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Articles Posted on 13 November 2009

EU Parliament Drew Back From File-Sharer Demands Over Legal Uncertainty

EU Parliament Drew Back From File-Sharer Demands Over Legal Uncertainty

News Security

The European Parliament has had to withdraw demands for court oversight of the cutting off of file sharers' internet access after it received legal advice that it had been over-stepping its powers. The Parliament is locked in a...


People Willing To Shell Out Money For Reading Online News, Says Study

People Willing To Shell Out Money For Reading Online News, Says Study

News Security

A recent study conducted by Continental Research has revealed that one in every five internet surfers would be willing to pay for reading online news content if a micro payment service was available.With sales of newspapers all...


Intel Agrees To A $1.25 Billion Payout To Settle Dispute With AMD

Intel Agrees To A $1.25 Billion Payout To Settle Dispute With AMD

News Software

In a deal which surprised everybody, Intel has apparently agreed to pay $1.25 billion to AMD to settle claims made by AMD that Intel was in breach of the Antitrust and Patent laws. The move came days after the European Commission...


Why AT&T are still unhappy with Verizon

Why AT&T are still unhappy with Verizon

I wish UK adverts were this funny

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

I’m still sniggering due to the pop at iPhone and the cute little Elephant.The biggest US carrier, AT&T are screaming LAWSUIT at Verizon Wireless for previous adverts featuring the coverage map shown in this one. Truthfully I...


3 backtracks on data differentiation

3 backtracks on data differentiation

Video streaming left alone but p2p limits begin on Monday

News Mobile & Telco

Changing the rules on your customers is never easy to do and will always cause some negative feedback. Mobile operator 3 plan to begin a tighter broadband traffic management policy from 16 November. This means that some heavy...


Microsoft Releases Patches To Plug Key Vulnerabilities In Its Products

Microsoft Releases Patches To Plug Key Vulnerabilities In Its Products

News Software

Microsoft is recommending users to embrace their November patch update, which was released on last Tuesday and addresses as many as 15 vulnerabilities in Windows, Windows Server and Office suites, with immediate effect to avoid...


Microsoft Shrugs Off Suggestions That Windows 7 Is Modelled On Mac

Microsoft Shrugs Off Suggestions That Windows 7 Is Modelled On Mac

News Web

Microsoft Corp. has moved promptly to reject the remarks made by one of its executives that Microsoft’s latest OS avatar Windows 7 user interface was modelled on Apple Mac OS.The software giant rushed in to respond to the...


Marketing messages: Vodafone

Marketing messages: Vodafone

Surfing 13 November 2009

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

Five minutes on a network’s web page to draw out the key sales messages. Just to explain a little more detail I surf a site in the way I think a new customer would, while scribbling notes. Then while blogging I go back and get...


Xbox 360 All Set To Get Social Updates in The Coming Week

Xbox 360 All Set To Get Social Updates in The Coming Week

News Consumer

Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will be releasing the latest system update to its Xbox 360 for the community of all its Xbox Live members in the next week.The next update, which is due for the 17th of November, would see...


UK Fibre Roll Out Plans Plotted On Map

UK Fibre Roll Out Plans Plotted On Map

News Hardware

The broadband research group Point Topic has sketched out some maps showing the most probable roll out of the next-generation broadband access in the UK over the coming few years.The maps, published on Thursday, have been...


Activision Rakes In $310 Million In 24 Hours With Modern Warfare 2

Activision Rakes In $310 Million In 24 Hours With Modern Warfare 2

News Consumer

Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 has managed to shatter yet another record by becoming the biggest launch in history across all forms of entertainment with an estimated sales of $310 million in the first 24 hours in UK and USA...


Channel 4 Aims To Map Relationships Using Crowdsourcing

Channel 4 Aims To Map Relationships Using Crowdsourcing

News Hardware

Channel 4 is pushing online a website of its own kind which reportedly intends to sketch out a vague picture of who is linked to whom in the UK society, partly using crowdsourced information for the purpose.The new website,...


MPs Request Clemency For Suspected Hacker Gary McKinnon

MPs Request Clemency For Suspected Hacker Gary McKinnon

News Security

Since the issue of Gary McKinnon’s extradition has been under the media spotlight these days, a high-profile committee of MPs have also come forward to lend a supporting hand to the campaigners calling for halting the...


Lenovo All Set To Announce Its Smartbook At The CES

Lenovo All Set To Announce Its Smartbook At The CES

News Software

The Consumer Electronic Show (CES), which is to be held in January, will see the entry of Lenovo in the emerging smartbook industry. For the uninitiated, a smartbook is a device which has all the features of a smartphone and...

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