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Articles Posted on 03 June 2009

Microsoft Wants To Rename Netbook As Low Cost Small Notebooks

Microsoft Wants To Rename Netbook As Low Cost Small Notebooks

News Software

Microsoft has announced its plans to "redefine" the netbook category by renaming it to a more generic and bland name, LCSN PCs or Low Cost Small Notebook. Intel might just have settled a dispute with Psion over the term Netbook...


BT Offers Free 20Mbps Broadband Upgrade

BT Offers Free 20Mbps Broadband Upgrade

News Hardware

BT is set to offer a free upgrade to its broadband customers bumping its top speed to up to 20mbps from 8mbps as early as this summer. The broadband provider says that 40 percent of its 4.8 million UK customers will see the new...


INQ To Launch World's First Twitter Phone In 2009

INQ To Launch World's First Twitter Phone In 2009

News Mobile & Telco

INQ, the Hutchinson Whampoa subsidiary which designs cool mobile phones, is set to release a Twitter Phone by the end of the year as a follow up to the INQ1, the so-called Facebook Phone. According to Reuters who interviewed Frak...


Fixed Broadband Essential, Mobile Broadband Next?

Fixed Broadband Essential, Mobile Broadband Next?

News Hardware

According to the BBC 73% of us now regard fixed broadband, or should that be the internet, as essential as water or electricity. Now the internet won’t quench our thirst or microwave our food, but in our remarkably...


Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Set To Start On October 22nd

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Set To Start On October 22nd

News Hardware

Microsoft has announced that its latest server product, Windows Server 2008 R2 will be widely available on the 22nd of October, the same day when Windows 7 will be available. During a keynote address at Computex 2009 in Taipei,...


Broadband As Essential As Water Says Britain

Broadband As Essential As Water Says Britain

News Mobile & Telco

As many as three-quarters of Brits admitted that they couldn't live without broadband connection at their homes, and considered the significance of broadband at par with water or electricity supplies, a recent research...


BSA Asks 1,000 Companies In London To Audit Their Software

BSA Asks 1,000 Companies In London To Audit Their Software

News Security

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has written to more than 1,000 companies in London, asking them to complete a software audit as part of a two-month campaign against software piracy. London is responsible for more reports of...


Google Vows To Open Ebook Service By Year's End

Google Vows To Open Ebook Service By Year's End

News Mobile & Telco

Taking on the Amazon's dominance in ebook domain, Google has revealed its plans to kick off a digital bookstore for selling ebooks by the end of this year.  Incidentally, the search giant already enables users to look for...


Oracle Could Release Java-based Netbooks Or Smartbooks

Oracle Could Release Java-based Netbooks Or Smartbooks

News Hardware

Oracle chief exec Larry Ellison, in his first public appearance since Oracle revealed its intentions to acquire Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion, asserted that the company will continue to invest substantially in Sun's Java...


Opera 10 Beta Launched With Turbo Booster and Tab Improvements

Opera 10 Beta Launched With Turbo Booster and Tab Improvements

News Web

Minnow Browser maker Opera has presented the beta version of the tenth version of its eponymous browser and promises auto update plus new tabs features on top of a massive speed improvement. The alpha version had been around for...


Sony Set To Release Wii-Like Motion Sensing Magic Wand

Sony Set To Release Wii-Like Motion Sensing Magic Wand

News Security

In a bid to take on Nintendo's Wii gaming console, Sony has taken the wraps off from a new motion sensing technology for its PlayStation 3, better known as PS3 console.  The announcement of a new motion sensing feature for...


Don't Expect Windows For Smartbooks Says Microsoft

Don't Expect Windows For Smartbooks Says Microsoft

News Mobile & Telco

Microsoft has confirmed that it won't be releasing a Windows For Smartbooks version despite the fact that the software company already have it ready for launch in the form of Windows Mobile or Windows CE, paving the way for an...


Psion Gives Up Fight To Retain Netbook Trademark

Psion Gives Up Fight To Retain Netbook Trademark

News Hardware

A lengthy legal battle between Intel and Psion Teklogix over the use of the name “netbook” has been settled, with the latter withdrawing its trademark claim over the term it secured back in the late 1990s.  With...


BT Caught Throttling BBC's iPlayer On Broadband Option 1

BT Caught Throttling BBC's iPlayer On Broadband Option 1

News Hardware

Raising concerns over BT's broadband policy, the BBC has accused the broadband service provider of limiting speeds of its internet connections in the evenings when users try to access and download TV content using the BBC...


Microsoft Sets Windows 7 Launch Date On October 22nd

Microsoft Sets Windows 7 Launch Date On October 22nd

News Hardware

Microsoft has confirmed in an interview during the Computex Conference in Taiwan that it will launch Windows 7 on the 22nd of October, that's around 20 weeks from now. The company's senior Vice President Bill Veghte told Cnet...


£335 Samsung LE32B450 Series 4 32" HD Ready LCD TV Freeview

£335 Samsung LE32B450 Series 4 32" HD Ready LCD TV Freeview

News Consumer

The Samsung LE32b450 blends style, performance and value like few other 32" LCD TVs.At the heart of this 2009 Samsung 32" LCD TV is Samsung's Wide Colour Enhancer 2 engine. This unique Samsung system offers far more natural and...


£44.99 Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320GB SATA 8MB Cache 2.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM

£44.99 Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320GB SATA 8MB Cache 2.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM

News Hardware

With available SATA or EIDE interfaces, WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices.


£92 Samsung 64GB 2.5" SATA-II MLC Solid State Hard Drive

£92 Samsung 64GB 2.5" SATA-II MLC Solid State Hard Drive

News Hardware

Samsung's Solid State Drive (SSD) is an advanced NAND flash-based solution for traditional storage, leveraging the company's longtime leadership in memory technology. This next-generation solution offers several advantages over...


£130 Nokia 5800 Clearance Pre Pay

£130 Nokia 5800 Clearance Pre Pay

News Mobile & Telco

3G stands for third generation and the system is the third generation in the evolution of mobile phone networks, after analogue and GSM. 3G on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers much faster data transfers and the ability to make...


Sony Debuts PSP Go To Take On Nintendo DS, iPod Touch

Sony Debuts PSP Go To Take On Nintendo DS, iPod Touch

News Mobile & Telco

Sony has introduced an updated version of its popular PSP console, nicknamed the PSP Go, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo industry event in Los Angeles. The new portable gaming device uses flash memory and is not only 50...


£80.49 Western Digital My Book Essential 2.0 *New Firefly* 1TB USB2.0 7200rpm External Hard Drive

£80.49 Western Digital My Book Essential 2.0 *New Firefly* 1TB USB2.0 7200rpm External Hard Drive

News Hardware

Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you've got plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies. Easy to set up, easy to use -- This drive is all about simplicity....

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