Articles Posted on 17 September 2010
The Mobile Phone Operating System - part 3
News Mobile & Telco
Three weeks ago One Mobile Ring began a feature about the mobile phone operating system; where it's come from, how it's evolved to what it is today - all surrounding the various platforms found on different handsets.Today, the...
Google hits a downward slope
News Web
You know that you've made it as a company when a dip of 0.4 per cent market share makes headlines, and that's where industry giant Google finds itself now.According to figures released by search engine watcher comScore, Google's...
News@5: Facebook Places, Stephen Fry On 3D TV & Apple's iPad In China
News Consumer
Facebook has launched its location sharing feature, Facebook Places, in the UK today. Facebook Places allows users to 'check-in' to a location they visit and update their status with their location.UK comedian and self confessed...
YouView Payment System To Be Handled By Content Partners
News Mobile & Telco
YouView has said that it will let its content partners manage the payment system for the upcoming IPTV platform.In an interview with Broadband TV News, the chief executive officer of You View TV Richard Halton has said that the...
Stephen Fry expresses delight at 3D TV
News Consumer
Comedian and self-confessed gadget geek Stephen Fry has created a short film all about this new-fangled 3D TV malarkey. In it, he hopes to give us Brits a little helping hand - what with us being a little slow on the...
BT offers free Infinity fibre upgrades
News Mobile & Telco
BT has made a surprise announcement which will come as a pleasant surprise to its retail broadband customers - a free upgrade to BT Infinity, the company's fibre service.The offer is available to any retail customer who has a...
O2 moves goal posts on iPad data plans
News Mobile & Telco
O2 has suddenly updated its data plans for iPad users, with some contracts slashed by more than 30 per cent. The telecoms outfit is trying to weasel out of the sneaky backtracking by saying the original contracts were...
Weekly Review - 17th September
News Mobile & Telco
This past week held two much awaited mobile phone events, Nokia's annual symposium where the company announce their flagship handsets and also an HTC event where their own flagship phones were expected to be unveiled.Once upon a...
Obama launches video game project
News Business & Government
President Obama has declared that games are for more than training the next generation of anti-social shut-ins with a project that aims to promote their use in education.The project, as reported over on games industry site MCV,...
Suppliers Preparing For Imminent Apple iPad 2 Launch
News Mobile & Telco
Apple is said to be developing a new version of its iPad tablet device, despite many fans across the globe still waiting to get their hands on the original model.According to a report published by tech news site Digi Times, the...
Orange calls for telcos to shut out Apple, Google
News Mobile & Telco
The heads of Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), Telefonica, Orange and Vodafone will meet in Paris next month to discuss how they can get a slice of revenues from the burgeoning mobile internet market. Stéphane Richard, CEO of...
Stephen Fry Presents Guide To 3D TV
News Hardware
UK comedian and self confessed tech enthusiast Stephen Fry has produced a short-film about 3D TV technology, designed to make it easier for Britons to understand and accept it.The short-film, which has been produced along side TV...
EC investigates 3G modem imports
News Mobile & Telco
The European Commission is investigating mobile broadband modem manufacturers Huawei and ZTE over claims that they failed to declare receipt of Chinese government subsidies.The accusation was made by Option, a rival manufacturer...
Intel unleashes new Classmate PCs
News Mobile & Telco
Intel took the opportunity at IDF this week to introduce a next generation of Classmate PCs that are now not only child-proof but it is also very much bug-proof. The new Classmate PC is based on the Pine Trail platform, but...
Avast launches Pirate English mode
News Business & Government
Anti-virus vendor Avast has made a slight change to its software ahead of International Talk Like a Pirate Day this Sunday - a Pirate English language option.Designed to, in the company's own words, "keep yer ship safe from...
iPad Cannibalising Notebook Sales Says Best Buy CEO
News Mobile & Telco
Retail giant Best Buy has suggested that Apple's iPad has caused US notebook sales to fall by at least 50 per cent.According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal, the chief executive officer of Best Buy Brian Dunn has...
Facebook Places Launches In UK Today
News Web
Facebook has launched its location sharing feature, Facebook Places, in the UK today.Facebook Places allows users to 'check-in' to a location they visit and update their status with their location.Users will be also able to view...
Motorola Buys Aloqa
News Mobile & Telco
Motorola has announced the acquisition of location-based software firm Aloqa for an undisclosed sum.Aloqa makes location-based programmes for smartphones based on platforms, like Google's Android, which have been downloaded by...
Apple iPad Finally Comes To China
News Hardware
Hundreds gathered for the official launch of Apple's iPad in China on Friday.Apple lovers queued outside the company's official retail outlets in Shanghai and Beijing to buy an iPad after a wait of eight months since its launch...
Pigeons Beat UK Rural Broadband In A Race
News Hardware
Pigeons have beaten UK rural Broadband services in a race. On Thursday, a race took place between ten carrier pigeons and two specific areas known for low broadband speeds in the country to highlight the need for faster broadband...
Apple TV Could Be Jailbreak Target
News Software
Reports suggests that the new Apple TV may soon become a target for hackers trying to jailbreak the device.According to tech news site Ars Technica the Apple TV, touted as the next generation TV add-on from Apple, is expected to...
How free e-books could challenge the Kindle Store
In-Depth Consumer
Those who have bought in to the world of electronic books and got themselves a shiny new Kindle will quickly find that the surprisingly cheap hardware price belies an expensive habit: building a library of electronic books can...
AMD is cheating says Nvidia
News Hardware
Nvidia has its panties in a twist over AMD’s alleged 'cheating' in benchmarks... again. Well, to be honest it’s been a long time since we’ve been entertained by this type of accusation. In the good ol’...
Big Software to launch crackdown on piracy
News Consumer
Piracy is bad. That - with a certain amount of paraphrasing, we'll admit - is the conclusion of a new report from market analysts IDC. Hardly surprising, given that the sponsor and co-compiler of the report is the Business...
Retailers Gearing Up For PlayStation Move
News Consumer
UK Retailers are bracing themselves for the launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 Move motion-gaming controller.PlayStation Move is a motion-sensing controller for the PS3 games console. The controller has a round orb at its top which...
Imminent iPad 2 launch rumoured
News Mobile & Telco
Touchscreen manufacturers say they are completing product validation processes with Apple, ahead of the launch of the iPad 2 early next year.Industry rumour-mill DigiTimes quotes Taiwanese component suppliers as stating that the...
PS3 To Get 3D Blu-Ray Support Next Week
News Security
Sony will release support for 3D Blu-ray movies for its PlayStation 3 games via a new firmware update.The Japanese consumer electronics giant has announced 3D Blue-ray support for its PlayStation 3 consoles while addressing a...
Intel Confirms HDPC Code Is Genuine
News Hardware
Intel has confirmed that the recently leaked HDCP key is real and legitimate.The HDCP technology has been developed by Intel.The chip giant, on Thursday, confirmed that the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDPC) key,...
Real Time Worlds To Shut APB
News Consumer
Real Time Works (RTW) has decided to close the lid on its massively multi-player online game All Points Bulletin (APB) only three months after its launch.The closure comes after the company announced that it had gone into...
Pirate Bay ad flaw downs more servers
News Web
A flaw in advertising software first exploited to spread malware on popular torrent index The Pirate Bay is now being used to attack other servers worldwide.One of the first big sites to fall victim to the vulnerability in the...
SCO Group To Auction UNIX Assets
News Security
The SCO Group has announced that it plans to sell virtually all of its assets in the Unix business line, including UNIX system V software products and related services.The company announced via press release, that potential...
Yahoo To Revamp E-Mail And Search
News Web
Yahoo is planning to revamp its web services, including e-mail and search, in a move to increase its market share.The internet search company has just announced that it is planning to give most of its services and products a...
PlayStation Move on sale in UK today
News Hardware
Sony's motion-sensing controller for the PS3 goes on sale in the UK today. The Wiimote clone for Sony's flagship console comes in a Starter Pack including an Eyesight camera, one controller and a starter disc for £49.99,...
News@10: HTC Sense UI, No IE9 For Windows XP & Samsung Galaxy Tab
News Mobile & Telco
HTC launched a new version of its Sense user interface, one which has a number of features that lead us to believe that the Taiwanese firm is indeed preparing a table. Sense UI will be DLNA compatible, arguably something that can...
Windows Phone 7 To Be GSM Only Until 2011
News Mobile & Telco
Microsoft has announced that all Windows Phone 7-based smartphones will only be compatible with GSM mobile networks until 2011.The software giant said that CDMA support will come next year.This means that Windows Phone 7 will not...
iPad eats into laptop sales
News Mobile & Telco
There's no denying that Apple's iPad is a successful product, but claims that it's forging a new market might be somewhat off the mark - instead, it seems it's eating away at an existing one.The claims come from Best Buy chief...
Oracle Q1 Profits Up 20 Per Cent
News Business & Government
Oracle has posted a 20 per cent rise in profits for the first quarter of their fiscal year, boosted by the sale of Sun Microsystems products and software licenses.According to the Wall Street Journal, Oracle shares also rose by...
Alert raised over Diaspora security
News Web
We were warned that open-source Facebook alternative Diaspora had a few security problems, but the true scale of the issue is rapidly becoming apparent.Following the release of the source code for the Diaspora social networking...
T-Mobile Accessory List Leak Highlights The Future
News Consumer
A leaked T-Mobile accessory inventory has revealed a mysterious HTC HD7 device.Rumours suggest that the HD3 device has been re-branded as HD7 because of the Windows Phone 7 OS running on it.The HD7 device appears on the T-Mobile...
Facebook Places goes live in UK
News Web
Facebook's geo-location service Places went live in the UK some time this morning. iPhone users will be greeted with a new message when they log into Facebook's mobile App, and conspiracy theorists and tinfoil-hatted nutjobs...
IBM Launches New Chip-Making Technology
News Business & Government
IBM has released new chip making technology, designed to allow clients to manage their power usage more efficiently in smart grids and smart buildings.According to the company, researchers have developed a new chip making process...
T-Mobile Leak Reveals Future Androids
News Mobile & Telco
T-Mobile will be offering a slew of Google's Android-based devices, a leaked inventory sheet reveals.TMO news, a blog dedicated to news about T-Mobile, has procured a T-Mobile inventory sheet, which contains names of the upcoming...
Intel plans 15nm Atom shrink
News Hardware
Intel has used its annual Developer Forum to hint at the future of its low-power Atom chips - and they're heading for 15nm.In its presentation, Intel unveiled the future of the product range - and revealed that it will be making...
Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab
News Mobile & Telco
Samsung has officially launched its Android-based Galaxy Tab tablet computer at a press event in New York.The company will take on the Apple iPad by offering the device across all the four national wireless carriers in the...
T-Mobile Reveals HTC Desire HD Tariffs
News Mobile & Telco
T-Mobile has revealed its tariffs for HTC's Desire HD Android smartphone.The network carries has said that the smartphone will be available for free on a two year contract for £40 per month.The HTC Desire HD, which was...
Blu-ray security master key leaked
News Consumer
A file circulating the Internet which claims to contain the master key to the HDCP anti-piracy system has been confirmed as genuine.The key, which has been shared on Pastebin since Tuesday, contains a string of hexadecimal code...
