Articles Posted on 10 September 2009
Steve Jobs To Target Game Market With iPod Touch
News Mobile & Telco
The charismatic leader of Apple, Steve Jobs, has confirmed that the iPod Touch should be viewed as a gaming device rather than a mere portable media player, giving a whole new meaning to the tag line "funnest iPod ever".The...
Sony Set To Unleash 250GB PS3 Slim Console In October?
News Security
Sony could be releasing a premium version of its popular PS3 Slim console with a 250GB hard disk drive - more than twice the 120GB capacity of the current Slim model - for around 350 Euros. According to gaming website Eurogamer,...
Markets McLovin' Apple & Steve Jobs
News Hardware
Apple shares rose in after hours trading in the US as the company looks set to wipe out the one percent it suffered yesterday to reach its highest share price for more than one year. Even if the line up of new Apple products and...
Apple To Target Spotify et Al With iTunes 9
News Consumer
Apple has managed to sprinkle a few intriguing features on its media platform, iTunes 9, which lead us to believe that the Cupertino-based company isn't ignoring the threat presented by Spotify, Rhapsody or other web-based...
Microsoft Showcases Silverlight 4, IIS Media Services 3 As HD Content Platform
News Software
Microsoft has given a sneak preview of the forthcoming Silverlight 4 as it plans to take on Flash in the video distribution market where Adobe's solution currently reigns supreme. The fourth iteration of Silverlight is expected...
Apple Announces iPhone OS 3.1 Update
News Security
In its much-hyped “It's Only Rock and Roll” event in San Francisco on 9 September, Apple has unveiled iPhone OS 3.1 update, which is now available as a free download for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Among the most...
Steve Jobs Back In Business After Liver Transplant
News Hardware
Apple’s iconic leader, Steve Jobs, has acknowledged in public for the first time that he underwent a liver transplant around five months back - and the donor was in his mid-20s who died in a car accident. Addressing the...
MPs Lobby Home Secretary To Stop Prevent McKinnon's Extradition
News Security
A cross-party team of MPs has demanded Home Secretary Alan Johnson to step in and halt hacker Gary McKinnon’s extradition to the US. A group of three MPs - namely the former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, the former...
Domain Tasting Wiped Out By ICANN Rule Change
News Web
The organisation responsible for the internet's addresses says that it has almost completely put a halt to domain name tasting, a practice engaged in by cybersquatters. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers...
PS3 Now Accounts For 10 Percent Of BBC iPlayer Views
News Consumer
In an extraordinary revelation, the BBC has claimed that Sony PS3 has become the second most popular platform for viewing shows through its signature iPlayer video on demand service. The broadcaster said that Sony PS3 has...
IBM Engineer Tweaks House To Twitter
News Security
Dr Andy Stanford-Clark, an engineer at IBM, has configured his vintage cottage so that it can now send him messages through the microblogging website Twitter The house also informs him about a number of things from its...
Flight Sim Site Avsim Tracks Down Hacker
News Security
The publisher of a popular flight simulator website, Avsim, which became a target of a hacking attempt back in May has reportedly presented a file of evidence to Scotland Yard identifying the hacker. In the dossier presented to...
Windows 7 RC, Vista Hit By Critical Security Vulnerability
News Software
Microsoft has announced that it has discovered a new security hole that could help hackers seize complete control over PCs running newer iterations of Windows operating systems. This could turn out to be a major setback for...
iPod Nano Range Gets Price Cut, "Unexciting" New Video Camera
News Mobile & Telco
Apple's new iPod Nano was possibly the most sought after product of yesterday's release as it was the only one which came with a genuinely new feature, a video camera that was until now merely a rumour. The new 5th generation...
