Articles Posted on 04 March 2009
UK Ranks 10th in Global ICT Index
News Hardware
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has revealed the latest ICT Development Index (IDI) which is an indication of how advanced 154 countries worldwide when it comes to technology. UK ranked 10th this year ahead of...
Spotify Users Face Serious Security Breach
News Security
The most credible free online music service lately, Spotify, has issued a warning to its customers in a stern and detailed "security notice" posted on its website. Spotify reveals that a team of hackers could have used a...
Software Escrow Can Serve As Credit Crunch Insurance, Says Expert
News Software
Companies are being urged to implement software escrow agreements as more and more firms go bust. One legal expert said that companies should go further and assess their whole software supply chain to protect against the effects...
Asus EEE PC1008HA Will Challenge Apple's Mac Book Air
News Mobile & Telco
Asus is going upmarket with the latest member of the EEE PC family, one that comes with a wedged profile. The PC 1008HA is set to be the first of a number of rivals to Apple's iconic but expensive Mac Book Air. The EEE PC...
BT Criticised Over Rolling Contracts Practice
News Security
The cable operator giant BT has drawn some serious criticisms over its automatic contract renewals, which implies that the customers coming to the end of their contracts would automatically registered for the next year if they...
Ofcom Did Right Thing Over BT, Says Virgin Media
News Mobile & Telco
In an unexpected twist, Virgin Media has welcomed Ofcom's decision to remove any regulatory roadblocks that might hamper BT's £1.5 billion investment in a high speed fibre-optic network. In a statement given to Techradar,...
Apple's Mac Mini Gets A Deserved Upgrade But At A Cost
News Hardware
Apple has finally upgraded its cheapest entry level computer, the Mac Mini, which can be had for £499 for the basic model and £649 for the more elaborate one. The new Mac Mini comes with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo processor,...
Did Asus EEE PC Keyboard Borrow Design Ideas From Apple's Products?
News Software
Asus has just presented a brushed up, almost final, version of its EEE Keyboard which is essentially an all in one computer squeezed in a keyboard with loads of innovation and a price that's quite affordable. Looking at it...
Asus Lamborghini VX5 Laptop Comes With 1TB SSD Storage
News Software
Asus has unveiled what may be the most expensive mass produced laptop ever. The Lamborghini VX5 is a gamer's laptop with a difference, it has a 1TB solid state drive, the biggest currently on the market. Its slightly angled...
iPhone, iPods Are A No-No in Bill Gates' Household
News Hardware
Taking rivalry with Apple to home, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has forbidden the use of Apple products, including iPhones and iPods, from his household, the billionaire’s wife, Melinda Gates revealed. In her recent...
Microsoft Joins EU In War Against Online Internet Child Pornography
News Software
Microsoft on Tuesday has joined a coalition formed to curb the soaring flow of child abuse images over the web and which includes a few industry leaders such as Visa, PayPal, and Mastercard. The new entity, dubbed as...
iPhone Crowned King of Mobile Web Searches
News Hardware
Apple’s blockbuster iPhone has led all the way in the domain of mobile web browsing devices, as the handset has accounted for more internet searches in the month of February than all the wireless and mobile devices...
Skype Brings Spinvox's Voice-to-Text Services To Millions
News Web
In a bid to spruce up its offerings in voice messaging domains, the VoIP service provider Skype has announced on Tuesday that it will be collaborating with SpinVox to offer its users with a new voicemail-to-text conversion...
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 technology preview
News Hardware
I think it's fair to say that the renaming and/or rebranding of graphics boards tends to go down like a lead balloon amongst the enthusiast community (journalists included), whether it comes from either NVIDIA or AMD's ATI...
