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Articles Posted on 10 December 2009

UK Operator out-of-bundle charges

UK Operator out-of-bundle charges

Basic call charges can vary by as much as 300%

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

Unlike dazzling customers with the latest handsets, winning them (back) by critiquing the opposition won't set pulses racing, but it can be revealing and it works. This article discusses some basic UK operator facts that are...


£36.78 XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 XXX 512MB

£36.78 XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 XXX 512MB

News Web

With all the latest features, the ATI Radeon HD 4000 series graphics cards delivers the performance you need to take your high-definition experience to the next level at home, work and play.  Watch Blu-ray movies and HD...


£20 Blackberry 8520 200min Ultd Texts Internet & Blackberry Services

£20 Blackberry 8520 200min Ultd Texts Internet & Blackberry Services

News Mobile & Telco

If you're looking for the ultimate communication tool, you've found it. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone has just been voted Best Business Phone at the 2009 What Mobile Awards, so you know you're getting the very...


Save Up To £398 On Tesco's Unlimited iPhone Package

Save Up To £398 On Tesco's Unlimited iPhone Package

News Mobile & Telco

(Read our articles on the Tesco iPhone) At £1440 over a period of two years, Tesco's unlimited package is significantly cheaper than the only other alternative on the market - the Orange unlimited iPhone package - but this...


O2 Giving Away Free 20mbps Broadband For Six Months

O2 Giving Away Free 20mbps Broadband For Six Months

News Hardware

Broadband provider O2 is partnering with national newspaper Daily Mail to give away six months worth of free O2 home broadband with unlimited downloads, a deal that could save new users up to £132.12. Valid until the 28th...


British Households Set To Pay £6 Broadband Tax

British Households Set To Pay £6 Broadband Tax

News Hardware

Households in Britain, which have a landline, are all set to be charged £6 a year as broadband tax by the government in order to provide the majority of British homes with a broadband connection. Interestingly, the tax...


London Pupils Get Free iPhone To Learn

London Pupils Get Free iPhone To Learn

News Consumer

As smartphones continue to transform into hand-held computers, it was about time that educators decided to implement the technology in classrooms; Gumley House Convent School in West London has done just that by dishing out 30...


iPhone comes to Tesco on 14 December

iPhone comes to Tesco on 14 December

Vaunted price war feels a bit Cold

News Mobile & Telco

Tesco make it, and scoop Vodafone by becoming the next UK provider of Apple iPhones. Its mobile arm, an MVNO in partnership with O2 will sell the devices from Monday morning, well in time for Christmas sales.Offering the only...


Microsoft Merges Azure, Server Division In Cloud Shakeup

Microsoft Merges Azure, Server Division In Cloud Shakeup

News Hardware

Microsoft, the Redmond based software behemoth, had developed its very own cloud service-based operating system in a separate division named Windows Azure Group which was kept separate from the Windows and Server groups. Now, the...


John Lewis Gets Exclusivity On Gorgeous Dell Adamo XPS Laptop

John Lewis Gets Exclusivity On Gorgeous Dell Adamo XPS Laptop

News Hardware

Ex-Champion Of Direct Sales, Dell, has partnered with posh department store, John Lewis, to push its latest high end laptop, the Adamo XPS, to a rather exclusive audience that's seemingly more likely to buy what they can touch...


3View 500GB Freeview HD PVR To Cost £299

3View 500GB Freeview HD PVR To Cost £299

News Consumer

The 3View Freeview HD PVR that was announced yesterday will be launched "as soon as possible" and will come with a recommended retail price of £299 complete with cables according to a spokesperson for the company. We were...


IBM Rolls Out New Linux Mainframe Solutions

IBM Rolls Out New Linux Mainframe Solutions

News Hardware

With the intention of expanding its server lineup, International Business Machines (IBM), has rolled out a new mainframe system which is specifically designed for Linux, targeting high-end x86 systems.  The new server...


Twitter Developer Conference To Come In 2010

Twitter Developer Conference To Come In 2010

News Web

Twitter, the popular social networking website, has announced at the Le Web 2009 in Paris that the company will be hosting its first ever app developer conference, Chirp, in the city of San Francisco, USA in coming...


IBM Launches Cloud Computing Lab In Asia

IBM Launches Cloud Computing Lab In Asia

News Business & Government

With an eye on improving its cloud computing offerings, International Business Machines (IBM) has opened a new lab in Hong Kong which will add to its existing China Development Lab (CDL) that has more than 5000 developers working...


Apple To Launch 10-inch Tablet PC In Q1 2010 Says Analyst

Apple To Launch 10-inch Tablet PC In Q1 2010 Says Analyst

News Hardware

Technology Analysts are like prophets and when one of them, Yair Reiner from Openheimer, declares that Apple's yet-to-be-launched Tablet PC  will be a 10.1-inch model with a suggested retail price of $1000 and will be out by...


Tesco Mobile iPhone Monthly Contract Starts From £20

Tesco Mobile iPhone Monthly Contract Starts From £20

News Mobile & Telco

Tesco is set to make serious inroads in the iPhone segment days before Christmas as it manages to under the rest of the competition with a hybrid pay monthly contract that offers the phone for as little as £20 per month...


Google Gives One Million Free Wave Invites

Google Gives One Million Free Wave Invites

News Security

*** If you are looking for a Wave invite, you might want to have a look at Wavety, our sister website, where you can get one for free. *** After dishing out 100,000 ‘preview release’ invitations for its web-based...


Motorola Droid Hit By E-mail Deletion Snafu

Motorola Droid Hit By E-mail Deletion Snafu

News Mobile & Telco

Droid, Motorola's latest Android based smartphone, has apparently been affected by a severe bug that deletes messages that are stored in the phone. The issue came to light after some users of Verizon Wireless have reported it and...


Database Anonymity At Risk, Warns Researcher

Database Anonymity At Risk, Warns Researcher

News Security

People might be more identifiable than previously thought from supposedly anonymised information contained in large databases, according to a technology law expert. New research recommends that privacy practices and even privacy...


Nokia To Close Two US Flagship Stores In 2010

Nokia To Close Two US Flagship Stores In 2010

News Hardware

The world's biggest phone manufacturer, Nokia, has announced that it will close its New York and Chicaco flagship stores days after it revealed that it would also shut its London-based Regent Street store, less than two years...


Tesco Mobile To Offer UK's Cheapest PAYG iPhone Tariff

Tesco Mobile To Offer UK's Cheapest PAYG iPhone Tariff

News Mobile & Telco

Supermarket giant Tesco will start shipping its iPhone on Monday and is set to offer the best pay as you go tariff on the iconic Apple smartphone in the country although the initial price of the phones are exactly the same as...


HTC 2010 line up is widely leaked

HTC 2010 line up is widely leaked

Theatre of operations

News Mobile & Telco

The HTC 2010 line up has been widely leaked, with photos security-stamped ‘T-Mobile NatCo Day’, so that have all been lifted from promotional material. We will see five new Android and three Windows Mobile devices reporting for...


Packard Bell Recalls Easynote Notebook Batteries

Packard Bell Recalls Easynote Notebook Batteries

News Software

Acer-owned computer manufacturer Packard Bell has recalled some of its EasyNote notebooks on the account of a defective battery cell that carried a potential risk of over-heating and catching fire. The Netherlands based company...


ICO Knew About T-Mobile Data Scandal Since 2008

ICO Knew About T-Mobile Data Scandal Since 2008

News Security

In a striking revelation that could stoke suspicions about the way customers’ data is being handled by companies in UK, it has been emerged that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been probing the picking...


Facebook Asks 350 Million Users To Update Their Privacy Settings

Facebook Asks 350 Million Users To Update Their Privacy Settings

News Security

As promised in a grand missive from Mark Zuckerberg to all 350 million Facebook users, the social networking site is upgrading its privacy settings to allow its users to have enhanced control over the content they want to share...


Data theft at T-Mobile under investigation for a year

Data theft at T-Mobile under investigation for a year

Customers in the dark for 12 months

News Mobile & Telco

Reported by The Register, it has become apparent that the recent data theft at T-Mobile wasn’t quite so recent, and has been under investigation for a year. The Information Commissionaires' Office replied to a Freedom of...


Orange App Shop join the virtual High Street

Orange App Shop join the virtual High Street

Everybody’s doing it

News Mobile & Telco

Orange, France Telecom’s mobile brand name, yesterday opened its own virtual property in the online world for downloading applications. Joining rivals such as Android Market, Blackberry App World, and the massive iPhone App...


£80 Canon PowerShot A1100 IS Digital Camera Silver (12.1 MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD

£80 Canon PowerShot A1100 IS Digital Camera Silver (12.1 MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD

News Hardware

The compact easy-to-use 12.1 Megapixel PowerShot A1100 IS offers intelligent shooting power with a 4x optical zoom . Choose Smart Auto for effortlessly great results across a wide range of shooting conditions or switch to Easy...


£40 Netgear XEB1004 / 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Switch Kit / Homeplug

£40 Netgear XEB1004 / 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Switch Kit / Homeplug

News Hardware

The XEB1004 85 Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Kit can turn any electrical outlet into a home network connection by creating four new Ethernet Internet connections per outlet.  Delivers up to 85 Mbps speed to up to four...


£430 Acer Aspire 5738 Core 2 Duo T6400 4GB 500GB DVD 15.6-inch VHP

£430 Acer Aspire 5738 Core 2 Duo T6400 4GB 500GB DVD 15.6-inch VHP

News Hardware

Get the sure ticket to high-def cinematic fun and powerful mobile performance! With the Aspire 5738, riveting action, realistic audio and rich visuals play like a true theater.  And, complementing the brilliant performance...


£180 Acer F900 Tempo HD Sim Free

£180 Acer F900 Tempo HD Sim Free

News Mobile & Telco

Add freedom to your life. Acer Tempo F900 lets you browse and interact with the web as easily as you do in your office or at home. Style meets simplicity in the Acer Tempo F900. The style of a large 3.8" WVGA touch screen, with...


£97 Philips BDP3000/05 Blu-ray Disc Player

£97 Philips BDP3000/05 Blu-ray Disc Player

News Security

Sleek in a glossy black finish, the Philips BDP3000/05 Blu-ray disc player looks as good as the images it produces. You might even revisit some of the old classics you haven’t watched in a while! When watching a Blu-ray...


£99.95 Nokia 5530 Xpressmusic Clearance

£99.95 Nokia 5530 Xpressmusic Clearance

News Mobile & Telco

Nokia are back again and this time it is with the fabulous Nokia 5530 XpressMusic mobile phone, designed for your multimedia, entertainment and connectivity needs.   Enjoy all of the fantastic features and applications on...


£400 Acer Aspire 5738G Core 2 Duo 3GB 320GB 15.6-inch VHP

£400 Acer Aspire 5738G Core 2 Duo 3GB 320GB 15.6-inch VHP

News Hardware

Acer Aspire 5738G the sure ticket to high-def cinematic fun and powerful mobile performance! With the Acer Aspire 5738G, riveting action, realistic audio and rich visuals play like a true theater.  And, complementing the...


£34.67 Buffalo WHR-G300N/U AirStation Nfiniti Wireless Router

£34.67 Buffalo WHR-G300N/U AirStation Nfiniti Wireless Router

News Hardware

The ideal Internet and network solution for the home and small office environment. Perfect for streaming HD movies, music, and e-mailing from multiple PCs simultaneously.  With speeds of up to 300Mbps, the Buffalo Nfiniti...


£25 T-mobile Vairy Touch White Touchscreen Smartphone

£25 T-mobile Vairy Touch White Touchscreen Smartphone

News Mobile & Telco

The T-Mobile Vairy Touch is an easy-to-use, superb value touchscreen mobile with a stylus pen for creating text messages.  You can snap away with the 1.3 megapixel camera, save your photos on the 64MB internal memory card...


£25 Vodafone SIM only - 1200 mins, Unltd texts, Unltd landline calls

£25 Vodafone SIM only - 1200 mins, Unltd texts, Unltd landline calls

News Hardware

Say hello to more talk time and texts. With a SIM only Pay monthly plan, you'll enjoy even more value than you'd get with a contract phone. Just pop our SIM into your existing phone - and enjoy outstanding service from the word...


£305.10 HP MediaSmart Server EX490 (1 TB, Intel Celeron 2.2 GHz, 2GB DDR2 DRAM) with free gift

£305.10 HP MediaSmart Server EX490 (1 TB, Intel Celeron 2.2 GHz, 2GB DDR2 DRAM) with free gift

News Hardware

Store, centralise and share your digital content and memories with the HP MediaSmart Server. It also includes remote access, automatic back up and immense storage expandability, to keep your digital life organised and secure now...


£470 Acer Aspire 6930G Core 2 Duo 3GB 250GB 16-inch Blu-ray Combo VHP

£470 Acer Aspire 6930G Core 2 Duo 3GB 250GB 16-inch Blu-ray Combo VHP

News Hardware

Beaming with notebook cinema excellence, the 16" Aspire 6930 enhances high-def digital life with truly immersive audio and captivating video.  The 16:9 Acer CineCrystal Full HD display, and Acer CineSurround audio with...


£153 Panasonic BD60EB Blu-ray Disc Player + 8 Blu-ray Movies

£153 Panasonic BD60EB Blu-ray Disc Player + 8 Blu-ray Movies

News Consumer

Outstanding high definition picture quality is only the start of the Blu-ray revolution; Blu-ray technology also enables a new range of exciting and interactive entertainment possibilities.  If you have ever wanted to watch...


£60 Seagate Expansions 1TB External Desktop USB 2.0 Hard Drive

£60 Seagate Expansions 1TB External Desktop USB 2.0 Hard Drive

News Hardware

Seagate external desktop drives provide extra storage for your ever growing collection of files. Instantly add space for more files, consolidate all of your files to a single location, or free-up space on your computer’s...


£749 Panasonic 42'' TX-P42G10 Full HD Plasma TV with freesat HD

£749 Panasonic 42'' TX-P42G10 Full HD Plasma TV with freesat HD

News Consumer

The Panasonic G10 Plasma TV uses the VIERA system to create stunning images with enhanced contrast and colour. The Intelligent Frame Creation produces super smooth fast moving images and the V-Audio sound system creates crystal...


£50 Epson Stylus SX115 All-in-One Printer with Individual Inks

£50 Epson Stylus SX115 All-in-One Printer with Individual Inks

News Hardware

Take care of all your home printing, scanning and copying with the affordable Epson Stylus SX115. From high-quality documents to lab-quality photos, Epson DURABrite Ultra Ink delivers great results.  It's cost-effective too,...

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