Articles Posted on 18 November 2008
5 Tech Firms Which Could Merge With Or Buy Yahoo
News Security
Jerry Yang's decision to leave the company he created caused Yahoo's stock to rise by nearly 9 percent at the time of writing and paved the way for an acquisition or a potential merger. As it stands, it is not a matter of if but...
10000-strong BNP Membership List Leaked On The Net
News Security
The entire membership list of the right-wing British National Party has been leaked online according to blog Lancaster Unity which says that this might have been the work of a former party insider - the so-called Insider...
£600 White Apple Macbook
News Hardware
Now With OS X 10.5 Leopard!, the Apple white MB402B/A Macbook laptop is on sale at Comet for only £599.99. Powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo processor at speeds up to 2.4GHz, the new MacBook is the fastest ever. With a Sleek,...
£39.99 UK's Cheapest Touchscreen Fly SLT100 T-Mobile Pre-Pay Mobile Phone
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The Fly SLT100 comes packing a colour, 320x240 pixel touchscreen, 2mp camera with zoom for great pictures and video, plus an MP3 player, Bluetooth and expandable memory. Other features on the Fly SLT100 include tri-band calling,...
Comment: Application Virtualisation is Fastest Growing Segment Says Survey
News Hardware
Systems management appliance company, KACE, announced the results of a new study that revealed more than three-quarters of medium enterprises have adopted some form of virtualisation. In addition the research showed the...
GSM Association Banks On RFID Technology To Boost Handsets
News Mobile & Telco
The GSM association which represents the mobile industry, is pushing hard to get Near Field Communication (NFC) features added to mobile phones as early as mid-2009, including the Single Wire Protocol NFC interface. At an event,...
Fashionista Phone LG Prada II To Launch Today
News Consumer
LG is joining the group of touchscreen smartphone manufacturers with the Prada version 2.0 which is replacing the superbly engineered Prada version 1 and interestingly doesn't run either on Windows Mobile or Android. Instead,...
Virus Closes Hospital Computer Systems in London
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Three hospitals in London have had to deal with an altogether different kind of virus, a computer one, which forced them to close their entire computer system for "at least" 24 hours and first came to light yesterday...
Gateway Implementation of Phil Zimmermann’s ZRTP launched by UM Labs
News Mobile & Telco
UM Labs Ltd announced the release of the first Gateway Implementation of Phil Zimmermann’s ZRTP. ZRTP safeguards the security and integrity of VoIP calls by encrypting both the voice and video streams. ZRTP differs...
Barack Obama Plans Official YouTube Presidential Channel
News Mobile & Telco
Already accredited as the most wired presidential candidate ever, Barack Obama has moved a step ahead in his goal of using the power of internet in his administration, by announcing plans for launching his regular weekly...
100 Percent of Businesses To Use Opensource by 2010 Says Gartner
News Software
A survey conducted by research firm Gartner found out that more than 85 percent of firms have adopted open source software with the rest to follow suit by next year. The report was conducted across end-user companies in...
BlackBerry Storm in a traffic jam somewhere near you?
News Mobile & Telco
Reported by trade mag, Mobile Today, the much anticipated and lusted after (by BlackBerry aficionados) BlackBerry Storm was no where to be seen in some Vodafone stores last weekend. Considering the Sunday Mail had a...
USB 3.0 Promises Speeds of 2.4Gbps; Where's Wireless USB?
News Hardware
The USB Promoter Group on Monday has finally unveiled the specifications of USB 3.0, or popularly dubbed as “SuperSpeed device”, which offers almost 10 times the data transfer rates of its predecessor, USB 2.0, and...
BT's Ribbit Launches VoIP Dev Platform and $100,000 Contest
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BT owned Ribbit Corp. on Monday has officially opened up its web telephony platform for developers, carriers, and enterprises, which would assist web developers in integrating voice communication features to their...
The Benefits of Virtual Tape Libraries
News Hardware
Buying a tape library is similar to ordering a new company car; there’s a huge of choice of vendors and devices, and now IT managers also have to consider wider pressures such as environmental impact and additional costs....
Jerry Yang Steps Down As Yahoo! CEO, Share Price Shoots Up
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Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, has stepped down as the CEO of the beleaguered internet company and has been widely criticised for not allowing Microsoft to buy the company back in February after an offer of $33 was...
£79.90 Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (100% legit)
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Microsoft has a little known offer called the ultimate steal which allows students and academics to buy top notch software for a fraction of their prices. There's nothing fancy or difficult and most importantly, once you are no...
£359.10 HP G60-114EA Notebook PC, Dual Core, 3GB RAM, 160GB HDD
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Sleek and stylish by design, this 15.6-inch HP notebook features a unique Imprint design in a glossy black finish that elegantly blends together stylish form and practical function An easy-to-use notebook with all the...
£400 Acoustic Solutions 42-inch 1080p Digital LCD TV
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This has to be one of the best deals of the last few months. A 42-inch LCD television with an integrated Freeview tuner for only £399. The trick here is to buy four £100 gift card vouchers and get £40 worth of...
Adobe's Set To Launch Full Flash 10 On Mobile
News Mobile & Telco
In a bid to jazz up the offerings for smartphones, US-based Adobe Systems is all set to bring its Flash technology on to the mobile platform. While addressing the Adobe’s MAX Conference 2008, Adobe’s CTO Kevin...
24th November Could Be Malware's Black Monday
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The spread of malware content and viruses are anticipated to reach a peak this year on November 24, with hackers attempting to take control of computers, a study from PC Tools revealed. The company analysed the data...
BT's Super Broadband Plan Could Be Frozen As Telco Battles Recession
News Hardware
BT’s ambitious plan, worth GBP 1.5 billion, to rollout fibre optic networks for faster broadband services may temporary go on hold, owing to the ongoing turmoil in global economy. BT’s chief exec, Ian...
Barack Obama Could Abandon Blackberry and Email Altogether
News Mobile & Telco
After he gave up smoking for joining the presidential race, the US President-elect Barack Obama may now be forced to quit using his favourite Blackberry device, after he enters the White House. Data transparency laws along...
Rising Antivirus Free Edition 20.56
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RISING Antivirus protects your computers against all types of viruses, Trojans, Worms, Rootkits and other malicious programs. Easy to use, Active Defense technology, Patented Unknown Virus Scan and Clean technology and Patented...
Kangaroo Online TV Service To Debut in December
News Consumer
Project Kangaroo, the broadband TV service collaboration between Channel 4, ITV, and BBC, is all set for its alpha test launch in December, despite the fact that a judgement from Competition Commission over the service is still...
RoboForm 6.9
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RoboForm is the top-rated Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling RoboForm makes logging into Web sites and filling forms faster, easier, and more secure. RoboForm...
