Articles Posted on 04 December 2008
10 Alternative UK Online Music Stores To Amazon MP3 and iTunes
News Consumer
Amazon MP3 is currently the greatest threat to the hegemony of Apple and its iTunes store which owns up to 70 percent of the worldwide legal online music market, making it by far the biggest music retailer. But while Amazon MP3...
Creative spamming method
News Security
Found in a PDF at the Global Energy Connection for the State of California. Insert double-entrende joke here: [_______________].Fun starts at around page 9 in a PDF file (use caution, links may go to malware). PDF is at...
Rumour Mill : Walmart to Sell $99 4GB Apple iPhone in 2009
News Consumer
Apple could be planning the ultimate coup, a move that could leave its rivals speechless; an entry level iPhone with 4GB memory available exclusively from Walmart on a two year contract. The rumour revealed by Boy Genius...
Virtualisation and hosted applications
News Hardware
Microsoft recently announced the launch of its new data centre in Ireland to support its growing online business. This new data centre will comprise tens of thousands of severs pumping out web-based apps to internet users (in...
BBC iPlayer Nears 300 million Programme Views As First Birthday Approaches
News Mobile & Telco
BBC Vision has released figures showing that BBC's catch-up TV service, iPlayer, has served up nearly 300 million programmes online and through Virgin Media's on demand service since its launch in December last year. iPlayer...
Ofcom Urges ISPs To Display "Realistic" Broadband Speed Estimates
News Mobile & Telco
The days of "up to" speeds could be numbered as Ofcom, the government watchdog for the Telecommunications sector, announced that a new voluntary code of practice will come into force as from tomorrow that will force ISPs to give...
Sky Debuts Online TV Subscriptions, Targets Kangaroo, iPlayer
News Consumer
Sky is taking a bold bet by offering a new service for people in UK and Ireland that will allow customers to subscribe and view online TV channels either on PC or Mac even if they are not exising customers. The cheapest Sky...
Podcast : The Future Of Detection Technology Unravelled
News Security
Ben Chai of Incomingthought.com discusses with Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Chief Technology Officer at Finjan about the evolution of computer virus detection and the future path of Antivirus technology. A security industry veteran, Yuval...
21st Century Phone Tapping
News Security
Forget the spy movies where, the hero or villain climbs telephone poles, carefully attaching crocodile clips to listen in on that critical phone call, VoIP technology makes phone tapping much more of an armchair pursuit. The...
Last.FM Hack Day 2008
News Software
Last.Fm is hosting its first ever Hack Day in East London on Sunday, 14 December. Wahey! Prizes (from our partner CodePlex) will be awarded for the best all-new Last.fm app built with their API. Places are limited and there are...
£20 O2 Mobile Broadband + O2 home broadband
News Hardware
Choose O2 Mobile Broadband for £15 a month and O2 give you the choice of taking their home broadband Standard package for £5 a month (a saving of £2.50 a month). If you want to upgrade our Standard package, you...
£190 Sony E-Reader PRS-505/SC Reader Digital Book (Silver)
News Software
Experience the joy of reading a variety of your favorite books-all stored digitally in one compact device. The slimmer, redesigned Reader Digital Book lets you carry a stack of books in one hand. The Reader Digital Book holds...
£41 16GB Nokia N96 on Mix and Match 700 including free internet
News Business & Government
Get rid of your TV, MP3 player, camera and PC, the Nokia N96 has arrived. Watch DVD quality videos on the 2.8" screen and immerse yourself in your favourite BBC TV shows live or saved with preloaded BBC mobile i-player (when you...
£30 per month Flext-30 T-Mobile G1 Android Black Smartphone w/Free 8GB card
News Mobile & Telco
The T-Mobile G1 doesn't just have one navigation option but three: QWERTY keyboard, 3 inch touchscreen or track ball - you decide! Don't get left behind; never miss an email, IM or Facebook update - the T-Mobile G1 is always...
£35 PM Blackberry Storm on Vodafone With Free Internet
News Mobile & Telco
Feel the power of the BlackBerry Storm smartphone - purpose-built for Vodafone, the Blackberry Storm will cost you £35 per month, comes with 600 anytime, any network minutes, unlimited text and unlimited internet. The...
gOS Releases Free Barebone Cloud Operating System
News Software
Good OS, a company renowned for providing Linux-based OS for Wal-Mart’s low cost PCs, has introduced a new operating system, dubbed as “Cloud”, which enables users to access cloud-based applications and desktop...
Microsoft Unleashes Windows Live Version 3, Adds Social Networking Features
News Web
As per its announcements in November, Microsoft has kicked-off a series of changes in its Windows Live suite of software and services, with the addition of a bunch of social networking features. Keeping up its November...
Tel Top Level Domains Now Available For Registration
News Mobile & Telco
A web domain, dubbed as “.tel”, has been introduced on Wednesday and it is expected to turn out as an online counterpart of phone directory. The new top-level domain (TLD) would allow companies and individuals...
Windows 7 Beta Available On DVD From January
News Software
The incessant buzz over the launch of beta version of Windows 7, Microsoft’s successor of Windows Vista, is finally settling down, with the software giant indicating that the first beta is expected to appear in January...
Interflora sues M&S over Google keywords
News Hardware
The world's largest flower delivery firm has sued Marks and Spencer at the High Court in London for sponsoring the word 'Interflora' as a search engine keyword. The case could be an important test of how UK trade mark laws apply...
