Articles Posted on 19 September 2008
Ofcom Suffers Court Defeat In Bid To Decrease Time To Port Numbers To 2 Hours
News Mobile & Telco
Vodafone defeated Three and Communication Regulator Ofcom at the hands of the Competition Appeal Tribunal after Ofcom said it wanted to decrease the time it took for mobile service providers to port numbers - the process during...
Wikipedia, Webproxy and WWW : How Sarah Palin's Hacker Gained Access To Her Yahoo Inbox
News Security
Details of how a single hacker found his way into the mailbox of Sarah Palin have begun to emerge with more twist than in a patch cable from a financial datacentre. By simply resetting her password and based on widely available...
Google's Floating Data Centres! Now that's a Patent To Drool About
News Hardware
It was reported on the 16th September that Google, the massive internet search engine provider, has filed for a patent on floating data centres. Now, this is an interesting concept! According to news reports, Google...
Acer To Attack PC Market With Four-brand Strategy
News Hardware
Taiwanese manufacturer Acer wants to oust HP as the top notebook manufacturer by 2011 if it continues to grow at a sustained growth rate of 35 percent; this means that the laptop maker will have to double its size within 3 years....
T-Mobile Launches £2 per hour PAYG Mobile Broadband Package
News Mobile & Telco
T-Mobile is targeting Three Broadband with a new Pay as you go Mobile broadband range of services for customers who do not want to be tied in expensive contracts with advertised download and upload speeds of 3.6mbps and 300kbps...
Rolling Stone's Mick Jagger Get Appointed As E-Commerce Specialist by EU Commissioner
News Mobile & Telco
European Union (EU) has invited the famous Rolling Stone Mick Jagger to join a consortium that would help EU citizens in finding easier ways for internet shopping. Internet shoppers have always doubted about receiving a...
Samsung's NC10 Netbook Comes With 'Health And Safety' Anti Bacterial Powder
News Hardware
You have to love those laptop manufacturers who come up with all sorts of ideas. Clearly designed for the UK public sector, Samsung's NC10 comes with one unique features that should get Health and Safety officers on the edge of...
Asus releases iOnizing Laptop and Posh EEE Laptop With Face Recognition
News Software
Asus has announced the launch of its N-series range of notebooks with the cheapest being based on Intel's (cheaper) Atom processors which would normally find their places in entry level Netbook. Instead, the Taiwanese...
Amazon Launches Online Wholesale Storage/Content Delivery Service
News Business & Government
Amazon is planning the launch of a content delivery network that could help websites offer faster, almost bullet-proof download services at affordable prices in what appears to be a simplified Pay-As-You-Go package. This new...
Swiss Firm Launches World's First Open Source Text Recognition With Searchable PDF Files Functionality
News Software
With their launch of the ArchivistaBox 2008/IX, Archivista, a Swiss open source software company, has released the only open source text recognition software worldwide that can create searchable PDF files. The majority of...
£7.5 Mobile Broadband + USB Dongle With Three Mobile For Existing Customers
News Mobile & Telco
Grab this offer while you can as it is supposed to be ending on the 30th of September 2008 and costs only £7.5 for the 5GB Broadband Lite plan. Provided that you are a new/existing Three Mobile customer, you can get this...
£17.99 Dane Elec TWIN Package 8GB USB Memory Drives
News Hardware
This super compact and very portable USB 8GB Flash drive can be used as a removable drive on your computer or laptop and with “Hot Swapping” and “Plug and Play” provides fast and easy use. Simply plug...
Comment : Social Network Launches "Instant Translation" for Developers
News Security
Netlog, the European social networking site with over 35 million members, has opened its translation and localisation capabilities to third-party developers. The sites renowned translation system allows almost instant...
Vodafone Starts Selling Dell Inspiron 9 Netbooks With Mobile Broadband Contracts
News Software
Vodafone has declared the pricing details of its new mobile broadband package that would offer data connectivity through Dell's Inspiron 9 netbooks. The mobile operator has stated that the netbook will come with a pre-installed...
Gates/Seinfeld Ad Gets The Boot as Microsoft Plans a "Get-a-Window-PC" Campaign
News Software
Microsoft has cancelled its much hyped Gates-Seinfeld ad campaign that was initiated to spruce up the image of Windows Vista. The company mentioned that the adverts were axed in favor of a new advertising strategy which aims to...
Google Releases Mobile Street Map Service Ahead of Android Smartphone Launch
News Hardware
Google has come up with an upgraded version of its popular Google Maps service for mobile handsets that incorporates an advanced Street view mode along with providing walking directions. Many analysts are linking this move to...
£199.99 Acer Aspire M1640 Dual Core E2160 1GB, 160GB, 3 yr warranty, Vista Home Premium
News Software
Ebuyer is selling a fairly balanced Acer Aspire M1640 desktop computer for less than £200 delivered. A versatile system for the whole family, the Acer Aspire M1640 Desktop can be used for e-mail, Web surfing, school work...
£59.99 Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320GB 2.5" Hard Drive
News Hardware
Western Digital's Scorpio Blue hard disk drive delivers best-in-class performance with low power consumption and cool operation. In addition, you'll get one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives on the market with real-time data...
Nokia business email – a step forward?
News Mobile & Telco
Whilst Symbian is the most popular smartphone operating system by sheer number of devices, it is arguably the one least used by business. That’s not to say many SMEs and large companies don’t have the N and E series...
It's a free iPhone game - no, it's a ruddy Trojan
News Security
My thanks to Sophos for reporting iPhone users to be wary of a free game for their shiny mobile - the game has a Trojan buried inside.The IT sec vendor says that samples intercepted by its R&D people carry various subject...
Oops - sorry about sending a video of my nads. My mistake...
News Security
I'm indebted to BBC Scotland (hoots mon!) for reporting on the "wrong number" case of a 24-year-old dick (literally -Ed) who sent a mobile phone video of his gentialia to the wrong person.Instead of sending the vid to...
