Articles Posted on 19 March 2010
Latest Intel chips already in short supply
News Hardware
They were only launched in January but Intel's latest and greatest CPUs are already in short supply according to Internet tittle-tattle. Digitimes is reporting that another one of their famous anyonmous sources 'from the...
Apple Locked In Negotiations Over iPad Content Deals
News Security
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Cupertino based Apple Inc., is still trying to secure deals from media companies, ahead of the April 3rd launch of its much-awaited iPad tablet device, which went up for pre-ordering last...
Google Launches Smart Rescheduler Tool For Calendar
News Mobile & Telco
Google, the company behind the popular Android OS platform, has dished out a new tool for its Google Calendar service, coined 'Smart Rescheduler'. This nifty service automatically reschedule meetings created by Google Calendar...
Palm Shares Fall By More Than 20 Percent After Bleak Outlook
News Mobile & Telco
Shares in PDA pioneer Palm have tumbled by more than 20 percent to less than $4.50 after the latest forecasts and details about the sales of the company's flagship smartphone, Pre, leave observers worried about Palm's very...
O2, Orange To Sell Android-based Xperia X10
News Mobile & Telco
Orange has announced that it will sell the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 smartphone starting from next month, with a white version available exclusively from the mobile phone operator (ed : note that Nokia also has a X10). Francois...
Security expert to poke holes in Mac OSX
News Hardware
Canadian insecurity expert Charlie Miller says that he will tell attendees at this years Hackapalooza CanSecWest how he found 20 zero-day flaws in Apple's OSX operating system. Previous reports that Miller would reveal full...
Facebook backs away from CEOPS panic button
News Web
Facebook seems to have backtracked once again on pleas for it to install a panic button on its site, that might - just might - help kids avoid online encounters with paedophiles Yesterday, after being leaned on the the Briitish...
2010 To Be "Most Exciting" In Asus's History
News Open Source
Taiwanese manufacturer Asus is quietly becoming one of the best known brands amongst technology buffs worldwide. We sat down with John Swatton a few ago to discuss about what 2010 will look like for the company as it promises...
Google Moving Out Of China In April Says Report
News Mobile & Telco
Search engine behemoth Google is most likely to close shop in the People's republic of China in April, after the company's demand for a censorship free environment was not met by the government, an article on Bloomberg has...
Virgin Media To Demo 200Mbps Broadband Line
News Network
Virgin Media has revealed that it will be showcasing its 200Mbps broadband service at the forthcoming Ideal Home Show 2010 in Earl's Court which starts tomorrow and ends on the 5th of April. Britain's fastest internet service is...
Dot-tv fire sale sparks gold rush
News Web
A mini domain name land-rush has kicked off, following the decision by VeriSign to slash prices on tens of thousands of 'premium' dot-tv names. Over the last 12 hours, domainers have reported being able to register domains...
Google Ruling Set To Govern Online Trade Mark Use In Europe
News Security
Europe's top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, will next week rule on whether or not Google can use trade marks to trigger ads when brands battle to reach online consumers. The ruling is due on Tuesday and will...
NATO Slammed By UK's Lords For Poor Cybersecurity Coordination
News Security
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been criticised by UK's House of Lords for not cooperating adequately with the European Union in order to fend-off cyber attacks from hackers, targeting financial and...
Facebook Users Being Targeted In Huge Password Scam
News Security
Social networking giant Facebook has warned its users about a new password stealing scam that has hit the popular social network, involving users receiving a fake email asking them to reset their passwords. According to the...
Piracy will destroy the earth
News Entertainment
An hysterical study released by the International Chamber of Commerce warns that 1.2 million people will soon find themselves out of work as a direct result of copyright theft. We hesitate to use the word 'piracy' because...
Viacom, Google Lawsuit Reveals Intriguing Insights In Youtube Case
News Security
The US District Court of Southern District of New York has released documents pertaining to the on-going Google v/s Viacom copyright infringement lawsuit, which was filed by Viacom back in 2007, claiming that Google had allowed...
Facebook Says No To Government-backed Panic Button
News Web
In a rather blunt move, Facebook has rebuffed the Government and the child protection groups’ demand to install “panic button” on its users’ homepages to report about the alleged paedophiles and sexual...
O2 Slams Legal Firm For Bullying File Sharers Into Paying Fine
News Entertainment
Mobile network operator and internet service provider O2 has joined the chorus of firms slamming the measures to address the issue of illicit file sharing, after it emerged that a flurry of contentious letters had been sent by...
Apple goes social networking with iGroups
News Consumer
Apple has been awarded a patent for "An iPhone Social App" named iGroups, papers published by the US Patent and Trademark Office reveal. The patent filing document was spotted by Patently Apple, a blog dedicated to poring over...
Apple Files Patent For iGroups Social Networking App
News Mobile & Telco
Apple Inc. has filed a new patent application with the US Trademark and Patent Office that relates to a new iPhone social networking application, called iGroups, which will allow iPhone users to create social groups during a...
Sapphire Radeon HD5850 Toxic reviewed
Reviews Hardware
Product: Sapphire Radeon HD5850 Toxic Price: £269.99 (inc VAT) Sapphire has recently added to its popular Toxic range of factory-overclocked graphics cards with the launch of the HD5850 Toxic, which not only...
Sky : BBC Trust Has Conflicting Interests In Project Canvas
News Entertainment
Sky TV service, which is run by British Sky Broadcasting (BskyB), has opinionated that BBC Trust's 'inherent tension' regarding the 'Project Canvas' digital alliance has lead it to ignore the competition concerns related to the...
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 announced
News Business
Just six months after its original release, Microsoft has already announced the first Service Pack for Windows 7, as well as Windows Server 2008 R2. There’s no need to get excited, though, as it looks as though the new...
Amazon Quietly Releases Kindle eBook App For Mac
News Hardware
Online retail giant Amazon, has dished out the Mac version of its Kindle eBook reader software, in an attempt to tackle the threat poised by Apple's soon-to-be-launched iPad tablet, which is being looked upon as the Kindle...
UK Internet Security Significantly Better Than Rest Of Europe
News Security
In what comes as a sigh of relief to many who have been wary about the vulnerability of the UK’s cyber infrastructure, a recent parliamentary investigation has claimed that the UK’s internet infrastructure is better...
Bag of rice revives sodden iPhone
News Mobile & Telco
Many of us have had to live that horrifying moment when you have to watch powerless as a treasured gadget spirals towards an open toilet pan. The ignominy of having to fish your phone, or your MP3 player, out of the crapper is...
Final Phenom II X6 specs revealed
News Hardware
Once again, one of AMD’s motherboard partners has accidentally spilled the beans on the company’s unannounced CPUs. First, Biostar inadvertently revealed the name of AMD’s Phenom II X6, and now Gigabyte has...
China watchdog finds HP laptops faulty
News Hardware
HP is increasingly feeling the heat in China over its failing laptops. Now a government department, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, has said its investigations showed the world's...
£370 Acer Aspire Timeline 4810T
News Hardware
Acer Aspire 4810TZ offers more than 8 hours battery life (All Day Computing), Acer Aspire 4810TZ is ultra-light weight and sophisticated design, all at the right price. The Acer Aspire 4810TZ is an Acer Timeline. With the Aspire...
£34.40 Netgear GS608 8 Port Gigabit Desktop Switch
News Storage
For a high-speed network on a small scale, nothing delivers like this stylish powerhouse. This fast, easy, and affordable Gigabit switch gives your home network the maximum capacity to handle huge bandwidth. Packed with...






