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5 Reasons RIM's Blackberry Storm 2 Is Underwhelming

5 Reasons RIM's Blackberry Storm 2 Is Underwhelming

News Mobile & Telco

RIM has finally announced its Blackberry Storm 2 smartphone on Vodafone from only £35 per month, albeit on a 24-month contract and nearly one year after the original storm was unveiled to the world.But the second version of...


Finland Makes Ultra Fast Broadband A Legal Right

Finland Makes Ultra Fast Broadband A Legal Right

News Mobile & Telco

In what can be seen as a sign of things to come, Finland has become the latest country to make fast broadband access a legal right and aims to connect every household with a 100Mbps connection by 2015. The move can also been seen...


Youtube Pioneering Status Made it Popular

Youtube Pioneering Status Made it Popular

News Mobile & Telco

The popularity of the video sharing site YouTube has grown by leaps and bounds as the site is currently clocking nearly a billion hits per day, according to its founder Chad Hurley.  Expressing his satisfaction at the...


Avaya Presents Virtualised Unified Communication Solution

Avaya Presents Virtualised Unified Communication Solution

News Hardware

In an attempt to offer enterprise grade unified communication solutions to midsized companies, Avaya has launched a new platform that utilizes virtualization technology.  The new solution christened as Avaya Aura comes with...


HTC Hero Beats iPhone To Grab T3 Gadget Award

HTC Hero Beats iPhone To Grab T3 Gadget Award

News Mobile & Telco

The HTC Hero has added another feather to its cap by winning the Phone of the Year award announced by UK technology website T3.  The win saw the Android based HTC Hero beating illustrious contenders like the Apple iPhone and...


Using Windows 7 Home Premium With Live - Organising Your Life

Using Windows 7 Home Premium With Live - Organising Your Life

News Web

In the second series of this article, we will explore five other great services offered by Windows Live in conjunction with Windows 7 Home Premium. http://photos.live.com Photos is one of the most interesting online services...


Live Webcast : Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, The New Efficiency

Live Webcast : Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, The New Efficiency

News Software

This webcast is intended as a follow up from the Microsoft UK Technical launch Event at Wembley on the 6th October, the content will be focusing on the combined business benefits of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 for IT...


EBay Objects To Luxury Goods Makers' Retail Control

EBay Objects To Luxury Goods Makers' Retail Control

News Web

Brand holders have too much power over the way their goods are sold, online auction site EBay has said. It said that 250,000 people in the UK back its campaign to change EU competition law to give retailers more power. European...


£329 Dell Inspiron 17-inch laptop Dual Core 2GB 250HDD with Free Windows 7

£329 Dell Inspiron 17-inch laptop Dual Core 2GB 250HDD with Free Windows 7

News Software

Dell's Inspiron 17 is a portable PC packed with features. Powered by Windows Vista Premium and Pentium Dual Core processor, this high-spec powerhouse boasts a desktop size 17.3" widescreen and dual headphone jack for perfect...


£35 p/m Blackberry Storm 2 On Vodafone - 600 min ultd text ultd internet

£35 p/m Blackberry Storm 2 On Vodafone - 600 min ultd text ultd internet

News Mobile & Telco

Brace yourself. The Storm2 has BlackBerry's most responsive, comfortable touchscreen yet. Tap to respond instantly to emails and Facebook updates that reach you like lightning. Or get your music, videos, photos and more all in...


Mozilla Releases Plugin Checking Tool For Firefox

Mozilla Releases Plugin Checking Tool For Firefox

News Software

Mozilla Foundation on Tuesday has unleashed a brand new security tool to let Firefox users keep some specific browser plugins up-to-date. The new tool, dubbed as “Plugin Check”, is available in the guise of a web page...


Citrix Targets VMWare With Platform Migration Strategy

Citrix Targets VMWare With Platform Migration Strategy

News Hardware

In a bid to take on its rival VMware in the virtualisation segment, Citrix Systems has come up with a new migration programme, which would see vendors offer free support to customers switching servers from VMware. Dubbed as...


Twitter Urges Users Not To Change Their Personal Details

Twitter Urges Users Not To Change Their Personal Details

News Security

Microblogging website Twitter is cautioning its users not to change their passwords, usernames, or email addresses, as this could result in locking them out of the service. Some users who have  changed their login...


More Details About Google Chrome OS Coming Soon?

More Details About Google Chrome OS Coming Soon?

News Mobile & Telco

With the buzz surrounding Google’s upcoming Chrome OS increasing with each passing day, reports floating on the blogosphere seem to indicate that Google is holding an event today on its highly anticipated operating system...


Joost UK Exists No More, Files For Bankruptcy

Joost UK Exists No More, Files For Bankruptcy

News Consumer

In what seems like a major blow to the fortunes of the online video service Joost, its UK subsidiary has gone into liquidation while its Netherlands based parent company has filed an injunction against its former CEO Mike Volpi...


Blackberry Storm 2 Available On Vodafone For £35 Per Month

Blackberry Storm 2 Available On Vodafone For £35 Per Month

News Mobile & Telco

Mobile phone operator Vodafone has formally announced that it will be selling the Blackberry Storm 2 in a few days, on the 26th of October, for as little as £35 per month on a two year contract. The Storm 2 is a minor...


Acer Launches Android-based Liquid Smartphone With Snapdragon Inside

Acer Launches Android-based Liquid Smartphone With Snapdragon Inside

News Mobile & Telco

Taiwanese manufacturer Acer has demoed a new smartphone called the Liquid which is build around an ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1GHz which runs on Google's Android 1.6 OS. It is the first time that the two...


Double Forward Slashes Were "A Mistake" Admits Berners-Lee

Double Forward Slashes Were "A Mistake" Admits Berners-Lee

News Security

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the UK-based scientist who is credited with the creation of the modern-day World Wide Web (www), has extended a tongue-in-cheek apology for adding two forward slashes in URLs and web addresses. The eminent...


Microsoft Recruits Family Guy For Windows 7 Launch

Microsoft Recruits Family Guy For Windows 7 Launch

News Software

While the launch day of the much vaunted Windows 7 is inching closer, Microsoft Corp. is trying out rather unconventional and creative ways to make the launch a grand success. The software giant has announced plans to shell out a...


Will P2P-Aware WiFi Direct Kill Bluetooth?

Will P2P-Aware WiFi Direct Kill Bluetooth?

News Hardware

A new Wi-Fi system seems to be getting more user-friendly by bringing upon the capability to directly connect with a multitude of devices and could spell the end of rival Bluetooth. The new specifications of the system, codenamed...


Facebook Surges Past Myspace in US, Twitter Growth Accelerates

Facebook Surges Past Myspace in US, Twitter Growth Accelerates

News Security

Traffic to Facebook has surged significantly in the past year or so which transformed the site into the most popular social networking platform in the US; on the other hand, rival MySpace has seen a considerable decline,...


Nokia Officially Debuts Booklet 3G Netbook On AT&T

Nokia Officially Debuts Booklet 3G Netbook On AT&T

News Web

Nokia will sell its Booklet 3G Netbook through Best Buy stores exclusively with a two year data plan contract from AT&T which will bring the total cost to just under $1800.Prospective buyers will face paying $360 for the...

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