Articles Posted on 27 July 2009
Business Continuity - It Ain’t What You Do; It’s The Way That You Say It…
News Hardware
The very best recovery plans in the world may ultimately come to nothing if, in a real crisis, those tricky communications aspects are handled badly. Many people ignore the fact that getting the right message across, in the...
Western Digital Releases 1TB 2.5-inch Laptop Hard Drive
News Hardware
Western Digital is the first storage company to release a 1TB hard disk drive that holds in a 2.5-inch form factor, making it ideal for tiny HTPC, servers, notebook and as portable hard disks (although LOSING one would freak you...
Google Android Donut Release Won't Bring Multitouch To Smartphones After All
News Mobile & Telco
Google has released a major update to its Android platform, nicknamed Donut, and destined for the developing community and a precursor of a full fledged 2.0 update.Contrary to rumours, Donut isn't either Android 2.0 not does it...
Microsoft To Release Out Of Band Patches For Internet Explorer 8 & Visual Studio
News Security
Microsoft will release a couple of critical patches on Tuesday 28th of July to repair vulnerabilities present in Internet Explorer 8 as well as Visual Studio.The Microsoft Security Bulletin advance notification touched upon the...
ITV To Get Rid Of Friends Reunited Website For £15m?
News Web
Beleaguered broadcasting company ITV is willing to take a staggering £160 million loss as it looks set to get rid of Friends Reunited, the social networking website that it purchased for £175 million four years...
RIM Unveils Cheapo Blackberry Curve 8520 Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
Canadian Smartphone manufacturer RIM has announced a new, cheaper Blackberry handset, the Curve 8520 which will be targeting the lower end of the keyboard-equipped smartphone market.The phone, formerly known as Gemini, doesn't...
Apple To Launch Kindle-Killer Tablet Device
News Hardware
Apple could be confounding many this Christmas as it looks set to launch a colour screen device with a touchscreen display that could make Amazon's Kindle look as obsolete as an old black and white television.The Financial Times...
Five Reasons Why Storage Could Fail for your Business
News Hardware
Allaster Finke, GlassHouse senior consultant, outlines five reasons that storage can fail. If any of these five reach critical mass, and are either ignored or not thought through properly, then they could become the biggest...
Sony To Bring Touchscreen Functionality To VAIOs PC Range
News Mobile & Telco
Japanese manufacturer Sony seems set to challenge Apple and other laptop manufacturer when it comes to sheer innovation as it looks set to launch Touchscreen capable VAIOs within the next few months.Mike Abary, senior vice...
Spotify to Apple's iPhone App Store Users : We're Coming Very Soon
News Hardware
Online ad-supported music service Spotify has announced in that it has submitted its Spotify App for the iPhone to Apple and look forward to "seeing up and running very soon" according to a press released issued this morning.The...
Deathbook : The "Alternative" Macabre Version Of Facebook
News Security
Now even death has seemingly set to become a paltry excuse for missing out on your wedding anniversary, as an innovative range of internet services have now made it possible for the users to send email greetings to their near and...
More than A Third Of Online Shopping Done At Work
News Security
Leading web metrics firm comScore has come up with its latest findings in UK retail spending, marking a rising trend of office workers buying products online at offices than at homes. The striking results were reportedly taken...
Hull ISP Goes Ahead With Three Strikes Policy
News Mobile & Telco
The only internet service provider (ISP) in Hull has put the controversial “three strikes and out” policy into practice to deal with the internet users caught downloading copyrighted content illegally. Karoo, the...
