Articles Posted on 12 November 2008
Google Earth Cracks 4th Dimension, Brings Back Ancient Rome
News Hardware
Google has managed to reconstruct ancient Rome with the help of Past Perfect Productions, UCLA, and the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (University of Virginia) through Google Earth. The much appreciated...
Carphone Warehouse Says Linux Webbook Is Unpopular, Disappears from CW
News Software
High Street Retailer Carphone Warehouse has confirmed that it will no longer sell its popular Elonex Webbook Netbook with Ubuntu Operating system after experiencing high level of customer returns. These returns - which amounted...
Son of Asbestos : How Nanomaterials Could Harm You
News Security
Like asbestos in the last century, Nanomaterials have been hailed as a "miracle" substance and found their way in anything from beauty creams to clothing but experts are now saying that its effect on the nation's health could...
Apple To Position iPhone/iPod Touch as Nintendo DS/PSP Competitor
News Mobile & Telco
The traditional gaming triumvirate could soon welcome a fourth actor if Apple's plans go as prepared and could succeed where Nokia has had limited success with its N-Gage platform. In an interview to T3, Greg Joswiak, Apple's VP...
ISPs Face Growing Threat From Massive DDoS attacks
News Security
A recent survey by Arbor Networks has revealed that internet companies across the globe are facing serious security threats, owing to sophisticated and large-scale malicious attacks. The fourth edition of the survey, dubbed as...
Nokia Brings In £163 E63 Smartphone To Take On Blackberry Bold et Al
News Business & Government
Nokia's newcomer smartphone, the E63, squarely aims at a business audience with its Blackberry-esque profile but comes at a price that should keep corporate users happy. At Eur 199 - roughly £160, it is significantly...
AVG Removes Vital Windows Core Component
News Security
A recent security update from antivirus firm AVG Technologies has caused a fuss on the web, after some users deleted a core Windows file, which was mistakenly identified as a Trojan by the update. The company stated that the...
HTC releases Fuze, the Android Phone With Windows Mobile
News Mobile & Telco
In a bid to take on T-Mobile’s G1 handset, AT&T has rolled out its new touch screen smartphone, HTC Fuze, which is fully loaded with a bunch of remarkable features to sway the professional segment. The stylish...
Orange Reduces French iPhone Prices, UK Next?
News Mobile & Telco
Orange will reduce the price of its iPhone 3G from 149 Euros to 99 Euros between the 13/11/2008 and the 14/01/2009 to make the most of the forthcoming festive season, prompting rumours that the move might spread out to other...
Three Ways to Reduce Data Protection Costs in the Enterprise
News Hardware
1. Invest in an enterprise-class deduplication solution An enterprise-class solution is built to backup, deduplicate, and restore terabytes or even petabytes of backup data in a single system. They deduplicate across all of the...
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Fixes Critical Windows Vulnerabilities
News Security
Microsoft has released its November 2008 security patch which includes two bulletins for fixing crucial vulnerabilities in Windows and Office applications, out of which one is dubbed as “critical” whereas the other...
Google Introduces Video and Audio Chat To Gmail, Aims At Skype
News Mobile & Telco
Google has spruced up offerings of Gmail, by integrating easy to install and use, video and voice chat capabilities to its email application. The new application from Gmail, dubbed as ‘Gmail Video and Voice’, differs...
£527.55 Lenovo SL500 laptop with 30-days Wireless Vodafone Broadband
News Mobile & Telco
Like its Mercedes-Benz counterpart, there are quite a few features that set the SL500 apart from the traditional laptop.For one, it comes with a 15.4-inch LED backlit display which means a better lit screen with an improved...
Sansa's New 8GB SansaClip More Than A Match For Apple's iPod
News Hardware
Memory specialist Sandisk has just announced the release of an 8GB version of its popular Sansa Clip which should provide Apple's iconic iPod range with some welcomed competition. The device, which has four times the storage...
Online Shopping in Q4 2008 expected To Rise by 15%
News Hardware
Despite the ongoing downturn in economy, online retailers could expect a bit of relief during the end of the year, if forecasts of a 15 percent rise in online spending by UK shoppers made in a recent study comes...
£279 eMachine E520 M575 1GB 160GB 15.4" Laptop
News Mobile & Telco
Looking for a cheap and cheerful laptop? Look no further than the emachine E520 which costs no more than £279 at Tesco Direct. eMachine is a brand popular in the US and has been purchased by Acer. This laptop comes with...
80 percent of UK Web Users Suffer from Information Overload
News Security
Eight out of ten web users in UK claim that they suffer from information overload while dealing with huge amount of data flooding in via the internet, a recent study from Yahoo revealed. The research study, dubbed as...
Vodafone Plans £1bn-a-year Cost Cutting Exercises
News Mobile & Telco
In an attempt to beat the intense competition and current economic turmoil, UK’s mobile phone giant, Vodafone, has announced cost-cutting plans worth GBP 1billion, which could lead to massive job-cuts, in next three years....
£535.76 Buffalo Terastation Live 2.0TB 7200RPM NAS
News Hardware
Buffalo's TeraStation Live Multimedia Storage Server NAS offers powerful DLNA Certified multimedia server solutions for both the SMB and consumer markets. Combining a heavy-duty power supply and cooling system, quick-swap...
Phones 4U agrees to end unfair practices after Ofcom investigation
News Mobile & Telco
Phone retailer Phones 4U did not respect consumers' rights and engaged in mis-selling, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said. Phones 4U has said that it has changed a number of its practices in the aftermath of a six-month...
