Articles Posted on 28 August 2009
Heroes Tops List Of Most Illegally Downloaded TV Shows
News Security
A survey carried out by research company Big Champagne found out that popular scifi series Heroes is the most downloaded one on illegal P2P and filesharing websites. Big Champagne's database reveals that Heroes episodes were...
Spotify Finally Debuts On Apple's iPhone
News Consumer
After months of wait and series of speculations, Spotify’s widely popular online music streaming service has finally been approved by Apple for its inclusion in the Apple’s App Store, as reported by UK’s Paid...
Amazon Slashes Snow Leopard Prices
News Hardware
Amazon has reduced the price of Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6, by 14 percent to a mere $25 instead of the $29 Apple normally charges and the price includes free shipping as well. The online retailer has also...
Sony Launches 24.6-megapixel Alpha 850 Semi-Pro DSLR
News Hardware
The latest addition to Sony's award winning Alpha range of Digital SLR is the A850, a 24.6-megapixel monster that comes packed with features similar to its big brother the A900 but without the price tag. Apart from sharing the...
French To Probe Case Of Exploding iPhones
News Mobile & Telco
France's official consumer affairs watchdog, the DGCCRF, has launched an official investigation over the curious case of exploding iPhones in what seems to be a worldwide epidemic. Similar incidents have been reported in Britain,...
Company Wins US Patent For Podcasting
News Business & Government
A US company has been granted a patent that it claims gives it rights over podcasting technology. Volomedia says that its patent, for "a method for providing episodic media", covers all episodic media downloads, or podcasts. The...
Facebook & Twitter Usage Could Increase Burglary Risks
News Mobile & Telco
Social networking websites could well lead to an increase in burglary as users add "friends" they hardly know and accept "followers" they never met, which may include burglars, to their virtual trust circle. Users of Facebook and...
BBC & Channel 4 Ink Deal With Kangaroo Purchaser
News Mobile & Telco
Arqiva, the company that purchased the Project Kangaroo video-on-demand service, has penned content deals with BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 to broadcast their programmes on its yet to be named video catch up service, according to...
Canada Coerces Facebook To Adopt Tighter Privacy Rules
News Security
In what could be depicted as a big victory for more than 200 million Facebook users across the globe, the social networking giant has finally agreed to put new stiffer privacy rules into practice. Back in last year,...
5000 Evacuated As Google UK HQ Roof Garden Catches Fire
News Hardware
Employees at Google’s UK headquarters in London were evacuated, after a fire broke out at the top of the building on Buckingham Palace Road at lunch time. It took four engines as well as 20 firefighters to extinguish the...
Facebook 3.0 App Lands On Apple's iPhone
News Web
A new version of the iPhone app for the world's most popular social networking website, Facebook, has been made available on Apple's iTunes store and still retains the nominal price of £0. The application, which has more...
Retailers Cut Xbox 360, Wii & PS3 Console Prices Ahead Of Holiday Weekend
News Consumer
There are reports that retailers across the country are cutting the price of current generation gaming consoles to encourage potential purchasers to make up their mind before a busy bank holiday weekend. Sainsburys is offering...
