Articles Posted on 13 November 2008
XO/OLPC BOGOF Laptop Scheme Comes To Europe
News Software
From Monday 17th November, the XO (ex OLPC), will be on sale in 30 countries across Europe for the price of about £260 which gives you the opportunity to buy a laptop and give another one free to someone less fortunate in...
Podcast : Cloud Computing Concept Deconstructed
News Software
In this interview, Wayne Scott from Podcastvoices interviews Sajai Krishnan, CEO of Parascale on Cloud Computing and what the impact of this new paradigm could have on our lives. Sajai Krishnan drives overall strategy and...
Facebook INQ1 Smartphone Gets Launched on 3 with Unlimited Internet
News Mobile & Telco
So, could THAT be the reason why the owner of UK Mobile Operator 3, Li Ka-shing invested more than $100 million pounds in Facebook at the beginning of the year? Anyway, today nimble Network operator three, launched its first...
Microsoft To Turn Windows Live Into Social Networking Service Provider
News Web
Microsoft is set to massively update Windows Live and finally bring all the bits together, breaking apart the silos that have been preventing communication tools from working together and creating what they call an "integrated...
BT To Shed 10,000 Jobs By 2010
News Security
UK telecom giant BT group has announced on Thursday that it will axe as many as 10,000 jobs by March 2009, primarily in UK, in an attempt to bolster its profitability. The company notified that it had already shed around 4,000...
Credit Crunch, Security Compliance or Service Oriented Architecture
News Software
Before we examine why you should be looking at SOA, let’s back track and cover the basics of SOA. An SOA infrastructure is an ecosystem of products that work together to enable service endpoints to communicate in a...
AMD's Shanghai Quad Core CPUs Finally Save The Company?
News Mobile & Telco
Semiconductor Firm AMD will release a much-expected 45nm update to its quad-core Opteron processors which will should bring down power dissipation, improve efficiency and most importantly, allows the company to ramp up clock...
Talktalk To Introduce 24mbps ADSL2+ Broadband
News Hardware
ISP Talktalk will be introducing a series of new features that will allow existing and new customers to boost up their internet package starting from £4 per month. The current barebone package - named essentials - has an up...
Google Uses Analytics To Predict Flu Outbreaks; Where's Google Health?
News Web
Google, as a search engine, can have some surprising uses and the internet giant showed that in a rather convincing matter by showing a very strong correlation between data collected by the US Centres for Disease Control and...
Woman Auctions Her Name On Ebay To Raise Money For Charity
News Business & Government
A woman has chosen to raise money for Children in Need by giving the right to the auction winner to change her name to one in a list of 50 names listed - including Marge Simpson and ... Pat Butcher from Eastenders. Eileen de Bont...
LCD Manufacturers Accused Of Price Fixing, Ordered To Pay USD585 million
News Hardware
Three prominent LCD manufacturers, LG Display Co., Sharp Corp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes, have agreed to plead guilty to US Department of Justice allegations for conspiring in price-fixing of liquid crystal displays, and pay...
Comment: Worried Mums Aim To Get Their Unhealthy Kids Wii-Fit This Christmas
News Security
In the run up to Christmas, record numbers of 'WiiFit' have been sold to parents; particularly mums, hoping to influence their child to exercise, according to sale and research stats by a leading entertainment retail site. Tens...
US Rogue ISP McColo Closes Down; Spam Goes Down by 75 percent
News Security
A US Internet Service Provider (ISP), McColo was knocked offline on Tuesday after a research report alleged that the company aided cybercriminals in promoting spams, child pornography, and other online frauds. Several...
Oracle Launches CRM Social Widgets
News Software
Oracle has unveiled its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Gadgets for Sales; a set of sophisticated applications that are designed to assist salespersons in carrying out desktop search along with accessing information about...
Comment : Digital piracy consultation is out of tune with the needs of the entertainment industry
News Consumer
Business and technology consultancy Detica today urges the UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) to shift the focus of its consultation process away from enforcement when considering legislative...
£180 Yuraku 24'' YV24WBH1 6ms 800:1 Widescreen Black DVI/HDCP TFT Monitor + 3-yr onsite warranty
News Security
A 24" LCD Wide Screen display that will rock your visual senses for work or gameplay alike and it is the cheapest 24-inch monitor out there. This Yuraku 24-inch monitor is the cheapest 2-MP LCD monitor you can buy in this...
£699 Sony Bravia 40'' KDL-40V4000 HD Ready LCD TV including 5-yr Guarantee and Free Bluray Player
News Hardware
The stylish Sony V series uses BRAVIA Engine 2 to create incredibly clear and defined pictures while the advanced contrast enhancer brings sumptuous depth to every image. It also shows images at 24 frames per second, just like a...
£20 Microsoft Black/Silver Wired Keyboard with Black Wired Optical Mouse
News Software
Looking for a quality, branded keyboard and mouse bundle, then look no further than this Microsoft Business Hardware Pack adds productivity and style to your desktop Great value in a keyboard to fit your digital lifestyle. This...
£770 Sharp LC46X20E Widescreen LCD TV + Freeview + 5-yr TV Guarantee
News Security
For a 46" LCD TV that's ready for 1080p, take a look a look at the Sharp LC46X20E. In addition to the larger than average 46" screen, what really marks this TV out is the fact that it's a 1080p LCD for even finer...
Firms should not sell payment protection insurance at same time as loans, says watchdog
News Security
Customers should no longer be able to buy Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) at the same time as taking out a loan or credit, according to the Competition Commission. Instead, banks, mortgage companies and credit card providers...
Denial of Service and distributing hacking tools finally criminalised
News Security
A law criminalising denial of service attacks and the supply of hacking tools has been brought into force in England and Wales after a number of delays. The law was already in force in Scotland. Denial of service (DoS) attacks...
