Articles Posted on 11 November 2009
£360 Viewsonic VPC 100 All In One PC
News Hardware
It has the following features: 19" (18.5" viewable) LCD display (with a resolution of 1366x768 pixels), Built-in Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor with Microsoft Windows XP Home gives you all the computing power you need.Integrated...
TelecomFinance 2010
News Security
TelecomFinance 2010 will bring together the key individuals and companies that will shape the telecoms industry in what is set to be another challenging year ahead.The conference will provide two packed days of lively debate on...
Samsung Launches New Mobile Platform For Offering Rich Mobile Experiences
News Mobile & Telco
With an eye on increasing its share in the growing smartphone ecosystem, Korean electronics giant Samsung has unveiled a new mobile platform called Bada that is designed to offer rich mobile experiences.Bada which literally means...
Google Rolls Out New Programming Language Tailored For Creating Apps
News Consumer
With an eye on reducing the complexity associated with creating complex applications, the search engine giant has come out with a new programming language called Go which inherits many features from languages like Python and...
Sky Unleashes Mobile TV Service For iPhone and iPod Touch Users
News Web
Broadcaster BSkyB has penned a deal with Apple to roll out its mobile TV service on the latter’s blockbuster iPhone and iPod devices, offering users to enjoy live access to sporting events including Premier League Football...
Home Secretary Ignored Gary McKinnon’s Mother
News Security
The mother of the self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon, who could face extradition to the US for trial, went through a serious emotional turmoil after Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, reportedly denied to talk to her.Janis Sharp,...
New E-Money Directive Makes It Much Cheaper To Become An Issuer
News Security
The E-Money Directive has failed to help establish a market for virtual currency and will be replaced with a set of less onerous regulations. The replacement E-Money Directive will come into force at the end of this month. The...
New Samsung OS for mobiles
News Mobile & Telco
This week Samsung announced it’s preparing to launch a new open source OS for mobiles called Bada - the Korean word for “ocean”. Plugged as a tool to empower application based phones, its apparently not a full smartphone OS,...
How Virtualisation Makes Data Centres Greener
News Hardware
A lot has been written in the last few years about how virtualisation makes data centres `greener,' but how much is hype and how much is tangible benefit that IT managers can prove - as far as it is reasonable to do so - to their...
Amazon Debuts Kindle For PC Software
News Software
In a noteworthy move to lure a wider community of online book worms, Amazon on Tuesday rolled out its hugely popular Kindle app for PC, which enables Kindle users to access their books on tablet PCs, notebooks, netbooks, and...
Apple Issues Second Update To Snow Leopard, Drops Support For Atom
News Business & Government
Apple has released latest update to its new operating system Snow Leopard, fixing an agonising data deletion issue as well as an iMac performance snag, while giving a major setback to the burgeoning Hackintosh community by...
Retailer Catalogues Gadgets Facing Extinction In 2010
News Hardware
A prominent electronics retailer has catalogued some of the electronic items, including DVD players, Wii-motes, and fax machines, which may face the threat of extinction by the end of the next year.One of the largest electronics...
Intel Unveils Text Reader For The Visually Impaired
News Hardware
Intel has come up with a specialised e-book reader tailored for visually impaired individuals which includes a point to shoot camera and has the capacity to read out text.The new device called Intel Reader can be used to snap an...
£1bn (more) in cuts across Vodafone group
News Mobile & Telco
Publishing their half-year report yesterday, Vodafone group say it’s existing £1bn cost-saving program will be a year ahead of schedule. No time to celebrate yet though, as bosses announce a further £1bn in cuts will be needed by...
Government Decides To Carry On With Web-Monitoring Proposals
News Hardware
In spite of serious outcry over the government’s rigid stance to deal with online file-sharers, the UK government has decided to go on with its erstwhile plans to compel all communication service providers (CSPs) to hold...
3 Drags Orange To ASA Over Misleading Claims Over Network Coverage
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile operator 3 has filed a complaint against rival Orange with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over the latter’s claims to have the largest 3G networks in the UK.Orange, which introduced the iPhone over its...
30,000 more iPhones in a day
News Mobile & Telco
Shifting 30,000 units in a day is no mean feat, but that’s the the figure released by Orange UK after yesterdays launch of the iPhone. The launch saw the end of an exclusivity deal between Apple and O2.Orange marketing manager,...
Viral N900 ad will get customers talking
In-Depth Mobile & Telco
Viral marketing campaigns are all the rage, and this one from Nokia promises to get people talking and sharing. Worked on me but could have been a bit shorter. The N900 began its journey to vendors yesterday and will be on sale...
Palm Pre Vs iPhone 3Gs
In-Depth Mobile & Telco
I was interested to watch some commentary about how the Palm Pre compares with the newest Apple iPhone 3Gs. Video is from CNET TV, the technology web channel from American broadcaster CBS. The presentation is a bit contrived,...
