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Articles Posted on 28 January 2010

5 Ways To Make Microsoft Windows 7 OS Faster

5 Ways To Make Microsoft Windows 7 OS Faster

News Software

Want to give Windows 7 Ultimate an extra boost? itching to make your Windows 7 Home Premium faster perform much faster? Dying to improve te performance of Windows 7 Professional. Let's face it, making Windows 7 faster sounds as...


Could Apple Launch A Mini-Me iPad?

Could Apple Launch A Mini-Me iPad?

News Software

Kudos to the Register for coming up with an "exclusive" about a potential Pocket iPad which would be a pocket-sized version of the tablet device complete with voice technology. A deep throat who knows a lot about the...


UK Mobile Network Operators Line Up For Apple iPad Data Deal

UK Mobile Network Operators Line Up For Apple iPad Data Deal

News Hardware

AT&T, the initial Apple iPhone partner in the US, has already been announced as the first partner to get the iPad on its network and there are already rumours that mobile networks in the UK are also looking for a piece of the...


Virtual Teardown Shows Apple iPad Tablet Costs $399

Virtual Teardown Shows Apple iPad Tablet Costs $399

News Security

Now that we have more details of the Apple iPad out in the wild, we will be proceeding to a virtual teardown à la iSuppli, using data available from the analyst firm; for that, we will use the teardown they did of the...


Activision flogs old games without DRM

Activision flogs old games without DRM

Signs up to Good Old Games

News Consumer

Swollen games publisher Activision has just signed a deal with Good Old Games to offer several of its classic games via the retro retailer’s website. GoG’s ‘Activision Month’ will see a veritable goody bag...


Apple Is Doing A "Gillette" With The iPad

Apple Is Doing A "Gillette" With The iPad

News Software

Apple is employing the same sales strategy as razor blade manufacturer Gillette for the iPad tablet it seems as it announced a slew of accessories for the yet-to-be-sold device that could add 68 percent to the price of the...


Google, YouTube knock-offs tip up in China

Google, YouTube knock-offs tip up in China

Copy rights and wongs

News Web

Knock-off copies of both Google and YouTube web sites have emerged in China, following the international brouhaha kicked off by Google's hacking allegations.  YouTubecn.com is running videos culled from...


Flash has a future on the iPad

Flash has a future on the iPad

Carry on coding, says Adobe

News Mobile & Telco

Hot on the heels of Apple's iPad announcement, and in response to some commentators bemoaning the fact that the device won't be Flash capable out of the box, Adobe has made it clear that there is a place for its software on the...


Guessing Apple iPad UK Pricing And Availability

Guessing Apple iPad UK Pricing And Availability

News Web

The countdown to the official release of the iPad started yesterday as Steve Jobs said that customers will have to wait for 60 days for the WiFi version and an additional 30 days for the 3G model to be shipped in North...


Stephen Fry gets all teary about iPad

Stephen Fry gets all teary about iPad

Blog of the day

In-Depth Mobile & Telco

Unashamed Apple fanboy Stephen Fry waxes lyrical about Apple's "magical" new device in his personal blog today. National treasure Fry attended yesterday's Apple iPad launch as "a private individual" yesterday and his musings on...


iPad Tablet Comes With Apple's Own ARM-based A4 Chip

iPad Tablet Comes With Apple's Own ARM-based A4 Chip

News Hardware

One of the most interesting news of yesterday apart from the launch of the iPad itself is that Apple officially joined the ranks of fabless semiconductors designers, alongside AMD, VIA, Qualcomm and so many others.Apple purchased...


Arctic Cooling launches 40 euro console

Arctic Cooling launches 40 euro console

Cheaper than chips

News Consumer

Case and cooler maker, Arctic Cooling, has released a cheapo video game console. The Arctic GC Pro comes with 48 built-in games and two wireless stick-like motion controllers for use with up to seven different attachments,...


McGraw Hill given iBoot from tablet launch

McGraw Hill given iBoot from tablet launch

Open mouth, insert foot

News Hardware

Publishing boss Terry McGraw could well be up before the board of his educational publishing company this morning after a massive gaffe on national television angered Apple bosses. As we reported yesterday, the clueless...


Comment : Apple iPad, it's Only The Beginning

Comment : Apple iPad, it's Only The Beginning

News Hardware

Do you remember when the iPod was first launched back in October 2001? It was a white box with a mechanical scroll wheel, up to 10GB capacity and a tiny screen. The first generation iPad is at the same stage right now. Eight...


UK publishers love the Apple iPad

UK publishers love the Apple iPad

All good in our iBook

News Hardware

Britain's book sellers are celebrating the launch of Apple's Second Coming of the computer and its new iTunes-for-bookworms service. According to Bookseller.com, UK publishers have welcomed the launch of the iPad as an important...


Asus brings 3D notebook to Blighty

Asus brings 3D notebook to Blighty

Goggled-eyed gamers targetted

News Hardware

Asus said it will launch the world’s first notebook sporting Nvidia's 3D Vision technology in February. And any wealthy gamers picking up the £1,700 Asus G51J 3D notebook before the end of March 2010 will get a...


AMD to add full profiles to Catalyst driver

AMD to add full profiles to Catalyst driver

It’s about bloody time

News Hardware

Driver twitchers will have already spotted AMD’s latest Catalyst 10.1 graphics drivers going up yesterday, but this latest Catalyst goody bag looks pretty trivial compared with what’s to come. AMD’s Catalyst...


5 Ways The Apple iPad Let Us Down

5 Ways The Apple iPad Let Us Down

News Security

The iPad is a great piece of engineering and because it is an Apple product is likely to be sold and adored by millions over the next few years and certainly for a period as long as the iPod itself. However, the device itself is...


Government IT cuts are good for open source

Government IT cuts are good for open source

Cost cutting in the community

News Software

The government has been urged to reduce cost and risk by migrating its IT systems to open source as part of its £3.2 billion cost-cutting drive. Earlier this week, the government unveiled an ambitious new ICT strategy in a...


Lords want tax breaks for UK games makers

Lords want tax breaks for UK games makers

UK under threat from subsidised production overseas

News Consumer

The House of Lords has recommended that the UK's video games industry should get tax breaks in order to compete fairly on the international stage. A report published today by the House of Lord's Communications Committee, which...


5 Reasons To Fall In Love With Apple's iPad Tablet

5 Reasons To Fall In Love With Apple's iPad Tablet

News Mobile & Telco

Although we don't fully approve Apple's decision to launch the iPad, with us doubting the success of such a product for more than a year now, there's no denying that the iPad is a sexy piece of technology. (1) Size &...


Why The iPad Is Apple's Answer To The Netbook

Why The iPad Is Apple's Answer To The Netbook

News Hardware

Ever since Asus started the netbook revolution in 2007, there have been incessant calls for Apple to launch its own super-duper, chic miniature laptop for Mac aficionados out there. It seems that, in many way, these calls have...


Apple Debuts New SDK 3.2 For iPad

Apple Debuts New SDK 3.2 For iPad

News Hardware

Apple has unveiled the iPad-only iPhone 3.2 software development kit (SDK) in beta to developers, bringing raft of cutting-edge features and capabilities to make the launch of perhaps Apple’s most anticipated device an...


Apple Releases iWork For iPad, No Plans For iPhone Version

Apple Releases iWork For iPad, No Plans For iPhone Version

News Hardware

In a bid to extend the potential target user base for its recently announced iPad device, Apple has announced the iWork version optimised for the tablet computing gadget. Aimed at business professionals, iWork is the...


Samsung Starting Production Of 3D HD Television Panels

Samsung Starting Production Of 3D HD Television Panels

News Consumer

Samsung Electronics has announced that it has taken a bold initiative of mass production of screen panels for 3D LED TVs and 3D LCD TVs, despite analysts’ claims that the technology was exceedingly costly for most of the...


Chinese Government Won't Block Google Android Phones

Chinese Government Won't Block Google Android Phones

News Mobile & Telco

The Chinese government has announced that it will not impose laws on Google’s Android operating system that will restrict the use of the mobile phone operating system by China’s telecommunication services...


Google Pushes Social Search Feature Into Beta

Google Pushes Social Search Feature Into Beta

News Security

Google has announced that its Google Labs experiment, Social Search, which will be made available to its Google search engine users in a Beta version, is apparently designed to make the Google search experience more personal by...


4G LTE Spectrum Auction Unlikely To Happen Until 2011

4G LTE Spectrum Auction Unlikely To Happen Until 2011

News Mobile & Telco

In a major setback to the companies keenly waiting for the Long Term Evolution (LTE), or 4G Technology as it is commonly called, an official independent spectrum broker has mentioned that the spectrum required for the technology...


Oracle Provides With More Clarity Over Sun Microsystems Acquisition

Oracle Provides With More Clarity Over Sun Microsystems Acquisition

News Software

Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison on Wednesday exalted the completion of the long pending $7.4 billion takeover of the beleaguered software & hardware company Sun Microsystems, after the European Commission cleared off the...


Authors mount opposition to Google's books

Authors mount opposition to Google's books

Copyright shenanigans

News Web

Writers of books are preparing to boycott Google’s attempt at building a digital library online, accusing the Web giant of trying to re-write copyright laws. J K Rowling, Philip Pullman and other British authors have...


Law Company Goes After "Imaginary" Filesharers Across UK

Law Company Goes After "Imaginary" Filesharers Across UK

News Security

Consumer group Which? Computer has asserted that it has been approached by 150 web users who said they have been falsely targeted by a law firm going after the illegal file sharers across the web. Law firm ACS:Law has been...


We7 Debuts Paid-for Music Subscription Packages

We7 Debuts Paid-for Music Subscription Packages

News Consumer

We7, a UK-based free ad-supported music streaming service, has just stepped up the game to take on rivals like Spotify by announcing a couple of attractive subscription bundles for its web-based offerings. The company has...


Sky beams first 3D broadcast down the pub

Sky beams first 3D broadcast down the pub

Football first

News Consumer

Satellite broadcaster Sky will debut its forthcoming 3D service with a live football match to be shown in a handful of secret pub locations. The Premiere League match between Arsenal and Manchester United will be screened at...


Government Releases Public Data For Statistics Mash-Ups

Government Releases Public Data For Statistics Mash-Ups

News Security

More than 2,500 batches of Government data have been published on a newly-launched website designed to allow people to create new applications based on that information Information on everything from traffic to house prices to...


Climategate boffins broke the law

Climategate boffins broke the law

Information not freed

News Consumer

Scientists at the heart of the Climategate scandal have been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for withholding data paid for and owned by the public. Illegal inconsistencies in the way requests for data...


Twitter launches attack on China, Iran

Twitter launches attack on China, Iran

They must be trembling

News Web

Chief executive and co-founder of Twitter Evan Williams has joined Google in whingeing about China. He said he has people working on "interesting hacks" designed to stop foreign governments blocking its content. Williams,...


Apple iPad Tablet Predictions : Were We Right?

Apple iPad Tablet Predictions : Were We Right?

News Security

After a major product launch, it is customary that we do a review of what we predicted and what was actually revealed and we shall see what we got right and what went awfully wrong. Predictions were laid out here a few...

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