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Articles Posted on 02 January 2009

Firebox Sells World's First 3D Webcam

Firebox Sells World's First 3D Webcam

News Security

Online Gadget retailer Firebox is selling what it calls the first 3D webcam int he world and it is available for only £49.95; the Minoru even comes with five pairs of 3D glasses (ed : when will they have stylish 3D...


HP Showcases Firefly Concept Laptop with Dual LCD

HP Showcases Firefly Concept Laptop with Dual LCD

News Software

In the build up to the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, HP has showed a concept laptop - nicknamed Firefly - that is geared towards gamers and forms part of the Voodoo brand. The laptop has some unique...


US & UK To Get Paid Android Market Apps In Q1 2009

US & UK To Get Paid Android Market Apps In Q1 2009

News Mobile & Telco

Android developers have apparently received an email from Google in which plans to roll out so-called "priced applications" on Android market in US and United Kingdom within a few weeks. The email, published by Talkandroid and...


Supersized 9-inch Apple Touch Device To Come in 2009

Supersized 9-inch Apple Touch Device To Come in 2009

News Hardware

Finally! Apple is set to launch its own touchscreen "photoframe" device according to tech news mogul Michael Arrington who managed to confirm this rumour with "three independent sources close to Apple". As another popular tech...


Rumour Mill : Quanta Confirms Apple & Sony As Netbook Clients?

Rumour Mill : Quanta Confirms Apple & Sony As Netbook Clients?

News Hardware

The last paragraph published in the respected Taiwan Economic News claims that contract manufacturer Quanta is "expected to add Sony and Apple as clients for the contract manufacture of Netbook computers in 2009." Quanta builds...


New Year’s resolutions for the data centre industry : Everything’s doomed!

New Year’s resolutions for the data centre industry : Everything’s doomed!

News Hardware

The global economy has gone to the dogs, the environment is in dire straits and there is a very real possibility the data centre industry will run out of capacity in the next few years. Ah the festive season, a time to be...


Government May Hand Over Web-to-Phone Database To Private Firm To Cut Costs

Government May Hand Over Web-to-Phone Database To Private Firm To Cut Costs

News Security

The former director of public prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald, has told the Guardian that the government's plan to plough billions into a giant database and then hand over control to private firms to slash costs. In a scenario...


Internet Classification Proposal Attracts Controversial Comments On Fellow MP's Blog

Internet Classification Proposal Attracts Controversial Comments On Fellow MP's Blog

News Security

Labour Party MP for West Bromwich East Tom Watson called, back in December 2008, for internet users to comment on the idea of a "cinema-style age ratings" as proposed by his fellow MP, Andy Burnham. There were two opinions that...


Phishers Use Google Calendar To Scam Google Users

Phishers Use Google Calendar To Scam Google Users

News Web

It seems that cybercriminals are now using Google Calendar services to launch a new strain of phishing attacks. The information was revealed after Google Calendar users received an email notification that warned its users to...


Apple To Bring Major Upgrades to iMovie, iWork

Apple To Bring Major Upgrades to iMovie, iWork

News Hardware

Rumours are swirling that Apple will be offering some notable upgrades to its iMovie application at the upcoming Macworld next week.  As per the reports, Apple’s iMovie application will turn out to be a web-based...


iPhone Dev Team Releases Yellowsn0w Unlock Software

iPhone Dev Team Releases Yellowsn0w Unlock Software

News Mobile & Telco

The cat and mouse game between iPhone hackers and Apple has taken a new interesting turn, as the hackers have unlocked the device from the shackles of AT&T.  Presenting an incredible New Year gift to the iPhone owners...


Rumour Mill : Microsoft Laying Off 15,000 Employees

Rumour Mill : Microsoft Laying Off 15,000 Employees

News Software

With the global economy going tailspin, rumour mills are buzzing hard that Microsoft is also planning to issue pink slips to some of its employees on around 15th of January, a week before it will announce its earning reports for...


Apple Mac OS Reaches 10 percent of Operating System Market

Apple Mac OS Reaches 10 percent of Operating System Market

News Hardware

Beating its own market share records, Apple’s Mac OS X has registered a remarkable surge in terms of web traffic in the month of December, showing a rise to 9.6 percent as compared to 8.6 percent for November, according to...


New Year Bug Causes Microsoft's Zune Player To Fail

New Year Bug Causes Microsoft's Zune Player To Fail

News Web

Microsoft Corp. announced on Thursday that the leap year issue in its Zune music players has been resolved, and the device is now functioning properly.  Incidentally despite a fix posted by the software company on its Zune...

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