Articles Posted on 21 July 2008
Microsoft Posts An Impressive Over $ 60 Billion Annual Revenue Figure
News Web
Microsoft has announced its financial results for the fiscal year end on June 30 at an all time high of over $60 billion. The software behemoth has topped annual revenues worth US$ 60.42 billion, with earnings of US$ 22.49...
Google Pens Ad Deal With Russian Advertising Firm
News Hardware
After a controversial advertisement deal with Yahoo! Inc., Google has struck another deal with Russia’s leading online advertising service, Begun, which is seen as Google’s attempts of challenging the dominance of...
Tiscali To Sue BT For Misguiding Its Customers
News Security
Italian ISP Tiscali is considering legal action against BT, for sending emails to its customers suspecting company’s future existence, ISPReview reported. The letter titled, “Tiscali Chief Plots Sell-Off”, was...
Creative Unveils Zen Krystal PMP For Sport Lovers
News Software
Within few days after the launch of its fully-loaded range of Zen X-Fi portable media players (PMP), Creative has come up with another PMP revelation, this time in form of Zen Krystal. Zen Krystal is a sleek iPod from Creative,...
SCO Ordered To Pay Novell USD2.5M For Unix Infringements
News Security
Judge Kimball asks SCO to pay $2.5 million to Novell for breach of fiduciary and other related charges. A US district judge Dale Kimball has asked the SCO group to pay Novell a sum of $2.5 million for charges related to unjust...
A Quick Preview of the Sony Ericsson W980i Walkman Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
The Sony Ericsson W980i is the company's latest flagship walkman handset, and offers a new unique feature that Sony Ericsson describe as 'Walkman on Top' – giving the full functionality of a Walkman player without even...
Data Breaches - why they happen and what you can do
News Security
Unless you’ve been on Mars for the past six months, you won’t have missed the high-profile data breaches suffered by both Government and private sector organisations. But why have these breaches been...
180 Million Copies Of Vista Sold In 18 Months, Says Microsoft
News Software
In its results for the financial year 2008, Microsoft has stated that it has sold as many as 180 million copies of Windows Vista, since its launch in January 2007. In its annual financial statement, Microsoft has announced that...
Facebook Unveils New Design, Plans To Expand Microblogging Services
News Security
Popular Social Networking Website Facebook has unveiled a brand new, redesigned interface aimed at helping its millions of members communicate better with each other. The new interface (which you should be able to test at...
Danielle Nagler All Set To Head BBC HD With The Mission To Make it mainstream
News Mobile & Telco
Danielle Nagler will be the new head of BBC High Definition (HD), who previously was working as the as head of director general’s office. Nagler will replace Seetha Kumar, who is moved to some senior position in the...
Redfly Mobile Companion Offers "Mobile Dock Station"
News Software
Docking stations have always been a great addition for Laptops, but there has never really been a good solution for further connecting your mobile device, until now! The new Redfly Mobile Companion is a docking station, well sort...
Sony Announced Its PlayTV PVR Launch Date
News Security
Breaking all the rumours, Sony has finally announced the release date of its much hyped Freeview PVR PS3 device. The launch date was revealed by David Reeves, President Sony Computer Entertainment in Europe, in an interview to...
Erik Huggers To Lead BBC Media Division Into Bold New Digital Era
News Software
Dutch-born Erik Huggers has been selected as BBC’s new director of future media and technology, replacing Ashley Highfield. Huggers joined the BBC a year ago as chief controller of future media and technology, and...
UK Government Offices To Become Carbon-Neutral By 2020
News Security
In a focused effort to address the issue of Global Warming, UK government has formally announced that its computer systems will become carbon-neutral by 2020, by adopting several green IT measures.In its recent report named...
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX
News Hardware
We get used to test fast RAM memories from Kingston Company. Hyper X brand was, until now, associated with fastest RAM modules. Still, Kingston decided to utilize this very recognisable brand on other Kingston products. So,...
Auto Power-on and Shut-down 2.20
News Security
Manage your PC's power-on, shutdown, and sleep modes. An easy to use application that allows you to control your computer resume from power-off state (hibernation) or wake up from sleep mode (stand by). It is a good power...
Network Event Viewer 8.0.0.36
News Hardware
Work with multiple network event log files at the same time. Network Event Viewer is a network wide event log and syslog monitoring, consolidation, auditing, and reporting tool enabling System Administrators to satisfy...
Business Planning and Control System-BPCS
News Security
BPCS was developed by System Software Associates (SSA), which later became SSA Global Technologies (which was then acquired by Infor Global Solutions), and is used to control the operations of manufacturing companies.BPCS is in...
Kensington 33374 Wireless Presenter With Laser Pointer, £26.99 delivered
News Hardware
The Kensington Wireless Presenter with Laser Pointer lets you remain in control of your presentation. Conveniently portable and easy-to-use, it frees you from distraction and allows you to focus on what matters most - your...
System Restore
News Hardware
System Restore is a component of Microsoft's Windows Me, Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems that allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event...
Comment : Why is there such a lack of transparency when it comes to line contention?
News Hardware
Internet traffic is increasing at an incredible rate. Seeking accommodation for our 'virtual world' and the need to access this quickly is now of crucial importance, telecommunications is quite literally shaping the way we live...
Play.com 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Twist), £29.99 delivered
News Hardware
Don't worry about losing your flash drive lid anymore; Simply twist the flash drive after use to keep it protected. Also comes with a key ring so you can keep this with you at all times. A high performance USB 2.0 Flash Drive...
Asus M3N78 PRO
News Software
It’s quite interesting to see the computer industry go full circle and experience the resurfacing of old technologies. Because the computer industry is always standing on the cutting edge, it is not often that we see the...
Don’t Let Business Continuity Get Your Backup
News Hardware
Your computer backups and vital records are, by definition, critical to your recovery in the event of a disaster. So it is absolutely essential that they are accessible if they are ever needed in anger. Some common practices,...
O2's MMS legacy Internet system a tad leaky
News Security
I was amused to see that O2 - seemingly not content with tarnishing the launch of its iPhone 3G with stock shortages and customer activation problems - has been found wanting on the IT security front.According to the INQuirer...
2100 magazine-sponsored event kicks off with pwning session
News Security
Reports are coming in about the sessions held at the Last HOPE (Hacking on Planet Earth) event held in New York City in recent days.One of the most interesting sessions was from a hacker calling himself Renderman, who revealed -...
