Articles Posted on 17 December 2009
Behold The £299,995 Nintendo Wii Golden Console
News Security
An artisan, by the name of Stuart Hughes, has created a unique specimen on the Nintendo Wii Supreme, a console that's made of gold; 2.5 kilograms or slightly more than five pounds worth of the precious metals. Mr Hughes says that...
Susan Boyle & Britain's Got Talent: Youtube Big Hitters
News Web
Scotland's favourite female talent, Susan Boyle, has had a superb year in 2009 on Youtube with more than 120 million views but she is still lagging behind other even more popular videos. "Charlie bit my finger - again !", a 56...
Sony PS3 To Be Forward Compatible With 3D Blu-ray Discs
News Security
The Blu-ray Disc Association, the entity that plans and manages the format, has announced that the specification for 3D Blu-ray content has been finalised which paves the way for 3D content to be released as from next year. And...
£400 Acer Aspire 5530G Blu-Ray 15.4in Laptop
News Hardware
The Aspire 5530 series is Acer's answer to the ever growing importance of design, taking the successful Gemstone design one step further. Featuring the Acer starlit logo in the top cover it is a stylish notebook that you want to...
IBM Snaps BPM Specialist Lombardi
News Hardware
IBM has taken over the privately held Business Process Management (BPM) software vendor Lombardi, which supplies software for department level management, in an attempt to tap potential customers who might later go for enterprise...
BBC High Definition Content Sub-Par According To users
News Business & Government
BBC HD has been recently panned by scores of users which have complained about the poor quality of picture which is being broadcast by the network. However according to some affected users, instead of acknowledging the issue, the...
Google Fast Flip Brings In 55 More News Publishers
News Consumer
Goggle, the California-based search engine giant has announced the addition of articles from another two dozen publishers that account for 50 newspapers, magazines, web outlets, news wires and TV and radio broadcasters to Fast...
Nokia N900 Lands At Carphone Warehouse On Boxing Day
News Mobile & Telco
Carphone Warehouse will sell the Nokia N900 Tablet phone as from the 26th of December 2009, a few days ahead of mobile phone network Vodafone which is now expected to stock it from the 7th of January. Customers can already...
iPhone OS overtakes Windows Mobile
News Mobile & Telco
FierceDeveloper, a web site for mobile application developers has published statistics from comScore, a market research pundit. The stats purport to show market share, but really show current users in a market increasing over...
Sony Ericsson Hazel and Elm
News Mobile & Telco
Environmental stories are big news this week as the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen draws to an end. Sony Ericsson boosts its GreenHeart portfolio by announcing the Hazel and Elm models, due to arrive in the new...
Viewsonic Rolls Out CULV Ultra Portable Notebooks
News Business & Government
Viewsonic, a company which is mostly known for its monitors, is continuing to expand its family of computers and has introduced a new range of notebooks in the UK called the ViewBook. The US-based display firm already has a...
Broadcom Presents VideoCore IV For 20-megapixel, Full HD Video Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
Semiconductor giant Broadcom has announced its next generation multimedia microprocessor, the BCM2763 VideoCore IV, which will be equipping high end handsets and portable devices in 2011. The specifications of this chip are...
Twitter Unveils Top Trending Topics In 2009
News Security
The micro blogging giant Twitter has come out its list of top trending topics of 2009 to reveal what the world was tweeting about this whole year. The list revealed that the hashtag Music Monday which is used by Twitter...
Virgin Digital Help
News Mobile & Telco
Virgin group launch their first UK venture for three years, a partnership with Sutherland Global Services to help consumers get more from their PC’s, broadband and phones.Digital Help is available via a PC application or over the...
Yahoo Loses Search Marketshare Against Google And Bing
News Web
Yahoo Inc., the California based internet company, has registered a drop in its US search share which is very much likely to affect the benefits of its deal with Microsoft early next year. In November, while...
Mobile Internet To Be Bigger Than Desktop Internet By 2014
News Mobile & Telco
Morgan Stanley, the global financial services company, has revealed a new study report which predicts that mobile internet is gaining popularity over its desktop counterpart and more users will go online using mobile phones than...
Apple Sinks Psystar With Permanent Injunction
News Hardware
After a 17-month long legal wrangling, Apple has scored a thumping win over the Mac clone maker Psystar, as the former has won a landmark permanent injunction against the latter. US district judge William Alsup granted the new...
UK Viewers Spend More Than One Day A Week In Front Of Telly
News Web
A recent Ofcom study has revealed that UK is one of the most digitally advanced countries in the world despite of being ranked at 21 out of 30 nations in terms of broadband speeds. The survey, which polled developed...
UK digitally elite…
News Mobile & Telco
Ofcom this week provided a snapshot of digital take up in 12 major economies, plus the rapidly expanding markets of Brazil, India, Russia and China. It ranks UK customers as third in the world for time spent chatting on the...
Ad Trade Body Urges 'Non-Disruptive' Interpretation Of Cookie Law
News Security
A trade body representing advertisers has called on European countries not to implement new EU cookie laws in ways that would "disrupt" use of the internet. The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), which claims to represent the...
Government Net Disconnections Could Scupper Free Wi-Fi And Breach Eu Laws, Says Expert
News Hardware
The Government's Digital Economy Bill could be in breach of EU laws, according to an internet law expert. Professor Lilian Edwards has also warned that the Bill could make it impossible to operate a free wireless network...
£130 Seagate Expansions 2TB Desktop Usb 2.0 External Hard Drive
News Hardware
Seagate external desktop drives provide extra storage for your ever-growing collection of files. Add space for more files instantly, consolidate all of your files to a single location, or free up space on your computer’s...
HP Debuts Cloud Computing Solutions For Telcos
News Hardware
HP seems all set to tap into the soaring inclination of enterprises towards cloud computing, as the leading computer manufacturer has come up with three new software offerings tailored to help businesses harbour huge benefits...
INQ Chat 3G review
Reviews Mobile & Telco
The Chat 3G is INQ’s third phone and big brother to the Mini 3G. Apparently, size is important because the Chat is made from the same materials, but is much more substantial than the Mini. It feels like a solid and superior...
Virgin Digital Help Rolled Out To Resolve Tech Issues
News Hardware
The Virgin Group has come up with a new company to assist the UK consumers with a flurry of technical glitches, such as sudden PC crashing, game console showing incompatibility with other gear, connectivity issues with wireless...
Google To Release Chrome OS Smartbook In 2010?
News Mobile & Telco
Google may have plans to release a Chrome-based, Google-branded smartbook (or netbook) - the legendary Google PC - after getting the Nexus One smartphone out of the way in January 2010. According to Michael Arrington from...
