Articles Posted on 04 February 2009
Mobile World Congress 2009
News Mobile & Telco
The GSMA Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM World Congress) combines the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry with a stimulating and insightful congress that brings together prominent leaders and personalities...
Video Game Used To Simulate Dangerous Fire Drill Situation
News Cloud
Simulators and video games have long been used to simulate real life, war situations like in America's Army; scientists at the Durham University have now adapted video games for more peaceful purposes. By using the Source...
Dell Releases XPS One 24 Product (Red) Desktop For Charity
News Hardware
Austin-based manufacturer Dell has announced that its XPS One 24 all in one desktop will be available for sale in the UK under the Product (Red) banner which will help fight HIV/AIDS in Africa through donations. The gorgeous...
Background Tasks To Come To Apple iPhone MK3?
News Mobile & Telco
It seems that iPhone’s operating system is all set to incorporate multitasking features, with rumours doing rounds that Apple has lifted the ban it had posed over third-party applications running as background...
Facebook Reaches Fifth Birthday, Invites 150 Million
News Business & Government
Social Networking platform, Facebook, is marking its fifth birthday as one of the world's most popular websites by sending mystery gifts to some of its 150 million registered users. As you might expect, the gifts sent by the...
Competition Commission Kills Project Kangaroo
News Mobile & Telco
The Competition Commission has finally laid Kangaroo, the promising joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC, to rest in a final report released today after having rejected possible alternatives to decrease any monopoly...
Google Introduces Latitude; Location Based Services To Go Mainstream
News Hardware
Internet search giant Google has just launched a new application, called Latitude, that allows users to share their geographical locations with their contacts through their mobile phone for free. Latitude works in conjunction...
Amazon Debuts Online Gaming Download Service
News Consumer
Amazon has joined the league of online digital game providers by launching a new online store aimed at catering to the needs of casual gaming enthusiasts. Incidentally the new store boasts of a surprisingly large...
Panasonic To Slash 15,000 Jobs Worldwide By 2010
News Consumer
Japanese Consumer Electronics Giant Panasonic has announced that it will reduce its employee headcount by 15,000 - that's 5 percent of its 300,000 global workforce - by March 2010 with half of it coming outside Japan The...
Myspace Eliminates 90,000 Sex Offenders' Accounts From Social Networking Site
News Security
The social networking giant MySpace has recognized and removed as many as 90,000 sex offenders from its website over the past couple of years, which is almost twice the count estimated by the website previously. The...
Microsoft To Offer Six Windows 7 Versions
News Software
Microsoft will release six versions of Windows 7 in a bid to extend its "divide and rule" strategy on the desktop with each version being the super set of the former. In a press statement, the Redmond-based company confirmed...
BT Openzone Presents MyPlace, Your Own Pocket Concierge Service
News Security
BT Openzone has launched a new service called BT MyPlace which serves as an individual, online concierge that can advise you on where to shop, which restaurant to visit and things to do depending on where you are and your...
Orange Adds HP and Toshiba Laptops To Its Broadband Range
News Mobile & Telco
France Telecom owned mobile phone provider, Orange, has announced that it will be adding two new laptops to its mobile broadband offer including a HP Compaq Mini 700 which reminds us of the old (very old) Contura Aero...
