Articles Posted on 31 July 2008
The old credit card switcheroo - watch out in restaurants
News Security
It seems that, once a credit or debit card has been totally zapped by its issuer and the card can never be used again, there's still a value in the criminal community by dishing it for use in the old card switcheroo trick.The...
Gazza McKinnon fails in his High Court extradition block
News Security
Sad to see that Gazza Mckinnon has failed in his Law Lords appeal to prevent his extradition to the US for a hacking trial.I can't say I'm surprised, as the lead opinion for the Law Lords, Lord Justice Simon Brown, used to be the...
Atom Life - PDA Essentials Group Test Winner
News Hardware
I’ve just had some great news I’d like to share with all of you. PDA Essentials have recently done a Head-to-Head group test comparing several PDAs under £350 in order to find the best overall value for money in...
Nortel Signs Up To Provide Networking Hardware For London Olympics
News Hardware
Nortel has been chosen to become the official network Infrastructure partner of the London 2012 Olympic Games and will work with BT to provide a network capable of providing more than 200GBps worth of bandwidth. The deal will...
Multimedia Powerhouse Nokia's N96 To Go On Sale On October 1st
News Consumer
The eagerly awaited update to the popular Nokia N95 smartphone is appear on mobile phone vendors shelves on the 1st of October, according to the Mobile phone manufacturer. The phone will be available on all mainstream networks...
O2 Joins Mobile Broadband Foray With Unique Dual Internet Package
News Security
Telefonica-owned O2 is the first amongst mainstream Internet Service Providers to offer a package that offers caters both for mobile and landline users. O2 has bundled O2 Mobile broadband Package and O2's Home Broadband Standard...
Apple's preparing new iPod Nano and iPod Touch
News Consumer
How do you reinvent a mature product that has proved to be so successful that it defined the way people listen to music? Well, the answer might just be a few weeks away from now as rumours of a new iPod touch and iPod nano have...
Websites Missing Out On Disabled Users
News Security
Major websites in the UK lose revenue (and could potentially breach the law) because they are not catering for disabled persons. A researcher with online publisher e-consultancy, Graham Charlton, stated that if a website is not...
New Macbook All Set To Push The Envelope With Size Zero Body, Glass Trackpad
News Hardware
Macbook fans have aired fresh set of rumours on the blogosphere, about the looks and designs of Apple’s much talked about Macbook launch this autumn. The new rumours suggest that the new notebook series from Apple will be...
Pentax Rekindles Low Cost Megapixel War with 10MP Optio E60 Camera
News Hardware
A 10.1 megapixel camera for under £70 from a brand manufacturer would have sounded unreal a few months ago; but now Pentax has announced the availability of its brand new Optio E60 as from October 2008. The camera packs in...
Minuscule Asus EEE Box Desktop PC Faces Tough Competition
News Mobile & Telco
It may cost only £199, half the price of some of its competitors like the stylish Dell Studio, but the EEE Box should be well equipped all but the most demanding tasks. The desktop version of the popular Asus EEE laptop PC...
Passenger fingerprints to be Logged and Tracked at British airports
News Security
British passengers are in for stricter security checks as British airports contemplate finger print checks after the UK Border Agency declared its intentions on making finger print checks a mandatory security procedure from next...
Sapphire HD 4850
News Mobile & Telco
For the last year and a half, ATI have been the underdog when it came to top end performance, with nVidia truly ruling the roost with it's high power GTX cards dominating anything ATI could throw at them. However, now ATI are...
Robots Show Feelings after British scientists start new era in android technology
News Hardware
“Imagine sharing your emotions with someone who needs servicing instead of medical check-ups”; the statement looks valid with the development of ‘Emotibots’, which is currently displayed in London Science...
Microsoft Remix UK
News Business & Government
We're now working on building ReMix UK 08 and it’s shaping up to be even bigger and better than last year. A few changes you'll notice; we're now going to be in Brighton - a really chilled out place that has a unique...
Blinkx Introduces TV Search Engine Aggreatator; allows UK users to catch up TV content online
News Security
TV fanatics now have a better tool to access their favourite TV shows on internet, because Blinkx has unleashed its internet search engine that allows its users to access TV contents available on the net. TV programmes accessed...
MPs ask Online Video and Social Networking Websites To Monitor Dark Side Of Net
News Hardware
The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee is putting forward the idea of an industry policing body to take care of the "dark side" of the web. The MP Committee warned that many social networking websites...
Do Vendor Marketing Messages Make Any Real Impact With Potential Customers?
News Security
I find that there is often a huge disconnect with the IT vendor marketing messages and hype with what actually interests the customer. Vendors often offer products and services that are a mismatch to end user’s needs. ...
Comment : Fibre a necessity not a choice for BT
News Hardware
The voices calling for a next-generation access (NGA) strategy for Britain have been getting louder over the past 12 months. Now, with BT’s conditional offer to cover 40% of UK households with an upgraded fibre...
Making Sense of Data : The Information Conversion Process
News Hardware
Putting information into context – gathering information (PDF document) is one thing, understanding its relevance is another.For many businesses the process of making informed strategic decisions or multi-million dollar...
Protect your tech assets before it is too late
News Security
Already implemented the technology but don’t have time to deploy the upgrades and support the latest cutting edge technologies fast enough? For many medium sized businesses using IT as a strategic advantage can be difficult...
Internet ‘Poisoning’ Opens Corporate Networks Security Vulnerability
News Web
A major new security risk, concerning ‘DNS cache poisoning’, has been discovered which can reroute web browser and email traffic to fraudulent criminal servers without the security protection in place being...
Seagate FreeAgent Go 120GB Hard Drive 2.5" 5400RPM 8MB USB2.0, £37.73 delivered
News Hardware
Take your desktop environment with you - web browser, favorites, passwords, IM client and contacts, email client, cookies, settings and files and save all your private information on FreeAgent, not on the computer you're using. ...
Play.com 8GB SDHC Class 6 Memory Card, £17.99
News Hardware
There are cheaper SDHC cards around but none are as fast as the SDHC Class 6 from e-tailer Play.com This Play.com SDHC memory card has a high storage capacity and fast data transfer so that you can store your digital content...
