Articles Posted on 24 December 2008
Rumour Mill : iPhone Nano First Pictures?
News Hardware
Pictures of what look like the new iPhone, unofficially known as the iPhone Nano, have emerged on the web as a debate rages as to whether they are real or not. Speculations about the device have flared up as the picture of...
Adamo is Macbook Air Challenger Says Dell
News Software
Settling the rising tides of rumours across the blogosphere about the launch of an ultra-slim laptop, “Adamo” from Dell, the company has now officially confirmed the launch. Though the PC maker has already...
Merry Christmas to all our readers
News Mobile & Telco
We're taking a short break here at Netcommunities, the publishers of ITProPortal.com, to celebrate Christmas (and ponder about the year in Tech in 2008 and what's awaiting us in 2009). We will be back on Saturday with a limited...
European Union Re-Launches Online Library
News Security
The European Union’s huge online library known as “Europeana”, which crashed soon after its launch, has reopened today. Tailored to serve as a huge repository of information, the website comprises of...
Psystar Says Mac OS X Is Not Protected By Copyright
News Hardware
In a fresh set of allegations, Mac clone maker Psystar charged Apple with inadequate handling of copyrights of its Mac OS X. As per a recent document filed by Psystar, Apple “is prohibited from bringing action...
Crash Survivor Tells Story Live on Twitter
News Security
A survivor of Denver plane crash over the weekend has posted details of the accident on a social networking website to update family and friends about the situation. Mike Wilson was there in the Continental Airlines Boeing...
Microsoft SQL Server Vulnerability Discovered
News Security
Within a few days after plugging a critical security hole in Internet Explorer, Microsoft has confirmed the existence of potential security threat in its business class SQL Server database software. The software giant...
Tech Corporations Behind Open Source Success
News Software
Involvement of some of the largest IT behemoths, including the likes of Microsoft and IBM, has stimulated the utility of ‘open source’ software in developing commercial products, a recent study has claimed. A...
Podcast : Why Whole Hard Disk Encryption Might Be Better For Data Protection
News Security
Our own Ben Chai chats with Robert Palmer, technical evangelist with Stonewood electronics about whole hard disk encryption and why it might be better than other methods of protecting data. He discusses about Stonewood's...
BERR says WEEE needs tweaking
News Consumer
The Government has proposed changes to the way in which electronic goods are recycled and hopes that the move will reduce the administrative burden on businesses. Businesses must recycle electronic and electrical goods under...
Gainward Rampage700 Golden Sample – HD 4870 X2 On Steroids
News Hardware
Even though Gainward has been doing ATI based graphics cards for a while now, it still feels weird having a Gainward graphics card in our test system followed by installing the Catalyst driver suite. Today we’re looking at...
