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Articles Posted on 09 November 2009

Sony Ericsson T715 Review

Sony Ericsson T715 Review

Entry level sophisticate

Reviews Mobile & Telco

It's easy to think phones that are positioned free with low rental price plans are going to be disappointingly low spec. I'm pleased to say the T715 can easily escape this trap. Constructed in shiny brushed aluminium over robust...


£200 Packard Bell DOT_S.UK/001 10.1-inch Netbook

£200 Packard Bell DOT_S.UK/001 10.1-inch Netbook

News Mobile & Telco

The DOT_S.UK/001 is a trendy organiser with a stylish look and feel and smart compact form. It's your companion for everyday use, easy to carry, ultra light and at a compact 1.25 kg it fits in your bag or hand luggage. It’s...


BT contact centre staff win big

BT contact centre staff win big

Probably not taking your calls anymore with £4 million each

News Mobile & Telco

A syndicate of less than ten people, working at BT’s Royal House contact centre in Liverpool found out they’d hit the big time this morning. They arrived at work to news of a share in one of only two jackpot-winning Euromillions...


Personal Details of Many Play.com Customers Disclosed

Personal Details of Many Play.com Customers Disclosed

News Security

In what can be termed as a yet another instance of compromise of user data, details of customers of Play.com were leaked to other users of the portal, according to a story carried by BBCMany users of Play.com has told the BBC...


A Quick Guide To Maximising Your Virtualisation ROI

A Quick Guide To Maximising Your Virtualisation ROI

News Business & Government

Maximising the return on investment (ROI) derived from the virtualisation of your IT resources is not an easy task, simply because of the number of variables that are involved. However, as any mathematician will confirm, breaking...


Spanish government orders 3 million disconnects

Spanish government orders 3 million disconnects

Corte los teléfonos mis amigos

News Mobile & Telco

Compulsory registration of pre-pay mobiles comes into force in Spain today, all mobiles must have been assigned to a formal ID document. The move is in reaction to the Madrid train bomb attacks of 11 March 2004 in which such...


Freelancer's Copyright Infringed By Sales Of Digital Back Issues, Rules High Court

Freelancer's Copyright Infringed By Sales Of Digital Back Issues, Rules High Court

News Security

A Daily Mirror service which sold digital copies of back issues infringed the copyright of a freelance photographer whose pictures appeared on their pages, the High Court has ruled. Alan Grisbrook was a freelance celebrity...


Nokia Initiates Charger Exchange To Replace Potentially Dangerous Mobile Chargers

Nokia Initiates Charger Exchange To Replace Potentially Dangerous Mobile Chargers

News Mobile & Telco

With an eye on eliminating any incidents that may originate out of phone chargers used in few of its models, the Finish mobile giant Nokia has decided to recall nearly 14 million chargers as a precautionary measure.The chargers...


Scotland All Set To Receive A Huge Funding Boost For Improving Its Broadband Infrastructure

Scotland All Set To Receive A Huge Funding Boost For Improving Its Broadband Infrastructure

News Mobile & Telco

In a move which is likely to give a huge impetus to Scotland’s plan for improving internet connectivity for its residents, the UK government has decided to invest £200 million to boost the broadband infrastructure in...


Plural for Blackberry?

Plural for Blackberry?

Nobody can agree so decide yourself

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

In a world with more than one Blackberry, we need a plural. More importantly I need a plural so I can write about them without trying to blag around it by calling them multiple Blackberry devices. I thought it would be easy so I...


Minors Restricted From Using Facebook, Twitter on XBOX 360 Without Parental Approval

Minors Restricted From Using Facebook, Twitter on XBOX 360 Without Parental Approval

News Mobile & Telco

In a move aimed at protecting children from possible online threats that may arise out of using social networking sites, Microsoft has decided to restrict the access to applications like Twitter and Facebook through its XBOX 360...


Samsung i7500 Galaxy Scores High On Both Looks and Features

Samsung i7500 Galaxy Scores High On Both Looks and Features

News Mobile & Telco

Leading Korean electronic giant Samsung’s first effort to bring out an Android base mobile phone seems to have worked quite well with the sleek new phone boasting a bouquet of exciting features.The Samsung i7500 Galaxy...


Adobe Releases Android-Version Of Photoshop.com

Adobe Releases Android-Version Of Photoshop.com

News Mobile & Telco

In yet another move that is indicating towards the surging popularity of Google’s Android in the mobile operating systems domain, software maker Adobe has announced it will unleash an Android version of its signature...


Apple Addresses Syncing Issue With Apple TV 3.0.1 Update

Apple Addresses Syncing Issue With Apple TV 3.0.1 Update

News Consumer

Apple over the last weekend released an update to its Apple TV software in a bid to fix the issue pertaining to sudden disappearing of content until users re-sync it again.The update, codenamed as “Apple TV software...


Developer Disturbed Over Apple App Store Infringement Complaint Handling Procedure

Developer Disturbed Over Apple App Store Infringement Complaint Handling Procedure

News Web

In what could be seen as a rather classic example of the willy-nilly management by Apple in handling infringement complaints surrounding its App Store, an iPhone app-developer is grumbling about the way the company dealt with him...


Converged mobile device sales grow

Converged mobile device sales grow

Translation: People still buy cool phones

News Mobile & Telco

The IDC is an industry-wide provider of reporting, analysis and market intelligence for people in our business. Their latest tracker reveals positive news for makers of the worlds smartphones. Here’s a cut down summary of their...


First iPhone Worm Is “Rickrolling” In The Wild

First iPhone Worm Is “Rickrolling” In The Wild

News Mobile & Telco

A number of iPhone users in Australia have been reporting a strange kind of worm attack on their iPhones which involves replacing their existing wallpapers with that of the image of a famous British pop-star of the 80s Rick...


Skype Founders Strike Back With Sizeable Stake In The Service

Skype Founders Strike Back With Sizeable Stake In The Service

News Mobile & Telco

The long-standing legal wrangle over the hugely popular internet telephony service Skype between its original creators, present owners, as well as potential buyers has come to an end with the original founders were convinced in a...


Government Shelves Measures To Restrict Paedophiles On Facebook, Says Report

Government Shelves Measures To Restrict Paedophiles On Facebook, Says Report

News Security

Government plans to put a check on paedophiles using the social networking platforms, such as Facebook and MySpace, have been held over amid the fears that such a proposition would infringe human rights laws.Back in April, the...


Nintendo Head Denies Wii HD in 2010

Nintendo Head Denies Wii HD in 2010

News Consumer

Nintendo has dispelled the gathering clouds of rumours about the imminent launch of a high definition (HD) version of its best-seller Wii game console in the next year.In a major disappointment for the gaming enthusiasts keenly...


NEC Showcases Real-Time Language Translation Tool

NEC Showcases Real-Time Language Translation Tool

News Security

In a bid to break communication barriers and help people sharpen their linguistics skills in a remarkable way, a Japanese firm NEC has designed a high-tech gadget, which offers users instant real-time language translation...


Sony Reveals Video Titles Available For Its Upcoming UK PlayStation Video Store

Sony Reveals Video Titles Available For Its Upcoming UK PlayStation Video Store

News Security

Sony has disclosed initial details about the video titles that would be made available on its upcoming PlayStation video store in the UK and it includes blockbusters like Transformers 2, Ice Age and Harry Potter and the...


Palm Pre: Making a phone sound really dull

Palm Pre: Making a phone sound really dull

Get-up-and-go has got-up-and-gone

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

Now the Pre is available in the UK with O2 I’ll get my paws on one and post a review shortly. In the meantime I bring you a preview from the Palm website (it’s easier to embed it here via YouTube). It’s hard for every ad campaign...

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