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Articles Posted on 01 June 2009

Philips Increases Price Of 56-inch Cinema 21:9 TV to £4500

Philips Increases Price Of 56-inch Cinema 21:9 TV to £4500

News Security

Philips incredibly sexy Ultrawide 21:9 56-inch LCD TV was announced back in January 2009 and was billed as the screen that lets you enjoy movies as you would in the cinema and as the director intended. The device was...


10 Things To Learn About Microsoft Bing

10 Things To Learn About Microsoft Bing

News Web

Bing, Microsoft's latest attempt to topple Google and Yahoo, is set to be launched on the 3rd of June in the UK but it is already available in beta mode. We went through the website and here are ten things we learnt about...


Photos : Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650A Released, Smartbooks Run Android Already

Photos : Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650A Released, Smartbooks Run Android Already

News Software

Ahead of Taiwan's Computex, Qualcomm has unveiled the new version of its Snapdragon chipset, the QSD8650A, which is based on a 45nm manufacturing process and allows Qualcomm to boost its speed from 1GHz to 1.3GHz. Compared to the...


Is Cashback The Secret Weapon Of Microsoft's Bing Search Engine?

Is Cashback The Secret Weapon Of Microsoft's Bing Search Engine?

News Web

Bing, Microsoft's answer to Google and Yahoo, could well be treading where other search engines have yet to appear by tightly integrating cashback into the search engine environment. The search giant has been offering a cashback...


Microsoft's DirectX Hit By Zero-day Remote Code Execution Bug

Microsoft's DirectX Hit By Zero-day Remote Code Execution Bug

News Security

Microsoft has issued a security advisory to notify users about an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft DirectX which is being exploited by hackers to perform remote code execution on victims' computers.  In a Security...


Samsung Launches 12-megapixel Pixon12 Cameraphone

Samsung Launches 12-megapixel Pixon12 Cameraphone

News Mobile & Telco

Samsung has been the first manufacturer to release its 12-megapixel cameraphone; the Pixon 12 otherwise known as the M8910 will be available before competitors from LG and Sony Ericsson. The Pixon 12 will come ahead of Sony...


Britons Confused By Legality Of Downloads, Finds Report

Britons Confused By Legality Of Downloads, Finds Report

News Consumer

Consumers are spoilt for choice when they seek content online and are confused about what is legal and not legal, according to a report published on Friday. That confusion, and the ease of lawbreaking, present challenges for...


Why Hulu On The Xbox 360 Console Makes Sense

Why Hulu On The Xbox 360 Console Makes Sense

News Hardware

The press conference for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and PC at E3 in Los Angeles is expected to be starting 5 minutes earlier tomorrow for a very special, last minute addition which could well be Hulu's joining Microsoft's Xbox...


5 Reasons Why Qualcomm's Smartbooks Will Outgun Netbooks

5 Reasons Why Qualcomm's Smartbooks Will Outgun Netbooks

News Software

Netbooks have ruled the world of entry level computing for the past 18 months or so but could be facing their most formidable opponents, known as Smartbooks, since they appeared on the market in 2007. Smartbooks are nothing...


Podcast : Probing European Grant System For SMEs Working In ICT

Podcast : Probing European Grant System For SMEs Working In ICT

News Security

At a time when economic bad news and unemployment is on the increase, Ben Chai, finds out that there is potential funding for businesses working in Europe. In this podcast, Ben interviews Patrick De Schmedt from the European...


Facebook Reinstates Breast Cancer Patient's Photos

Facebook Reinstates Breast Cancer Patient's Photos

News Consumer

Facebook will now let a breast cancer patient to post images of her mastectomy scars, following criticisms from Breast Cancer awareness groups in UK over removing photographs from the site.  Sharon Adams, 45, posted images...


Why Buying Future Proof Technology Is A Sure Way of Losing Money

Why Buying Future Proof Technology Is A Sure Way of Losing Money

News Hardware

So you think you can predict the future? Future proof. Future proof. Future proof. It's almost a mantra in the IT world. Everyone is preaching it. Everyone is doing it.  And hardware manufacturers love it. It guarantees...


Skyfire mobile browser out of Beta, but what does it offer?

Skyfire mobile browser out of Beta, but what does it offer?

News Hardware

Just a few years ago if you wanted to surf the web on your Pocket PC mobile you had only the really poor Pocket Internet Explorer bundled into the device. Typically of Microsoft, as there was no competition, Explorer never...


Don’t forget Samsung's Omnia HD!

Don’t forget Samsung's Omnia HD!

News Mobile & Telco

We all know that Apple will announce their iPhone refresh real soon, Palm have their Pre hitting US buyers in June, and Nokia will finally ship much twiddled over N97. Even HTC are shipping updated WinMo handsets this month, but...


Greater Uptime Of IT Systems In The Financial Industry

Greater Uptime Of IT Systems In The Financial Industry

News Hardware

Achieving high levels of systems uptime is a critical aim for the IT department in many industries.  In the finance industry the availability of services 24x7 is a necessity.   However, this can be impacted by the...

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