Articles Posted on 29 October 2009
Vodafone 360 To Debut On Friday
News Mobile & Telco
Vodafone is all set to launch its new Vodafone 360 service tomorrow and the website which will be the portal to the service, 360.com, is currently down for maintenance.In a strategy that is reminiscent of the way Apple tied the...
Details About HTC Droid Eris Leaked
News Hardware
More details have emerged about HTC's next Android-based mobile phone which will be known as the Droid Eris and will join the Motorola Droid on the Verizon Wireless line up.(ed: Trustedreviews apparently confirmed that the phone...
Talktalk Blasts Lord Mandelson's Anti Piracy Plans
News Mobile & Telco
Carphone Warehouse owned Talktalk has confirmed that it could take legal actions against the current government if the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, goes ahead with his plans to boot persistent illegal file sharers off the...
Laptop Broadband Deals Not Good Value For Money Finds Survey
News Security
A survey conducted by broadband comparison website BroadbandGenie found out that more than 60 percent of the respondents felt that the free laptop deals were not good value.Surprisingly enough, only 15 percent, less than one in...
"Unprecedented" Sky Player Demand On Xbox 360 Caused Problems
News Hardware
Microsoft and Sky have had to issue a statement to explain why the Sky Player for the Xbox 360 console had to be pulled abruptly from Xbox Live, hours after it was launched.In a statement issued earlier today, both companies...
Juniper Networks Ups Ante With New Hardware
News Hardware
In what could be seen as the company’s most significant announcement since it was founded back in 1997, Juniper Networks unleashed a comprehensive array of new gears, including software and hardware components for...
Intel & Numonyx Achieve Breakthrough in PCM Technology
News Hardware
Intel is getting closer to its goal of creating a mass produced version of a phase-change memory (PCM) chip with its announcement on Wednesday that is has achieved 64MB single layer PCM arrays within a true cross-point array. The...
Amazon To Introduce PayPhrase Payment System
News Hardware
With an eye on making the process of online transactions easier, leading online retailer Amazon.com has come up with a new system called PayPhrase which cuts down the time associated with making purchases on the internet. The...
Phishing Attacks And Online Banking Fraud Losses Soar In The Uk
News Software
The number of phishing attacks on online banking systems has risen by 26% in the first half of this year. Phishing is the technique that was used to uncover the tens of thousands of Hotmail, Google Mail and Yahoo! Mail passwords...
Nintendo Officially Unveils DSi LL Console With Bigger Screen
News Hardware
A new version of Nintendo's popular DSi Console is set to debut in Japan on the 21st of November with a slightly higher price tag than the normal DSi and will carry the moniker DSi LL.The brand new console will unfortunately not...
Facebook Reveals Future Features Roadmap To Developers
News Consumer
In a bid to increase the interest of developers in the Facebook platform, the social networking giant held a special online event which offered a roadmap of upcoming features and functionalities that will be introduced on its...
Two Thirds Of Brits Go Online On Holidays
News Security
If findings of a recent survey are to be believed, around 66 percent of Britons would prefer spending their holiday time online rather than spend it with their loved ones. The findings of the study conducted by BT and...
HTC HD2 Smartphone To Cost £36.25 Per Month From O2
News Mobile & Telco
The HTC HD2, arguably one of the better looking mobile phones that will be launched on the market, has quietly been placed on pre-order at Mobiles.co.uk, one of the many sister companies to Carphone Warehouse.The phone which was...
Google Adds Music Capabilities To Search Engine With Onebox
News Web
In one some might consider as a huge paradigm shift, Google has announced that it will be incorporating music tracks into its search results in the US only through a new service called Onebox.Google reports that two of the top 10...
Motorola Droid Smartphone Joins Verizon Wireless Stable
News Mobile & Telco
Verizon Wireless has officially unveiled the new Motorola Android-based smartphone, aptly named, Droid in a bid to fight back the iPhone and AT&T with a device that looks noticeably better than its predecessors.The Droid -...
Mozilla Debuts Minor Firefox 3.5.4 Browser Upgrade
News Software
Mozilla has issued its latest browser update Firefox 3.5.4, resolving a host of security and performance related anomalies, along with adding many improvements.The update, which is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac operating...
Google Launches GPS Navigation Tool For Android 2.0
News Mobile & Telco
Google Inc. has forayed into turn-by-turn GPS navigation domain by launching the beta version of its new GPS navigation tool, dubbed as Google Maps Navigation software, specifically for Android 2.0-powered devices.Although Google...
Apple App Store Reaches 100,000 Apps
News Mobile & Telco
Apple has scaled yet another milestone, as its mobile app store now includes a whopping 100,000 approved apps, according to unofficial data revealed by the iPhone app directory App Shopper.Although Apple hasn’t made any...
Terminate The Rate Campaign Gathers Nearly 115,000 Signatures
News Mobile & Telco
A massive campaign, launched by mobile operator 3 and the telecoms giant BT, for trimming down the mobile call charges handed over a petition comprising more than 114,000 signatures to the communications watchdog Ofcom.Dubbed as...
Conservatives Considering Tax Breaks For UK Games Industry
News Hardware
Shadow minister for culture, Ed Vaizey, has slammed the government’s lack of proper support to UK’s gaming industry, which has been referred to as a critically significant economic growth area by him.Addressing the...
Google Wave To Have Its Own App Store
News Mobile & Telco
Google Inc. seems to have throwing its weight behind the new upcoming communication collaboration tool, Google Wave, which would enable web users to bring various communication channels, including email, IMs, as well as social...
Symbian Launches Horizon App Store
News Mobile & Telco
The Symbian Foundation has officially unveiled its signature application publication program for the developers’ community, in a bid to assist them in creating, marketing, and distributing applications for the world’s...
IDC : Server Sales To Improve In 2010
News Hardware
A recent study conducted by research firm IDC has predicted that the server market which is currently reeling under the global economic downturn may soon see a revival in the coming months. According to the document, global...
£60 Canon PowerShot A480 10MP Camera - Black
News Hardware
With a 10 Megapixel sensor, you can capture every scene in vivid detail – ready for printing at sizes as large as A3+, or cropping to perfection without losing the detail necessary for larger prints. Small and light enough...
£150 Acer Aspire Revo Atom 230 1.6GHz 160GB HDD 1GB RAM
News Hardware
The Aspire Revo R3600 is a revolution in computer size, shape, design and affordability. This cool-blue nettop sports a small casing that can either stand alone or snap to your monitor, streamlining your personal space while...
