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Articles Posted on 19 November 2009

Deutsche Telekom to merge German operations

Deutsche Telekom to merge German operations

T-Home and T-Mobile powers combine

News Mobile & Telco

German national carrier, Deutsche Telekom are seeking approval from an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to merge their domestic business units. Chairman of the Board of Management René Obermann stated "Now is...


£34 LG GE20NU10 20x External DVDRW Retail Kit

£34 LG GE20NU10 20x External DVDRW Retail Kit

News Hardware

Recorded media never looked so good. Now you can enjoy video that takes full advantage of what your display has to offer. Intuitive design make connecting easy, while powerful technologies ensure the best picture possible.Keep...


The smartphone is for games

The smartphone is for games

And 10% more Apple apps in a month

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

Millennial Media publish its October SMART report revealing lots of interesting facts. Apple topped 100,000 applications last month and growth doesn’t seem to be slowing.The chart I’ve borrowed from the report shows total...


Mobile’s green and pleasant land

Mobile’s green and pleasant land

Industry strategy to reduce emissions by 40%

News Mobile & Telco

The GSMA is a powerful trade association championing the interests of mobile companies around the world. Together with The Climate Group they have published a Mobile’s Green Manifesto, detailing the mobile industry’s plans ahead...


ISP Vows Legal Challenge To Net Disconnection Plan

ISP Vows Legal Challenge To Net Disconnection Plan

News Mobile & Telco

A major ISP has promised a court challenge to Government plans to allow the cutting off of internet connections used by people accused of illegal file sharing. Talk Talk said it will challenge the plans in the courts. The...


Really obvious tip

Really obvious tip

Removing SIM cards easily

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

Reviewing phones, I have to swap a lot of SIM cards around between them and some can be pretty fiddly. Here’s my really obvious tip to make SIM removal less of a pain. Instead of struggling to get a grip or risking damage to the...


AT&T power back against Verizon?

AT&T power back against Verizon?

American adverts can be dull surprise

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

AT&T punch back in the 3G happy slapping that’s ongoing with Verizon Wireless. Can you imagine the creative genius they’d deploy to counter the Christmas and comedy themed swipes Verizon have taken at them? Just keep on...


Significant Number Of XBOX 360 Consoles Fail In The Very First Year

Significant Number Of XBOX 360 Consoles Fail In The Very First Year

News Security

CNET UK online has found that almost 60 per cent of XBOX 360 gaming consoles in the UK have died in their first year usage, in a survey. In the user-initiated survey of 1,128 console owners, out of which 562 were XBOX owners, 472...


Ordnance Survey Maps All Set To Go Online For Free

Ordnance Survey Maps All Set To Go Online For Free

News Business & Government

The ‘Free Our Data’ campaign, which began in March 2006, proved a success as Gordon Brown, at a seminar on making public data public at Downing Street, announced that the government plans to make the Ordnance Survey...


Sony Unveils Its WebSDK Public Beta

Sony Unveils Its WebSDK Public Beta

News Consumer

Sony Ericson, in a bid to boost its mobile sales, unveiled the beta version of its WebSDK software at the Web 2.0 conference in New York. The software will provide tools designed to create applications for Sony Ericsson Android...


Most Twitter Users In UK Seem To be Liberals, Says Study

Most Twitter Users In UK Seem To be Liberals, Says Study

News Web

Twitter, the micro-blogging website, has more than 5.5 million British users, most of which are likely to be Guardian reading liberal Londoners, says a recent study. The study which was done by YouGov and commissioned by Propect...


O2 Vows To Pour Millions For Network Upgrade

O2 Vows To Pour Millions For Network Upgrade

News Hardware

In its response to the severe criticisms it has drawn in the past couple of months over the miserable performance of its networks, the UK mobile operator O2 has vowed to ramp up its network capabilities by pouring some...


Ofcom Issues Handy Online Shopping Safety Suggestions

Ofcom Issues Handy Online Shopping Safety Suggestions

News Web

With the festival season approaching, more and more people would switchto  the internet to satiate the appetite of their starving shopping carts, and thereby would inadvertently offer cyber fraudsters a groovy opportunity to...


UK Cybercrime Unit Arrests Duo Over Zbot Trojan

UK Cybercrime Unit Arrests Duo Over Zbot Trojan

News Software

The Metropolitan Police have taken a hacker duo into custody over suspicions of their involvement in distributing malware to filch personal details from tens of thousands of computers across the globe.The suspected hacker pair...


Microsoft Doles Out Office 2010 Public Beta

Microsoft Doles Out Office 2010 Public Beta

News Software

Microsoft Corp. has rolled out the public beta of its latest iteration of its Office 2010 application suite to millions of users, and has thrown some significant light on some of its noteworthy features that will be available...


Microsoft And SAP Look To Take On Oracle By Joining Forces

Microsoft And SAP Look To Take On Oracle By Joining Forces

News Software

Software giants Microsoft and SAP have teamed up with each other with intention of encroaching on Oracle’s turf according to a story carried by Seeking Alpha.  In an announcement which was made today, Microsoft said...


T-Mobile Owns Up To Data Theft By Its Staff

T-Mobile Owns Up To Data Theft By Its Staff

News Security

After the revelation by the Information Commissioner Office (ICO), that a major UK telecom company was being prosecuted on charges of selling millions of private customer data to third-parties, T-Mobile, UK’s fourth biggest...


MySpace May Look To Acquire imeem In Order To Bolster Its Music Offerings

MySpace May Look To Acquire imeem In Order To Bolster Its Music Offerings

News Security

If rumors are to be believed then, MySpace, a unit of media giant News Corp. is firming up its plan to acquire imeem, a free online music service, in a bid to expand its MySpace Music service which allows users to create a...


Leading e-tailers Accused of Making Huge Profits By Duping Web Users

Leading e-tailers Accused of Making Huge Profits By Duping Web Users

News Consumer

In a U.S senate hearing on Tuesday, e-marketing companies were accused of conning customers into paying monthly fees to join online loyalty programs. Web shoppers in the US have complained for years about being inducted into a...

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