Articles Posted on 25 November 2009
High Demand Causes Nokia N900 Tablet Smartphone Delay
News Mobile & Telco
The promising Nokia N900 Tablet PC smartphone, which could well be the replacement of the ageing Nokia N97, is set to be officially launched on the 4th of December.The apparent reason for the slight delay is because Nokia did not...
5 Reasons To Buy Apple's iPhone From Tesco
News Mobile & Telco
The news that Tesco Mobile will be stocking the iPhone could well be the best news this year for those looking to get the iPhone but are reluctant to pay top money for the iconic Apple smartphone.Here are five reasons why Tesco...
ITV Player & BBC iPlayer Rolled Out On Freesat Soon
News Mobile & Telco
Both ITV iPlayer and BBC's popular iPlayer video on demand services will be available on the rapidly growing Freesat Free to air satellite service over the next few months.The managing director of Freesat, Emma Scott, has...
What the heck is a Femtocell?
In-Depth Mobile & Telco
A femtocell is a mini cellular base station designed for use in a home or small business environment. It’s plugged into local power and a broadband connection, piggy-backing a local wireless signal over the internet to your...
BBC's Project Canvas To Be Delayed Till 2011
News Mobile & Telco
The Head of future media and technology at the BBC, Erik Huggers, has announced that the Project Canvas will be delayed by almost a year as it is stuck in the approval process. The much vaunted Project Canvas is a collaboration...
Orange Sunrise across Switzerland
News Mobile & Telco
As corporate giants look to consolidate across Europe, France Telecom and Danish provider TDC today announced an agreement to merge their Swiss holdings, Orange Switzerland and Sunrise Communications. FT will pay €1.5 billion to...
4 Windows 7 Media Center Blu-Ray PCs Under £500
News Software
All retail versions of Windows 7 excel at managing and playing files as they all include great networking capabilities and Windows Media Center by default. What's more, a very competitive environment means that as the Christmas...
Wikipedia Lost Tens Of Thousands Of Editors
News Web
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, might not be as useful and accurate as it was earlier, a recent study has revealed. The study, done by Felipe Ortega, from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid revealed that around 49000...
Nintendo Wii To Face Tougher Competition From Xbox 360, PS3
News Consumer
A fresh analysis by the Cowen Group has revealed that Nintendo might not be able to attract new gamers for its gaming console Wii, thereby relinquishing its existing hold on the market. Doug Creutz, an analyst with Cowen Group...
High Court Relieves Hosting Firm Of Duty To Hand Domain Name To Kentucky
News Web
The High Court has said that a UK hosting company does not have to comply with a US state court's order demanding that it hand over a gambling company's domain name. Last year Kentucky took action against the holders of 141...
Google Apologises For Michelle Obama Snafu
News Business & Government
After a supposedly racist result was noticed by surfers when they searched for US first lady Michelle Obama on Google’s image search, the search engine giant has issued an explanation on its search engine, related to the...
Virgin Media To Bring Back TiVo In The UK In 2010
News Security
Virgin Media has announced that it is planning to bring TiVo back to UK in the near future. TiVo Inc. and Virgin Media have concluded a deal which will entitle TiVo to supply its middleware and user interface software to next...
Tesco To Distribute Apple iPhone In UK
News Mobile & Telco
UK's biggest supermarket will sell the popular Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS in the UK through its mobile arm, Tesco Mobile although no release dates have yet been confirmed.A spokesperson told Times Online that "We would love to get...
Apple Celebrates Black Friday With UK Sales
News Hardware
Apple will be having a one day shopping event this Friday in its online store as it participates in the yearly Black Friday sales which falls on the 27th of November this year.The teaser page for the UK Black Friday sale doesn't...
Web 2.0 In Business ... How To Keep Secure
News Security
Web 2.0 and social media are growing at an alarming rate, businesses are starting to realise the benefits these tools bring enabling them to get closer to customers and improve brand experience. Interacting with customers more...
Conficker, One Year On
News Security
I’ve seen a few articles popping up about Conficker and how damaging it was and how we handled it. Conflicker was first detected in November 2008 and It exploited several flaws in the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems to...
Nokia Releases 7230 and 6700 Slide Mobile Phones
News Mobile & Telco
Fresh from cutting 220 jobs from its R&D department, Nokia has released two mid-range mobile phones, the 7230 and the slide version of its popular 6700, both models being 3G-capable.The 6700 Slide is a model with a...
Godfather Of Spam To Face Four Years In Jail
News Security
Alan Ralsky, the unofficial ‘Godfather of Spam’ has been sentenced to fifty-one months in prison along with five years of supervised probation and a $250,000 fine for committing violations under the CAN-SPAM Act, wire...
Google Gives Maps Navigation App To Android 1.6 Smartphone Users
News Hardware
Google has announced the availability of its free Google Maps Navigation app for Android 1.6 handsets, thus bringing its much vaunted mapping application, which was until now restricted to users of Android 2.0, within the reach...
Klausner Technologies Takes RIM and Motorola To Court Over Patent Violations
News Security
In what can be termed as another instance of mobile manufacturers being taken to the courts over patent violations, Motorola and Research in Motion (RIM) have been sued by Klausner Technologies for violating its patent. Klausner...
Emblaze Mobile Unveils Else Intuition Linux Smartphone
News Hardware
Emblaze Mobile, an Israel-based mobile phone manufacturer, has announced plans to bring out a cutting edge device that it purports would transform the mobile experience to a great extent.Showcased at an event in London on...
Nokia Cuts 220 R&D Jobs In Japan
News Hardware
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has announced that it will be issuing pink slips to as many as 220 employees in its research and development division in Japan, as the company goes on with its cost cutting drive to streamline its...
Joost Sold To UK Online Advertising Network
News Hardware
Adconion Media Group has proclaimed that it has snapped up certain significant assets of Joost, an online video service launched by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström that had apparently failed to carve its...
Application Virtualisation In The Spotlight
News Hardware
Some IT industry observers confuse application virtualisation with server virtualisation - Steve Gold explains what the technology is and why it so highly advantageous to tap the advantages that it adds to the benefits of...
Amazon Upgrades Kindle E-book Reader With Firmware
News Software
In a bid to prevent Barnes & Noble's soon to be launched Nook e-book reader from encroaching upon its turf, Amazon has announced that the Kindle e-book reader will be given an upgrade.The upgrade, which will give it a battery...
Google Partners With TiVo Over TV Ad Platform
News Consumer
Google is all set to broaden its Google TV Ad platform by joining hands with TiVo, the company which makes set-top boxes that allows viewers to record their favorite TV shows. TiVo will provide Google with TiVo viewing data which...
IBM Launches n.Fluent Translation Tool
News Web
IBM has designed new software that will shorten the communication barrier between people speaking different languages. The new technology dubbed as n.Fluent is currently being used by IBM employees for translating text in English...
Droooooooid!
In-Depth Mobile & Telco
Boot up announcement of the Motorola Droid. Has a certain nerdy appeal, I must admit. Sorry for the naff video quality but you can see the effect. Did I mention it says DROOOOOID!Originally published at OneMobileRing.com
£449 Dell Zino HD Dual Core 3GB 500GB 20-inch LCD Windows 7
News Hardware
Introducing the new Inspiron Zino HD mini desktop computer. You’ll be amazed by how many powerful features are inside such a perfectly small 8" by 8" square.Personalize with 10 optional interchangeable colors and designs....
£320 Asrock PC ION 330-BD Dual Core 2GB 320GB BluRay No OS
News Software
ASRock's ION 330-BD is a nettop PC with NVIDIA Ion graphics and Blu-ray. The Ion 330-BD is boosted by Intel Atom 330 Dual Core processor, 2GB RAM, and NVIDIA Ion graphics chipset. It gets a 320GB hard drive and DVD Super Multi...
£199 32" HANNSpree HANNSlounge LCD HD TV
News Software
178 degree viewing panel. HDMI. Component. This TV looks great and is made exceptionally well. It also comes with a good quality picture, speakers and some great media features such as a builtin card reader with Compact flash and...
