Articles Posted on 08 April 2008
Dirty Dozen : The Top 12 UK £299 laptops
News Hardware
Searching for a bargain notebook without cutting too many corners? ITProPortal.com has rounded up twelve of the best sub £300 laptop deals in the UK in this exclusive report. Laptops have never been so inexpensive and you...
Phishers getting clever - watch out for MasterCard Emails
News Security
Sophos has issued a warning to t'Internet users to be on the look-out for phishing emails offering them a discount if they `sign up' to the MasterCard 3-DSecure - aka SecureCode - program.This involves punters giving away useful...
Fake Nokia N95s now in the UK sales channel
News Security
I was interested to see that, after a number of fake iPhones were produced in China for the counterfeit market, that the forgers have turned their attentions to the Nokia N95.Unlike the fake iPhone, however, the fake N95s are...
Apple to launch new, greener Macbook and Macbook Pro range
News Security
Apple, the iConic computer and consumer hardware manufacturer, is reportedly planning to completely overhaul its current Macbook and Macbook Pro range of laptops to make them greener. AppleInsider has news that Apple will...
Nokia is readying a touchscreen iPhone Killer
News Mobile & Telco
Nokia is working hard on bringing its own touchscreen user interface handset to market; the "Tube" as it is known (ed : distant cousin to Test and You?) has already been lambasted by a few writers. Last year, Engadget...
Low-cost PCs are Intel's new goldmine; Atom is 85x more expensive than gold
News Mobile & Telco
Intel seems to have struck gold with the new emergent low cost PC segment, pioneered by Asus EEE PC launched last year and according to some sources, the semiconductor giant might earn more from the new Atom family than from its...
Researcher's analysis scorns Phorm's ad solution
News Security
A technical evaluation done by Dr Richard Clayton, a computer security researcher at the University of Cambridge, found out that Phorm, the controversial ad system that BT and other ISPs are planning to implement soon, is...
Are Microsoft Starter Edition OSes just dummies?
News Software
Windows launched the Windows XP Starter Edition (XPSE), what it calls a Windows XP for emerging markets, back in August 2004 in a bid to reduce piracy and to tackle the growing Linux/open source threat in third world. By April...
Google prepares rival for Amazon's EC2 cloud services
News Hardware
Cloud computing is already considered as the next big thing as Software as a Service become a mainstream feature of everyday life. Google's latest newcomer, the Google App Engine, marks the search engine's first step into...
Ofcom to auction UK 4G radio spectrum in summer
News Mobile & Telco
UK Telecoms regulating body Ofcom has announced that it will auction spectrum bands (2500-2690 MHz and 2010-2025 MHz) on "a technology and service neutral basis". The new freed spectrum - a total of 205MHz - is...
Featured Tech Deal : Xerox Phaser 6180 Laser Colour Printer, from £152
News Hardware
Introduce fast colour performance to your office with the affordable, easy-to-use Xerox Phaser 6180 colour laser printer. It delivers the speed and print quality today’s small to medium-size businesses have been waiting...
The beginning of a new Era : Online surpass TV in Ad market in 2009
News Security
A report by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) forecasts that the web could catch up with and whizz past TV in a gloomy advertising environment. In 2007, Internet advertising jumped 38...
ID and Bank Accounts BOGOFs : The Secrets of the Online Crime Tescos
News Security
Security Firm Symantec today revealed that UK identities are being purchased and sold in bulk buy special offers on "cyber crime supermarket" style underground economies, according to the latest edition of its Internet...
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.0.0.320 RC1 beta
News Security
It combines reactive antivirus and spyware detection methods with the latest proactive technologies to provide your computer with the most effective protection against malicious programs. The product is simple to install and set...
BT named and shamed as worst landline service provider in new survey
News Security
A customer satisfaction survey by uSwitch singled out BT as the worst landline provider; more than 11,000 customers voted across 9 categories (out of 11) that BT was the worst company of all. This would mean that up to 3 million...
Epson Stylus DX7400 All-In-One
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There are much better machines if money isn’t an issue, but if you’re value driven the dark grey-blue DX7400 is worth considering as it features Epson’s excellent DURABrite Ultra individual inks, memory card...
Comment : Encryption could have prevented HSBC data scare
News Security
The loss of a computer disc with the details of 370,000 customers of HSBC is fuelling again the discussion in the UK on data security: The customers' details included their names, dates of birth, and their levels of insurance...
GSX Server
News Security
VMware released version 1.0 of Server on July 12, 2006. Server is a continuation of the retired GSX Server product line. VMware Server can create, edit, and play virtual machines. It uses a client-server model, allowing remote...
European Commission approves Mobile calls on airplanes
News Hardware
After the EC has agreed to have in-flight mobile service, it looks as if Brits will be the first to benefit from this newly-found liberty within a few months, if not weeks. We could soon be overwhelmed with "I saw a flying...
Canon PIXMA MP210 Printer/Copier/Scanner, £16.55 delivered
News Hardware
Thanks to its FINE cartridges, you get professional looking results each and every time. The PIXMA MP210 prints photos in up to 4800 dpi with 2 pl ink droplets, while Dual Color Gamut processing technology faithfully reproduces...
Citrix iForum 2008
News Hardware
In today’s dynamic world, businesses are becoming more global, more mobile, more cost-conscious and more competitive than ever. From virtual applications, to virtual desktops to scalable networks that support a...
