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Articles Posted on 09 October 2009

Virgin Media Trialling 50mbps Broadband Via Copper Lines

Virgin Media Trialling 50mbps Broadband Via Copper Lines

News Hardware

Quad Play provider Virgin Media has revealed that it is testing the viability of delivering services to customers via copper lines rather than fiber optic ones in partnership with Vtesse Networks at speeds of up to 50mbps. The...


6 Free Microsoft Products For Windows 7

6 Free Microsoft Products For Windows 7

News Software

Windows 7 is an operating system and on its own, there's not much you will be able to perform. However, Microsoft proposes a number of products that complement Windows 7 and extends its functionality, making it a more polished...


Youtube Hits One Billion Video Views Per Day

Youtube Hits One Billion Video Views Per Day

News Security

Video mammoth Youtube has announced via a post with a cryptic title - Y,000,000,000uTube - that it has managed to reach one billion videos streamed a day, a fantastic achievement for a company that's less than five years...


IAB Launches Opt Out Website For Online Behavioural Advertising

IAB Launches Opt Out Website For Online Behavioural Advertising

News Security

With an aim of providing consumers with clear and detailed information related to behaviour based online advertising, the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) has come up with a new dedicated website. The website called...


Amazon To Launch Kindle DX Worldwide In 2010

Amazon To Launch Kindle DX Worldwide In 2010

News Software

Amazon is set to unleash its larger Kindle DX ebook reader globally next year complete with international roaming although anything specific regarding the pricing or the launch date for the UK had yet to be revealed. Ben Howes, a...


Hidden Flash Cookies Track Even Opt-Out Users On Web's Biggest Sites

Hidden Flash Cookies Track Even Opt-Out Users On Web's Biggest Sites

News Web

Over half of the most popular 100 websites use secret behaviour-tracking software to monitor users, mostly without their knowledge, and in several cases the software recovers information the user has chosen to delete. Small...


Internet Governance: Safeguarding the Future of Cyberspace

Internet Governance: Safeguarding the Future of Cyberspace

News Hardware

With the growth of the Internet, the concept of an online society has quickly become reality. And as with any society, distinctions between acceptable and deviant behaviour are growing, creating new demands for...


Carphone Warehouse Shows Resilience In Global Recession

Carphone Warehouse Shows Resilience In Global Recession

News Hardware

While Cable and Wireless Worldwide seems to have put its planned demerger on hold, Carphone Warehouse appears to be more than enthusiastic to go ahead with the proposed split. The broadband provider and handset retailer has...


Nvidia To Stop Making Chipsets For Intel Platform

Nvidia To Stop Making Chipsets For Intel Platform

News Hardware

Nvidia has decided to delay the development of its chips that are tailored to work with Intel’s latest microprocessor technology citing its ongoing patent licensing dispute with the world's biggest semiconductor...


Is Spotify A Trojan Horse For Music Record Labels?

Is Spotify A Trojan Horse For Music Record Labels?

News Consumer

Over the last 24 hours, a raft of data has emerged over the way popular Swedish online music streaming service Spotify is being run and how it appears to be almost artificially propped up by the major recording labels. Earlier in...


Business People Prefer iPhone According To Survey

Business People Prefer iPhone According To Survey

News Security

In spite of claims made by Apple that its iPhone is not meant for business purposes at all, Apple’s blockbuster smartphone has emerged as the leader in the business smartphone arena, according to a report released by a...


Apple Solves Bugs With New iPhone OS 3.1.2

Apple Solves Bugs With New iPhone OS 3.1.2

News Consumer

Apple, on Thursday, updated its recently introduced iPhone OS version 3.1 to OS version 3.1.2, which the company says will bolster up the performance of its bestselling handset. As per the notes attached with the release, Apple...


Microsoft Says No To E-books For Now

Microsoft Says No To E-books For Now

News Hardware

Quashing persistent rumours about Microsoft’s plans to hop onto the rapidly growing e-book reader domain, the software giant’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, has made it clear that the company has absolutely no...


Microsoft Planning Massive Security Update For Patch Tuesday

Microsoft Planning Massive Security Update For Patch Tuesday

News Security

The upcoming Patch Tuesday is set to become a big one for Microsoft, as the software giant is going to address as many as 34 vulnerabilities though 13 security updates. Of the 13 security patches, eight are to be tagged as...


Microsoft To Replace Works With Free Office 2010 Starter Edition

Microsoft To Replace Works With Free Office 2010 Starter Edition

News Software

In a move aimed at exploring an advertisement based revenue model, Microsoft has decided to discontinue its MS Works application suite and replace it with a free Office Starter 2010 edition which will be supported by ads. The...


FCC To Investigate Wholesale Pricing Strategy Of US Telcos

FCC To Investigate Wholesale Pricing Strategy Of US Telcos

News Mobile & Telco

The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has vowed to launch a probe into the prices telecom operators charge each other for the network capability required to transfer voice calls as well as exchanging data...


Internet Explorer Market Share Falls Under 66 Percent

Internet Explorer Market Share Falls Under 66 Percent

News Security

Microsoft’s share in the browser market for the month of September 2009 has plummeted further to reach a new low with rival browsers steadily gaining popularity, particularly due to the advent of a number of gadgets that...


Spotify Faces Torrid 12 Months As Search For Revenue Continues

Spotify Faces Torrid 12 Months As Search For Revenue Continues

News Mobile & Telco

Industry experts are of the opinion that Spotify should make its massive user base start paying for streaming music, or else it could go out of business within a year or so. They were reacting to claims made by Spotify’s...

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