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Articles Posted on 01 September 2009

Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones Appear On October 6

Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones Appear On October 6

News Mobile & Telco

Microsoft has announced today that smartphones with Windows Mobile 6.5 onboard will go on sale on the 6th of October, 16 days before Windows 7 is released worldwide. Version 6.5 will be available in standard and professional...


65 Percent of Skype Sold For $1.9 Billion To Group of Investors

65 Percent of Skype Sold For $1.9 Billion To Group of Investors

News Web

Ebay has confirmed that it has sold nearly two thirds of Skype to a group of private investors for $1.9 billion in a deal that values the VoIP company at around $2.75 billion. This is around 11 percent lower than the total outlay...


Xbox 360 Sales Nearly Up By Half In UK

Xbox 360 Sales Nearly Up By Half In UK

News Security

The battle of current generation gaming consoles is set to continue over the next few weeks as fresh price cuts and gaming bundles encourage punters to splash on an Xbox 360 or a Playstation console. The Xbox 360 seems to have...


Canon Launches £1700 EOS 7D DSLR In October

Canon Launches £1700 EOS 7D DSLR In October

News Hardware

Canon has confirmed that it will debut its high end digital SLR, the massive EOS 7D in October with a suggested retail price of £1699 for the body only although it will be available in the US for $1699. The DSLR comes with...


Samsung Releases 24x DSLR-like Compact Camera

Samsung Releases 24x DSLR-like Compact Camera

News Hardware

Korean manufacturer Samsung has unveiled the WB5000, a 12.5-megapixel camera that comes with a chassis that looks more like a Digital SLR than a compact which is the category Samsung is pigeonholing it. The camera comes with a...


Sony To Bundle Google Chrome Browser With Vaio Notebooks

Sony To Bundle Google Chrome Browser With Vaio Notebooks

News Hardware

Sony has agreed to install Google's open source browser, Chrome, on some of its Vaio notebooks and could potentially pave the way for a deeper collaboration between the two giants. The Japanese company said the decision was based...


Opera 10 Web Browser Released Without Unite Or Carakan

Opera 10 Web Browser Released Without Unite Or Carakan

News Software

Norwegian company, Opera Software ASA, has finally launched the tenth version of its Opera browser for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms after a series of promising betas and one release candidate. Opera includes a number of new...


Somerset Man Arrested Over Alleged Piracy Site

Somerset Man Arrested Over Alleged Piracy Site

News Consumer

A Somerset man has been arrested on suspicion of a criminal breach of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. The man is said to be involved with Filesoup, an alleged file-sharing website. The investigation was conducted by Avon...


Samsung To Launch Own App Store

Samsung To Launch Own App Store

News Mobile & Telco

After Apple, Research In Motion, and Nokia, Samsung has become the latest to announce its own signature apps store to let its smartphone users download multimedia content and applications seamlessly. The world’s...


iPhone Screen Explosion Caused By External Pressure Says Apple

iPhone Screen Explosion Caused By External Pressure Says Apple

News Security

Following an internal investigation into the possible reasons behind exploding iPhones of some of the users in France, Apple Inc. has claimed that the afflicted iPhones broke because of “external pressure” and not as...


Microsoft IIS Server Hack Could Leave Many Unprotected

Microsoft IIS Server Hack Could Leave Many Unprotected

News Security

A hacker has disclosed a formerly unfamiliar vulnerability in the Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) webserver that could enable attackers to seize complete control over systems running Microsoft...


AT&T, Apple Facing Yet Another MMS Lawsuit

AT&T, Apple Facing Yet Another MMS Lawsuit

News Mobile & Telco

Adding woes to the injuries of Apple Inc. and AT&T that have already been troubled with the reports of “exploding” iPhones, the duo has been slapped with two more lawsuits accusing that it misguided customers...


Apple Confirms September 9 Gig In San Francisco

Apple Confirms September 9 Gig In San Francisco

News Mobile & Telco

Apple confirmed on Monday that it will be organising a media event next week in San Francisco, where the iPhone maker is expected to make a handful of music-related announcements, probably including a new refreshed range of...


O2 Sells Samsung Android Galaxy Smartphone From £39.15 Per Month

O2 Sells Samsung Android Galaxy Smartphone From £39.15 Per Month

News Mobile & Telco

Mobile phone network O2 has started selling its first Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy i7500, a device that will be available exclusively on the network for some times. The phone will be available for free for as little as...

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