Technology

Yves Rossy, the Swiss pilot who flies using jet propelled wings strapped to his body, has successfully completed the first looping after jumping out of a hot air balloon.

Consumer electronics manufacturers Panasonic, Sony, Philips and TDK Corporation are to be awarded a Technology and Engineering Emmy for their contribution to the development of the blue laser optical system - Blu-ray.

Technology manufacturer Logitech have unveiled their first solar powered keyboard that will also work indoors and will, they say, make battery hassles a thing of the past.

A report entitled 'Internet Of Things' has predicted that there could be up to 16 billion connected devices by the year 2020 with an average of nearly 6 devices for every person on the planet.

Opera Software have launched a native Symbian version of the hugely popular web browser Opera Mini for Nokia smartphones that they say has been optimized for faster performance.

Online store Amazon have launched a shopping app called Amazon Windowshop that they say is a complete rewrite of the Amazon.com website designed for the iPad.

Global software giant Microsoft today launched the new Office 2011 for Mac saying that Apple Mac users needed the product in order to work with the Windows world.

Technology company IBM have invented a system that they say can predict natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis that will better help evacuate people in time and aid emergency response efforts.

Apple today unveiled a number of new Mac products including a new MacBook, a new version of OS X, video call software and a new version of iLife.

IBM today announced a new initiative to make cloud computing more secure with a number of service offerings to both clients and providers as a study shows worrying concerns over the technology.