Articles Posted on 05 September 2008
Security researcher to reveal serious iPhone flaw on September 11
News Security
September 11 looks like being a red letter day at Apple HQs around the world, as that's the day when security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski has promised to hold a Webcast showing - in detail - how the iPhone's security systems...
Facebook for spies debuts
News Security
When you think of social networking sites, you think of Facebook, MySpace and Bebo.In the US intelligence agencies, however, they're thinking of A-Space, a completely private social networking system for the CIA, the FBI and the...
Phorm Controversial Ad Tracking Technology Takes A Hit
News Security
Flame-magnet Firm Phorm has confirmed that the roll out of its much-criticised ad tracking technology could take longer than expected as it continues to hold discussion with Britain's Big Three: BT, Virgin Media and Carphone...
Vodafone Starts Selling Dell's Mini 9 Inspiron Netbook
News Mobile & Telco
Vodafone will be the exclusive European network partner for Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 which comes with an internal HSDPA modem, the latest in the long collaboration between the two companies. Vodafone could possibly subsidise the...
Microsoft's Marketing Campaign Stumbles With "Pathetic" Seinfeld/Gates Teaser Advert
News Hardware
Microsoft has debuted its USD 300 million "Save Vista" campaign with what appears to be already one of the most controversial adverts of the year which shows Microsoft Supremo, Bill Gates, partner with one of America's...
Gold'en Rant : Google Chrome Browser ... Rome wasn't built in a day...
News Web
Every cloud, as the saying goes, has a silver lining and initially, I welcomed the arrival of Google's very own silver coloured cloud: Chrome. The reason for my initial enthusiasm was simple: the sandbox memory approach of...
VMWare mega-patch move will be first of many Predicts Security Firm
News Hardware
Security Outfit Fortify Software says that VMWare's release of a raft of patches this week - referred to many as a mega-patch - is likely to be the first of many such moves as hacker interest in the virtual environment takes off....
Will Samsung's Touchscreen Omnia Smartphone Kick Apple's iPhone?
News Mobile & Telco
Samsung is just about to release yet another touchscreen iPhone killer wannabee. The Omnia, also known as the SGH-i900, is based on a Windows 6.1 platform and should therefore suffer from all its shortcomings. Although we did...
Microsoft Shows Future of Teleworking, Draws Plymouth in 2033
News Hardware
Researchers at Microsoft have showed a glimpse of the future of Plymouth city, which shows a plain residential area with almost no high organisational towers, owing to the changing work patterns. The software giant has published...
Google Picasa Gets Third Update, Introduces Face Recognition Technology
News Mobile & Telco
Google has revamped its photo management software, Picasa, with some noticeable additions in it that includes a face recognition technology which would allow its users in spotting out familiar faces without the need of tagging...
£22 Rechargeable Digital Pin-hole Spy Camera + 2GB USB Drive Disguised as Working Pen
News Mobile & Telco
Digital Pin-hole Spy Camera and USB Drive as Pen - Tiny pin-hole camera hidden inside a working ball pen - Simply push button to record, push again to stop - Built-in lithium battery recharged by any powered USB port - Perfect...
UK Loves DVR : A Success That Spells Doom For Television Advertising
News Consumer
Web browsers have ad blockers and TV viewers have Digital Video Recorders or DVRs; nearly three quarters of Brits who have tried using one of those devices can't live without them according to a survey by NDS. This rises to 80...
Vodafone Launches Cheapo-Contract Rim's BlackBerry Bold
News Mobile & Telco
For GBP35 per month for a two year long contract, you can bag the rather exclusive RIM Blackberry Bold on Vodafone; although Orange and T-Mobile both have it on their network for the last two weeks, they cost £10 extra per...
T-Mobile Partners With BAA To Turn Terminal 5 Into Wi-Fi Hotspot
News Mobile & Telco
T-Mobile’s Terminal 5 has turned out to be UK’s largest Wi-Fi hotspot at the Heathrow Airport, which will allow the passengers of the airport to access the net on their Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as laptops, PDAs,...
Rose Announces HD Video and Genius Mode on iTunes 8.5 and iPod Price Cuts
News Hardware
It seems that Digg’s Kevin Rose has got some heavenly intuition, when it comes to predicting Apple’s new additions to its product range, as Digg’s key official has come up with yet another speculation about the...
Service Level Agreements, Contracts and Payment : Know it all
News Security
If you can’t live without your IT you outsource. It is a cost but then how important is your business? If you need IT to survive then it’s important to do it properly. For smaller businesses buying into long expensive...
