Articles Posted on 15 December 2009
Sony Ericsson Postpones The Xperia X2 Until January 2010
News Mobile & Telco
Vodafone has delayed the Windows Mobile based Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 with the phone now expected to reach UK customers in January 2010, possibly in the first week itself. Obviously that's when we expect the Nokia N900 to be...
iPhone, iPod Touch Lead List Of Most Searched UK Christmas Gifts
News Hardware
According to online intelligence agency Experiance Hitwise, during the first week of December, Apple's most revered product, the iPhone came on top of all searches, getting 1.75 percent of all queries (or one out of every 55...
Twitter Releases Contributors, Its First Business App
News Mobile & Telco
Micro-blogging giant Twitter has initiated the trial process of its very first business app which is specifically designed to cater to corporate users. The social networking service posted the specifications of the new app...
Android App Market Reaches 20,000 Mark - App Store, Watch Out!
News Mobile & Telco
The number of applications currently in the Google Android Marketplace has apparently reached more than 20,000, slightly more than one year after it was launched. The figures were collected and crunched by Android-focused...
Toshiba Releases 64GB NAND Memory, Has iPhone 4G In Sight
News Hardware
Japanese semiconductor giant Toshiba has officially announced the availability of its next generation, 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module which is destined to equip forthcoming electronic devices including the iPhone 4G and...
Making IT Decisions in the Boardroom
News Hardware
There’s long been an argument that IT decisions should be made in the boardroom, not just in the IT department. With the huge increase in the number of CIOs and CTOs sitting on boards of organisations both small and...
Facebook Privacy Overhaul Attracts Criticisms
News Web
In the light of Facebook announcing fresh updates for its privacy tool last week, the social networking site has come under fire from security experts who believe that the update has left a gaping hole for hackers to access...
Adobe Acknowledges Acrobat Reader Vulnerability
News Business & Government
Adobe Systems, the California-based software giant, has initiated an investigation on an unpatched flaw in its Reader and Acrobat software that has reportedly been exploited by hackers to install malicious viruses in vulnerable...
Goldman Sachs Forecasts Increase In IT Spending In 2010
News Hardware
Goldman Sachs has rolled out its outlook report on the IT sector for the year 2010 which predicts that PC and servers will witness a major upgrade cycle. It is likely that cloud computing will continue to be widely used and the...
Neon Enterprise Sues IBM Over Claimed Market Strategy
News Hardware
IT giant IBM has been served with a lawsuit by a much smaller rival Neon Enterprise Software, a company which develops mainframe software, for deliberately trying to prevent its users from using the software provided by the...
Google Chrome Bug Exposes DNS Details
News Hardware
Developers have issued a warning about a serious bug in the latest iteration of Google Chrome that could give away the details of the web surfers attempting to browse the internet in anonymous mode. As per the warning, Google...
Vodafone To Get The Nokia N900 In January 2010
News Consumer
Vodafone will stock the soon-to-be popular Nokia N900 internet tablet from January 2010; users can expect it to be available both online and offline and they can register their interest on the product's page. The phone comes with...
Nintendo Trademarks Zii In Japan, Sends Tongue Wagging
News Consumer
Games Supremo Nintendo has trademarked the word "Zii" in Japan for use with video games and other electronic devices; the application for the word was accepted by the Japanese Trademark body on the 30th of October and it is only...
Net Disconnection Requires Involvement Of Judge, Says Commissioner
News Business & Government
Countries which pass laws allowing for the termination of internet connections used by suspected file-sharers without the oversight of a judge will be breaking EU law, the European Commissioner responsible for telecoms policy has...
Microsoft Pushes Office 2003 Bug Patch
News Security
Microsoft has quickly released a patch on Saturday which apparently fixes the Microsoft Office 2003 bug which was preventing its users to access documents which were saved via its access control technology. The company...
Did Microsoft Steal Plurk Code In China?
News Software
**Update : Microsoft has now blocked access to its MSN China Microblogging website after the allegations were made by Plurk ** Microsoft, the biggest software company in the world, has been accused by Plurk, a micro-blogging...
Google To Rival TinyURL, Bit.ly With Goo.gl URL Shortener
News Security
The relatively low-profile URL shortening business seems to be drawing the attention of some of the big names of the Silicon Valley, as both Google and Facebook have forayed into that segment. Both are planning to their new...
Google Unveils Christmas Egg With "I'm feeling lucky" Countdown
News Hardware
The search engine bellwether Google has baffled its users by flashing a mysterious countdown when web users click on to the “I’m Feeling Lucky” tab on its search homepage. This enigmatic countdown had initially...
