Articles Posted on 15 January 2008
Future of Web Design
News Business & Government
The Future of Web Design brings together leading talents from the world of contemporary web design to share their knowledge and insight.Confirmed speakers include Larissa Meek, Miguell Ripoll, Daniel Burka from Pownce and Hannah...
Kensington Vo200 Bluetooth VOIP Phone, only £23.49
News Hardware
Slimline Bluetooth VOIP phone - make free calls over the internet, plus long talk time and convenient storage in your notebook PC Card slot. The Kensington Vo200 is on sale at Morgancomputers for only £23.49.- Crisp...
Super Talent 2GB Pico Series USB Drives
News Hardware
On one hand, there are the USB drives that are designed for urban warfare; the drives you can trust to back up and keep safe documents while sky diving or roving the lunar surface. Then there are the drives that appeal to us...
DeviceLock 6.2.1 Build 12269
News Security
DeviceLock allows network administrators to specify which users can access which devices (ports, floppies, MOs, etc.) on the local computer. Once DeviceLock is installed, administrators can assign permissions to LPT ports,...
Intel faces US antitrust probe
News Security
The state of New York will probe Intel to determine whether the world's biggest microchip maker has behaved anti-competitively. The company is already the subject of a European Commission case following a six-year...
Microsoft faces new antitrust probe from European Commission
News Security
The European Commission has launched a new case against Microsoft over claims that it is using its market dominance to stifle competition. The Commission is basing its arguments on a crucial court victory over Microsoft last...
British software pirate faces up to 10 years in jail
News Security
A British man who was selling £12,000 software for £12 on eBay faces up to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to copyright infringement and will be sentenced in February.Michael Walton broke an encryption code in...
Lime Green Funky Wired USB VOIP Phone, only £6.98
News Hardware
Maplin sells this USB VoIP phone for only £6.98 at Maplin.It supports the popular Skype VoIP software as well as others.It is fully compliant with USB2.0, comes with 10 customised ring tones and has a Magnetic hook for...
Currant Bun duped by Samoan sex tape hoaxsters
News Security
It seems that the super, soaraway Sun, that well-known bastion of British journalism, has allegedly been caught with its reporting panties down regarding reports of a Britney Spears sex tape said to be available on...
Colombian pleads guilty in Washington to computer fraud
News Security
In what prosecutors are calling one of the most complex cases of its type, a Colombian national has pleaded guilty to a 16 count indictment involving computer fraud affecting more than 600 people. The case against Mario...
Super Trojan gets Symantec quaking
News Security
Symantec's Liam OMurchu handles Trojans every day through his work at Symantec. But the Trojan.Silentbanker, which affects all versions of Windows since Windows 95, stood out as one of the most smartly build and therefore...
Microsoft confirms XP for XO laptop
News Software
Software Titan Microsoft has confirmed plans for an OLPC XO Windows XP version and simultaneously dismissed the idea of a dual-booting XO Laptop which would have used both XO's own linux based operating system and Windows XP's...
Sony to introduce wireless USB Rival
News Web
Sony, the company who is responsible for some major Consumer Electronics feuds - remember the minidisc, i-Link, UMD, DAT betamax, blu-ray and memory sticks - has announced yet another controversial move. According to ZDnet, Sony...
Microsoft faces EU Probe ... again
News Software
The European Commission, which is on track to become Microsoft's sole nemesis, has opened two more investigations into "claims that the company has abused its dominant position to squeeze competitors out of the market",...
iPhone talks crash and burn in China
News Mobile & Telco
China Mobile and Apple have "temporarily stopped" their negotiations, according to a spokesman for China Mobile and reported by the FT. The Chinese mobile phone provider is the largest in china with 363 million...
Lecturer takes aim at Wikipedia and Google
News Security
Professor Tara Brabazon, from the University of Brighton, has launched a staunch attack at the apparent dumbing down of students by resources such as Google and Wikipedia. The lecturer has railed against what she calls "The...
EMC to use Solid State Storage in Array
News Hardware
EMC has announced that it will start selling flash memory drives in a bid to replace some of its slower disk drive arrays. However, although solid state drives are faster and more frugal when it comes to power consumption, they...
US gets more of unlimited streaming videos
News Security
Informationweek writes that Netflix subscribers will get unlimited streaming video from USD 8.99 per month. That's about a third the price we pay in the UK for the TV License. Unlimited has always been a very powerful selling...
Rumour Mill : Facebook to grab Plaxo
News Consumer
Venturebeat has resurrected the rumour about a possible acquisition of Plaxo by Facebook. The business social network would be a perfect complement to churlish, ill mannered Facebook and would provide it with an instant entry in...
Shifting sands in music industry heralds new era for music lovers
News Security
New Government proposals to make the act of 'ripping' CD's to a home computer legal are a welcome step in the right direction but need to introduced quickly, says Steve Oliver, the ex-managing director of Music Zone and now...
