The disposition of data needs to be addressed.  Once an assigned retention period has been met, data will need to be disposed of in order to protect its credibility.  Retention periods are based on the creation of an...

Space at a premium in your data centre?  Steve Pinder, GlassHouse Technologies (UK) principle consultant suggests you do some spring cleaning.  Steve comments: New data centres are being built at a rapid pace as...

Two major antivirus companies have been fined by New York's attorney general for charging customers without their authorisation or consent. The companies have promised to change the way they renew customer subscriptions.Symantec...

The launch of the iPhone 3.0 software update is the prelude to the big Kahuna, the rolling out of the iPhone 3G S across hundreds of stores worldwide on Friday. Yet today's release has, according to many, been marred by a number...

Nokia is launching the Nokia N97 on Friday, possibly a few hours before Apple debuts the iPhone 3G S and today, it unveiled its flagship smartphone during a media event. Geek Supremo and Ask Jeeves legend Stephen Fry was handed...

O2 UK has confirmed that the new iPhone OS 3.0 software will be available for download from this evening, offering over 100 new features to your existing iPhone including the long-awaited MMS capability. Telefonica, O2's parent...

Myspace, the pioneer social networking website owned by News Corporation, has shed 420 employees, bringing its total head count to around 1000 as it emerged that Facebook has overtaken the former poster child of Web 2.0 in the...

The Digital Britain report published yesterday has recommended putting money from the licence fee into the Channel 4 to help the commercial broadcaster sustain the production of content for older children as well as teens. The...

Riversimple, car that is manufactured in UK and runs on liquid hydrogen, could be the first successful mainstream product to have been manufactured using open source principles. The urban car is a tiny two seater that uses a...

Bringing the BBC's 87-year old monopoly over the licence fee to an end, the UK government in its much-hyped Digital Britain report spelled out that it will take portion of the licence fee to help fund local and regional news on...

Offering a bit of relief to the UK game industry, the Digital Britain report backed Pan European Game Information (PEGI) system over the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to help users make suitable choices in video...

Spotify is set to offer additional services to users who are currently on its premium subscription contract as others like Virgin Media are promising to offer a slew of extras for less. (Ed: You might want to read our article...

In a major revamp to its online offerings, broadcaster Five will now facilitate its viewers to integrate full episodes of their favourite programmes from the channel onto their blogs, social networking portals, and websites. The...

A covert police blogger, who gained huge popularity for his posts on behind-the-scenes reality into policing, has been recognized as a Lancashire detective following a high court verdict that disclosed his identity. The officer,...

ISPs in UK will be encouraged to bring down illicit filesharing by a notable 70 percent within a year’s time in the wake of new powers set to be given to the communications watchdog Ofcom, says the recently published...

In what could be seen as a part of complete digital switchover of media services, the UK government in its Digital Britain report has put forth plans to cease analogue radio signals for broadcasting programs on national radio...

The best things come in small packages. In fact, this little gem is probably one of the smallest (8.9”) and lightest (1kg) laptops around today. Thanks to the sexy sapphire blue finish it just happens to be one of the...

The HANNSnote 10" laptop is ideal for those that are always on-the-go. This ultra-mobile laptop fits easily in a backpack, briefcase, or even a handbag, since its footprint is smaller than a letter-sized sheet of paper. And with...

Pack up your office files and take them home. Carry thousands of songs or pictures. Synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security. This is a 400GB external hard disk drive.Simply...

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...

The Deskstar 7K1000.B hard drive provides an exceptional blend of power efficiency and performance making it an ideal solution for power-friendly consumer and commercial PCs. This is a 1TB hard disk drive.Leveraging...

Seagate has a proven track record of consistently delivering reliable products in volume, and the new Barracuda 7200.11 family is no exception with a 1.5TB hard disk drive.Designed with up to four platters and the only...

This is a Belkin wireless access point designed to enhance or extend the range of your wireless network.The package includes a Belkin F5D7130 Wireless Access Point, 802.11G 54G standard, up to 54Mbps transfer speed. It will...

Yet another tax will be introduced by the government to finance the investment needed to provide faster internet access to rural areas, the so-called "not-spots"; for that a £6 annual fee will be slapped on all phone lines...