Prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the Islamic republic's official IRNA news agency that two men had been convicted and would be executed after the supreme court confirms the sentences.

A new survey conducted by research firm IDC has revealed that developer interest in Google's Android mobile phone platform may soon overtake that of Apple's iOS.

Samsung Indonesia might finds itself in a bit of trouble with the powers that be after adding the as-yet unannounced Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830) to its website.

British games publishing trade organisation UKIE has stated that for every game that is legitimately purchased, four are illegally pirated.

One has to wonder why the price of the Google Nexus S is falling like there's no tomorrow; the handset, which was launched on the 6th December 2010, initially carried a preorder price of £35 per month on a two year contract. Mobiles.co.uk, a subsidiary of Carphone Warehouse, is now selling the handset with 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB worth of data for a mere monthly fee of £25.54.

Some interesting news today from the beating heart of online piracy, The Pirate Bay. It seems it's got something new and mysterious ready to launch called The Music Bay.

Buried within Apple's otherwise excellent results, released yesterday, came the admission that the vendor is seeing shortages of iPhones and doesn't know when it will retake control of the situation.

Samsung is holding an event to reveal its successor to the Galaxy S in Barcelona, ahead of Mobile World Congress. The event promises that ‘something big is coming' on the day before the congress officially begins and suggests Samsung will unveil its new flagship phone.

An article that we discussed yesterday on how Sony was looking to ban all PS3 jailbreak systems on PSN, which was rumored to be implemented via firmware update 4.60. could have other effects. We have to stress that this is just rumor, but could there be some truth to this, or could the Japanese consumer electronics maker rush out the PlayStation 4 instead?

A new initiative launched this week in the UK is aiming to bring affordable computing to the masses by offering a PC that costs a mere £98. Race Online 2012 aims to sell 8,000 refurbished computers by the end of the year, but head of the scheme Martha Lane Fox told the Financial Times that she hopes to bring the internet to the UK's "final third", with 9.2m adults in the UK currently without access.