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Articles Posted on 06 September 2010

£45.10 Kodak Zx1 High Definition Pocket Video Camera Red

£45.10 Kodak Zx1 High Definition Pocket Video Camera Red

News Security

With the explosion of sites like YouTube, Facebook and Vimeo there is now huge demand for easy ways to shoot and share video clips. So, enter The Kodak Zx1. Designed with action and adventure in mind the Zx1 has a rugged design...


38 Per Cent Of iOS Devices Are iPod Touch

38 Per Cent Of iOS Devices Are iPod Touch

News Mobile & Telco

Mining data extracted from a number of primary sources, a website has managed to find out how instrumental is the iPod Touch to the success of the Apple's iOS strategy. Steve Jobs told a global audience last month that the iPod...


BT Unveils Free Wi-Fi Hotspot App

BT Unveils Free Wi-Fi Hotspot App

News Mobile & Telco

BT is offering a free FON app for Apple iPhone and Android users that are BT Total Broadband customers, that will allow them to use anyone of the 1.6 million Wi-Fi hotspots that are part of BT's nationwide network. Users'...


Google To Pay $8.5 Million Over Buzz Lawsuit

Google To Pay $8.5 Million Over Buzz Lawsuit

News Security

Search engine giant Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit initiated by users furious about the way social networking feature Buzz was thrusted upon them. The service, which has been launched back...


Nokia To Launch N8 Smartphone End Of September

Nokia To Launch N8 Smartphone End Of September

News Mobile & Telco

Nokia may be gearing up to launch the the N8, its new flagship smartphone in Europe, towards the end of September. A Finnish news website, Kauppalehti, writes that customers who have preordered the N8 will start to receive the...


Android Reaches 25 Per Cent Of Mobile Web Use

Android Reaches 25 Per Cent Of Mobile Web Use

News Hardware

The latest report by web monitoring firm Quantcast reveals that Android's steady rise has managed to threaten Apple's position for mobile web use in the US.In its monthly statistics, Quantcast has shown that Google Android-based...


£250 Toshiba Regza 32 inch 32AV635DB AV Series HD Ready Freeview LCD TV

£250 Toshiba Regza 32 inch 32AV635DB AV Series HD Ready Freeview LCD TV

News Hardware

The REGZA AV series combines HD Ready picture processing with a stylish contemporary black high gloss design. Toshiba's acclaimed Active Vision II picture processing technology delivers stunning images from any high definition or...


Kirstie Allsopp's Twitter Account Hacked By 'Free iPad' Scammers

Kirstie Allsopp's Twitter Account Hacked By 'Free iPad' Scammers

News Software

British TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp's official Twitter account has been hit by the 'free iPad' scam, currently spreading across the platform and other social networks.Scammers hijacked the Channel 4 presenter's Twitter account,...


O2 Updates Broadband Package, Cans "Unlimited" Moniker

O2 Updates Broadband Package, Cans "Unlimited" Moniker

News Hardware

O2 has officially overhauled its broadband packages days after telling the British press that hundreds of millions of pounds are being spent on expensive up-to-20mbps packages when the actual user need very rarely go beyond a...


News@5: Apple iPad FaceTime, BBC iPlayer Revamped & Medal Of Honor

News@5: Apple iPad FaceTime, BBC iPlayer Revamped & Medal Of Honor

News Hardware

Medal of Honor has been banned from being sold at GameStop outlets and US military bases across the world. The US Army & Air Force Exchange Service, along with the Coast Guard Community Services Command, has announced that...


BlackBerry 9800 Torch UK Pricing Leaked

BlackBerry 9800 Torch UK Pricing Leaked

News Mobile & Telco

The UK pricing details for Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry 9800 Torch on Vodafone's network have been leaked across the internet, despite there currently being no official launch date for the device.According to BlackBerry...


WikiLeaks calls for Assange to step down

WikiLeaks calls for Assange to step down

Rebellion over Swedish rape charges

News Web

A member of Iceland's parliament and prominent organiser for whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has turned on the site's founder, Julian Assange, demanding that he step down over rape allegations made against him in...


Vodafone Opens Samsung Galaxy Tab Registration

Vodafone Opens Samsung Galaxy Tab Registration

News Hardware

Vodafone is preparing for the launch of Samsung's Galaxy Tab device in the UK by offering customers the chance to register their interest in the tablet.The device, which was unveiled during the IFA expo last week, is being...


Microsoft Updates Windows App Protection Tool

Microsoft Updates Windows App Protection Tool

News Software

Microsoft has updated its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) to provide better protection against attacks to third party applications running on its operating system.The tool is designed to locate and fix security...


Lovefilm Preparing For IPO?

Lovefilm Preparing For IPO?

News Security

Lovefilm has brought onboard Kristian Segerstråle and Roland Steindorf as non-executive directors, two experts that may well allow Lovefilm to expand across Europe and develop a more sturdy online...


Roaming is coming to Orange customers on T-Mobile's network

Roaming is coming to Orange customers on T-Mobile's network

And vice-versa

News Mobile & Telco

T-Mobile and Orange customers will soon have access to both networks, for UK roaming between the two mobile phone carriers with a greater coverage area in Great Britain.Orange and T-Mobile customers will soon be able to make...


O2 Rolling Out HTC Desire Android 2.2 Update

O2 Rolling Out HTC Desire Android 2.2 Update

News Consumer

O2 has begun to roll out the Android 2.2 software update for HTC Desire smartphone owners on its network.The update brings high definition video recording and enhanced speeds to the popular device and users have been prompted to...


Image Suggests Apple Testing FaceTime For iPad

Image Suggests Apple Testing FaceTime For iPad

News Hardware

The next iteration of Apple's iPad tablet PC device may come with the FaceTime video conferencing feature and a front facing camera.According to an image released by 9 to 5 Mac, the company is testing the feature on the iPad...


Via readying quad-core Atom rival

Via readying quad-core Atom rival

Promises, promises

News Hardware

The company which pioneered Mini-ITX, Via Technologies, is laying ground for a late 2011 launch of a quad-core Nano CPU design capable of competing with Intel's Atom.According to Digitimes, during the company's financials call,...


Dubai Police Claims US And Israel Use BlackBerry For Spying

Dubai Police Claims US And Israel Use BlackBerry For Spying

News Cloud

Dubai's Chief of Police has said that the threat of spying by US and Israeli security agencies is the main reason behind the country's tough stance against BlackBerry devices.According to news agency the Associated Press, the UAE...


BBC iPlayer jumps on social networking bandwagon

BBC iPlayer jumps on social networking bandwagon

Socially enhanced TV

News Consumer

The BBC has launched the latest version of its popular iPlayer TV service, and says that the version is based on a completely new technical platform. The latest version of the licence-fee funded TV catch-up portal, which...


VMware And BlueLock To Offer Cloud Management Tool

VMware And BlueLock To Offer Cloud Management Tool

News Hardware

Data centre service provider BlueLock has announced the availability of the CloudConnector management tool for VMware customers.The tool allows customers to manage their workload between a private and public cloud.The...


One million people go Ping in 48 hours

One million people go Ping in 48 hours

iTunes social services

News Web

Despite its lack of Facebook integration and reports of bogus accounts, Apple's iTunes-based social network Ping has attracted more than a million registered users just two days after it was launched. Apple reported on Friday...


Dell Reclaims Second Place In Global PC Market

Dell Reclaims Second Place In Global PC Market

News Hardware

Dell has regained its position as number two in the global PC market nine months after being surpassed by Taiwanese rival Acer.According to market analytics firm iSuppli, Dell managed to regain its lost position after Acer posted...


G Data Software AG, Strategic Partner of InfoSecurity Europe 2010, to Present its Solutions at InfoSecurity Russia 2010

G Data Software AG, Strategic Partner of InfoSecurity Europe 2010, to Present its Solutions at InfoSecurity Russia 2010

News Security

G Data Software AG – the strategic partner of Infosecurity Europe 2010 held in London – will exhibit at the VIIth International Exhibition "InfoSecurity Russia. StorageExpo. Documatuin’2010”...


BT fibre plan set to increase UK digital divide

BT fibre plan set to increase UK digital divide

ISP guarantees will hamper rural roll-out say critics

News Web

A new BT scheme that will allow Internet service providers to nominate which telephone exchanges they think should get fibre first has come under fire from critics, who claim it will increase the UK's digital divide. BT...


iPhone Dev Team Planning iOS 4.1 Jailbreak

iPhone Dev Team Planning iOS 4.1 Jailbreak

News Software

The iPhone Dev Team has confirmed that it will start working on a new Jailbreak as soon as Apple releases the iOS 4.1 software update for its iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices.The confirmation was made via Twitter by...


£650 Samsung Galaxy Tab vs £65 iPad Knockoff Tablet

£650 Samsung Galaxy Tab vs £65 iPad Knockoff Tablet

News Hardware

Here's an interesting tidbit, you could buy 10 of iPad Knockoff tablets online from a number of Chinese manufacturers for the suggested price of one Samsung Galaxy Tab. We've purchased two of them recently (eating one's own dog...


Google To Face US Antitrust Probe

Google To Face US Antitrust Probe

News Security

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot has launched an anti-trust probe into Google.The probe will determine exactly how the company's website ranking system works.The move comes after complaints from three web companies, myTriggers,...


O2 Android 2.1 Dell Streak Update Released

O2 Android 2.1 Dell Streak Update Released

News Mobile & Telco

O2 has released the Android 2.1 software update for the Dell Streak, bringing a number of new and improved features to the device.The Android 2.1 update will bring HTML 5 support, pinch to zoom capabilities for Google Maps, an...


Samsung Galaxy Tab available to preorder

Samsung Galaxy Tab available to preorder

Reserve the tablet in advance

News Mobile & Telco

Samsung's recently launched Android tablet device has tipped up with on-line mobile phone reseller Expansys, SIM free and unlocked for £679.99.The Galaxy Tab was unveiled at Berlin's IFA consumer electronics show last week, where...


Facebook Testing New 'Subscribe To' Feature

Facebook Testing New 'Subscribe To' Feature

News Security

Facebook is testing a new feature designed to allow users to be instantly notified about any activity on their friend's profile.According to the Telegraph, the new feature, 'subscribe to' - currently available as a beta - will...


IBM claims processor speed record

IBM claims processor speed record

Uncooled CPU breaks 5.2GHz barrier

News Business & Government

IBM has claimed it has made the world's fastest computer chip, and will start shipping it on September 10th. The US computing pioneer says its zEnterprise system clocks in at 5.2GHz without the need for elaborate liquid nitrogen...


Nigerian Scammer Jailed For 12 Years

Nigerian Scammer Jailed For 12 Years

News Security

A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 12 years in jail by a US Federal court after being found guilty of running an advance payment scam.Okpako Mike Diamreyan, 31 year, relocated to the US in 2008 by marrying an American citizen...


Apple's Ping Attracts One Million Users

Apple's Ping Attracts One Million Users

News Business & Government

Apple has attracted more than one million users to Ping within a few days of its launch.According to a report by tech news site PC Mag, Apple has announced that one million people have signed up for its newly launched social...


Revamped BBC iPlayer Set To Launch This Week

Revamped BBC iPlayer Set To Launch This Week

News Software

The BBC is set to launch a new, updated version of its iPlayer online video catch-up service this week.The latest BBC iPlayer, which has been available as a beta for the past few months, is set to support integration with social...


UK faces Samsung Galaxy Tab rip-off

UK faces Samsung Galaxy Tab rip-off

Three times US price, say rumours

News Consumer

UK and European consumers can look forward to paying more than their counterparts across the Atlantic, as the 7in Samsung Galaxy Tab looks set to become the next high-tech rip-off to hit these shores. The much-anticipated...


Medal Of Honor Banned On US Military Bases

Medal Of Honor Banned On US Military Bases

News Consumer

Medal of Honor has been banned from being sold at GameStop outlets and US military bases across the world.The US Army & Air Force Exchange Service, along with the Coast Guard Community Services Command, has announced that the...


Former HP CEO May Join Oracle

Former HP CEO May Join Oracle

News Business & Government

The ousted CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP) is in talks to join the board of enterprise software maker Oracle.Mark Hurd, recently forced to resign from his position following allegations of sexual harassment of a contractor of the...


Android Market Share Continues To Rise

Android Market Share Continues To Rise

News Mobile & Telco

New statistics have revealed that the market share of Android-based mobile phones is continuing to rise the lucrative smartphone market.According to statistics revealed by web monitoring firm Quantcast for August, smartphones...


Apple iOS 4.1 launch date leaked

Apple iOS 4.1 launch date leaked

Web slip slates September 8th

News Mobile & Telco

Apple's UK web site has temporarily let slip that iOS4.1 will be released on Wednesday. A number of readers have told us that they spotted the launch notification on the Apple UK online store earlier this morning, but the page...


Police anti-terror data found in street

Police anti-terror data found in street

USB drive contains 2,000-page dossier

News Consumer

A flash memory drive containing more than 2,000 pages of sensitive anti-terrorist information has been discovered in the street outside a police station in Greater Manchester. The USB device, labelled with the initials GMP POTU...


Google Set To Simplify Privacy Policy

Google Set To Simplify Privacy Policy

News Security

Google is set to simplify its privacy policy by cutting down on the legal jargon found in its user privacy policy documents.The move is an attempt to make privacy policy more transparent and understandable for its users.In a blog...


News@10: Everything Everywhere, Facebook Adds 'Like' To Search & Anti-Terror Data Found In Manchester

News@10: Everything Everywhere, Facebook Adds 'Like' To Search & Anti-Terror Data Found In Manchester

News Consumer

Orange and T-Mobile will offer UK customers the ability to roam across each other's networks from October. The mobile network carriers announced last week that, when a user loses signal in the UK, their phone will switch to use...


Exclusive : Duke Nukem Forever To Launch On November 19th, Pigs Start to Fly

Exclusive : Duke Nukem Forever To Launch On November 19th, Pigs Start to Fly

News Consumer

It's been one of the longest vapourware products in the history of technology but now Take Two's Duke Nukem Forever has been given a release date and a price tag if online gaming retailer, Shopto, is to be believed. The shop says...


Craiglist Censors Adult Services Ads

Craiglist Censors Adult Services Ads

News Consumer

Craiglist has shut down its adult services section in the US, replacing the title with the term 'censored'.The 'erotic' services section still remains active in other countries.Craiglist is a US-based classified advertising...


Duke Nukem Forever Set For 2011 Release

Duke Nukem Forever Set For 2011 Release

News Consumer

The next instalment in the recently resurrected Duke Nukem franchise will finally see the light of day, as game developers Gearbix Software preps the game for a 2011 release.In an announcement made during the Penny Arcade Expo...


40Gbps, The Next Frontier For Servers Says Network Specialist

40Gbps, The Next Frontier For Servers Says Network Specialist

News Hardware

We caught up with Charles Ferland, vice President of BLADE Network technologies to discuss about the company's plans, the strategic partnership it announced with IBM and the future of GbE networking technology worldwide. 1) Mr....


Early Tests Of iOS 4.1 GM On iPhone Emerge

Early Tests Of iOS 4.1 GM On iPhone Emerge

News Mobile & Telco

The iOS 4.1 has yet to be launched and already the first previews show that the software update does indeed deliver on its promises and more. PCWorld's Mike Keller did a quick hands-on with the iOS 4.1 on the iPhone 4, 3GS and...


Orange And T-Mobile To Offer UK Roaming From October

Orange And T-Mobile To Offer UK Roaming From October

News Mobile & Telco

Orange and T-Mobile will offer UK customers the ability to roam across each other's networks from October.The mobile network carriers announced last week that, when a user loses signal in the UK, their phone will switch to use...


Sharp Pulls Curtains On Its Aquos 3D TV

Sharp Pulls Curtains On Its Aquos 3D TV

News Hardware

Another day at IFA, another Japanese manufacturer unveils its first 3D TV set, this time around, it's Sharp with a 60-inch monster called the Aquos LE925. Sharp has beefed up the model with its own Quad-colour proprietary...


UK Zune Pass To Launch Next Month?

UK Zune Pass To Launch Next Month?

News Hardware

Microsoft has finally decided to introduce Zune Pass for the UK as mentioned back in July and it seems as if the unlimited streaming service will be available from the month of October. WMPowerUser published a screenshot that...


Facebook Adds 'Like' Feature To Search Results

Facebook Adds 'Like' Feature To Search Results

News Web

A major Facebook update is set to launch a 'like' feature on the platform.The Facebook team is currently testing the new 'like' feature for its search function as the company prepares to revamp the way it shows search results.The...


Virgin Mobile launches £12 BlackBerry

Virgin Mobile launches £12 BlackBerry

With Virgin, student discount

News Mobile & Telco

Virgin Media has unveiled a BlackBerry handset on a £12 a month tariff, with unlimited web browsing, email and BlackBerry messenger use.The Virgin Mobile offer is for last year's budget Research In Motion 8520 Curve handset, on a...


Anti-Terror Memory Stick Found In Street

Anti-Terror Memory Stick Found In Street

News Hardware

A memory stick, containing confidential anti-terror information and strategies, was found dumped on a pavement outside a police station.According to a report by news agency The Press Association the USB stick has initials GMP...


Shazam Updates App For Apple iOS 4

Shazam Updates App For Apple iOS 4

News Mobile & Telco

Shazam Entertainment has released an updated version of its music streaming applications for Apple's iOS 4 platform.The company has announced a major update for its free and paid for applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch,...

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