Articles Posted on 04 August 2009
£398.99 Dell Inspiron 17 Laptop - Intel Dual Core, 3GB, 160GB HDD, 17.3-inch LCD
News Software
One look at the Inspiron 17’s 17.3¨ Hi-def widescreen LED display, and you’ll have a hard time finding where the screen ends and reality begins. From the display to the entertainment features, the Inspiron 17...
£59.99 Maxtor Basics 500GB Portable Hard Drive Hi Speed USB 8MB Cache
News Hardware
Your work, your photos, your songs, your digital video, your memories. Take them all with you in Maxtor's portable shock-protected hard drive. Ideal for home and office, it's easy to use. Just connect the USB cable into your PC...
UK Teenagers Bullied Into Sending Sex Texts
News Security
A survey carried out by a charity called BeatBullying found out that more than a third of secondary school children aged between 11 and 18 have received text messages with explicit content.The so-called sexts were sent most of...
Yellow Dog Ships Linux Converts Sony PS3 Into PC
News Software
With rumours of a cheaper and slimmer Sony PS3 gaming console around the corner, Fixstars corporation have released a bootable version of their popular Yellow Dog Linux distribution for Sony's platform that comes on a USB Flash...
T-Mobile Using iPhone 3G To Keep High-spending Users
News Hardware
T-Mobile has quietly started to dish out officially endorsed iPhone 3G - not GS - to selected UK customers who threaten to leave with a mere 150 available per week.Given that each of those customers would be worth about...
MSN Video Player Service Finally Goes Live In UK
News Mobile & Telco
Microsoft's take at online video syndication, MSN Video Player, has gone live as a beta service in the UK only where it will complement the likes of BBC iPlayer or ITV Player.The service which was announced last week comes with...
Sony Discontinues 80GB PS3 As Rumours Of Slim Gaming Console Emerge
News Security
Several sources online have reported that Sony has told Japanese retailers that it will be taking last orders for black, white and silver 80GB PS3 gaming consoles by the 9th of August at 10am at the Manufacturer's request from...
Skype Could Face Closure As Founders Battle Ebay Over Licence
News Mobile & Telco
Millions of internet users who use the popular VoIP telephone service Skype could be compelled to search for another alternative to make phone calls over the web, after Skype’s parent company eBay admitted that it...
Pirate Bay Co-Founder Leaves Controversial Website
News Security
In what could presumably add up to the mounting troubles for the file sharing website The Pirate Bay, one of the site’s co-founders and spokesperson, Peter Sunde, has announced that he is quitting from the role to focus on...
Google Chrome To Get Opera-like Bookmark Syncing
News Web
Google has announced plans to develop a new cloud sync service for its signature web browser Chrome that will initially back bookmark synchronization, with plans to integrate other browser info is there on the cards.The new...
Google Uses Billboard Adverts To Lure Businesses To Use Apps
News Web
In its latest efforts to lure businesses, Google has come up with an unconventional billboard advertising campaign to promote its online office application suite, codenamed as “Google Apps”, intended to take on...
Google To Rival Blackberry Smartphones In Enterprise Segment
News Mobile & Telco
Google seems all set to take on rival Research in Motion (RIM) to snare some significant share in the lucrative enterprise market with its spruced up Android mobile operating system, according to Andy Rubin, the mobile director...
Amazon Taking Pre-orders on Apple's Snow Leopard OS
News Hardware
In spite of not having a definite official launch date, Amazon has begun taking pre-orders for Apple’s upcoming OSX 10.6, tagged as “Snow Leopard”, promptly sending the latest iteration of Apple’s Mac OS X...
FCC To Investigate Google Voice Rejection By Apple & AT&T
News Business & Government
After reports emerged that Apple Inc. had denied Google Voice and other related apps from third-party developers for the iPhone App Store, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a prompt move has written to Apple asking...
INQ Launches Pair of Twitter Mobile Phones
News Mobile & Telco
INQ, the mobile phone designing company that brought out a Facebook phone and a Skype phone last year, has launched a two mobile phones aimed at Twitter users and aptly named, Twitter phones.That said, they do not carry any...
Apple & Google To Fight Till Death After Schmidt Steps Down
News Software
The departure of Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, from Apple's board earlier today was not surprising given the fact that the mounting pressure on the shoulders of Novell's former supremo to decide which partner he wanted to tango...
iPhone OS 3.0.1 Doesn't Preclude Jailbreaking Tool Usage
News Software
The iPhone Dev Team has confirmed that new iPhone 3.0.1 OS, which was released to solve a critical vulnerability in the SMS infrastructure of Apple's smartphone. Both redsn0w and ultrasn0w won't be affected since Apple did not...
