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Articles Posted on 24 February 2009

Social Networking Sites Altering Young Persons' Brains

Social Networking Sites Altering Young Persons' Brains

News Mobile & Telco

The Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Baroness Greenfield, has expressed great concern about the impact social networking websites is having on the developing brains of young people in the UK. Susan Greenfield,...


LG Touchscreen Watch Phone To Cost £1000 On Orange

LG Touchscreen Watch Phone To Cost £1000 On Orange

News Mobile & Telco

Consumers trying to get their hands on the latest LG watch phone, the GD910, may be in for a shock as Orange has put a £1000 price tag on the prized handset (ed: or is it wristset). According to Mobile Today, the LG...


Privacy Watchdogs Repeat Call For Data Breach Notification Law

Privacy Watchdogs Repeat Call For Data Breach Notification Law

News Business & Government

Europe's privacy watchdogs have reiterated their demand for a data breach notification law and have said that a proposed new clause in an EU Directive could threaten computer users' privacy.The Article 29 Working Party is a...


Palit GeForce GTS 250 1GB Graphics Card Review

Palit GeForce GTS 250 1GB Graphics Card Review

News Web

While most of our readers wouldn't know it, there is a lot of discussion, politics and soap-opera behind the scenes of the tech world.  The new GeForce GTS 250 has been one of the most played out stories in graphics card...


Online Privacy is Web Users' Top Concern

Online Privacy is Web Users' Top Concern

News Security

A survey conducted by online advertising company Burstmedia found out that the overwhelming number of adults were concerned about their privacy online and how data about them was handled. The survey, based on a sample of 4000...


5 Reasons Apple Should Buy AMD Now

5 Reasons Apple Should Buy AMD Now

News Hardware

Chipmaker AMD seems to be having more and more trouble catching up with archrival Intel and even its latest Phenom II processors have failed to close the significant gap that still exists with the i7 range.  At the time of...


Apple Debuts Safari 4 Public Beta Browser

Apple Debuts Safari 4 Public Beta Browser

News Security

Apple has unveiled the latest iteration of its browser, Safari, for Mac and Windows PC, calling it the fastest and most innovative browser ever with more than 150 features although only a fraction are new ones. The browser now...


Google's Gmail Service Down; SaaS Model in Doubt?

Google's Gmail Service Down; SaaS Model in Doubt?

News Web

Google popular email service, Gmail, has been suffering from a major issue since early this morning; thousands of users and businesses, both on individual and paid-for corporate accounts, have been hit hard by the...


Ubuntu Releases Karmic Koala With Cloud Computing In Mind

Ubuntu Releases Karmic Koala With Cloud Computing In Mind

News Software

Ubuntu’s founder Mark Shuttleworth has disclosed that his company plans to release this Friday its Ubuntu Linux distribution version 9.10, tagged as “Karmic Koala”, which will feature enhanced compatibility for...


Virgin Media Boosts Broadband Lines From 2mbps to 10mbps For Free

Virgin Media Boosts Broadband Lines From 2mbps to 10mbps For Free

News Consumer

Virgin Media piled more pressure on other UK Broadband players after it announced that it was going to upgrade all its customers on the recently discontinued 2mbps service to 10mbps for free. The company will be the only one in...


Citrix and Microsoft Target VMWare With Essentials Suite

Citrix and Microsoft Target VMWare With Essentials Suite

News Hardware

In a bid to take on VMWare’s influence in server virtualization domain, Citrix and Microsoft have collaboratively announced Citrix Essentials suite for the Microsoft’s signature Hyper-V technology.  In...


Microsoft : We Won't Take Back Severance Monnies

Microsoft : We Won't Take Back Severance Monnies

News Software

Responding to the wave of condemnation, Microsoft has eventually changed its mind over the decision that necessitate some of its ex-employees to repay the amount that the software giant said was in excess of its intended...


Spotify On iPhone Could Kill Apple's iTunes

Spotify On iPhone Could Kill Apple's iTunes

News Consumer

Music enthusiasts could enjoy the services from Spotify, the cloud-based music streaming service that includes most of the prominent music labels, over their smartphone devices, as the iPhone version of the streaming service...


Recession Encourages Ex-Employees To Take Away Company Data

Recession Encourages Ex-Employees To Take Away Company Data

News Security

As global economic downturn takes its toll in the guise of losses and layoffs, a survey released on Monday revealed that a majority of exiting employees are taking their companies’ confidential information along with...


Broadband Now Makes Up 95 Percent Of Internet Connections In UK

Broadband Now Makes Up 95 Percent Of Internet Connections In UK

News Hardware

Broadband connections now account for as many as over 19 out of 20 internet connections in the UK, a recent survey on internet connectivity by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.  According to the new...


UK Gov Forced To Publish ID Card Reviews Report

UK Gov Forced To Publish ID Card Reviews Report

News Security

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) will not be able keep the contentious reports on its identity cards scheme confidential anymore, as the Information Tribunal has upheld the Information Commissioner’s decision to...

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