Planning that extended weekend away, or perhaps you have an overseas business trip looming? Then this list is a must-read.

Investigators baffled over source of fire.

Severe burns and trashed hotel room after handset catches fire.

A study in Germany has concluded that there is no link between mobile phone use and form of eye cancer..

Touch Diamond first to use Windows 6.1, and will feature 3D weather reports with raindrops and lightning onscreen. Oh, and a little feature called 3G.

Things that make you go aaaargh, including Vista, Bluetooth and other things that may or may not make you mad

Microsoft is working on a new multimedia phone that is designed to compete with Apple’s popular iPhone, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal..

Firm aims to sell 200 million units this year.

Fingerprint scanner on two new phones in laptop crossover.

Quarter of a century of "I'm on the train.".

Shirt allows long distance hugging thanks to smart fabric and mobiletechnology.

Google Voice takes the existing GrandCentral service, which consolidates landlines and mobile numbers into a single phone number with voicemail, and adds the ability to make free domestic calls, transcribe voice mails and more.

LG releases own model months before the iPhone.

Over a quarter of users not signed up to Apple-agreed tariffs.

This week we examine a few of those true 'killer apps,' and what they have meant to computing

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

A phone application designed to show off how rich the user is has been hit by the recession..

Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson left way behind.

Power could be its downfall.

We gaze into a crystal ball and and ponder the future, or possible demise, of some well-known technologies.