Articles Posted on 26 November 2009
iPhone at Tesco
News Mobile & Telco
No pricing details yet, but Tesco Mobile announce they will be stocking the iPhone, they hope in time for Christmas. The joint 50:50 MVNO with O2 has an option to register interest on its web site, and may beat Vodafone at being...
Sony Ericsson Aino problem
News Mobile & Telco
A second Sony Ericsson smartphone is causing the wrong kind of publicity in the UK, Reuters report this evening. Part of SE’s Christmas line-up, the Aino is causing users problems with its touchscreen interface. These are by no...
Motorola Milestone To Launch In December With £424 Pricetag
News Mobile & Telco
Motorola's promising Android-based successor to the Dext, the Droid, will be launched in the UK at the beginning of December and will be renamed as the Milestone.The phone is currently listed at Expansys, Clove and SuperEtrader...
Lenovo To Debut Android Based Smartbook
News Software
Qualcomm has demoed a new Lenovo Quanta smartbook that runs using a 1GHz Snapdragon ARM-based processor, the same type that powers the Toshiba TG01, the HD2 and so many current generation super smartphones.Unsurprisingly (at...
Nokia X6 To Ship In UK For £400, £25 P/M With Trade-In
News Consumer
Nokia has officially released the X6 in the UK and in other territories worldwide but the bad news is that you cannot already buy it from their online shop even at the hefty (official) price of £470.The "release" two day...
Absolute Radio Introduces Live Tagging On iPod Nano
News Mobile & Telco
Absolute Radio, a prominent UK based radio station, has unveiled a sophisticated iTunes tagging application that will allow iPod Nano users in the UK to tag songs they hear on the device's FM tuner so they can later purchase...
Windows 7 Global Marketshare Surpasses MacOSX
News Hardware
According to a report released by the Internet metrics research firm Net Applications, the new Windows 7 OS has crossed the 5 percent mark in market share, beating the Mac OS X by a slight 0.14 percent last weekend. It was found...
Technical Glitches Cause Downtime To London Stock Exchange
News Business & Government
The Electronic Trading System at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) was severely affected by a technical glitch today, bringing share trading to a stop for close to 3 hours. The Stock Exchange had to place order driven securities...
London's Hairspray Performance Gets Live Captions In Eight Languages
News Hardware
Cambridge Consultants, a technology development company, has unveiled a device called AirScript, which allows theatre audiences to read live captions of a performance in 8 different languages. The developers of AirScript hope...
Nokia E72 Review
Reviews Mobile & Telco
The sequel to Nokia's best selling E71, the E72 begins life with a secured following. Visually similar, pimped with a bit more chrome and a sleeker finish, you have to look inside to fully appreciate it's beefier than it's...
Asus Unveils EEE Box 1501 Nettop PC
News Hardware
Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has announced the release of its most powerful nettop to date, the EEE Box 1501, which amongst other things has one of the most gorgeous computer designs ever to grace an office.The machine comes with...
LinkedIn Mulling IPO, But Not For Foreseeable Future
News Security
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has told Reuters that there is a huge possibility that LinkedIn might go public, but not in the near future. The statement from Hoffman has confirmed the widespread belief that LinkedIn was in...
Ikee Coder Gets Software Job With iPhone App Startup
News Security
Ashley Towns, creator of the first iPhone worm Ikee has been given a job in an Australia based iPhone application development company. Incidentally the virus created by Ashley had affected the iPhone users in Australia the most...
Microsoft Publishes Security Advisory For IE6 & IE7 Browser Vulnerability
News Security
Days after the news of a new Internet Explorer exploit code surfaced; Microsoft has confirmed the existence of the code and said that it was looking into the matter. The code was earlier posted on the BugTraq mailing list by an...
More Extensions Coming To Google Chrome Browser
News Web
Chrome users will now be able to add extensions to their favourite browser, a feature which was earlier absent in the much vaunted browser developed by Google. In a web post on the Chromium blog, Chrome team member Lei Zheng...
Google Testing Fresher, Bolder Search Page User Interface
News Security
Google is currently testing a new search home page with bigger search buttons, brighter colours - bold white typeface on bright blue - with a slightly different logo, one without the shadows.The search giant is also introducing...
Online Betting Firm Founder Sentence To Four Years In Jail
News Security
The founder of a London-listed online bookmaker has been jailed for four years in the US. Internet gambling is illegal in the US and Kaplan and his company were based in Costa Rica. Kaplan's company, BetOnSports.com, was floated...
Nokia 6700 slide and 7230 unveiled
News Mobile & Telco
Two candy bar sliders announced by Nokia this week. Available from Q1 next year, both support fast 3G access and have been optimised for social applications. The 6700 slide will cost about £150 and the 7230 around £95.Nokia...
Securing Future Business Growth With IPv6
News Hardware
The total depletion of IPv4 address pool is close; however, a recent European Commission (EC) survey highlighted an alarming lack of leadership regarding Internet development, as many businesses are still not ready for the...
Making the Internet Accessible Will Have Far Reaching Benefits
News Hardware
The Internet has undergone extraordinary growth over the past decade. The recently published Digital Britain report highlighted just how significant the Internet is to our everyday life (for those of us who have access). In the...
O2's GiffGaff Launches UK's Cheapest PAYG Mobile Network
News Mobile & Telco
Telefonica's O2 has quietly launched a new UK subsidiary called Giffgaff which markets itself as the people powered mobile network and incidentally proposes the cheapest PAYG tariff across UK.Like failed MVNO Blyk, GiffGaff is...
EU approve overhaul of telecoms law
News Mobile & Telco
After months of bargaining, legislation has been approved by a broad majority of the European parliament aimed at boosting the rights of mobile phone and internet users. The new laws give citizens greater protection against...
IBM Launches Telecommunications Development Centers
News Hardware
IBM, the world leader in computer services, has announced the opening of four new development facilities across the globe. The centers opened by IBM will work in collaboration with telecom operators to develop new services that...
Apple iPhone Users More Willing To Pay For Content
News Consumer
A study by media law firm, Olswang has revealed that users of Apple iPhone are more likely to purchase online content and applications on the internet than other web surfers who do not use an iPhone.The firm surveyed around 1000...
Apple Looking To Close Down Psystar
News Hardware
Having registered a significant legal triumph against Apple mac clone maker Psystar, Apple is now reportedly looking forward to permanently pull the shutters on the company.Along the same line, Apple has asked a California...
Sony Ericsson Satio pulled by two largest UK retailers
News Mobile & Telco
Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U stores have suspend all sales of the Sony Ericsson Satio, in response to critically high customer returns and complains. Both chains will offer alternative phones to unhappy customers, living up...
Oracle To Meet EU Legislators Over Sun Microsystems
News Security
Oracle is to meet European Union regulators early next month in a bid to persuade them to speed up the approval procedure for the pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems, according to Reuters.The website is quoting two...
Tesco To Offer iPhone With Unlimited Calls & Texts Package?
News Mobile & Telco
Tesco will need to strike hard and fast if it is to have any chance of capturing a sizable chunk of the UK iPhone market over the next few month.The supermarket giant's flagship offer is an unlimited SIM Only tariff that costs...
