Articles Posted on 02 October 2008
5 reasons why Nokia's Tube Xpress 5800 Smartphone Won't Make Android Or Apple's iPhone Shiver
News Hardware
Nokia might be a couple of hours away from releasing its Tube touchscreen smartphone, the Xpress 5800, in London later today, but chances are that it will end up just as other similar touchscreen smartphones; decent products, but...
Amazon Plans To Bring Cloud Solution To Windows Operating System
News Mobile & Telco
Amazon has unveiled plans for adding support for Windows and SQL Server code in its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service.The EC2 is a cloud computing service that aims to enable scalable deployment of applications in an elastic...
Apple Threatens To Close Down iTunes Should Royalties Payments Go Up
News Mobile & Telco
Apple has come out with a strong statement indicating that it may close down its iTunes Store over a row related to increasing royalty payments to artists, for content sold through it.The US Copyright Board is expected to decide...
Rumour Mill : Virgin Media To Launch £50 50mbps Premium Broadband Package With Free laptop
News Mobile & Telco
Virgin Media is to partner with Carphone Warehouse in a bid to push a brand new offer to new and existing customers which consists of a Triple Play package (phone, broadband, TV) with a free laptop for £49.99 per...
More pro con tips - this time on ATM fraud
News Security
Interesting to see a news item penned by Steve Lawson over on the IDG Newswire, quoting a bank hacker going by the name of Chao, who was nicked last month on Turkey.Seems like Chao has been singing like a canary about how he...
Cloud Computing - a legal nightmare?
News Security
Popped down to the IP 08 Expo in London yesterday, mainly to listen to a couple of keynotes from people I trust in the IT industry.Listening to the marketing spiel at the event, however, is fascinating, especially when it comes...
UK Knowledge Workers : Much Room for Improvement
News Software
UK knowledge workers come top against France and Germany in meeting effectiveness and worst in information managementA recent global productivity survey of 2,000 knowledge workers identified key areas where information overload...
Comment : Email Fraudsters Target Worried Halifax And Bradford & Bingley Customers
News Security
A leading UK based anti-spam company has found that the number of Halifax and Bradford & Bingley related spam and phishing emails increased by 246% over the weekend as ruthless email fraudsters targeted vulnerable and worried...
£299 Hannspree Hannsnara 37-inch LCD TV
News Consumer
With the increasing popularity of Minimalism, more and more people are in the pursuit of simplicity with regard to the interior design. This great monitor will look absolutely gorgeous in your meeting room where it wouldn't be...
Microsoft Plans To Make Windows Cloud Compatible as SAAS advances
News Software
Microsoft has finally disclosed its plans related to cloud computing with its CEO Steve Ballmer mentioning the upcoming launch of a new operating system at a recent event in London.Ballmer said that Microsoft would announce...
Datawind PocketSurfer 2R Mini Laptop Gives Unlimited Wireless Broadband Access for £60 for Life
News Software
Datawind has come up with a new version of its mobile internet device range in form of the PocketSurfer 2R and is promising an unlimited web access for just GBP 60.The new 2R version comes loaded with an embedded GPS receiver, a...
Samsung Drops Price of NC10 Netbook Prior To Launch To Fend Off Rivals
News Hardware
Samsung has decided to drop the price of it’s yet to be released NC10 netbook in an attempt to align its pricing favourably against competition.The Intel Atom based NC10 is now going to cost GBP 299 excluding VAT; a...
New UK Police e-Crime Unit Seriously Under-funded To Tackle Global Internet Crime
News Security
The UK government has announced that it will set up a Police Central e-Crime Unit which will take on the rising threat of credit card and specialised frauds that happen online and affect en estimated four million Britons...
SBMAV Disk Cleaner 3.30
News Security
It is designed to clean a hard drive of various informational trash having no importance, which simply clutters the disks. Using this software, you can search for and delete temporary system files and folders from the system (as...
RemoveIT Pro v4
News Security
RemoveIT Pro locates & removes many new Spyware, Malware, Virus, Worms, Trojan's and Adware that other popular AV programs missed Latest Changes: Core engine updatedDatabase updatedSome bugs fixedScreenshot:
£76.54 Seagate STM31000340AS DiamondMax 22 1TB SATA
News Hardware
Maxtor DiamondMax 22 hard drives follow the Maxtor tradition of delivering well-engineered, reliable storage solutions by adding high-capacity drives to the product line.DiamondMax 22 hard drives utilize proven Seagate...
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
News Cloud
It is a logic machine that can execute computer programs. This broad definition can easily be applied to many early computers that existed long before the term "CPU" ever came into widespread usage. The term itself and...
Active Directory Disaster Prevention and Recovery
News Hardware
Today Microsoft Active Directory underpins many IT infrastructures. The ongoing success of the business is dependent on the availability and reliability of the of the underlying IT systems.An Active Directory implementation...
Comment : Companies unaware of moles operating under their noses
News Security
In a podcast interview to be released today, Peter Wood Member of the ISACA Conference Committee and founder of First Base Technologies reveals the ease with which criminals are able to steal data and gives 3 critical steps...
Call Centres
News Security
It is a centralized office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone. A call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from...
Customer relationship management (CRM)
News Hardware
It is a term applied to processes implemented by a company to handle its contact with its customers. CRM software is used to support these processes, storing information on current and prospective customers. Information in the...
