Gizmodo A just released software patch for the iPhone updates the system software to version 4.0.1, which “improves” the way the iPhone displays signal strength. Apple has released an update to the software powering its iPhone that claims to more accurately display signal strength — but... 

The coalition has combined the alternative vote referendum and redrawing of constituency boundaries into a single bill. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has allowed himself to be sandbagged by his Tory partners in his otherwise laudable attempt to... 

David Cameron lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National cemetery. He later said British foreign policy should focus on business. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Business people may become British ambassadors in the future as part of a shakeup of foreign policy designed... 

Michael Gove had said that the scale of demand for academies required the government to rush through legislation. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Michael Gove, the education secretary, faced renewed attacks today when it emerged that only 153 schools had applied to become academies –... 

Death by cuts … the UK Film Council backed films such as Gosford Park It was nothing short of a hammer blow. This morning, word came through of John Woodward’s email to UK Film Council staff informing them that the government was planning to shut them down. Then the Department for...