Articles Posted on 02 June 2009
8 Things You Need To Know About The Nokia N97
News Mobile & Telco
(1) The N97 is not Nokia's most expensive phone. This crown belongs to the Nokia 8800 Gold Arte which costs £1399 but the £499 N97 is the Finnish company's flagship model, its nec plus ultra and the one which is set...
Acer Set To Sell Android Netbooks Or Smartbooks By Q3 2009
News Mobile & Telco
Acer, the third biggest PC manufacturer, will be launching Android based netbooks by the end of the year as competition flares towards Christmas. The announcement comes a few hours after pictures of Asus, Acer's fiercest rival,...
Orange Denies Having Made An Offer For T-Mobile UK
News Hardware
France Telecom has dismissed claims that it was on the verge of buying beleaguered Deutsche Telekom T-Mobile UK for its mobile phone network Orange. A spokesperson for France Telecom told Reuters that the company had made no...
British Standard On Data Protection Is Published
News Security
The first British Standard on the management of personal data was published on Tuesday. The Standard has been developed to establish best practice and aid compliance with data protection law. An expert in privacy law has welcomed...
Factory Automation Needs Super-Fast Man-Machine Communication
News Security
The world‘s biggest industrial tradeshow - the Hanover Messe – just showed that the importance of software and IT for the manufacturing industry is growing rapidly. The topic “Factory Automation”...
Microsoft's Xbox 360 To Bring Facebook, Last.FM and Twitter On Live
News Mobile & Telco
It seems that Microsoft is gearing up to raise the entertainment quotient of its Xbox 360 game console, as in addition to announcing new game controller Project Natal, the software giant is also bringing social networking...
Google To Partner With BBC Over International iPlayer?
News Mobile & Telco
Google is reportedly in discussions with the UK broadcasting giant BBC about launching an international iteration of the broadcaster's signature BBC iPlayer service, supported by Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube,...
10 Tips for Getting the Most Out Of Cloud Computing
News Hardware
(This article was written by Bilal Mehdi, Senior Consultant, Glasshouse Technologies (UK) Ltd reveals the top ten tips for getting the most out of cloud.) The buzz around Cloud computing continues to gather pace. Few are aware...
Sony Ericsson Finally Embraces Microsd Storage Format, Drops M2
News Hardware
Phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson has revealed that it will be dumping Sony's proprietary and much maligned Memory Stick Micro card format and use the more universally accepted microSD in all its handsets. Speaking to...
Project Natal Pits Microsoft Head To Head Against Nintendo
News Consumer
Microsoft announced that it has been developing a new technology that will enable users to play video games using their natural body movements, rather than any sort of handheld controllers. At the E3 expo in Los Angeles,...
Adobe Hikes Up Price Of Creative Suite 4, Blames Exchange Rate
News Business & Government
Adobe Systems has announced that it is set to hike the price of its latest Creative Suite 4 software line up by around 10 percent in the UK, attributing rise of prices to “sharp fluctuations” in exchange rates...
Amazing Radio Debuts in DAB
News Consumer
In a bid to promote fresh talent in the music industry, a new national digital audio broadcasting (DAB) station, tagged as “Amazing Radio”, has been launched that will play music by unregistered artists...
Nokia To Release N97 In UK On June 19th
News Mobile & Telco
Finnish manufacturer Nokia will be releasing its N97 smartphone, its most advance model yet, on the 19th of June in the UK at a suggested retail price of £499. The device had been available at Play.com for preorder...
Orange Launches 3-year £5 Per Month Mobile Contract
News Hardware
Orange has launched the cheapest ever mobile phone contract in the world at a mere £5 per month for credit crunched customers. The offer, which binds the user for three whole years, includes a phone, the Nokia 2630, 50...
£503 LG 42PQ6000 42" HD Ready Plasma TV
News Hardware
The stylish LG 42PQ6000 42" HD Ready Plasma TV features 600Hz Sub-field Driving technology to produce a picture with fantastic clarity and minimal blur. It also features a stunning 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and 16-bit...
£29.99 Freecom Mobile Hard Drive Classic 2.5" 160GB USB2
News Hardware
Compact storage on the go - whether you are a professional or home user, these days it is essential to be able to carry your valuable data anywhere with you. Ultra compact, easy-to-use and secure, this USB 2.0 powered portable...
£59.99 Western Digital Black 320GB My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drive
News Hardware
The WD My Passport Essential 2.5” Portable Hard Drive is small, easy to use with room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos & movies. Comes with sync & encryption and Google software.With this...
£199.99 Technika 32" HD Ready LCD TV with built-in Freeview
News Hardware
This Technika 32" LCD TV comes with built-in Freeview, 50Hz picture frequency and 1000:1 contrast ratio. It also features HD ready providing you with high quality images. The television also comes with 2 HDMI connections and 2...
£389.99 HP 550 Laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo T5670 1.8GHz, 4GB 250GB
News Hardware
A comfortable fit for any budget, HP 550 notebook PC helps keep you connected and productive so your office goes with you. Featuring genuine Windows for a familiar and intuitive environment.Highly portable design. With a...
