There will be arguments about this for a long time, as it's unclear how experienced the iPhone typist in this demo video is. Based purely on the video, it would appear that Swype, the new text input technology from the inventor of the T9 keyboard technology for numeric keypads, Cliff Kushler, has the upper hand.

<Newsweek has posted an article titled "Dial A for Accessory," which lists a set of must-have accessories for iPhone users. Number eight out of eight on the list: another cell phone.

Last year's massive discounts on clothing aren't around this year and its had a predictable effect on sales, but figures for electronics are strong and online sales are roaring back.

How is the unmissable made unmissable? The BBC iPlayer has been one of the most successful BBC innovations in recent years.

Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday.

Welsh people in the risk group for swine flu are being urged to get vaccinated after a form of swine flu, that is resistant to antiviral drugs, has begun to spread between hospital patients.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and Nov. 24 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species , the landmark work in which Darwin laid forth his theory of natural selection.

Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million in federal stimulus funds to study wind energy.

Well, here's a new one. A record label executive was arrested for not Tweeting. We're not talking about not pretending to be a bird, but rather for not posting a message on Twitter. This has to be a first in law enforcement.

Although they had posted another brochure earlier that made less than credible claims of 30% iPod discounts and 25% Mac discounts, BGR claims this newest ad comes from "a pretty credible connect of ours." The new ad's discounts are also more in line with Apple's previous Black Friday deals, which tend to be fairly modest compared to other ...

Apple has decided it's time to defend its BFF, AT&T, which has been under assault by Verizon over its 3G network. A pair of new Apple ads pick at the parts of Verizon's network that are vulnerable to back up its iPhone partner.

Hey kids, grab those beakers and Petri dishes, the White House is going to hold a science fair.

A number of iPhone worms have been released recently, all targeted at jailbroken iPhones. On Saturday, Sophos reported on a new worm that is considerably more malicious than these earlier attempts.

A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.

News reports say Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp. over a deal that would see the media company get paid to remove its news websites from Google.

The USSR's first civilian cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov, a crew member of the Voskhod spaceship in 1964, has died in Moscow aged 83, Russian media say.

DAVID STRINGER Key scientist says leak of stolen climate change e-mails could be aimed at global talks LONDON - LONDON a ' A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate ...

An Ohio university is celebrating the International Year of Astronomy by displaying never-before-seen photos from NASA space telescopes.