Articles Posted on 30 July 2008
ASUS TOP 512MB GeForce 9600GT Graphics Card
News Software
The video card market has been an active place this year, with NVIDIA and ATI launching something new more often than I recall in recent years. The performance and the speeds of the components are reaching new highs on a regular...
Vietnamese e-banking site gets hacked
News Security
Contrary to what you might think, the comms systems in Vietnam are quite high-tech in the metro areas, although IT security knowledge in the country is reportedly a bit on the patchy side.Nevertheless, it comes as a surprise to...
Canadians being hit harder by Internet crime
News Security
Interesting report on the Canadian newswires that Canadians are now more likely to be victims of crime on the Net than in the real world.Normally I take these sorts of surveys with a pinch of salt, but this one was carried by the...
BT Acquires Software Telephony Company Ribbit
News Hardware
BT announced yesterday it has acquired Ribbit Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based “Telco 2.0” platform company, for $105 million in cash, on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The acquisition fits BT’s strategy to...
Comment : Communication immunisation for SMEs
News Hardware
Whether it’s a natural disaster or an epidemic, businesses can temporarily and often suddenly, lose effective communication with customers, which is why it is important to have plans in place which ensure business...
Indian Minister Hints At GBP 50 Laptop For Teenagers
News Hardware
D. Purandeswari, the minister of State for Higher Education, told an audience at a conference in Delhi that the Indian governement will start selling a USD 100 laptop aimed at "higher education applications". Unlike...
McKinnon To Go To European Human Rights Court After Law Lords Extradition Appeal Set Back
News Security
Self-taught Computer Hacker Gary McKinnon lost its extradition fight in the House of Lords and could face immediate deportation to the United States unless his case is brought forward to the European Court of Human Rights in...
Bebo Tries To Tap Extra-Terrestrial Market With Radio Signals
News Mobile & Telco
In what suspiciously looks like a PR Stunt, social networking website Bebo has partnered with production firm RDF Television (the guys behind "Shipwrecked" and "Wifeswap") to kickstart a project called A...
Facebook Scraps Scrabulous Application Over Copyright Struggle With Hasbro
News Hardware
In what seems to be the re-enactment of a Goliath vs David fight, Facebook has been forced to take down the popular word game Scrabulous from its North American websites after Hasbro launched a legal battle against the creators...
Peter Barron Leaves BBC Newsnight Editor Job to Take On Head PR at Google Europe
News Hardware
Peter Barron's move from BBC to Google has left many wondering the real motives behind the career change. For Barron is leaving his role as Newsnight Editor, one of BBC's flagship programmes, to take on the role of PR chef for...
Microsoft Attempts To Prove That Vista Isn’t Bad With The Mohave Project
News Consumer
Windows Vista currently has a reputation which is not quite what Microsoft expected when it first introduced it; the operating system got a lukewarm reception from its users and had thus got a negative status, or so everyone...
Computing Goes 3D With Microsoft’s Spherical Computer
News Hardware
Microsoft’s much-talked spherical computer has finally been exhibited in its Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, Washington. The computer is a 3D version of its erstwhile touch-screen tablet PCs - which uses infrared...
Generation Y Seems Tricky For Companies Technology-wise, Says Survey
News Security
Generation Y is turning out to be the most difficult to understand audience by most of the companies today, a recent survey by Forrester Research revealed. Generation Y comprises of youngsters aged 18-to-28 years, are more...
Gartner Predicts 25 Percent Households With Broadband Connection By 2012
News Hardware
According to a recent survey from Gartner, as many as 25 percent households worldwide will have broadband connection by 2012. As of last year figures, 323 million homes are connected via broadband, which forms 18 percent of...
Future Of BBC’s Mobile TV Seems Shady
News Mobile & Telco
After the dismal trial run of BBC’s Mobile TV, BBC Trust is not sure whether to keep the service, update it, or remove it completely. Last year BBC had introduced its Mobile TV service free of cost over Orange, T Mobile,...
McKinnon Crunch Time Plea: Don't Extradite Me To US
News Security
42-year old Gary McKinnon will be informed later today of the decision of Law Lords whether he will be extradited to the US or not for what is considered to be the biggest (and boldest) military computer hack ever disclosed. The...
HANNspree Xm-S Verona W22 monitor
News Consumer
When looking for a quality monitor, Hannspree is probably not a name that would immediately spring to mind, especially if you live in the UK. Like Hazro or, these days, Iiyama - how far the mighty have fallen - it's a company...
Oracle makes additional court claims about alleged SAP misbehaviour
News Security
A dispute between two of the world's biggest business software companies has escalated, with Oracle accusing SAP executives of knowing about a subsidiary's alleged downloading of five terabytes of Oracle software and...
Lords reject NASA hacker's appeal against extradition
News Security
NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal against extradition to the US. Five Law Lords have unanimously rejected his argument that plea bargaining by US prosecutors undermined his human rights.McKinnon's lawyer Karen Todner...
Security Firm Helps Identify Flaws In Top Five SOA Architectures
News Security
A study conducted by Application Security Firm Fortify Software Inc., found critical security concerns in five of the most popular SOA solutions currently on the market, dealing with how the frameworks are commonly configured and...
Orange Compiles Nifty Little UK WiFi Hotspots Directory
News Hardware
Ever turned up in a city needing to check that email from your customer or just needed a change of scene from your desk but didn't know where your nearest and best WiFi hotspot was? Orange Business Services offers access to...
Dell PowerEdge R905 Server Sixteen Core AMD Server, only £6,389
News Hardware
This is a High performance server for the most demanding and business critical applications. Think you will never need as many cores for your business? Think again... From web server to number crunching, the R905 represents...
Play.com 4GB SDHC Card (Twin Pack), £14.99 delivered
News Hardware
The Play.com SDHC has a high storage capacity and fast data transfer that optimises digital content storage, allowing you store high-resolution photos, high definition videos and more. Please Note: Please check that the device...
