Articles Posted on 17 November 2009
T-Mobile staff nabbed selling customer details
News Mobile & Telco
T-Mobile staff have passed the contract details of thousands of their customers to third-parties. The office of the information commissioner is preparing a prosecution. Reported by the BBC tonight, this story will explode across...
£1499 LG 60PS8000 60" 1080p Plasma TV
News Hardware
Experience superb high definition viewing from the LG 60PS8000 60" 1080p Plasma TV. With a wealth of connectivity options and picture technologies, you can let this outstanding large screen plasma become the centre of your...
£124.40 Apple iPod nano with Camera 16GB (5th Generation)
News Mobile & Telco
iPod nano brings video to your music with the new built-in video camera. And for that extra kick: a larger screen and a polished aluminium finish in nine brilliant colours.iPod nano now has a built-in video camera that lets you...
£399 Lenovo U350 SU3500 4GB 320GB Black Sub Laptop
News Mobile & Telco
Lenovo is pushing the envelope on design to bring consumers ultra-thin, ultra-light and ultra-loaded PC technology. Encased in a sophisticated sleek silver shell, the IdeaPad U350 laptop starts at 3.5 pounds and measures one inch...
£52.98 Veho VCC-003 Muvi Micro DV Camcorder
News Hardware
The Muvi unique micro design enables digital video recording in situations where it may not be possible to use standard camcorders. Coupled with the extreme sports mounting kit the muvi will allow the user to capture high quality...
EU Launches Massive Campaign To Stop Ringtone Scams
News Security
More than 200 websites across Europe have either been closed down or forced to change their terms and conditions after feeling the full force of the EU's Consumer Commission led by its Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva.She said in a...
UK's E-Government Services Are Impressive But Insufficiently Used, Says OECD
News Security
The UK has some of the most sophisticated e-government services in Europe but not enough people use them, according to data published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD has published...
Modern Warfare 2 Not Banned In Russia Says Activision
News Consumer
Activision has denied that Russia has banned Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 after reports emerged about such a step taken by the country's authorities amidst of a torrent of angst over the way Russia was portrait.The game...
Playstation 3.10 Firmware Brings Social Networking Features
News Security
The new PlayStation 3 firmware 3.10 update, set to be launched later this week, will have a Facebook application, Sony has confirmed, proving the leaked images of Facebook integration with the PS3 platform. The update will allow...
Orange Partners With Twitter To Deliver Status Updates Via Mobile
News Mobile & Telco
Telecom major Orange has announced its collaboration with the micro blogging site Twitter which will allow its users to receive free text updates and a chance to share photos on Twitter via MMS. Although Vodafone also allows its...
ARM Debuts Android Solution Center
News Mobile & Telco
ARM is leading a consortium of 35 technology companies to promote the use of Google's Android on its popular mobile hardware platforms, in an apparent bid to create a symbiotic environment similar to Windows and Intel.The Android...
UK Hackers Sent To Jail After Stealing £600,000
News Security
In what could be considered as a caveat to online fraudsters, a UK court in a landmark ruling has sentenced a gang of cybercriminals to jail after they admitted of using sophisticated Trojans to steal login credentials of several...
"Unfriend" Is Word Of 2009 Says OUP
News Web
In what can be termed as a testimony of the increasing influence of social networking over the contemporary world, the highly venerable Oxford University Press has selected “unfriend” as the word of the year...
Adobe Officially Releases Flash 10.1 & AIR 2
News Mobile & Telco
Adobe, the California based software giant, has announced the launch of test versions of its net-based applications, Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe Integrated Runtime 2.For the uninitiated, Adobe Flash is a software which is widely...
ITN Debuts Brand New Youtube Christmas Channel
News Web
ITN, a major news and content network in the UK, has launched a new channel on YouTube with an idea of capturing the Yuletide spirit and it features over 200 items of original content has been aptly dubbed as The Christmas...
Russian Cybercriminals Cashing In On Swine Flu With Bogus Pills
News Security
The Swine flu epidemic has left the major countries like UK, US, Germany, France scrambling to get hold of Tamiflu, the anti-swine flu medicine whose production is said to be way behind scheduled. Taking advantage of this panic...
Palm Lambasts WebOS Competitors
News Hardware
Palm’s chief executive officer Jon Rubinstein has hailed his company’s new foray in mobile operating space, codenamed as “webOS”, by slamming other companies’ offerings in the same domain,...
Yahoo Team Closes Dangerous Flaw In Hotjobs Website
News Security
Technical teams at Yahoo Inc. have been extolled for their prompt and effective action in fixing a critical flaw in one of the company’s websites that could have left a large number of its visitors being afflicted with...
First "Universal" Programmable Quantum Computer Officially Unveiled
News Hardware
A consortium of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, has showcased the world’s first "universal" programmable quantum computer, which is capable of running any...
Russian Federation Boots Out Modern Warfare 2
News Consumer
Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 has been banned by Russia, recalling all the copies of the best selling game because it misrepresents the country as "aggressors".Both the Russian government and gamers from that country were...
BBC To Launch Freeview HD In March 2010
News Consumer
Freeview HD is set to debut in the UK within the next five months thanks to the BBC which expects the standard to cover half of the UK population by the time the World Cup starts in South Africa in 2010.Manchester and London will...
