Articles Posted on 20 October 2009
Nintendo Announces Limited Edition Black Nintendo Wii Bundle
News Security
Nintendo has unveiled a black version of its popular Wii gaming console that will be launched in the UK just in time for Christmas and will come with assorted black accessories as well.The Japanese manufacturer has also announced...
Google Backtracks On Google Voice Voicemail Privacy Issue
News Mobile & Telco
In a move aimed at addressing privacy concerns of people using its Google Voice telephony service, the search engine giant has quickly acted to modify the service in order to prevent transcripts of voice conversations from...
Sony Ericsson Revenues Down By 42 Percent
News Mobile & Telco
The ongoing economic downturn seems to have taken a heavy toll on the revenue figures of Sony Ericsson, with the mobile phone giant reporting a 42 percent drop in sales in its third quarter results as compared to the sales...
Oracle Should Not Get Hold Of MySQL Say Open Source Activitists
News Software
A number of different groups and individuals have appealed to the EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes to stop leading database vendor Oracle from taking over Sun Microsystems as it allows the company to take control of...
Industry Body Backs Apple's Itunes Device Lock-In
News Mobile & Telco
The industry body that regulates the use of USB computer connector technology has said that Apple is entitled to block devices made by other companies from connecting directly to its iTunes software. Apple offers the popular...
Microsoft Windows 7 Already Shipping In UK
News Software
In order to avoid the upcoming postal strikes in UK, Microsoft has started shipping copies of its new Windows 7 operating system to retailers. The move from Microsoft to "pre-pone" the dispatch of the copies of its...
4 Reasons Why You Should Buy Windows 7
News Software
Windows 7 is Microsoft's latest operating system and chances are that you will have already downloaded it when it was available as a release candidate or in its Beta version. All things considered, Windows 7 is a vast improvement...
Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 Betas Coming In November 2009
News Cloud
Microsoft is all set to introduce the public beta editions of its new Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 software by November this year, however no specific date has been announced. The announcement for Microsoft was made by its CEO...
IT Spending Set To Grow In 2010 Says Gartner
News Mobile & Telco
According to leading research firm Gartner, there may be some respite for the IT industry in the coming year as companies will look to increase their IT spending. Citing 2009 as the worst year ever for the industry,...
UK Government To Use Mobile Broadband To Provide High Speed Internet To 90 Percent Of Country
News Hardware
The UK government has laid out the roadmap for upgrading the nation’s wireless services by rolling out next-generation wireless technologies coupled with bolstering up 3G coverage all across the country, it has been...
Microsoft Quietly Launches Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Betas On MSDN
News Software
Microsoft Corp. on Monday has dropped the second beta iterations of its Visual Studio 2010 as well as .Net Framework 4 suites in MSDN for its subscribers. The codes of the beta versions of both the products, including Visual...
Apple Posts Best Q4 Quarter Ever With 47 Percent Jump In Profits
News Hardware
Apple Inc.’s financial results for the fourth quarter from July to September 2009 have reached a new pinnacle, as the company once again blew past the Wall Street’s expectations and posted an incredible 47 percent...
Survey Shows UK Voters Would Say No To Filesharers Disconnection Plans
News Consumer
A fairly large proportion of the UK public has shown a rather pessimistic attitude towards the government’s proposed plans to compel ISPs to block the internet connection of the users suspected of illicit downloading, says...
Ofcom Wants Additional Spectrum For London 2012
News Consumer
UK telecommunication watchdog Ofcom has disclosed that it is mulling over the plans to borrow spectrum from various public units in a bid to address the extraordinary demand of airwaves during the 2012 London Olympics. The...
Microsoft Security Essentials Clocks More Than 1.5 Million Downloads In Seven Days
News Security
Microsoft Corp. has announced that some 1.5 million users across the globe have downloaded its security scanner software tool within the first week after the software - which is available for free - was shipped. Microsoft...
Amazon Kindle Now Officially Available In UK
News Mobile & Telco
In an apparent bid to outperform the emerging rivals which include the likes of Sony as well as Barnes and Nobles, Amazon is launching an International Edition of its hugely popular Kindle e-book reader device to lure bookworms...
3 Networks To Close 3Musicstore After Spotify Launch?
News Mobile & Telco
3 Networks announced today that they will be offering popular music service Spotify on their networks as early as next month in an attempt to differentiate themselves from the other mobile phone operators.A strategic tie-up...
£14.68 p/m Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 100min Ultd txt On O2
News Mobile & Telco
Where an O2 tariff lists inclusive "unlimited texts", please note that this is a promotional Bolt On which increases the standard number of inclusive texts on that tariff (e.g 500 on "O2 600") to unlimited. Therefore further free...
£150 Bush A322 22in HD Ready Digital LCD TV + Free MP3 player
News Business & Government
This is an entry level 22-inch television that doubles a computer monitor. It is HD ready with a resolution 1366 x 768 pixels and a 56cm visible screen size.It has a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a contrast ratio of 800:1 native....
£450 Dell Inspiron 545 Quad Core 4GB 500GB Desktop PC with 19" LG monitor
News Software
The new Inspiron 545 desktop is everything you want and nothing you don’t. Available in 8 vibrant colors, so you can complement your style or stand out from the crowd. Plus, you can build your desktop according to your...
£125 Intel X18-M 80GB 1.8" SATA Solid State Drive
News Hardware
The Intel X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD) brings a new level of performance and reliability to laptop and desktop PC storage. Wait Less. Do More. Why wait for a traditional hard disk drive to spin up?...
