Articles Posted on 31 December 2009
Orange To Roll Out HD Quality Mobile Phone Call Service In 2010
News Mobile & Telco
France Telecom owned Orange UK has announced that the company will become the first mobile service provider to roll out High Definition Voice services to its customers in 2010. The HD Voice service will offer high call...
Hackers To Target Google Chrome OS In 2010
News Security
Google's much hyped computer operating system Chrome OS, poised to hit the floor sometime in the next year, could rest at the top of the list of the most targeted software in 2010 according to reports from security vendor...
Apple Defeats Lawsuit Against Earphone Design
News Hardware
A federal US court has rubbished a class action lawsuit filed against Apple Inc., which held the company responsible for "possible hearing loss" caused from listening to the company’s popular iPod device. The lawsuit,...
Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2, Best Selling Game On Amazon
News Consumer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the hugely popular video game which had sold 1.4 million copies within 24 hours of being released in Britain, has topped Amazon UK’s list of top selling items in 2009. Amazon.co.uk has...
Microsoft To Bring Xbox Live To Windows Mobile
News Mobile & Telco
Microsoft seems all set to step up the game in the highly competing mobile phone OS market, as the software giant is reportedly trying to bring its popular Xbox Live gaming service on Windows Mobile platform sometime next...
HD Voice from Orange
News Mobile & Telco
Orange UK has announced plans to launch high definition voice services in 2010. HD Voice calls will be carried on its 3G network using improved speech encoding, allowing customers to experience better voice call quality.How does...
British Women Prefer Mobile Phones To Boyfriends
News Mobile & Telco
"What a woman wants?" - While the question has remained an unsolved mystery for many since ages, a recent research has attempted to unleash the most treasured possessions of women in the present era. In what could be seen as a...
Nuance Acquires Spinvox For £64 Million
News Hardware
Nuance Communications, a US-based software company which provides voice recognition services, has acquired the voice-to-text service provider Spinvox in a $102.5 million (£64 million) deal. The Spinvox acquisition...
Government Slams Critical Database Report As Opaque, Flawed, Inaccurate
News Security
The Government has slammed as opaque, inadequate and riddled with factual errors a think tank report that claimed that a quarter of Government databases were operating illegally. The Government has said the report was...
Thousands Of Mobile Phones Recovered In Prisons
News Hardware
In a shocking development, it has been found that the number of mobile phones and SIM cards discovered in UK prisons has increased threefold in just two years and those found in high-security prisons, which house some of the most...
Nokia mixed reality
In-Depth Mobile & Telco
As the physical and digital words become ever more closely meshed together, here’s an interesting concept video from Nokia’s mixed reality experience team. It demonstrates the potential use of near-eye display glasses, gaze...
Package Sticker Of 8GB iPhone 3GS Surfaces
News Security
A German user who purchased a refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G found that the label of the phone's box contained the mentions "iPhone 3GS v2.2, 8GB" and this was enough to revive rumours of a potential iPhone 3GS with 8GB. The model...
