Articles Posted on 09 December 2009
Top 10 Christmas Budget Tech Deals Under £10
News Mobile & Telco
Christmas is just behind the door and with it, the obligatory Secret Santa tradition where you must buy a gift (usually around £10) and give it to someone in the office. Well, since here at ITProportal.com, we're set...
Google Adds Groups To Google Apps Solution
News Hardware
Google Apps Premier and Education users will be able to create and use private Google Groups to improve their online collaboration processes for free. The acquisition of Dejanews by Google in 2001 gave birth to Groups and after...
MSI Debuts "Peculiar" 20-inch Multitouch PC
News Software
Taiwanese manufacturer MSI has launched the WindTop AE2020 in the UK, a few weeks after it was launched across the pond; this all in one multi touch computer has a few features that make it quite attractive. Firstly, it features...
Motorola Droid Named Gadget Of The Year By Time Magazine
News Mobile & Telco
Motorola has scored a rare victory against Apple's iPhone by coming first in Time Magazine's gadget of the year award thanks to its promising Droid smartphone that features Google's Android platform. The iPhone 3GAS only managed...
Mozilla Debuts Third Iteration Of Thunderbird Email Client
News Web
Mozilla Messaging, the wholly owned subsidiary of browser-maker Mozilla, has dished out a brand new iteration of its email client, Thunderbird, which promises to offer improved performance along with better stability and web...
3View To Sell World's First Freeview HD PVR
News Mobile & Telco
London-based 3View has managed to outfox Humax by paper-launching the first Freeview HD set-box, known succintly as the 3View Box, hours before popular manufacturer Humax launches its own. The device supports full HD (1080p) and...
Myspace Opens Data Gates, Releases Real Time Stream API
News Security
Following in Twitter’s footsteps, MySpace, the News Corp owned social networking website, has joined forces with Google and OneRiot to provide the site’s content for real-time search results. For this purpose, MySpace...
Orange Debuts Own brand App Shop
News Mobile & Telco
With an idea of tapping into the lucrative mobile applications market, telecommunications major Orange, has rolled-out its very own application store, christened as Orange App Shop for its users in UK and France. The store...
Microsoft Forms Strategic Partnership With NetApp
News Hardware
Microsoft Corp. and data storage expert NetApp have joined their efforts to form a new strategic collaboration tailored to come up with cutting-edge virtualised server environments and technology integration. The new joint...
M&S To Launch TV With Integrated iPlayer Feature
News Hardware
Marks and Spencer will sell television sets that integrate the necessary electronics that allow it to stream iPlayer content, BBC's video on demand service, without the need for an additional unwieldy set top box. The set, called...
Myspace Buys Imeem Music Website, Promptly Closes It
News Web
MySpace, the News Corp owned social networking website, has announced that MySpace Music has completed the acquisition of Imeem, an online music sharing service. The company said in a press release that it has finalised a deal to...
US Publishers Band Together To Launch Hulu For Magazine
News Consumer
In an attempt to monetise their online digital content, five major publishing companies have rolled out plans to create an online store that will not only sell digital copies of their printed content but will also comics and...
Dell Revenues From Twitter Sales Hit $6.5 Million
News Web
In an astounding revelation, leading US computer maker Dell has announced that it has raked in around $6.5 million through sales of PCs, software applications, and related accessories using the microblogging website Twitter as...
Google Introduces Living Story Format, Wants To Change News Creation Process
News Hardware
Google is currently working on a new news format called Living Story which it hopes will be adopted by major news outlets worldwide in a bid to standardise the way information is consumed. The search engine giant has partnered...
Youtube Is Profitable, Says Youtube And Google Founding Investor
News Security
YouTube is profitable and has been for 18 months according to the venture capitalist who made the first major investments in both YouTube and its parent company, Google. Google has said that the video sharing site has yet to make...
£25 p/m Sony Ericsson C905 Black 400 min 500 txt on O2
News Hardware
If your after a top-quality, high-specced camera phone, the C905 is the phone for you. It has loads of great features to help you take amazing photos, and all the latest connectivity options to let you veiw, print, email, upload...
Dell Vostro V13 Sets High Standards For CULV Laptops
News Software
The V13 has gone on sale in the UK for as little as £413 and has already attracted some serious attention from technology bloggers and writers, not least because it brings all the good bits from Dell's award winning Adamo...
Botnets Set To Become Smarter In 2010
News Security
If findings of a recent research study are to be believed then instead of putting an effective check on spamming activities, we are increasingly falling victim to fraudulent activities on the online space. An annual security...
What Factors Will Prohibit Organisations From Moving To The Cloud?
News Hardware
So the cloud hype train rolls on and we’re all constantly being told how the cloud can help cut costs, increase agility and reduce time to market. The cloud certainly has its advantages and for SMBs and start ups with...
Wind River Debuts Commercial Android Environment
News Mobile & Telco
Embedded software whiz Wind River has unleashed a commercial iteration of the open source Android mobile operating system which has been optimised for Texas Instruments’ widely popular OMAP 3 smartphone platform. Android is...
Google Fires Up Extensions Beta, Chrome Browser For Linux
News Software
Google has finally released the Linux version of its Chrome Browser to cater for a growing user base of non-Windows Chrome aficionados amongst whom are a sizable number of Google engineers. The browser, which can be downloaded...
Nokia To Close Flagship Oxford Street Store
News Hardware
Nokia, the Finnish phone maker, is all set to roll out plans to renovate its retail strategy which also includes the closure of its flagship retail outlet on Regent Street, London. The world's largest phone manufacturer has...
Sony Ericsson Releases Firmware Updates For Aino & Satio
News Business & Government
With an eye on resolving a number of technical issues that have cropped up in its much vaunted Satio and Aino smartphones, beleaguered smartphone manufacturer Sony Ericsson has come up with software updates for both the...
£13.75 p/m Sony Ericsson Yari 300 minutes Unlimited Texts with Vodafone Passport
News Mobile & Telco
With the Sony Ericsson Yari, gesture gaming has arrived. The Yari does away with traditional button bashing and instead allows you to control games by moving your body thanks to motion sensitive controls. Play from a host...
£18.90 p/m Sony Ericsson W995 200 min 300 txt
News Mobile & Telco
It's Showtime with the brilliant new Sony Ericsson W995; designed for entertainment. Watch YouTube videos and the BBC iPlayer on your phone, and get 60 FREE movies to download and watch from the PlayNow Arena. Enjoy the...
£22.50 p/m Sony Ericsson Aino 300 min Ultd Txt Vodafone Passport
News Mobile & Telco
The Sony Ericsson Aino is a slide phone with a touchscreen for touch navigation in the multimedia menu which comes with a free 8GB microSD card. The Aino features an 8.1 Megapixel camera loaded with extras such as face detection,...
£23.33 p/m BlackBerry Bold 9700 700 min ultd texts
News Mobile & Telco
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone has a large, hi-resolution screen that displays over 65,000 colours; creating a vivid viewing experience for all your photos, videos, files and websites. Access what's important with trackpad...
£20 p/m Samsung Pixon 12 200 min 3000 txts
News Mobile & Telco
The Samsung Pixon 12 is set to be the first all Touchscreen handset to be released incorporating a 12MP digital camera. The specification of the picture taking technology contained within this handset is quite simply breathtaking...
£25 p/m Sony Ericsson Satio 400 min 300 texts on Orange
News Mobile & Telco
Get ready to be seduced by the sexy and curvaceous Sony Ericsson Satio! This jaw dropping smartphone is not only a multimedia powerhouse but packs a gob smacking 12.1 megapixel Cyber-Shot hires camera complete with Xenon flash,...
£310 Acer Revo 3610 Nettop PC Dual Core 4GB 500GB Windows 7
News Software
The AspireRevo R3610 is a revolution in computer size, shape, design and affordability. This piano black nettop sports a small casing that can either stand alone or snap to your monitor, streamlining your personal space while...
£450 Motorola MILESTONE Android 2.0 Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
Zip through the internet with 3G speed, a Flash 10 ready HTML browser and super fast processor. View it all on a huge display with touch gestures, double tap, pinch and zoom and see it all. The newest Google features let you use...
