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The controversies surrounding the release of iPhone 5 gains momentum, as the iPhone fans get restless amidst the long wait for the elusive phone.

It is always an interesting exercise - to dig into a family's past and uncover buried secrets... good or bad. There are, of course, several resources to allow for such investigation and several more organizations which conduct such studies.

The PlayStation Vita went on sale in Japan this week and will hit UK stores on February 22, but with retail prices starting at £229.99 and games expected to cost between £30 and £40, how will it fare against its smartphone and tablet rivals?

Android users visit Facebook on their smartphones more often than iPhone users, with 68.2 percent returning to the application every single day.

British Telecom has sued Google's Android mobile operating system, as it believes that the software infringes six patents in its Maps, Music and Android Market applications.

The author of Steve Jobs' biography has announced that the book may be added to in the future and that the current edition is "not the final draft".

Grand Theft Auto 3 is now available on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as developer Rock Star Games released an iOS version of the hugely popular PlayStation 2 game.

Apple has shifted more than 100 million applications from its Mac AppStore since it was introduced less than a year ago, and the store now boasts thousands of free and paid-for apps.

An untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4 iPod touch running iOS 5 has been created, and the hacker responsible has posted a video online to prove it.

With 2011 drawing to a close we at the International Business Times UK aren't just looking forward to the tech 2012 has to bring, but we're most excited for the technology we'll all be buying in 2021.

A group of Chinese hackers have reportedly ported the voice acivated personal assistant Siri to the iPhone 4 and iPod touch fourth generation. Unlike previous Siri hacks, this works fully with the iPhone 4 and is available as a download from the jailbreakers' application store, Cydia.

Apple is being consulted as part of an inquiry as to why an iPhone 4 glowed red and emitted smoke during the landing of a passenger flight in Sydney.

Apple users hoping to get an untethered jailbreak for their iOS 5 devices are going to have to wait longer, as jailbreakers Greenpois0n declare "war" on Apple.

The next iPhone will feature a 4-inch screen, up from the current 3.5-inch on the iPhone 4S, according to Japanese technology site Macotakara.

As part of the annual Black Friday celebrations, Apple has reduced the prices in its UK store of some Macs, iPods and the iPad.

Blog of all things Apple, 9to5mac, has posted what it claims to be a photograph of the Black Friday price cuts, which are expected to be introduced for one day only on Friday, 25 Nov.

We know how difficult it can be to buy Christmas presents for technology lovers; the right game on the right format, the right about of RAM and the right screen size. It's a minefield of Christmas morning disappointment.While the 'big present' is always the hardest to get right, here at the IBTimes we've put together a list of what we think are the best £50-or-less stocking fillers for your geeky loved ones.

The iPhone 4S and Steve Jobs' death contributed to earn Apple UK 14 million hits in October, making it the second most popular online shop in the UK.

Apple has announced its participation in Black Friday, a one-day shopping event after Thanksgiving that signals the start of the Christmas shopping season in America.

Back in the days of the Nokia 3310, the mobile phone market was a far simpler place. All we wanted was a decent range of interchangeable covers and a miniature light-up Santa hat, but with the recent boom in smartphone sales, the accessory manufacturers have had to innovate to keep up.

Just days after Apple released iOS 5.0.1 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, hackers have jailbroken the new firmware, but an untethered hack is still in the works.