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Articles Posted on 15 August 2008

Ofcom delays 2.6GHz Spectrum Action Again

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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