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Articles Posted on 19 May 2008

Will Android have a tougher time than expected?

Will Android have a tougher time than expected?

News Software

Access Co has been developing its own Linux ecosystem for years, and when it purchased Palm Source in 2005 it was expected that mobile Linux would go mainstream.   Unfortunately little has happened and at this year’s...


3 Skypephone Mobile Phone Review: The future of Mobile VoIP

3 Skypephone Mobile Phone Review: The future of Mobile VoIP

News Mobile & Telco

The Skypephone made quite an impression when it first came to market at the end of October 2007 and for a single good reason. This nifty little device, built by Chinese OEM Amoi, will allow you to call nearly 2.5 million regular...


Xerox Phaser 6110vn + Free Toner Bundle, £82.24 only!

Xerox Phaser 6110vn + Free Toner Bundle, £82.24 only!

News Hardware

The Xerox Phaser 6110 colour laser printer – the affordable replacement to business ink-jet printers that fits in any space. With one of the smallest footprints in its class, this easy-to-use printer delivers affordable...


ISPs could be forced to track their customers' usage

ISPs could be forced to track their customers' usage

News Security

Think Phorm was bad? The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is pushing forward for a number of fundamental changes to the Communications Data Bill that could transform ISPs and Communications companies into snooping...


The SOCA Report Highlights The Crime-Busting Agency's Success

The SOCA Report Highlights The Crime-Busting Agency's Success

News Security

A report describing the work carried out by the SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency) in the past twelve months has highlighted some of the successes that the agency has achieved. In operation Ajowan for example, SOCA helped in...


Gordon Brown Puts A Spin On Question Time By Going Online

Gordon Brown Puts A Spin On Question Time By Going Online

News Hardware

The British Prime Minister is taking the Question Time session online by making use of Youtube; he will be answering video questions sent to the Downing Street Youtube page by the general public in UK only.Although this has been...


Mozilla releases Firefox RC1, getting ready for an IE8 bash event

Mozilla releases Firefox RC1, getting ready for an IE8 bash event

News Software

14,000 : that's the number of updates that Mozilla has brought to the latest version open source browser, Firefox, which has just been pushed out of the door as a Release Candidate, which means that the final version is not...


The Enemy Within : Disgruntled employees danger to data centre security

The Enemy Within : Disgruntled employees danger to data centre security

News Security

The management of staff access in and out of the data centre can sometimes appear onerous and even seem to hamper their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Risk in the data centre is not limited to data theft. It comes in...


Thunder, a touch-screen Blackberry, to be launched by the end of 2008

Thunder, a touch-screen Blackberry, to be launched by the end of 2008

News Mobile & Telco

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), the brain behind BlackBerry, is planning to launch a sleek touch-screen version of Blackberry in the third quarter of 2008 in response to the iPhone by Apple Inc., which is quickly climbing up the...


Spanish police arrest team of super hackers

Spanish police arrest team of super hackers

News Security

The Spanish police caught five hackers who are said to be among the most active hackers on the Internet. The Spanish police have succeeded in capturing five hackers from Burgos, Barcelona, Valencia, and Malaga. The police state...


Qualcomm acquires L-band spectrum in the UK for £8.3 million

Qualcomm acquires L-band spectrum in the UK for £8.3 million

News Security

Qualcomm Inc. just announced its acquisition of 40 MHz of the L-Band radio spectrum that was auctioned some days ago by Ofcom, the UK communications regulator. This auction fetched the UK communications regulator £8.3...


Yahoo and WPP join hands to tackle the digital advertising sector

Yahoo and WPP join hands to tackle the digital advertising sector

News Web

Yahoo Inc. joined hands with WPP's GroupM, WPP Digital, and 24/7 Real Media to recently announce a partnership that would now enable WPP agencies to purchase digital display advertisements across the Internet with appreciable...


MSI RX3870-T2D512E OC Videocard Review

MSI RX3870-T2D512E OC Videocard Review

News Hardware

In the meantime, gamers are enjoying attractive price points nearly across the board, and unlike days of yesteryear, enthusiasts needn't plunk down $600+ for a high end gaming experience.  Remarkably, AMD's HD 3870 has...


Asus Striker II Extreme Review

Asus Striker II Extreme Review

News Software

So what does this mean to the average person? Not a whole lot! But, to enthusiasts and gamers, the 790i Ultra SLI chipset offers the promise of incredible overclocking capabilities, built-in support for DDR3 2000MHz memory,...


virtual ISP

virtual ISP

News Mobile & Telco

Virtual ISPs can vary from a normal ISP buying access points off a third party to a complete white label service where the branding of the VISP is usually such as to portray the image of being an ISP in their own right.There are...


Elonex ONE+ Pack / LNX Code 8 Mobile, £149.99 delivered

Elonex ONE+ Pack / LNX Code 8 Mobile, £149.99 delivered

News Software

The item is available from Play.com for only £149.99Key FeaturesProcessor: LNX Code 8 Mobile 300 MHz ProcessorMemory: 256MBHD Capacity: 2GB solid stateDisplay: 7" Widescreen LCD 800x480Graphics Card:...


Brother MFC-845CW All-In-One (Fax / Printer / Scan / Copy) - £119.99

Brother MFC-845CW All-In-One (Fax / Printer / Scan / Copy) - £119.99

News Hardware

It's easy to use functions and fast print speed combined with larger 2.5 inch colour LCD and integrated wireless and wired network features make this product the ideal solution for any home or office environment.Keeping with the...


Bizarre: Spamming in bookstores

Bizarre: Spamming in bookstores

News Security

Here, whispering conspiratorially, he shows how to sneak into a book store aisle and insert personalized business cards into books.Direct link if you're having problems accessing the video, hereThe idea of angst-ridden real...


Recent trends in spam

Recent trends in spam

News Security

– Fake university degree offers appear to be way up.– A new type of spam which pushes affiliate links. The look is always the same — green link text, simple headline.This one pushes AdultFriendFinder:This one...


Path Intelligence cell tracking technology

Path Intelligence cell tracking technology

News Security

Basically, they install a few boxes in a mall, and then the mall owner can track cell phones by signal triangulation as shoppers walk through the mall.The ostensible use is to to view traffic patterns. The company has been around...


1st Subscription Manager 2.45

1st Subscription Manager 2.45

News Security

1st Subscription Manager is a simplest, way to extract business E-mails from your regular POP 3 mailbox. When your clients subscribe or unsubscribe using an e-mail with a certain subject, you can use this utility to grab the...


RealtyWare 2.3

RealtyWare 2.3

News Security

RealtyWare is a contact and property management software designed specifically for international and multilingual real estate agents. Realtors can easily create reports and present their properties in multiple languages. The...


ASUS Eee PC 2G Surf Intel Mobile Compact Laptop - Sky Blue

ASUS Eee PC 2G Surf Intel Mobile Compact Laptop - Sky Blue

News Mobile & Telco

The thought of a small 7-inch laptop for under $400 would excite anyone! Now this is a budget notebook so you're not going to be playing games on it, but for most people they do 2 things on their computer, surf the web and word...


Podcast : The state of Information Security in UK

Podcast : The state of Information Security in UK

News Security

Ben Chai chats with Chris Potter, Partner with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and analyses a Government survey on the state of security of companies within the UK.The survey, called Information Security Breaches Survey, is carried out...


Promising mobile business? Vodafone has opened its cheque book

Promising mobile business? Vodafone has opened its cheque book

News Hardware

Zyb was until today, a network agnostic contact, calendar and messaging backup service, with an avowed intention to make itself into the next big social hub.  Think of being able to easily swap your mobile contacts between...


Ofcom worried about online ID fraud

Ofcom worried about online ID fraud

News Security

Comms regulator Ofcom seems to have woken up to the problem of online ID fraud, publishing the results of a survey on Friday that claims to show that the numbers of online punters worried about the issue has risen by 15 per...


Aussie pensioner's WiFi hack costs him a grand

Aussie pensioner's WiFi hack costs him a grand

News Security

If you are on a PAYG broadband Internet connection, spare a thought for Brian Kennedy, a pensioner from down under, who has been hit by a bill for A$2,000 - about a grand in UK terms - after someone tapped into his insecure WiFi...

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