Articles Posted on 14 October 2009
Acer Presents The £950 3D Aspire 5738DG Laptop
News Hardware
Acer has today presented its first 3D laptop as well as as a multi touch convertible laptop PC bearing the monikers 5738DG and 5738PG respectively.The 3D model promises to transform "entertainment and multimedia experiences"...
3 Networks Confirms Spotify Partnership Over Mobile Music Service
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile Phone operator 3 has announced that it will partner with Spotify over a music subscription service that will be available as an option on its mobile phone contracts.As reported before, the discussions have been taking...
Acer Dual Boots Aspire One D250 Android & Windows 7
News Hardware
Acer has showcased what it claims is the first netbook which comes with both Google's mobile platform, Android, and Microsoft's very own Windows 7, which is scheduled to be launched on the 22nd of October. In reality though, the...
Using Windows 7 Home Premium With Live - Social Life
News Web
Live is Microsoft's intricate setup of online services and applications that can be accessed from every computer although they works best with Windows-based computers. Live is particularly geared towards home users which is why...
iPhone 3GS Tuns Out To Be Jailbreak Proof Says Dev Team
News Consumer
In a move aimed at reducing instances of jailbreaking of its popular iPhone handset, Apple has decided to introduce a new feature called “bootrom” in its new iPhone 3GS phones. The new feature essentially acts...
Commission Publishes Details Of Investigation Which Led To Record Intel Fine
News Security
The European Commission has published many of the emails and documents on which the €1 billion antitrust fine it levied on Intel was based. The fine is being appealed through the courts by the US computer chip maker. The...
Apple May Release FM Radio App For iPhone Soon
News Hardware
Apple may be on the verge of launching a new iPhone application that will make full use of the smartphone's hardware according to rumours that have leaked online. 9to5Mac, a popular Apple blog, received some information regarding...
25% Off Purchase of Windows 7 Home Premium - This Sunday (18th) Only
News Software
Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. You can even watch, pause, and rewind TV or record it to watch whenever and wherever you want. For the best...
Apple Snow Leopard Bug Discovered Back In September
News Software
In its response to a large number of media reports on a technical glitch surrounding its newly-launched operating system doing rounds, Apple on Tuesday has finally admitted a data-munching bug in its new OS, codenamed as...
£1599 LG 60PS8000 60" 1080p Plasma TV + Free LG Blu Ray Player
News Hardware
Enjoy high quality sound and vision on the LG 60PS8000 60" 1080p Plasma TV. With a range of networking options and extensive picture technologies, this excellent large screen plasma can become the hub for your home entertainment...
Intel Q3 Profits Fall Sharply But Shares Rise before Bell
News Hardware
Intel Corp.’s third quarter profits and revenues both have plummeted by around eight percent, but the world’s largest semiconductor chipmaker has still managed to beat the Wall Street’s forecasts...
Google Reveals Anti-Malware Tool For Webmasters
News Security
In a move aimed at curtailing the spread of malware across the internet and help webmasters to repair compromised websites, the search engine giant Google has come up with a new feature in its Webmaster Tools that is designed to...
Salesforce.com CEO Talks Of Oracle Partnership
News Business & Government
Marc Benioff, the chief exec of Salesforce.com, has argued that both cloud computing based solutions and onsite applications offered by companies like Oracle can coexist and organisations can actually look to benefit from the...
Google Allows Voice Users To Invite Friends And Families
News Mobile & Telco
Google has allowed the users of the service to send our invites to friends and family, in what seems like a move to popularise its Google Voice service through viral publicity and follows a similar scheme on Google...
Palm Pre Makes European Debut In Germany
News Mobile & Telco
The Palm Pre has been launched in Germany through mobile phone network O2, a few days before it is officially launched here in the UK, on Friday for a mere 28.50 Euros per month over a period of 24 months. The Germans apparently...
£184 HannsG HH251H 25-inch TFT Monitor Full HD
News Hardware
Saturated with detail, the Hanns.G HH251H is a monitor that takes you to the level of full 1080 High Definition. It synchronises beautifully with your PC and HD-ready devices thanks to VGA and two HDMI input...
Twitter Wants Users To Fight Spam As Well
News Security
In an attempt to curtail the increasing amount of spam floating through its platform, Twitter has come up with a new feature that encourages its users to notify it about the accounts of suspected spammers. The new feature called...
Vodafone Teams Up With Decho To Roll Out Cloud Based PC Backup
News Hardware
Leading telecom major Vodafone is all set to roll out a new cloud based service that is designed to offer remote PC backup service to its customers besides giving them the facility to share content online. Vodafone has...
Microsoft Solves 34 Vulnerabilities With Big, Fat Security Update
News Security
As announced last week, Microsoft has addressed a jaw-dropping 34 vulnerabilities in 13 security updates in its traditional Patch Tuesday for the month of October, closing a host of critical vulnerabilities in its Windows...
Lack Of Internet Or Mobile Access Leaves Britons Stressed Says Virgin Media
News Security
A major proportion of the UK’s population simply get distressed and anxious when they lose connection to the web, a recent survey has revealed. The survey, commissioned by Virgin Media, has disclosed the high-degree of...
UK Government To Invest Massively In High Tech Virtual Communities In 2010
News Mobile & Telco
The UK government is ramping up its proposed plans of extending broadband access across the UK by forming high-tech communities endowed with next-generation broadband technology. Nick Appleyard, chief technologist at the...
Adobe Releases Massive Patch Bundle For Acrobat Applications
News Security
After Microsoft, Adobe Systems has released on Tuesday, a number of security patches plugging as many as 28 security holes in its Adobe Reader and Acrobat applications, including a critical vulnerability that has reportedly...
Cisco Snaps Starent Networks For $2.9 Billion
News Hardware
The acquisition comes amidst a growing trend amongst telecom companies worldwide which are increasingly relying on next-generation networks. In its second acquisition for the month, Cisco asserted that it would pay $35 per share...
UK Demand For Palm Pre Surpasses That Of The iPhone 2G
News Mobile & Telco
It looks as if O2 has yet another winner on its hands with the Palm Pre if a survey commissioned by TNS is to be believed; it showed that more than a quarter of those questioned in the research expressed an interest in buying the...
