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The Government has admitted that teaching children about computers is seriously "in need of reform". In an official response to the Livingstone-Hope Next Gen report published nine months ago, a lengthy statement from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport concedes that interactive computer teaching in the UK is "insufficiently …

Apple is close to beginning commercial manufacturing of the Apple TV set-top box for a late 2012 release, it has been reported. TheGuardianclaims that Japanese firm Sharp has been asked to begin commercial production of the TV’s in February, ready for sale in the second half of next year. Apple …

Illicit file sharing 'a service problem and not a pricing problem'

Earnest and reputable mainstream newspaper The Daily Telegraph has today run a headline warning parents about the dangers of videogames. The print edition ran the headline ‘Video Games Sending Kids Crazy’, while online the tag was ‘Games Wage War on Young Minds.’ Meanwhile, thefull articlecarried the significantly more descriptive headline …

The eventual fate of both the PlayStation Vita and the handheld console sector remains to be seen, but if the consumer appetite in Hong Kong is anything to go by, Sony has nothing to worry about. A report on Engadget China, as translated by Joystiq, says that the opening of …

Tech giants reportedly spent between $500 million to $1 billion on manufacturing equipment at Sharp factory

The name of the next game from LA Noire studio boss Brendan McNamara has been revealed, and it’s a striking one – Whore of the Orient. And while McNamara’s Team Bondi studio is now closed, the game still looks set for a release at some point after the rights were …

No huge commitments made in official response, but UKIE claims 'the door has opened'

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 for the third week in a row. Notably, that’s another achievement that predecessor Black Ops failed to manage, as that was knocked off the top in its third week by Sony’s Gran Turismo 5. There …

Some of the biggest technology companies in the world have today thrown their weight behind a renewed campaign to bring computer science back into UK schools. Google and Microsoft have joined a vast new alliance of technology groups that call on Britain’s government to put an end to the so-called …