Articles Posted on 19 January 2009
Windows 7 Beta Beats Vista in Brutal SSD Showdown
News Hardware
Hardware website Tweaktown has tested how well Windows 7 Beta and Windows Vista behaved when being used with solid state drives, in single drive and RAID 0 configuration. The tests were carried out using the Patriot Warp 2...
Intel Announces Surprise Processor Price Drop, Piles Pressure On AMD
News Software
Intel has announced some late but very nice post-Christmas price cuts for some of its most popular Pentium, Celeron, Xeon and Core 2 processors, all in a bid to revive slowing computer sales. A mobile Celeron 570 saw its price...
Security Washout : 9,000 USB Drives Left In Launderettes
News Security
With the news stories about loss of crucial information creating headlines every now and then, it comes as a real shocker that as many as 9,000 USB sticks have been found by the dry cleaners during the last year, a recent survey...
Nokia N97 Smartphone Available For Pre-order for £518, Delivered in March 2009
News Mobile & Telco
Three major UK retailers have started to advertise the expensive-but-nice Nokia N97 smartphone and two are already taking pre-orders with an estimated date of delivery sometimes in March 2009. Play originally listed the device...
AMD Debuts Uber Cheap 760G Motherboard Platform
News Hardware
Underfire Chip manufacturer AMD has launched the 760G chipset which will form the core of an entry level motherboard platform that aims to bring mainstream gaming performance to the budget masses. The 760G is set to replace the...
Bournemouth Becomes UK's First 100mbps Broadband Territory
News Hardware
H2O Networks has declared that the 30 households in Bournemouth that were selected for testing UK’s first ever 100Mbps fibre optic broadband service will be connected sometime in March this year. With massive...
Carphone Warehouse Gives Free Broadband And Phone For 12 Months
News Mobile & Telco
Carphone Warehouse is hoping to dampen the effects of the current credit crunch by giving out free broadband and line calls to all new customers registering before the 2nd of March 2009. The new service called TalkTalk...
Sony Ericsson Hopes For A PSP Phone Dashed By Sony
News Mobile & Telco
Quashing hopes of those gaming enthusiasts who were eagerly waiting for a Sony Ericsson Play Station Phone, Sony has reportedly refused Sony Ericsson to use the esteemed PlayStation brand for mobile phones. The handset...
New Mobile Phones Leave Users Confused
News Mobile & Telco
A recent study has claimed that mobile phone users are getting overwhelmingly frustrated and baffled by the increasing number of features present on their handsets. The research, which was conducted by the consultancy...
Sony Ericsson Follows Sony In The Red With $245m Loss
News Mobile & Telco
The slowdown in global economy is adversely affecting a majority of big names in consumer electronics industry and Sony Ericsson, with a notable loss of around $245 million, has joined the list of companies that suffered losses...
Microsoft Gets Spanked By EU Over Internet Explorer Row
News Software
Microsoft Corp. has been accused by European Union for adversely affecting market competition by incorporating its Internet Explorer web browser with its flagship Windows operating systems only. In its fresh set of...
Conficker Worm Hits More Than 9 Million Windows PCs
News Security
In what seems as one of most potent virus outbreaks in recent years, the Conficker worm has reportedly infected over 9 million computers across the world and number continues to rise with each passing day. The Conficker...
Another gross credit scam
News Security
This is sick. People in hard times, desperate for credit, will reach out increasinngly for these offers, only to get pummeled with fees.First, here’s misleading the spam offer: You got a site which promises a guaranteed...
