Articles Posted on 28 October 2008
Apricot Computers
News Hardware
It is a British manufacturer of business personal computers, originally founded in 1965 as "Applied Computer Techniques" (ACT), changing their name to Apricot Computers, Ltd. in the 1980s. They were a wholly owned UK...
Aldi To Sell £580 Medion Laptop With 4GB RAM and HDMI Port
News Software
Cheap-as-chips supermarket Aldi will sell a rather great looking laptop as from this Thursday with some top-end features which you would not normally find in a sub £600 laptop. The Medion Akoya P6612 has an unconventional...
Windows 7 : What Vista SHOULD have been in the first place
News Hardware
Would we have seen Windows 7 at the Professional Developers Conference this year if Vista was a resounding success? Maybe not. 21 months after Windows Vista's release, Microsoft has finally pulled the curtains on its most...
Seen in the wild: Skype spam and Phishing Cooperation
News Security
Richard Stiennon sent this one over to me. It’s not malware, per se. But it’s completely fraudulent. [4:40:27 PM] Update Alarm ® says: WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION...
5 Reasons Why Cloud Computing Could Kill Microsoft
News Hardware
Microsoft has always had a chequered relationship with bleeding edge Technology ever since the company was created and the fact it has announced that it is embracing Cloud Computing "fully", a concept that Microsoft was reluctant...
The right tools for making telecommuting possible
News Security
A recent study by the Computing Technology Industry Association reveals that telecommuting to your job, or in simpler words working from home, has positive outcomes in more than one aspects. From environmental benefits, to...
Casio's Exilim Keitai W63CA 8MP Cameraphone is Best One ... Ever...
News Security
Casio has just released a smartphone that further blurs the frontier between quality digital cameras and high-end cameraphones and shows this by adopting the popular Exilim name for it. One thing that differentiates the Keitai...
Asus Adds EeePC 1002HA Non-Wedge Model To Netbook range
News Mobile & Telco
Asus has merged the S101 and the 1000H to bring out the new 1002HA laptop, a stunningly good looking netbook which should prove to be a serious competitor to more pricey sub-laptops. The Taiwanese manufacturer has produced a...
Sonos Converts iPhone into Remote Control With Free App
News Mobile & Telco
The list of Apple iPhone Apps seems to increase by the minute and the latest to join in is Multi Zone digital music system specialist, Sonos who has just released a free app to add remote control functionality to the iPhone. The...
Comment: Illegal peer to peer gamer counts the cost of file-sharing
News Security
The news that a Dream Pinball 3D enthusiast has been fined £6,086 in damages, plus costs of £10,000 has been greeted with both satisfaction and dismay from Mike Dager, CEO of Arxan Technologies Ltd. Dager explained,...
£19 Windows XP Laptop & Wireless Broadband Deal
News Software
If you are looking for one of those netbooks on the cheap and don't want to fork out a hefty sum from the onset, then why not buy this fantastic Elonex Webbook from the Carphonewarehouse for only £19 per month. The webbook...
XO/OLPC Laptop Finally Gets Windows XP OS
News Software
Microsoft has finally been successful in coming out with a version of Windows XP that would suit the needs of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO machine. The OLPC version of Windows has been slimmed down to make it possible...
Kids Want More Monitoring On The Web
News Security
A report issued by Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) has claimed that children want to be monitored online in order to feel safe while they surf the internet. In a report titled...
Surfing The Net Changes The Way You Think
News Security
It seems that our web surfing habits have an affect on the way we think and if recent claims of a scientist are to be believed then those who regularly surf the web have a much higher level of learning capabilities than others...
Perils of VOIP area code scamming revealed in Japan
News Security
I was interested to read an article in the Yomiuri Shumbun, the Japanese daily newspaper, yesterday, about how fraudsters have been using the latest Internet telephony services to part punters from their money.In common with the...
50 per cent of mobile users snoop on their better half's handset
News Security
Research from Omnio.com claims to show that almost 50 per cent of UK mobile phone users have snooped on their better half's mobile, looking for adulterous text messages and the like.Researchers found that the most common snooping...
American Airlines sues Yahoo! over keyword sales
News Consumer
American Airlines is suing search engine company Yahoo! over the use of its trade marks to trigger adverts for competing airlines. The company has previously settled a similar case with Google. American Airlines (AA) claims in...
Personalisation Paramount to Great Mobile Experience Says Mformation
News Hardware
According to research undertaken by Mformation, a majority of mobile users would like to use applications that allow for on device personalisation. According to the study, personalisation will hold the key to success of...
Too Much Regulation Will Hamper Tech Innovation
News Security
Legislators in general have drawn flak from the participants at the RSA conference Europe 2008 owing to their support for legislations that were stifling industrial innovation. Addressing the conference, Art Coviello, the...
Sky Wrong to Use Virgin Comparison in Ads Says Ofcom
News Mobile & Telco
The Office of Communications (Ofcom) has ruled that Sky has violated the broadcasting code when it made on screen promotions regarding its carriage dispute with Virgin Media. The issue relates to promotions that Sky made...
Online Information 08
News Mobile & Telco
Information is at the heart of business. Covering the full spectrum of online content and information management solutions the event is the definitive showcase for the information industry with vendors exhibiting from all over...
£68.90 Epson Stylus SX405 WiFi Edition All In One Printer
News Security
Printer, scanner and copier with LCD viewer. The Epson Stylus SX405 series provides high-quality printing, scanning and copying in one compact, space-saving product that won't clutter your home. This version is the...
An IT director’s project issues and pain points
News Security
IT directors are responsible for the major corporate technology infrastructure purchasing decisions and therefore are continually under pressure to demonstrate value to the CEO and other C-level executives and measure it against...
£15.99 Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x Internal Bare SATA DVD+/-RW Drive / Black
News Hardware
SATA Optical Storage Drives have never been so cheap. The DVR-216DBK offers writing support for Dual & Double Layer media types at 10X speed, along with 20X writing to DVD-R/+R, 6X writing to DVD-RW and 8X writing to...
£12.49 LG UB4GVLNPB Vaccine 4GB USB Flash Drive w/free Antivirus
News Hardware
Buy an antivirus for £12.49 and get a free stylish LG 4GB USB drive (or vice versa). Introducing the world's first USB memory stick equipped with anti-virus and malware protection software. In addition to storing...
