Articles Posted on 16 March 2010
Google Nexus One Sales Reach 135000 After 74 Days
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile phone analytics company Flurry Inc. has revealed that Google's Nexus One Android based smartphone is selling at a much slower rate as compared to the first iPhone device. Apple's first smartphone had managed to sell one...
Apple Sells More Mac Computers Than Ever Before
News Hardware
According to recently released retail sales data by the NDP Group, Apple Inc. has registered an year-on-year increase of 43 percent in Mac sales for the month of February. Mac desktops also enjoyed an increase of 36 percent...
Opera Mobile 10, Mini 5 Browsers Launched
News Mobile & Telco
Leading mobile web browser company Opera Software has moved the Opera Mini 5 and Mobile 10 smartphone browsers out of the beta stage, a week prior to the CTIA mobile phone trade show and conference which will take place in Las...
AMD claims 20% boost for FirePro graphics
News Hardware
AMD today announced access several new driver features for its posh ATI FirePro graphics cards that are designed to accelerate application performance and enhance reliability. Version 8.702 of the ATI FirePro graphics...
USTO Declines Google's Nexus One Trademark Application
News Mobile & Telco
Things going from bad to worse for Google Superphone it seems as its application to trademark the name Nexus One has been rejected on the 10th of December by the US Trademark Office. The entity overseeing all things that pertain...
Microsoft Flashes Bits Of Internet Explorer 9 To MIX2010 Audience
News Web
Microsoft has finally unveiled the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview (IEPP) to a global audience which will help users understand what they can expect from the next version of Internet Explorer 9. Don't expect a...
Microsoft Reveals More Details About Windows Phone 7 Series Smartphones
News Software
Microsoft has released more information about the standardised hardware foundation on which Windows Phone 7 Series will work; these will apparently be the minimum requirements for a device to get the WP7S approval. And based on...
MSI's R5770 Hawk overclocks on a budget
News Hardware
MSI's new MSI R5770 HAWK video card promises a lot on a budget price. Bjorn3d reckons MSI have a "great card on their hands". Geeks 3D considers that since MSI’s R5770 is already factory overclocked, it delivers a...
Talk Talk tests Apple MacBooks on staff
News Hardware
UK Internet service provider Talk Talk is currently offering its London head office staff the chance to use an Apple MacBook in a trial which could see the company ditching all of its Windows boxes. A hundred and fifty workers -...
Google fails to trademark Nexus One
News Web
Google lawyers will be red-faced today after it emerged that the company has failed to secure the Nexus name for its first foray into the app phone market. Google filed an application for the name in December last year, long...
Twitter Put Service On 3rd Party Website With @Anywhere
News Security
In an apparent bid to extend its reach across the web, Twitter on Monday announced a novel feature that would enable Twitter users to exchange tweets while they are surfing through other websites. The new service, dubbed as...
Facebook Surpasses Google In US Says Hitwise
News Web
In what serves as the indication of ascending influence of online social networking on Americans, Facebook Inc. has edged Google out in terms of the number of page views during the last week in the US. Internet metrics firm...
Sky Splashes Out On 15,000 3D LG Television Sets
News Consumer
Sky has purchased 15,000 3D-ready television sets from Korean manufacturer LG and plans to roll them out in pubs and other public places across United Kingdom. Assuming that the cost of deploying each television set hovers at...
Virgin Media Showcases Cheap HD Set-top Box
News Consumer
Virgin Media has revealed a new set-top box that, it hopes, will kick start the conversion of its customers from standard definition to high definition.
Canon wants dot-canon domain
News Web
Japanese electronics maker Canon has become the first company to publicly reveal it will apply to ICANN to run its brand as an internet top-level domain. The company said today that it “has made the official decision to...
MS boosts Windows 7 Mobile development
News Mobile & Telco
Microsoft has unveiled a batch of developer tools for its Windows Phone 7 mobile software platform. The software monopolist also released a new iteration of its Silverlight software, presently in candidate build, which the ...
Intel Launches New Xeon CPUs, Mac Pro Refresh Next
News Hardware
Semiconductor giant Intel has released a number of Xeon server chips, which it reckons, could pay back for themselves within five months and boost performance improvements of up to 60 percent compared to the previous...
Sky buys 15,000 3D tellies for pubs
News Hardware
LG says it has flogged 15,000 3D TVs to satellie broadcaster Sky that will be installed in boozers all over the land in the coming weeks. "The deal to supply the broadcaster with 15,000 3D TVs is the largest deal of its kind,"...
More than 150,000 iPad Sold During Weekend According To Estimates
News Security
According to the data released by Investor Village's AAPL Sanity Board, Apple's iPad tablet device has received around 152,000 pre-orders during the first weekend of its release; the device is not currently on pre-order outside...
Apple Brings Wearable Computing Expert Onboard
News Business & Government
Popular technology website Computer World reports that iPhone maker Apple Inc. has hired wearable technology specialist Richard DeVaul as the 'Senior Prototype Engineer', indicating that the company is venturing deep into the...
Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7 Mobile Dev Tools
News Mobile & Telco
As promised during the launch of Windows Phone 7 back in February, Microsoft Corp. has unveiled first batch of the developer tools and software development kit for the newly released mobile platform on the very first day of MIX...
MOG Rolls Out Music Solution For iPhone, Android Platforms
News Consumer
Leading online music streaming service, Mog, has announced that it will be launching a music application for the iPhone and Android based devices. Mog All Access for Mobile was unveiled at the South by Southwest interactive music...
BBC widens debate on Internet piracy
News Consumer
The BBC's investigative news programme Panorama last night highlighted the implications of the Digital Enterprise Bill to the computer using public. Concentrating on two households - one populated by a young family with a brace...
Kingston announces “world’s fastest memory”
News Hardware
Memory maker Kingston claims that it’s just created the world’s fastest memory, with its latest DDR3 modules that can be clocked at 2,400MHz. The clockable modules have the highly memorable name of...
Historian Cautions Against Strong-Arm Tactics In Copyright Battles
News Web
Copyright-dependent industries risk alienating the public and undermining intellectual property laws with their unregulated and aggressive tactics, according to an historian who has studied nearly 400 years of piracy and...
Intel launches sub £100 SSD
News Consumer
Intel has finally realised that now probably isn’t the best time to be releasing ridiculously expensive storage devices, and is now luring mere mortals its way with the new just $125 (£83) X25-V SSD. Unsurprisingly,...
XML Co-Founder Joins Google As Developer Advocate
News Mobile & Telco
Tim Bray, a former Sun Microsystems employee and the co-founder of XML language, has announced on his blog that he has secured the post of 'Developer Advocate' in Google, with his role being focused around the Android mobile...
LG Adds Fresh & Plus To Cookie Family
News Mobile & Telco
LG's entry level range of handsets now consists of two more models, the Cookie Plus (LG GS500) and Cookie Fresh (LG GS290), both of which complement the popular original model. Both come with what LG calls a "cartoon-styled" user...
3 Networks Bets Big On Android Platforms With Six Handsets In 2010
News Mobile & Telco
The smallest of the independent mobile network operators, Hutchinson Whampoa's 3 Network, has confirmed that it will be bringing significantly more Android smartphones to the market in 2010. The company said that it will...
No Channel Five On Freeview HD in 2010 Says Ofcom
News Hardware
(ed : just got a call from a Ofcom spokesperson who told us that Channel 4 IS going ahead with the launch of a HD Channel on Freeview HD. We apologise to Channel 4 for getting our facts wrong) Channel Five has failed to convince...
Twitter wants on your website
News Web
Twitter is ramping up its efforts at ubiquity by releasing code that will make it easier to plug into its APIs, enabling users to scream into the abyss from their favourite third-party web sites. YouTube, Amazon, eBay, Digg and...
Sparkle outs trio of GeForce graphics cards
News Hardware
Taiwanese graphics card builder Sparkle has launched a range of three new products aimed at home theatre systems. The low-profile cards all feature Nvidia GeForce graphics chipsets and, although we don't have final street...
Intel delivers 32nm six-core Xeon
News Hardware
Intel today launched its Xeon processor 5600 series of server chip. The 32nm processors sport up to six cores and are designed to be a 'drop-in' replacement for the Xeon 5500 series. Intel claims the new chips deliver "up to 60...
ASUS soups up motherboard
News Consumer
Asus has announced a new motherboard that sports virtually every bell and whistle you could dream of. Modestly named the Asus P7F7-E WS SuperComputer, the board is based on Intel's LGA1156 socket 3450 chipset with onboard...
£140 Viewsonic VX2260WM Full HD 22" TFT Monitor 1920x1080
News Hardware
Optimize your desktop experience with ViewSonic's Full HD 1080p 22" (21.5" viewable) VX2260wm widescreen LCD. This monitor delivers beautiful HD images. Connect your game console or DVD player through the HDMI input and enjoy HD...
£399 Samsung R530 Dual Core 3GB 250GB 15.6-inch LCD HDMI
News Mobile & Telco
Save over £100 and pay just £399 (was £499.99) for the Samsung R530. The Samsung R530 is driven by the dual-core Intel Pentium Processor T4300 and is pre-installed with the Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium...
