Articles Posted on 05 April 2010
Apple sold 300,000 iPads on day one
News Hardware
Apple said it sold more than 300,000 iPads on its first day on sale in the US. The firm included pre-orders delivered or collected on Saturday in the total number, meaning sales were a bit limp, considering the media frenzy the...
Data breach fines upped to £500,000
News Consumer
The UK Government has granted new powers to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which will be able to fine organisations up to a massive £500,000 if they breach the Data Protection Act, put in place to...
Monday wibble
News Consumer
Samsung SyncMaster 2233SW LCD Monitor has been reviewed by iGadget Life http://igadgetlife.com/reviews/review-of-21.5-samsung-syncmaster-2233sw-lcd-monitor/ and has stated that “Aside from a fairly weak and unimpressive...
Sharp Set To Unveil "Glass-less" 3D Technology
News Consumer
Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp Corporation has unleashed a small-screen 3D display for mobile devices, which will not require users to wear 3D glasses while viewing 3D content. This revelation from the company indicates...
Apple iPad Having Issues With Non-Mac USB Charging
News Hardware
With Apple's iPad finally being released, the device has received mixed reactions from customers, who have also reported an issue which arises when they try to charge the iPad via USB. Upon further investigation it was found that...
Google Buys Video Firm Episodic For Youtube
News Security
In an attempt to widen its hold on the online video market, search engine giant Google has acquired online video platform Episodic, which will be merged with Google's popular YouTube video service, to provide better services to...
Police Building Giant Photo Database Of UK Motorists
News Hardware
The Sunday Times has reported that the UK police has been secretly clicking photographs of 14 million motorists everyday, without their permission and has been storing them in a database located in Hendon. According to new police...
"Sorry, No Mobile Phone Signal" Is Most Popular British Lie
News Mobile & Telco
In a recent survey conducted by online market research company One Poll, it has been indicated that an average Briton lies 4 times in a day, that mounts to 1500 lies in a year, with the most popular being 'sorry I had no signal'...
Apple iPad Already Jailbroken
News Software
Apple's newly launched iPad tablet PC has been successfully jailbroken by iPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd, who has released a video showing the code used to hack into iPad's inner sanctum. MuscleNerd, who is known for its...
Crimes "Involving Facebook" More Than Triple In One Year
News Consumer
Nottinghamshire police has revealed that crimes involving social networking platform Facebook have increased by an alarming 346 percent within a years time, with harassment emerging as the most widely reported crime. The police...
Hyundai Giving Away Free Apple iPad With Luxury Cars
News Hardware
Hyundai, the fourth largest automobile maker in the world, has announced at the New York Auto Show that company will be giving away a free iPad with every purchase of its recently unveiled Equus luxury sedan. Interestingly, the...
Up to 700,000 Apple iPad Devices Sold On Day One Says Analyst
News Security
An analyst working with investment bank Piper Jaffray has claimed that Apple Inc. has managed to sell 600,000 to 700,000 iPads on the first day of its launch. The analyst, Gene Munster, came to the conclusion after counting the...
Microsoft pulls plug on Itanium
News Software
Microsoft is to drop support for Intel's Itanium processor with the next version of its Windows Server OS. The outfit announced the bombshell in a blog posting here on Friday. The announcement leaves Intel's much-troubled...
Apple iPad jailbroken already
News Mobile & Telco
A successful iPad jailbreak has already been demonstrated, within a day of the much babbled-about device's debut. As is the way of things these days, iPhone fiddler MuscleNerd announced his exploit on Twitter, backed up with...
IBM puts cloud on Ubuntu netbook
News Software
In an interesting hook-up, IBM collaborated with Indian outfit Simmtronics to make a netbook which runs the new Ubuntu Netbook Remix operating system. IBM collaborated on new netbook from Simmtronics, which will run the new...
£391 Acer Quadcore X5810-UAP Desktop PC With 20-inch Monitor
News Software
The Aspire X5810 comes with a multimedia-ready desktop flashing a cool, brushed-metal chassis and streamlined design. This desktop occupies just one-third the space of a traditional PC and comes fully loaded with the latest...
£80 Nokia 5230 On T-Mobile 1m Free Txt 6m Free Internet
News Consumer
Your social life is about to get a lot easier. The touch screen Nokia 5230 has a clever contact bar, so your best mates are just a tap away. Music's sorted too - with playlists and a radio. Plus you can get email from up to 10...
