Articles Posted on 10 June 2010
Stereoscopic 3D coming "soon" to Xbox 360
News Business & Government
A leading games developer has claimed that Microsoft is planning to announce stereoscopic 3D support on the Xbox 360 "soon." The claim was made by Blitz Games Studios' co-founder Andrew Oliver at a recent Westminster...
AT&T Breach Reveals iPad Owner Names
News Mobile & Telco
A security breach on phone operator AT&T's network has leaked the e-mail addresses of nearly 114,000 iPad owners in the US.According to a report on the popular technology blog network Gawker Media, a group called Goatse...
O2 Ends Unlimited Mobile Data Plans FOr Smartphones
News Mobile & Telco
O2 is set to stop offering unlimited data on its smartphone tariffs.From 24 June, any smartphone bought on an O2 contract will be subject to a 'fair usage' data cap.Any customers signing up for contracts worth £35 per month...
Google Accused of Deliberate Snooping By Privacy Watchdog
News Security
Non-profit organisation Privacy International has repeated accusations that Google intentionally collected user Wi-Fi data for its own use.Privacy International's claims are based on a report compiled by Stroz Friedberg, a third...
Samsung To Hold Bada Developer Day
News Mobile & Telco
Samsung has announced its first Developer Day, to be held on 18 June in London.The event, which will take place at the Congress Centre, 23-28 Great Russell Street in London, has been organised to build developers' enthusiasm for...
Google Applies Background Pics to Search Page
News Web
Google has launched personalisation features for its UK homepage, one week after the feature was launched in the US.The personalised Google homepage was widely criticised as being a copy of its rival Microsoft's Bing search...
Apps Downloads Will Be Biggest Earner For Mobile Firms By 2015
News Software
Mobile applications will provide the biggest source of revenue for mobile companies by the year 2015, according to a study published by Juniper Research Forecast.The research firm claims that by 2015, revenues from mobile...
UK Woman Flashes Bra at Google Street View Car
News Security
A woman from East Sussex has become an internet celebrity after she flashed her bra at a passing Google Street View car.The woman, who works at the Doma Farm Nursery in Uckfield East Sussex, flashed her bra after spotting a...
Samsung Hits Back at Apple Claims Over Retina Display
News Mobile & Telco
Samsung has dismissed the Apple iPhone 4's new Retina Display as "marketing puffery", saying that its own display technology is far superior.Launching the iPhone 4 at the WWDC, Apple CEO Steve Jobs claimed that the Retina Display...
News@5: O2 iPhone 4 Upgrades, Twitter Breakdown & Data Protection Laws
News Consumer
The UK's Fibre To The Home (FTTH) Council has urged the Government to speed up the release of fibre-optic broadband connections across the country. While the UK lead the way for the first broadband, it is now lagging.Mobile phone...
Google background images: a new way of snooping?
News Web
Don't like Google's new background pics? Then you'll have to sign up for an account – and hand over data about your personal search habits into the bargain. Unless you've spent the day sleeping under a log, you'll probably...
New Software Lets Students Take Exams At Home
News Mobile & Telco
US-based firm Software Secure has created sophisticated software that will allow students take their exams from the comfort of the their own homes.The BBC has reported that the software can be installed on a student's home...
UK Data Protection Laws Out of Touch With Europe, Says Lawyer
News Security
Law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse has warned that the UK's data protection laws are not in line with European legislation.The law firm says that this disparity may lead to complications in the future. Speaking at the UK Digital...
£300 Compaq Presario CQ61 Laptop With Dual Core Intel Processor
News Security
The Compaq Presario CQ61 range delivers versatility and quality without compromising on price, and is designed to provide the right set of features at great value. Powered by an Intel Dual Core T3000 processor and with...
Vodafone Taking Pre-Orders for HTC Wildfire
News Mobile & Telco
Vodafone has announced it is taking pre-orders for the Android 2.1-based HTC Wildfire smartphone. The UK-based telecommunication services provider is offering the HTC's smartphone for free on a £20 per month contract. The...
£38 Samsung ES20 10-megapixel Digital Camera Silver Refurb
News Security
A 10.2 megapixel camera with a big 4x optical zoom and packed full of the latest in digital camera technology - the ES20 makes taking great photos simple and fun. Of course you want it all. You're an artist. The ES 20 delivers...
BT Union To Ballot Members Over Strike Action
News Hardware
The UK's Communication Workers Union has decided to go ahead with plans to organise a strike ballot among BT workers, despite receiving a revised offer on pay and incentives. BT made the revised offer in an attempt to resolve a...
Office for Mac Not Available in 64-bit
News Hardware
Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Office 2011 for Mac productivity suite will not available in 64-bit.Microsoft's Office for Mac development team wrote on its blog that developers would not be able to port the user...
UK ISPs Announce Shortlist for Internet Villain of the Year
News Hardware
The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has announced the nominations for its annual awards ceremony, to be held in July.The nominations for ISPA's 'Internet Hero of the Year' are Bridget Fox, Tom Watson and the 38...
Toshiba ships mini 600GB enterprise drives
News Hardware
The enterprise hard drive market took a further step towards the 2.5in takeover today, as Toshiba announced that it's begun volume shipping of its latest MBF range of 2.5-inch drives, targeted specifically at the server...
Foxconn ends consolation payments for suicides
News Mobile & Telco
Taiwan's richest bloke, Hon Hai Group chairman Terry Gou has come up with another cunning ruse to stop his workers topping themselves. After planning to install nets around his iPhone-making Foxconn plants to catch the falling...
Legislation Could See Fibre Broadband Roll-Out Across UK
News Mobile & Telco
UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed plans to accelerate the countrywide deployment of broadband.The UK Government has plans to introduce legislation that could force gas, water and electrical suppliers to provide access...
Three Mobile To Sell iPhone in UK
News Mobile & Telco
UK phone provider 3Mobile has become the fifth UK-based mobile network to offer the new iPhone 4 in its stores.3Mobile's announcement now means that all of the UK's major mobile providers have announced that they will sell the...
Google Hits Out at Apple iAd Ban on Rivals
News Web
The head of Google's mobile ad division has criticised Apple's decision to ban rivals from offering advertisements on its iAd mobile advertisement platform.Omar Hamoui, the founder and CEO of AdMob wrote on the Admob blog that...
Rumour: Four more Fermi chips this summer
News Hardware
Although Nvidia only just officially unveiled the GeForce GTX 460 at Computex, the word is that the company is gearing up to release yet another Fermi GPU next month, plus three more in August and September. July's piece of GPU...
Twitter Users Locked Out By Network Breakdown
News Security
Twitter users lost key features yesterday as engineers at the micro-blogging site struggled to repair networking equipment.During the outage, users were either unable to log in to the website, or experienced an excruciatingly...
Second Life Maker Linden Lab Sheds 30 per cent of Workforce
News Business & Government
Linden Lab, the company behind the popular sim game Second Life, has decided to reduce its workforce by 30 per cent.The jobs cuts are a part of Linden Lab's "strategic restructuring".The company said it was planning to merge its...
Rambus rumpus rumbles on
News Consumer
Designer of memory, Rambus said a U.S. federal appeals court wants to have another look at its patent infringement cases with rivals Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...
$1m award for inventor of cheap solar cells
News Consumer
Michael Grätzel, the inventor of a technology to produce cheap solar panels, has won the prestigious Millennium Technology award. Grätzel, the director of the laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at the Lausanne...
CBI warns against reducing Govt IT spending
News Consumer
The Confederation of British Industry has laid out its demands to the Government: no extra taxes, continued investment in infrastructure, and tax breaks that favour the IT industry. The group, which represents 240,000 UK...
Finland Honours Inventor of Cut-Price Solar Cells
News Hardware
Michael Gratzel, the inventor of a technology to produce cheap solar power cells, has been honoured with the Millennium Technology award.The BBC reports that Graetzel, director of the laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at the...
Beta of iPhone 4 OS Leaks Onto Internet
News Consumer
A beta version of Apple's new iOS 4 has been leaked onto the internet prior to the commercial release of the operating system.The 'iOS 4 gold master build' had previously been made available by Apple for developers to test, but...
O2 Announces iPhone 4 Upgrades for Existing Users
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile phone provider O2 has revealed its plans to allow existing customers to upgrade their handsets to the new Apple iPhone 4.O2 is offering its existing customers an upgrade to the latest Apple gadget, the iPhone 4, even if...
UK Government Urged to Speed Up Fibre Broadband Roll-Out
News Hardware
The UK's Fibre To The Home (FTTH) Council has urged the Government to speed up the release of fibre-optic broadband connections across the country. FTTH council says that by deploying fibre optic lines for high-speed internet...
A third of Brits may watch the World Cup online
News Web
According to retailer of elecrical kit, PC World, almost a third of Britons will watch the World Cup online. The retailer said it has questioned over 3,000 Brits and a staggering 30 per cent of them said they'd watch some of...
OCZ launches budget enthusiast PSUs
News Consumer
While most enthusiast power supplies appear to be kitted out with a single mammoth-sized +12V rail these days, OCZ has proved that there's still room for the multi-rail setup with its latest range of StealthXStream 2 PSUs. Aimed...
MSN poll: poor and old must suffer
News Web
A survey on Microsoft's MSN UK news site has provided a shocking insight into the British public's views on the Government's forthcoming cuts. With nearly 1.3 million votes counted, 99 per cent of respondents said they...
News@10: Frontierville, The Apple Design Awards & BackBerry App World
News Mobile & Telco
A recent study conducted by a British academic has revealed that elite computer gamers have the reactions of fighter pilots, but the bodies of 60-year-old chain smokers.Google has released its Google Maps 4.2 navigation system...
RIM Launches BlackBerry App World In Japan
News Mobile & Telco
Research In Motion has launched BlackBerry App World for the Japanese market.Attempting to expand its presence in the ever-growing global mobile application market, the release of the BlackBerry App World will allow Japanese...
Apple Recognises App Developers At WWDC Awards Ceremony
News Hardware
Apple has praised developers of iPhone and iPad applications at its annual Apple Design Awards, held during its World Wide Developer Conference.Winning applications were shortlisted on the basis of innovation, technical...
Zynga Launches Frontierville On Facebook
News Mobile & Telco
Zynga, the company behind the popular Facebook game Farmville, has released Frontierville on the social networking site.Developed by Zynga East Studios, Frontierville offers players considerably more strategic depth than the...
Older Windows holed
News Software
An insecurity expert has has discovered a vulnerability in older versions of Windows which pesky attackers could exploit to take over control of your PC. Somewhat ironically, the vulnerability afflicts the Help and...
Google Wi-Fi audit reveals criminal intent
News Web
The audit Google published yesterday of the code used to collect Wi-Fi data as part of the company's global Street View operation shows that the company intended to "identify and store all unencrypted Wi-Fi content", Privacy...
100,000 Apple iPad owners' details exposed
News Hardware
A security breach has exposed over 100,000 iPad owners security details, in a cock-up that seems to be the fault of the device's U.S. carrier AT&T. According to Gawker the data were snaffled up by a "web security group",...
