Articles Posted on 29 October 2008
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News Consumer
An avatar is a computer user's representation of himself/herself or alter ego, whether in the form of a three-dimensional model used in computer games, a two-dimensional icon (picture) used on Internet forums and other...
Brace Yourself : T-Mobile's G1 Android UK Launch Set For Tomorrow
News Mobile & Telco
With less than 24 hours to go to the official HTC G1 Android smartphone in the UK, pressure is mounting on T-Mobile UK to make sure that the mistakes made by O2 are not repeated. Back in July, the launch of the iPhone 3G was...
Security Tidbits : AntiSpyware XP 2009, Pro Antispyware 2009
News Security
AntiSpyware XP 2009 is a clone of XP AntiSpyware 2009 rogue security application. This rogue belongs to WinReanimator family. Fake Windows security CenterAntiSpyware XP 2009 also drops a set of fake files...
Facebook Good For Businesses and Firms Says Thinktank
News Hardware
Social networking could be more than mere time wasters according to a highly-respected thinktank which thinks that they are essential to spread and evangelise ideas and thoughts. In a research commissioned by mobile phone...
Nokia’s Business Mobility Strategy – Does it have one?
News Consumer
After a long drought of truly business handsets from Nokia, the dam appears to be have been breached. The E71 has almost every feature that a business smartphone could have, and the E66 is a simpler but pleasant business slide...
£12.7bn NHS IT Project Under Fire As Opposition Calls For Overall Review
News Hardware
It seems that the National Programme for IT in NHS is in midst of a major political row with opposition politicians demanding a through review of the £12.7 billion programme owing to extensive delays. The programme which...
10 Press Reviews That Tell The Story of Windows 7
News Mobile & Telco
In general, the press was generally positive about Microsoft's first official presentation of Windows 7, the successor of the ill-fated Windows Vista, partly due to the fact that it can't get worse than it currently is. Vista...
Snapshots: Windows 7 in 10 Pictures
News Software
First impressions about Windows 7 show that although Microsoft's new operating system is aesthetically similar to Windows Vista, the differences are more than skin deep. Windows 7 default desktop colours. Quite relaxing and not...
Microsoft Joins Google To Free White Space Spectrum
News Business & Government
It seems that Microsoft is pulling out all stops to lobby for allowing unlicensed use of television “white space” television spectrum for use of wireless internet services. The company believes that opening up...
UK Text Users Send 2500 Text Messages Per Second
News Software
A recent study undertaken by Mobile Data Association reveals that UK phone users are sending nearly 217 million text messages per day. It seems that frequency of text messaging in UK is growing at an appreciable rate with an...
Compaq Netbook Launches As HP Revamps Cheap Laptop Range
News Hardware
As expected HP launched the little brother to the Mininote 2133, the Mininote 1000, which sees the Via C7-m processor given the boot to make space for Intel's more powerful Atom 1.6GHz N270 CPU. HP has also added a smaller and...
Giant Databases, A Risk for Millions Of UK Citizens, Says Information Commissioner
News Security
Nearly 280 serious data breaches have been recorded by the authority in charge of making sure individuals' data is protected and to make it worse, less than a quarter of that number were down to stolen devices. Most of the data...
Hackers force Aeroflot to stop selling tickets
News Security
Reports are coming in that Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, has had to suspend selling tickets via its Web site after hackers gained heavy-duty access to the portal.According to the Itar-Tass newswire, Aeroflot has confirmed...
Google hacking topic resurfaces with a vengeance
News Security
About a year ago the newswire were full of a new hacker modus operandi called `Google hacking.' Basically this involved using Google's advanced search syntax to extract all sorts of useful data from the Google search engine...
Asus Plans To Add Android Smartphone To EEE Range in 2009?
News Mobile & Telco
Asus is planning to launch an Android based smartphone by next year, with the eye-watering prospects of adding it to the EEE family, making the later a potential rival to Apple's "i" range. Taiwanese News outlet Digitimes says...
Comments : Check regulations before hopping on board Microsoft's Azure bandwagon
News Hardware
VAR security consultancy Global Secure Systems (GSS) is urged companies - of all sizes - to check their regulatory requirements on data storage before starting to prepare for the official launch of Windows Server...
Google Introduces Labs For Google Apps, Aims At Corporate Customers
News Hardware
Google has introduced new experimental features called Labs for Google Apps that one can download and seamlessly plug them into their domains to extend the capabilities of these applications. Quite expected was the fact...
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google Ratify Human Rights Guidelines
News Mobile & Telco
In a move to reduce the possible risk of their actions that can lead to human right violations, leading tech companies including Yahoo, Microsoft and Google have signed a set of voluntary guidelines than that will guide their...
£205 Acer Aspire X3200 Desktop PC delivered
News Software
Boasting NVIDIA Hybrid SLI graphics and the latest AMD processors, the Aspire X3200 is a truly dynamic entertainment center. Stunning graphics, an HDMI port, a multi-in-one card reader, nine USB 2.0 ports and 7.1-channel audio1...
£349.99 ACER Aspire M3640 Quad Core, 3GB RAM, 640GB HDD Desktop PC
News Software
With an Intel Quad processor and the affordable Nvidia GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i motherboard GPU, the Aspire M3640 provides superior entertainment without the high price. Eight USB 2.0 ports, multi-in-one card reader,...
£159.99 EDGE 10 24 DVI TFT Monitor, Pivotable!!!
News Hardware
The W243h comes with a massive 24" high resolution LCD Display, maximising the available space on the screen and minimising the need for constant and repetitive scrolling. Users can have multiple applications such as...
