Attempts by cyber-criminals and hostile intelligence agencies to attack the British government have been outlined by the foreign secretary. William Hague told a conference in Munich how government computers had been infected by a virus last year.

The new update – which is said to measure 16MB – provides users with 30 brand new levels and a special Wild West-themed episode titled “Ham ‘Em High.” The updated version also features a graphics toggle, which people can use just in case they own a lower-end smartphone.

Google has released a new extension for its Chrome browser, allowing users to retain privacy settings and block tracking cookies. Skip related content. The Keep my Opt-Outs plug-in lets Chrome users permanently block ads that are set to recognise opt-out tracking protocols.

Fast-food restaurant chain, McDonald's, will roll out contactless payments in all of its 1,200 UK stores by the end of October. McDonald's claims the payment system, which will be launched by the end of the summer this year for purchases of less than £15, will be one of the largest roll-outs of contactless technology in the UK.

It would be foolish to dismiss the might of the Angry Birds now, as it was easy to dismiss it off as just another game before it gained cult status. Like any gaming franchise worth its salt Angry Birds is coming to your TV screens if the good people at Rovio are to be believed.

A couple of months ago it was suggested that the iPad 2 would come equipped with a retina display which is currently seen on the Apple iPhone 4. Well a recent discovery has dispelled the retina display myth but never fear because the news suggests the iPad 2 screen will have quadruple the number of pixels than the current iPad.

Internet users scour the Internet for porn during the Christmas period, or at last that's what one security company has claimed. According to antivirus company ESET, running the search term ‘porn' through Google Trends reveals a rising tide of searches since 2004, consistently spiking every Christmas during that time.

The KA-SAT satellite of Eutelsat Communications has been successfully lofted into orbit by a Proton Breeze M rocket supplied by International Launch Services. Built for Eutelsat by Astrium using the Eurostar E3000 platform, the KA-SAT is a new generation of multi-spotbeam satellite. Its concept is based on a payload with 82 narrow spotbeams connected to 10 ground stations.

At CES next month, Microsoft will reportedly unveil a full-featured version of Windows that runs on ARM processors--a big departure from the x86 architecture.

Do you have to shut your computer down for 15 seconds each time you reboot? Are Macs really safe from malware? How can you fully delete data from a hard drive? The experts weigh in.