Articles Posted on 07 May 2009
Foxconn BloodRAGE: LGA1366 Mainboard for True Enthusiasts
News Hardware
Foxconn solutions have become so widely spread that very often we don’t even notice them.However paradoxical that might seem. The processor socket on your mainboard is most likely marked with “Foxconn” brand,...
Google lets advertisers buy rivals' trade marks as keywords in 194 countries
News Security
UPDATED: Google has increased by 190 the number of countries in which advertisers will be able to pay for their ads to appear when a rival's trade mark is typed into its search engine. That policy previously only applied in the...
Government will keep DNA for up to 12 years despite European court ruling
News Security
The Government plans to keep DNA profiles of people not convicted of any crime for up to 12 years in a move critics claim does not fully implement a decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).The case was brought by...
T-Mobile Releases New MDA Compact V Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
T-Mobile has unveiled the brand new MDA Compact V smartphone which is essentially a rebadged version of the HTC Touch Diamond 2, complete with Windows Mobile 6.1 OS and HTC's Touchflo user interface. There are only a couple of...
Hannspree Joins Netbook Foray With Hannsnote
News Mobile & Telco
Another Taiwanese manufacturer, Hannstar, has churned out another Netbook clone, the Hannsnote, as a follow up to its popular but sometimes exotic LCD and Television models (sold under the HannsG and HannSpree brands...
Prince Charles Emulates Brown With Youtube Stint
News Web
In a move that is sure to warm the hearts of environmentalists, Prince Charles has released his first ever YouTube video which is aimed at increasing the awareness of dangers that rainforest face today. The 90 second video...
Virgin Media Could Take On BT With Wholesale Broadband Plans
News Hardware
Virgin Media is apparently exploring the possibility of bringing in substantially more revenues by emulating BT's business of wholesaling broadband to its competitors. A report in the Guardian hints at the idea that Virgin Media...
Asus Launches Another EEE PC, the 1002 HAE
News Mobile & Telco
Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has been unveiling yet another netbook under the EEE PC banner and again, it is only a variation of an existing model. The 1002HAE has an aluminium enclosure, which makes it look and feel posher than...
5 Things Amazon Needs To Fix In the Kindle DX
News Web
Amazon has released a larger version of the Kindle 2, which adopts the DX suffix and comes with a much higher $489 price tag. The device, which will be available in the summer, could well be one of this year's best selling...
Apple To Introduce Parental Controls For iPhone Platform
News Web
In an attempt to counter the criticism that it has received over it highly erratic censorship policies, Apple is expected to introduce parental controls for applications in its forthcoming iPhone 3.0 software. The move is...
Zombie PCs Numbers Rise By 50 Percent Since 2008
News Security
It seems that the number of zombie systems on the internet is growing with each passing day as the security firm McAfee alone, since January has been able to detect nearly twelve million computers systems which were hijacked by...
Google Shelled $5 Billion To Publishers, Newspapers
News Security
Reacting to allegations from newspaper groups and publishers that it is not paying for their content, Search engine Google has stated that it has sent billions of dollars in revenues to publishers and claimed that its Google News...
Amazon Unveils Supersize Kindle DX Ebook Reader
News Web
Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, has unveiled the Kindle DX, a bigger version of its popular ebook reader and which is set to be shipped later this year for a rather expensive $489. The DX weighs a mere 521grams - that's roughly a third...
