Articles Posted on 23 April 2009
Nokia Comes With Music Has Only 23000 Users
News Consumer
Nokia's promising Comes With Music scheme could well turn out to be a very embarassing fiasco after claims that the service has only 23,000 active users in the UK. Comes with Music, which promises unlimited music tracks on some...
ICO Clears Google Street View Of Privacy Violation
News Security
Google Street View has been given the all clear by the privacy watchdog in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) following a complaint by privacy advocate group, Privacy International. The organisation's senior...
ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 275
News Hardware
Gamers looking to spend some $250 on a brand new graphics card were given two new options last month when ATI unleashed their Radeon HD 4890 and Nvidia countered with the GeForce GTX 275.Starting with the Radeon HD 4890, this new...
Ebay Wrong To Make '25% Cheaper' Claim, Rules Watchdog
News Software
Online auction site eBay was wrong to claim that it was 25% cheaper than high street shops advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said. The company's own research did not back that claim, it said. EBay...
Apple Removes Baby Shaker iPhone Application From iTunes Store
News Mobile & Telco
Apple has decided to remove the controversial “Baby Shaker” application from its iPhone app store after it received numerous complaints from angry parents and child rights groups who found the application tasteless...
UK Government Will Go Ahead With 2Mbps Universal Broadband Proposals
News Hardware
The UK government has finally acknowledged the significance of providing high speed broadband access to all, with the government agreeing to initially funding £250 million for broadband rollout by 2012. This notable...
T-Mobile And RIM Announce Pay Once Blackberry Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile will be selling the Blackberry Pearl 8110 from the 1st of May for £179 which will include a year's worth of email and internet. Consumers will however need to buy top up if they want to make...
OMG : 3 UK Launches Totally Free, Unlimited, No Contract Skype
News Mobile & Telco
UK Network 3 has announced that it is teaming up with Skype to give free, unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and instant messages to 3 customers, forever and without any strings attached. At a press conference a few hours ago,...
Google Profile Is Foundation For A Social Networking Entity
News Mobile & Telco
For those who face embarrassment due to the way their profile features in search results, Google has unleashed a new tool that will help web users to have an enhanced control over how their profile appear in its search. When...
Myspace Co-founders Leave The Social Networking Website
News Security
News Corp. will be terminating the employment of Chris DeWolfe, MySpace’s co-founder, as chief exec of the social networking website, in a bid to reinvigorate the troubled platform. The chief digital officer of the...
AMD's new Phenom II X4 955 Still Can't Match Intel's i7 CPUs
News Hardware
Chipmaker AMD has announced another update to its Phenom II range in the form of the X4 955 Black Edition, a 3.2GHz model that is unlocks and promises to overclock significantly better than its predecessors. The processor though...
Toshiba'a New NB200 Netbook Looks Very Posh
News Software
For those looking for a Netbook with a difference, Toshiba's NB200 could well be the answer to your prayers; the successor to the NB100 not only looks great but offers a few features that sets it apart from the...
Ebay Revenues Fall But Still Manage To Beat Wall Street Predictions
News Business & Government
Ebay on Wednesday posted its second consecutive quarterly drop in profits and revenues, but the e-commerce bellwether’s financial results managed to beat analysts’ forecasts. The first quarter financial results...
Superfast Bluetooth 3.0 Hardware To Debut In 2010
News Hardware
The upcoming iteration of Bluetooth wireless technology, which is said to transfer data 10 times faster than the existing version, will be incorporated in devices as early as in a year’s time, the consortium behind...
AMD Set to Launch 16-Core Opteron Processors In 2011
News Hardware
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc. has spruced up its Opteron processor range with the addition of a new server processor, tagged as “Istanbul”, which will include both six cores as well as a direct connect...
£265 DinoPC Intel Dual Core E1400, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD, 19"
News Hardware
An excellent multimedia package based on the Intel Dual Core E1400 CPU, it is ideal for use at home or office. This computer boasts the latest components that deliver the best performance for the money, ensuring top...
