investment group, Ascendant.
In the first half of 2011, £455m has been invested compared to £620m in the first half of 2010.
“In Q2 2011, £234m (up from £190m in Q2 2010) was invested in [...]

Government officials have given a tentative thumbs up to a new technology for cars that would render the concept of driving while drunk a non-starter — literally.
On Friday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and David Strickland, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, were on hand when researchers publicly demonstrated a car-embeddable [...]

What is the meaning of life? According to a recent article in The Guardian, mobile phones are well on their way to answer life’s big questions. Maybe they’re not quite up to the philosophical stuff just yet, but they’ve certainly come a long way to making life all the easier for the multitude of [...]

As the Linux Foundation tells it, the Linux-related job market is today 80 percent larger than it was five years ago. Whereas other industries have had to shed workers in the current recession, the Foundation is hopeful penny-pinching measures might actually encourage businesses to transition to Linux-based software and thereby further stimulate employment opportunities [...]

Google’s really sticking it to the man this week, first over the Chinese censorship issue and now with their battle over Gmail security, switching from “http” to the far-safer “https” as the default setting.
What does this mean for you? Not much admittedly, as they’ve been offering the option for using https since 2008. You [...]

The current encryption algorithm for voice calls made over GSM networks has been cracked by a team of 24 hackers led by encryption specialist Karsten Nohl during the Chaos Communication Congress being held this week in Berlin.
The A5/1 algorithm is a 21 year old 64-bit algorithm used in the encryption of voice calls originating [...]