Articles Posted on 03 February 2010
The iPad Accessory That Will Kill Apple TV
News Hardware
We are certainly not alone to think that Apple could well be on its way to eliminate the Apple TV completely, a device that seems to be more a distraction than a proper project from the wizz kids of Cupertino. The digital media...
10 eBooks To Learn More About Windows 7
News Software
With the growing popularity of e-book readers, it does make sense to get hold of an eBook should you want to learn more about Windows 7 or improve your knowledge of Microsoft's popular operating system. We've rounded up some of...
Orange & T-Mobile Tie-up To Be Probed By Office Of Fair Trade
News Hardware
The Financial Times has reported that UK’s monopoly watchdog, Office of Fair Trading, has plans to investigate the proposed merger of Orange UK and T-Mobile, as it believes that the merger might "threaten competition in...
HP Rolls Out TouchSmart 600 Quad All In One Computer
News Software
HP has launched a new range of touchscreen computers - the TouchSmart 600 - based around Intel's latest Core i7 processors and come with up to 8GB DDR3 memory. Users will be able to choose an Intel’s Core i7-720QM CPU...
Dell Unveils New Entry Level Ultra-portable Latitude 13 Laptop
News Software
Austin-based Dell has released a new laptop, the Latitude 13, which is its new entry level ultra portable notebook aimed at small and medium businesses and entreprises alike. This Latitude 13 - which Dell calls the "the...
EU accuses memory makers of price fixing
News Consumer
European Union regulators are set to charge ten - yes, TEN - memory chip makers with colluding to fix prices, breaking EU competition rules. Reuters has learned that papers could be served as early as this week. "A...
Two arrested for memory secret theft
News Hardware
Two executives from US semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials Inc have been arrested in Seoul, on charges they stole secret Samsung technology details and passed them on to rival Hynix. Local reports have it...
Cooler Master reveals meaty GX PSUs
News Consumer
After a brief flirtation with multiple 12V rails, many power supply manufacturers have now returned to good, old-fashioned single 12V rails, and they appear to be getting increasingly meatier too. Cooler Master is the latest...
Senator To Investigate US IT Companies Operations In China
News Security
A member of the US Senate, Dick Durbin, has asked 30 leading information technology companies, operating in the People’s Republic of China, to provide the details of their operations in the country. The US Senator has made...
Google Quietly Introduces Multitouch Support For Nexus one
News Mobile & Telco
Google has rolled out an official software update for its newly launched Nexus One smartphone, which will now sport multi-touch capabilities after the update is carried out. The multi-touch capabilities, which were earlier...
Sharp preps solar-powered phone for China
News Business & Government
Japanese electronics giant Sharp said it will launch a solar-powered mobile phone in China within the next few days. Sharp uses its unique three-junction thin-film photovoltaic panel technology in the design of the phone,...
Commvault Releases Cloud-Compatible Storage Solution
News Hardware
CommVault Systems, a company that specialises in data and storage management software, has unveiled a connector for its corporate data back up software, which will link the software to the "cloud". It will allow customers to...
Students using tech to cheat in exams
News Consumer
UK students are using technology to cheat in GCSE and A Level exams according to a report by education watchdog Ofqual. The sneaky herberts are smuggling Internet capable devices into exam rooms and using the likes of Wacykpedia...
Hitachi Data Systems Proposes Cashback Guarantee On Storage Promise
News Hardware
Hitachi Data Systems, a company owned by Hitachi Limited, has rolled-out a global service guarantee program under which the company has pledged to reimburse the customers if the reduction in storage capacity offered by the...
Citrix Systems Demos Desktop-Like Nirvana Phone
News Mobile & Telco
Citrix Systems, a leading virtualisation software vendor, along with Open Kernel Labs, a developer of embedded virtualisation software for mobile phones and broadband Internet devices, have jointly developed a ‘Nirvana...
HP Debuts New Portable Container Datacentre
News Hardware
Hewlett Packard has unveiled a new edition of its portable datacentre, which is based on a standard 20-foot shipping container and is just half the size of its original model. The company is pitching its hopes on the fact that...
Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1.3
News Security
Apple Inc. has dished out a software update for its iPhone and iPod Touch device that deals with several security vulnerabilities that are currently affecting the popular devices. The iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware released on the...
Itanium spotted over horizon
News Hardware
Intel quietly announced the imminent arrival of the latest incarnation of its much-blighted Itanium chip. In a blog post, the company said the latest Tukwila-codenamed Itanium processor, had begun revenue shipments. "Tukwila...
Tech geeks will lead us out of recession
News Business & Government
Britain's army of tech nerds will boost the country's economic recovery, according to a report published by an industry employment watchdog. E-Skills UK, which works on behalf of UK tech employers to make sure they have a steady...
5 Things The iPhone 4G Will Inherit From Apple iPad
News Mobile & Telco
The iPad has been launched last week and already, we can expect Apple to look forward to the next massive product launch, the one that will come in June (or July) and which will see the launch of the device is commonly known as...
MSI motherboard can take six graphics cards
News Hardware
With hexacore desktop chips apparently on the horizon, it looks as though six is the new lucky number in the tech world, and not just in terms of CPU cores. MSI has just given us a preview glimpse of its new Big Bang XPOWER X58...
HP adds Quad Core to Touchsmart range
News Hardware
Hewlett Packard has added to its Touchsmart range of prodable all-in-ones with a new Quad Core version. Packing either Intel's Core i7-720QM 1.6GHz or Core i7-720QM 1.73GHz CPU, the updated TouchSmart 600 Quad can also manage up...
IBM Partners With Walt Disney On Eco-friendly Datacentre
News Hardware
IBM Corp. in collaboration with Walt Disney has unleashed a resource-efficient datacentre which is being exhibited at the Big Blue’s “Smarter Planet” exposition at the Walt Disney’s EPCOT Theme Centre Park...
Microsoft Releases Secure Development Lifecycle Tools
News Business & Government
Microsoft Corp. has upped the ante to counter the ever-surging cyber attacks by launching a couple of tools to allow software developers to produce secure codes in an improved manner. The software giant used the Black Hat DC...
Is T-Mobile UK Clearing Stock For Nexus One With Massive Android Sale?
News Web
Google original network partner, T-Mobile, has just slashed its tariff prices and introduced a new flexible booster scheme and looking closer, we couldn't help but notice that many Android smartphones were apparently...
Apple iPhone OS updated
News Mobile & Telco
Apple has released a minor update to its mobile operating system which fixes a number of bugs and patches some worrying security holes. The 228MB download, which as usual is only available through iTunes, updates the OS to...
The Internet will make you miserable
News Consumer
A study carried out at Leeds University has found strong links between the amount of time people spend on line and the state of their mental health. According to the report, the more time you spend sat on your own in a darkened...
Twitter Forced To Reset Accounts Of Phishing Victims
News Security
Easy-to-crack passwords are allowing cybercriminals to infiltrate online users’ accounts with tremendous ease, causing stern concerns for the website owners, and this time microblogging phenomenon Twitter has been faced...
UK Government Enrolls DirectGov To Combat Terrorism Online
News Security
The UK Government is buckling up to crack down hard on terrorist websites distributing messages of hatred and information on perilous techniques by using crowdsourcing techniques. The UK Home Office has created a dedicated...
EU Commission Outlines Plans To Strengthen Privacy Law
News Security
The European Commission is planning to beef up the Data Protection Directive, strengthening the enforcement of the EU law and including introducing new demands that technologies and processes include 'privacy by design'. The...
Greater Manchester Police Affected By Conficker Malware
News Security
Beat cops at the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have been disconnected from the Police National Computer (PNC) system database for three days after their machines were stultified by the infamous Conficker virus, it has been...
Microsoft To Investigate Battery Life Issues With Windows 7
News Software
Microsoft Inc., has said that the company has started investigating the cause of battery related issues that netbook owners experienced after they upgraded their devices to Windows 7 operating system from previous OSes. Several...
China claims most-hacked status
News Security
A senior Chinese online security official has claimed that China suffers more foreign cyber attacks than anywhere else. And he said most of the attacks on Internet users based in China that came from abroad originated from...
Google To Debut App Store For Businesses?
News Mobile & Telco
Google Inc. has announced that the company will soon be offering web applications, via a brand new online marketplace developed specially for businesses by third-party software developers. The Wall Street Journal has reported...
Does The Apple iPad Have A Camera?
News Hardware
There seems to be some evidence that the final version of Apple's iPad will have a front camera (or webcam), that everyone expected but was disappointed not to get. 9to5 did a screen capture of the official launch event where...
