Articles Posted on 15 August 2008
Ofcom delays 2.6GHz Spectrum Action Again
News Mobile & Telco
UK’s telecom regulatory authority, The Office of Communications (Ofcom), has further delayed the much awaited auction of 2.6 GHz spectrum, which was scheduled to take place in October this year. These delays have...
UK web Users Learning To Search Brands Instead of Generic Names
News Security
Study has revealed that Brits prefer searching through brand names instead of generic keywords. A recent survey by Hitwise and Experian showed that search via branded keywords has soared to 88 percent, registering an impressive...
Intel Unveils USB 3.0 Chip Specifications, Plans Product Releases next year
News Storage
Intel has made public the draft specifications for its Super Speed USB 3.0 chip, which is capable of transferring data at an amazing speed of 4.8 Gbps (ed: Expect real speeds to be much less), and said to consume lower power than...
Infineon Chip Causing iPhone 3G To Drop Calls says report
News Mobile & Telco
A research report from Nomura indicated the possibility of an Infineon chip being at the heart of the complaints related to Apple new iPhone 3G. The new iPhone has been plagued by issues related to drop calls and UMTS connection...
IT Network Glitches cause Heathrow Terminal 3 To Stall
News Network
The chaos and confusion around the launch of Heathrow's Terminal 5 might be long gone but it did not prevent Heathrow Terminal 3 from grinding to a halt yesterday afternoon due to issues happening to the baggage and check-in...
Gold'en Rant : Beware the software firms without telephone support
News Mobile & Telco
Over the last few years there's a raft of low-cost Windows utilities that have appeared on the market, typically costing around $30.00 or so - about GBP18.00 in UK beer tokens.Excellent though this software is, there's a creeping...
Court Decision Means Open Source Licenses Are legally Enforceable
News Open Source
Open Source may to be synonymous with "free as in free beer" but it doesn't mean that one can do what ever they want with the code and go unpunished. A ruling in an American court set the record straight and could have...
Rumour Mill : Seagate Wants To Buy Flash Manufacturer Sandisk
News Storage
The world's largest hard disk manufacturer Seagate is apparently planning to take over Sandisk, a specialist in Flash storage or SSDs, in a bid to get a foothold in an explosive market. EETimes wrote that this was the most...
Microsoft to Reveal More Windows 7 Details in October, launches Blog
News Operating Systems
Microsoft will give developers a rare insight inside Windows Seven, the eagerly awaited successor to Vista, as early as next October at the Professional Developers Conference and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. ...
BBC Introduces Higher Quality iPlayer, ISPs should be worried
News Open Source
A recent Adobe Flash upgrade has given the BBC, the perfect excuse to start encoding video content at a higher bitrate for its popular iPlayer video on demand service.At 800kbps and in H.264 format, the corporation promises...
Customer Management Expo 2008
News Network
Ensure your customers’ experience is aligned to your customer strategy, at this year’s Customer Management Expo taking place on 16th – 17th September at the NEC, Birmingham. Offering a massive line-up of...
EDS Takes TFL To Court After Oyster Contract Handled To Competitor
News Security
The GBP 100 million Oyster Saga promises even more bumps than on a tube ride as EDS, one of the majority partners in Transys - the company that runs the Oyster scheme, convinced a high court to hand a restraining order to...
Colchester NHS Trust Sacks Manager Over lost laptop
News Security
Looks as if public bodies are finally getting tough with data handling. The Colchester University Hospital, in Essex, has fired one of its managers after a laptop was stolen from his car. The device's hard drive contained the...
Lack of Funds the Main reason Behind Piracy says Survey
News Network
Cliff Harris, founder of Independent game developer Positech, got fed up with people making illegal copies of its games so rather than report them to the authorities, he decided to ask them why they pirate games. The informal...
PNY Attache 2 1GB + 2GB Twinpack, £7.98
News Storage
This USB portable data storage twinpack is great for sharing data. You can give one to a friend, or use one for home and one for work! Combined they hold 4 movies, 2500 photos or up to 750 MP3s Features - PNY attache 2 1GB +...
SPAM : Don't let this modern day scourge ruin your life
News Security
We’ve all seen it before, another email advertising anything from free garden gnomes to spectacular cravats, not only is it a cause of constant irritation and frustration but it is also quite embarrassing when a work...
EBay wins Belgian victory over counterfeit sales
News Security
A Belgian court has backed eBay in the latest ruling on the auction firm's liability for the sale of counterfeit goods. The Belgian Tribunal de Commerce has rejected claims from cosmetics firm L'Oréal that eBay does not...
LG W2242S 22" TFT Monitor 1680x1050 8000:1 300cd/m2 5ms VGA Silver/Black 3 Years Onsite Warranty, £133.94
News Consumer
Experience clear and sharp images on an LG FLATRON LCD with Colors literally jump off the screen. Optimized for maximum image brightness : Suitable for moving images with various brightness levels. e.g. movies, cartoons, games,...





