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Articles Posted on 16 March 2009

TFL Freezes Plans For Mobile Phones On London Underground

TFL Freezes Plans For Mobile Phones On London Underground

News Consumer

Transport for London has announced that it will freeze plans to offer mobile phone services to the millions of passengers travelling every day on the underground sections of the Tube. A spokesperson for TFL said that "London...


Developers Want Sony To Slash PS3 Price

Developers Want Sony To Slash PS3 Price

News Consumer

A number of high profiles games development studios have been calling on Sony to cut the price of its Playstation 3 console which is currently the highest of the three mainstream gaming consoles. EA Sports head honcho, Peter...


Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Exploding iPod Touch

Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Exploding iPod Touch

News Mobile & Telco

The iPod touch might be the "funnest iPod ever" as per Apple marketing lingo, but it won't help much after the giant faces a lawsuit after a 16GB iPod touch exploded in a 15-year old boy's pants' pocket late in December...


EU Wants Member States To Spend Big On Technology

EU Wants Member States To Spend Big On Technology

News Business & Government

The European Commission has called upon the member nations of the European Union to massively boost their spending in the field of web based services, next generation internet and nano-technology. In a bid to kickstart the cash...


Microsoft Discloses More Windows 7 RC Details

Microsoft Discloses More Windows 7 RC Details

News Security

It seems that Microsoft Corp. is pouring huge amounts of efforts to assure smooth functioning of its upcoming Windows 7 OS, as the software maker has announced new set of improvements that the company will implement in the...


iPhone 3.0 To Have Copy and Paste Feature Says Digg Founder

iPhone 3.0 To Have Copy and Paste Feature Says Digg Founder

News Security

As Apple is all set to unveil its latest iteration of iPhone operating systems this week, Digg founder Kevin Rose, who has the reputation for getting Apple rumours spot on (almost), has purported that the new iPhone OS 3.0 will...


Apple TV To Morph Into Wii-like Gaming Console

Apple TV To Morph Into Wii-like Gaming Console

News Security

In what seems to be an effort to lure the gaming enthusiasts, Apple has filed a patent application for developing its own Wii-style wireless remote control system, apparently intended for the Apple TV.  The patent...


Microsoft To Release Surface 2 Device In 2010?

Microsoft To Release Surface 2 Device In 2010?

News Hardware

The next version of table top touchscreen computer, dubbed Microsoft Surface 2, could come as early as 2010 according to one of Microsoft's development partners. Speaking to an audience at the South by South West (SXSW) Festival,...


A Nokia Puzzle - Buy Business or Buy Consumer

A Nokia Puzzle - Buy Business or Buy Consumer

News Mobile & Telco

Nokia is well known for finely segmenting their customer base, which is consequently why they have so many types of handsets available at any one time.  The release of their 5730 XpressMusic is a case in point. Around a...


Rickrolling Song Co-Author Gets £11 From Youtube

Rickrolling Song Co-Author Gets £11 From Youtube

News Security

Amidst the controversy caused by Google's decision to pull down thousands of music videos in the ruckus pitting it  against music labels, the man behind the global Rick Astley phenomenon reveals how much he got from...


Thief Uses Google Earth To Nick Lead Roofs

Thief Uses Google Earth To Nick Lead Roofs

News Security

In an incident which further sparked concerns over the misuse of Google Earth application for felonious purposes, a thief stole lead worth a whopping £100,000 from the roofs of the buildings, by using the application to...


Rumour : New Apple iPod Shuffle Hides DRM Chip?

Rumour : New Apple iPod Shuffle Hides DRM Chip?

News Hardware

A team of tech journalists found a mysterious chip inside the headphones of the new Apple iPod Shuffle and believe that it might be the company's first step towards a more strict marketing drive. Following iLounge analysis of...


Commission Repeats Call For Single EU Patent

Commission Repeats Call For Single EU Patent

News Security

The European Commission has reiterated its demand for the creation of a single European patent. It said the absence of such a protection is hindering the growth of technology companies in the European Union.The Commission has...


Mozilla Launches Third Beta Of Firefox 3.1 Browser

Mozilla Launches Third Beta Of Firefox 3.1 Browser

News Software

After a couple of stoppages due to nasty bugs in its JavaScript engine TraceMonkey, Mozilla has finally unleashed the third beta of its signature web browser Firefox 3.1, the public preview version meant for “developer...


Set Up Your Business Continuity Command Post

Set Up Your Business Continuity Command Post

News Hardware

“Command centre”, “control centre”, “war room” – call it what you will, in the event of a disaster or major incident this will be a very important place. It will be the location from...

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