As foretold by the grapevine, Twitter has started the rollout of a new photo-sharing service where users can post photos directly from the site. Until now they have had to do so through third-party applications such as Twitpic and Yfrog. Photo service Twitter confirmed the photo service on Wednesday, at the D9 conference in California.…

It's another one for the Star Trek crowd - a printer that makes 3D objects. We're one step close to that replicator, folks. It starts with keys. The information about the key's dimensions is fed into the printer, which carries a software programme for manufacturing solid objects. Out comes a fully functioning key - it's…

Technology is not only changing the way art is viewed and distributed, but also how art is being created. Touch-ups in Photoshop is only the very beginning of this, as artists are now starting to carve out new specialties in digital spaces such as virtual reality and holographics. The digitalisation of the creative realm is…

It's been long feared yet never proven - either way, mobiles have now made it to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) list of things that may cause cancer. A report issued yesterday by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a department within the WHO, has mobile listed in the "carcinogenic hazards" category, alongside…

Ebay has complained to Ofcom about the shoddy state of mobile broadband coverage around the UK. It keeps the people from spending, says the retailer, and stifles economic growth in the process. Apparently eBay's beef is with places like rural Wales and the Scottish highlands, or the 16% of the UK which is an "m-commerce…