Articles Posted on 07 November 2008
Nokia Loses Huge Smartphone Market share To Apple And RIM
News Mobile & Telco
Apple and RIM are catching up on Nokia according to research published by Analyst firm Canalys based on data gathered for Q3 2008 which shows that Nokia should be worried about the two companies. While the overall global...
Microsoft Says No To Yahoo's Acquisition Calls
News Security
Squashing Yahoo’s hopes of renewing the bid talks with Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, stated that the company is simply “not interested” in making new offer to acquire Yahoo, in spite of the...
Don’t underestimate Microsoft’s Azure
News Software
Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live, SAP businessbydesign are examples of how major IT companies are leading the SaaS (r)evolution. With Azure, Microsoft is not only offering another piece of its SaaS strategy puzzle....
Home Office Enlists Help Of Supermarkets, Post Office As ID Card Costs Double
News Security
The cost of new soon-to-be-launched UK ID card is set to skyrocket to nearly £60 as the cost of capturing biometric data and fingerprint amounts to almost as much as the cost of the card holding them. The Press Association...
Computers Used In Obama and McCain Campaigns Were Hacked By A Foreign Country
News Security
Some computers, they say, are better left unconnected. Several US news reports say that the computer systems used by US Presidential Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have been victims of targeted attacks by...
Apple cuts back iPhone production?
News Consumer
There are an incredible number of iPhone devotees in London. Go into any café, pub or train and there will be a good number using their iPhone’s as they fill up their ‘down’ time. Though...
Next Generation Broadband Could Involve Local Communities
News Hardware
According to Francesco Caio, one of the key advisers to government on next generation broadband access, the next generation broadband will be far different from what we currently have. Addressing the NextGen 08 Conference...
WPA Encryption Broken In 15 Minutes By Researchers
News Security
Raising security concerns over the usage of wireless networks for transferring crucial data, a team of researchers have purported that they have developed a method to crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standards,...
Orange Offers Netbooks + Broadband Package For £25 a month
News Mobile & Telco
This is probably one of the best deals currently on the market if you're looking for a netbook. Orange is offering the Asus Eee 901 netbook equipped with built in 3G connectivity, on a monthly tariff of GBP 25 only. But the...
MySpace finds a way to keep user-uploaded videos online
News Mobile & Telco
Social networking site MySpace will place advertising on some user-uploaded videos that will be recognised by advertising software. The company has signed a deal with MTV to allow uploads of its video content to remain...
1/2 Price Sale! £1175 Dell PowerVault NF500 network attached storage (NAS) solution
News Hardware
The PowerVault NF500 network attached storage (NAS) solution offers the advantage of commonality with Dell PowerEdge servers, while maintaining the ease of use you’ve come to expect from a traditional storage...
£300 Elonex 37-inch LCD Monitor
News Hardware
Bigpockets (and Boffer) are selling a slightly antiquated but well priced Elonex 37-inch LCD Monitor for only £300. The device is the cheapest 37-inch TV/LCD on the market and can display 1366x768 pixels (that's...
