Articles Posted on 12 December 2008
2008 Scareware perspective +New rogue scareware program: Antivirus 360
News Security
Rogue security products, often referred to as “scareware”, are a form of malware that uses scare tactics to make people falsely believe their systems are infected with malware, in exchange for payment. ...
Third Android Phone Debuts in Australia
News Mobile & Telco
The Kogan Agora Pro is the third Android smartphone to come on the market after the G1 and the G2 and is expected to debut down under as early as the end of January 2009. The Agora Pro and its little brother, the Agora, look...
T-Mobile Launches Blackberry Curve 8900 Before O2, Vodafone
News Mobile & Telco
UK mobile phone operator T-Mobile has announced that it will launch the Blackberry Curve Smartphone for only £35 per month as from today both online and instore, more than three weeks before O2's own planned launch. (ed:...
2009: The Year for Doing More With Less
News Hardware
In these times of economic hardship the mantra of doing more with less has never been further to the forefront of the IT department’s mind. As we move into 2009 reduced sales and cash-flow will begin to bite and some...
Which? Reports Davenport Lyons To legal Watchdog
News Mobile & Telco
Reacting to numerous protests from internet users, the consumer rights group Which has complained to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) about the means the law firm Davenport Lyons had used to pursue those suspected of...
Rumour Mill : Lenovo Planning To Buy Fujitsu PC Business
News Software
Lenovo has finally confirmed the speculations about its search for possible investment and acquisition options after its share price in Hong Kong increased by a whooping 27 percent in a single day on rumours of possible...
Lenovo Lining Up Android-based Smartphone For World's Biggest Phone Network
News Mobile & Telco
Computer manufacturer Lenovo will partner with China Mobile (a founding member of the OHA), through its subsidiary Lenovo Mobile - to release a smartphone with Google Android OS between February and March of 2009. The device,...
Retro smart mobility – Ericsson MC218
News Software
De-cluttering can be a tiresome chore, especially seeing all the now naff Christmas gadgets of old. One throw back that reminded me about what we may have lost is Psion’s 5MX, or, in my case, Ericsson’s cloned...
TFL Launches Online Tools For London Commuters
News Consumer
In a move to ease the persistent delays that commuters experience while travelling through the tube network, Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled a bunch of tools that would provide forward looking information to its users....
£55.78 OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU - SLI Ready ATX2.2 12cm Fan
News Mobile & Telco
Designed for the value-minded gamer seeking simple, quiet performance, the OCZ Stealth XStream 600W includes OCZ's acclaimed reliability and feature-sets with a lower price point. Ideal for system builders and enthusiasts who...
Skyfire Brings Another Mobile Browser To The Market
News Hardware
The new offering from Skyfire is designed to allow smartphone users to view full web pages with active content from sites like Facebook and YouTube and the pages are expected to load in significantly less time. Explaining the...
£148.95 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache Retail
News Security
The Intel Core 2 Quad processor is the latest in cutting edge processor technology for the desktop PC. This model is almost guaranteed to overclock to at least 3GHz. Based on the Intel Core microarchitecture, the Intel Core 2...
£94 BGT3540, 6 in 1 2x digital satellite, 2x digital terrestrial, 2x analogue terrestrial PCI express tuner card
News Security
The product has been architected to allow simultaneous management of four broadcast program streams – digital satellite (DVB-S), Freeview (DVB-T) & analogue terrestrial. Hardware tuner and demodulator technology...
Mobile Sector in 2008 : The Biggest Disappointments
News Mobile & Telco
What devices or technology have disappointed me the most? For me the biggest disappointment of the year was the failure of Apple to introduce multitasking for iPhone third party applications. Even some feature phones...
Comment : Team Cymru launches list of compromised accounts for Financial Institutions
News Security
Team Cymru has just launched a new, no cost, service for worldwide Financial Institutions. The BIN ('Bank Identification Number') feed comprises a near real time list of accounts and credit cards that have been identified as...
AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE processor
News Hardware
AMD releases Athlon X2 7000 Series processor (Dual-core Phenom) - The Kuma has arrived. AMD Athlon X2 7750 reviewOver the past year or two the buzz-word has been quad-core processors. The one thing though that we keep forgetting...
Canon PowerShot SD880 IS
News Hardware
Aim-and-forget cameras rule—especially this time of year! We’re all for the myriad tweaks available on D-SLRs, but there’s something very comforting about a camera that simply takes very good snapshots—all...
Internet Download Accelerator
News Mobile & Telco
Internet Download Accelerator lets you to noticeably increase the speed of file download from the Internet using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP protocols. The acceleration is achieved by splitting a file being downloaded into several parts...
