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Articles Posted on 02 April 2008

The PirateBay in the legal firing line once again...

The PirateBay in the legal firing line once again...

News Security

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has filed a lawsuit against Swedish file-sharing Web site The Pirate Bay seeking damages of around £1.25 million.The lawsuit has been filed in Sweden, rather...


Craigslist-driven possessions theft was a botched crime

Craigslist-driven possessions theft was a botched crime

News Security

It seems that the fake adverts on the Craigslist service in the US, which resulted in an Oregon man having most of his stuff lifted from his house, wasn't a hoax after all - it was a botched cover job for aburglary.According to...


The Top 10 UK Business Broadband SME offers

The Top 10 UK Business Broadband SME offers

News Hardware

Comparing Broadband offers for businesses is one of the most time-consuming and complicated things to do; get it wrong and you could be offline for weeks, losing precious revenue.Unlike, say a laptop, you cannot test your...


A Glimpse at Firefox 4.0; How Mozilla wants to follow Microsoft footsteps

A Glimpse at Firefox 4.0; How Mozilla wants to follow Microsoft footsteps

News Software

With Firefox 3.0 out by September, Chris Beard, VP of Mozilla Labs, has mapped out what the future Firefox 4 internet browser will look like.Rafe Needleman, from Webware, found out that Beard wants to radically change the way...


Beware Microsoft; Google Docs is now available offline

Beware Microsoft; Google Docs is now available offline

News Security

Google's Apps are now inching towards Microsoft's popular Office by offering a much requested feature; the ability to save Google Docs files locally (in a hard drive or a USB stick). By launching Google Gears support for Apps,...


Office Open XML format gets thumbs up from ISO

Office Open XML format gets thumbs up from ISO

News Software

Sounds of champagne corks popping could be heard on Microsoft Campus as the software giant celebrated a crucial victory which will see the format it was pushing, Office Open XML (OOXML), adopted by the International Organisation...


Ofcom Survey shows extent of children addiction to social network sites

Ofcom Survey shows extent of children addiction to social network sites

News Security

An Ofcom research has uncovered a worrying reality check for parents and social commentators alike: nearly half of children and teenagers aged between 8 and 17 have an online profile. The survey of 5000 adults and 3000 children...


Microsoft and AT&T to introduce Surface-based devices on April 17

Microsoft and AT&T to introduce Surface-based devices on April 17

News Consumer

Microsoft Surface has been one of the more innovative products to come out of Microsoft's research labs; the software company has announced yesterday, April 1st, that it will collaborate with AT&T to seed Microsoft Surface...


3 UK partners with SonyBMG to debut ad-funded music video service

3 UK partners with SonyBMG to debut ad-funded music video service

News Hardware

Mobile phone operator 3 UK has launched what seems to be the first ad supported, commercial mobile music video service in association with SonyBMG Music Entertainment. Earlier last week, we reported on SonyBMG's attempt to start...


ICO urges UK Government not to dumb down data theft laws

ICO urges UK Government not to dumb down data theft laws

News Security

The Information Commissioner's Office has, in strong words, warned the government not to water down existing laws that could send people convicted of stealing individuals' personal details to jail. The ICO, via the Information...


Samsung launches 3G'ed Instinct; iPhone rival is real threat

Samsung launches 3G'ed Instinct; iPhone rival is real threat

News Mobile & Telco

The Samsung Instinct will get heads turning, not least because of its close resemblance to Apple's iConic mobile phone; they look like twins separated at birth. The Korean manufacturer's phone however it slightly thinner than...


Welcome to Murky land : BT and Phorm tracked 18000 users without their consent

Welcome to Murky land : BT and Phorm tracked 18000 users without their consent

News Security

BT might have got itself into big trouble after it was reported that it secretly tested the Phorm platform on 18000 BT broadband customers between 23 September and 6 October 2006. British online news website the Register has...


Conduct an audit for a ‘quick win’ to save energy

Conduct an audit for a ‘quick win’ to save energy

News Hardware

Tools for modeling the electrical costs in data centres are not widely available and are not often used during data centre design.  This denies the decision-makers sufficient information during the planning and purchasing...


Intel's Atom CPU to rule the world of Ultra Cheap computing

Intel's Atom CPU to rule the world of Ultra Cheap computing

News Mobile & Telco

Expect Intel's Atom to become the microprocessor manufacturer's most popular processor in 2008, simply because it will sell bucket loads of them this year to emerging countries and the third world. Over at IDF in Shanghai,...


Canon Pixma MP210 only £24.99 delivered

Canon Pixma MP210 only £24.99 delivered

News Mobile & Telco

PC World is selling the award winning Canon Pixma MP210, a Photo Printer, Scanner and Copier, for a mere £24.99 after a £20 cashback with free standard delivery.The Canon Pixma MP210 offers a complete printing and...


Budget 5.3.5

Budget 5.3.5

News Security

You may write checks, make deposits, enter payments, and balance your checkbook. See at a glance how much money you have in your budget, savings, or investment accounts. Transfer money between accounts using simple drag-and-drop....


Asus Triton 77 CPU Cooler Review

Asus Triton 77 CPU Cooler Review

News Software

It is probably one of the best know brand name computer component manufacturers in the world and even people who have never even thought about building their own computer have heard of ASUS. ASUS is easily one of the largest...


Firewall Builder

Firewall Builder

News Security

A firewall is a dedicated appliance, or software running on another computer, which inspects network traffic passing through it, and denies or permits passage based on a set of rules.A firewall's basic task is to regulate some of...


Rapidly Growing Email Security Threats Impacting Businesses Worldwide says security firm

Rapidly Growing Email Security Threats Impacting Businesses Worldwide says security firm

News Security

Security firm Webroot released its latest research report, "State of Internet Security: Protecting Business Email" which reveals the significant impact that rapidly growing email security threats, in size and volume,...


Play.com 8GB SD HC Memory Card, £14.99 delivered

Play.com 8GB SD HC Memory Card, £14.99 delivered

News Hardware

Play.com SDHC has a high storage capacity and fast data transfer so that you can store your digital content such as high-resolution photos, high definition videos and more without the restrictions of memory card size and data...


Comms Solutions 2008

Comms Solutions 2008

News Mobile & Telco

Comms Solutions 08 is aimed at resellers providing voice, data, mobility and converged ICT solutions to the SME/Mid-Market business community.The event that brings together the IT and telecommunications industry looks set to be...

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