Articles Posted on 28 September 2009
EU To Legislate On Excessive Volume Of MP3 Players
News Consumer
The European Union seems bent on implementing a legal framework to protect the ears and tympans of its citizens from the carnage caused by excess volume coming from MP3 headphones.The EU consumer affairs commissioner Meglena...
BBC's Attenborough Puts Favourite Wildlife Clips Online
News Security
The Beeb has asked one of its most recognised broadcasters, Sir David Attenborough, to come up with a list of its favourite moments in his long career as a close observer of planet Earth.Video footage of more than 370 animals...
After Orange, Will Apple Go For Vodafone & 3 Networks?
News Mobile & Telco
Apple appears to be the real winner of the new partnership announced earlier today between France-Telecom owned mobile phone network Orange and the Californian company. The new deal is likely to spawn a number of fundamental...
Panasonic Unveils 50-inch 3D Full HD Plasma Screen
News Consumer
Japanese powerhouse Panasonic has showcased a 50-inch Full HD plasma screen capable of displaying full HD content using simply a compatible Blu-ray player and Blu-ray disc that supports the 3D format. Panasonic chose the 50-inch...
Apple App Store Reaches Two Billion Downloads Mark
News Mobile & Telco
Apple's charismatic CEO, Steve Jobs, has announced earlier today that the company's App store has managed to push more than two billion apps in just over 14 months, which is equivalent to around 4.6 million apps downloaded every...
Xerox Shells Out $6.4 Billion For Affiliated Computer Services
News Business & Government
Xerox Corporation said that it would buy outsourcing specialist Affiliated Computer Services for a whopping $6.4 billion in cash and stock deal, the biggest acquisition in the history of the printing and copying group. The deal...
Microsoft & Sky To Launch TV Player For Xbox 360 In October
News Hardware
Owners of Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console will be getting Sky TV on their platform provided that they are already paying BSkyB customers. According to Sky's Official subscriber magazine, Xbox 360 users will get a free update on...
Apple To Release New MacBooks & iMacs?
News Hardware
Apple could be releasing a low cost MacBook line with a polycarbonate chassis to keep down manufacturing costs possibly before Christmas in order to capture a portion of the growing number of computer users with shrinking...
How Might The Orange iPhone Deals Look?
News Consumer
News that Orange will get the iPhone has sparked frenzied comments across the UK Blogosphere but no one really knows how much the iPhone is going to cost on Orange's network. Interested parties are only required for now to log...
Google Changed Logo To Googlle To Celebrate 11th Birthday
News Hardware
Search engine Google is taking more liberties with its revered logo by adding two LL to its Google Logo for its 11th birthday before changing it again today to celebrate another famous birthday. Today's tribute was for the...
iPhone Is UK's Coolest Brand Says Survey
News Security
Apple managed to grab three of the top five places in the latest annual Superbrands CoolBrands survey with the iPhone, the iPod and the company itself, displacing ubercool luxury car maker Aston Martin. Aston Martin is also the...
Software Lobby Joins Calls For Filesharer Disconnection
News Security
Anti piracy software lobby group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has said that it backs disconnecting users who repeatedly engage in software piracy. The group said that the move was necessary because of the failure of other...
Vodafone To Diminish Importance Of Phone Makers With LiMo Deal?
News Mobile & Telco
The announcement by Vodafone last week that it was going to launch its Vodafone 360 online aggregation mobile service on Linux Mobile, a little used mobile platform, left many puzzled and questioning Vodafone's plans. The Linux...
Orange UK To Sell Apple iPhone Smartphones
News Mobile & Telco
As expected, Orange has managed to break O2's exclusivity deal with Apple, nearly two years after the Cupertino-based company launched the iPhone on the Telefonica-owned network. The network, which is set to become the largest...
