Articles Posted on 14 January 2010
Nintendo DSi XL Gaming Console Comes To UK In March
News Consumer
The extra large version of the Nintendo DS, otherwise known as the DSi XL, will be launched on the 5th of March in the UK - and possibly in Europe but no details about the pricing have yet been revealed. The fourth version of the...
Guardian iPhone App Downloaded 70,000 Times
News Web
The Guardian Media Group has announced that its iPhone app, which was rolled out on 14 December 2009, has been downloaded almost 70,000 times in just one month of it being launched. Emily Bell, the Director of Digital...
Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe Push Handful Of Patches
News Security
Microsoft Corp., the Redmond-based software giant, has released a single security patch in its Patch Tuesday security bulletin, which deals with a high-risk vulnerability that is affecting Windows 2000 operating...
HP & Microsoft Strike 3-Year, $250m Partnership Over Cloud Computing
News Hardware
Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft have announced a three-year, US$250 million deal to develop hardware and software products which will be focused on management and virtualisation solutions for data centers, prepackaged solutions for...
Vodafone : 50,000 iPhones Sold On First Day
News Mobile & Telco
Vodafone has started to sell the iPhone after O2, Orange and Tesco and has already managed to get pre-orders of 50,000 handsets which is significantly more than the rumoured 20,000 Nexus One Google sold in its first week,...
Microsoft and HP expand partnership
News Business & Government
Over the next three years, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard will invest $250 million to help partner businesses to build the next generation of data centres and cloud computing. The two computing giants will jointly develop a...
Virgin Mobile Launches HTC HD2
News Mobile & Telco
Virgin Mobile has managed to get the stylish and super sexy HTC HD2 for its customers on a rather cheap deal, shortly after Vodafone decided to ditch the device as the arrival of the Google Nexus One and the iPhone looms. The...
Google Rolls Out Secure HTTP For Gmail Globally
News Security
Google Inc. on Wednesday has announced that it will ramp up the security of its free email service Gmail by automatically encrypting all the traffic carried on it, primarily in the wake of row over Chinese attacks. The search...
Obama Administration Backs Google's Decision To Challenge China
News Security
The US government has indicated that Google has the support of the Obama administration behind its decision to challenge the People’s Republic of China regarding its internet content censorship guidelines. Google...
Adobe reports broad hack attack
News Business & Government
The company best known for its image manipulation software Photoshop, Adobe, has reported a large scale attack on its corporate networks and those of an undisclosed numnber of other companies. In an official blog post, Adobe's...
iPhone App Piracy Siphoned $450 Million Worth Of Revenues
News Software
An analysis by the technology blog 24/7 Wall St. has revealed that Apple and the developers who sell apps for iPhone and iPod Touch at the App Store have lost a whopping $450 million in sales since the store was launched in July...
Judge Grants Judicial Review To McKinnon In Extradition Case
News Security
A High Court judge has granted permission for a judicial review of Home Secretary Alan Johnson’s decision to allow the extradition of hacker Gary McKinnon to the US. Mr McKinnon is accused of hacking into the US...
20,000 Google Nexus One Handsets Sold To Date?
News Mobile & Telco
All the hype surrounding Google’s venture into the smartphone arena with its newcomer Google Nexus One handset has apparently not been able to attract that many eager customers, according to its first week sales as...
Home Office ruling on McKinnon 'unlawful'
News Business & Government
A high court judge has said that the home secretary may have acted unlawfully in sanctioning the extradition of UFO hacker Gary McKinnon. In a letter, Justice Mitting said the fact that McKinnon suffers from Asperger's syndrome...
China responds to Google threat
News Web
China has responded to Google's threat to withdraw from the People's Republic if it is not allowed to offer uncensored access to Web searches by saying that Internet firms are welcome to trade there only if they do so within the...
Companies Have Just Months To Replace Old Wireless Payments Systems
News Security
Retailers and caterers have just six months to replace old systems if they are to continue to use wireless card payment technology. The industry payment security body might revoke the right to process cards for companies that do...
GSMA Views 2.6GHz As Pivotal For LTE
News Hardware
The GSM Association (GSMA), in conjunction with a US-based research company Global View Partners, has published a report advocating for the significance of licensing the 2.6 GHz band in a bid to tap the potential of upcoming...
Symantec Acquires Risk Management Specialist Gideon Technologies
News Security
Symantec Corporation, the US-based security software giant, has announced that the company was all set to acquire Gideon Technologies, in order to use Gideon’s risk management technology to improve its client offerings in...
Microsoft Teases Google Over New Storage Service
News Software
Google Inc has announced its very own cloud-based online storage service which will allow Google Docs users to upload any type of file of up to 250 MB while they will have access to a total storage capacity of...
