Articles Posted on 25 May 2011
Daily Mail Mocked By Readers In Attempt To Discredit Modern Warfare 3
News Consumer
The world's second biggest English-language online newspaper, the Daily Mail, published a story earlier today criticising the latest opus of Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3, for "featuring" 7/7 Tube bomb-style attacks. The...
Sony Under Attack Yet Again, This Time In Japan And Canada
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In the latest round of more than a month old battle between Sony and hackers, the former has found itself once again on the loser’s side. According to new and confirmed reports, Sony Music Japan’s website came under...
Sea Water For Data Centre Cooling, Google’s Green Initiative
News Business & Government
According to new reports, Google is going to use sea water for cooling the new Data Centre at Finland, a move that is expected to take the cooling efficiencies to an entirely new height.The Finland data centre, which used to be a...
HP Acquires Printelligent, Aiming SMB Revenue
News Business & Government
In a move to strengthen their hold over the managed print market, Hewlett Packard (HP) has acquired Printelligent, a leading provider managed print services to small and medium businesses. The acquisition will assimilate...
Microsoft Reveals Rustock Details, Russian Involvement And 427k Email Addresses
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In a shocking revelation made by published court documents, Microsoft Corp’s investigators discovered 400,000 plus compromised email addresses from a single hard disk belonging to the infamous gang members of the Rustock...
Obama leaves McKinnon's fate in UK hands
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Visting US President Barack Obama told UK hacks he would "respect" the British legal process being played out to decide the fate of alien-hunting computer hacker Gary McKinnon. McKinnon is wanted in the US for hacking into...
Xbox Co-founder Berkes Leaves Microsoft
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Otto Berkes, the last co-founder of Xbox gaming console at Microsoft, has decided to leave the company after 18 years of working in it.Berkes joins other Xbox creators Kevin Bachus, Ted Hase and Seamus Blackley in leaving...
Twitter will leave users at the courts' mercy
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Twitter boss Tony Wang said the short-message site would hand over users details to law-enforcement agencies when required and thereafter users would have to fend for themselves. The site caused a kerfuffle when the name of Ryan...
Can Samsung Galaxy Tab Match iPad 2 Performance?
News Hardware
Apple’s iPad 2 is thought by some to be without rival, but Samsung’s Galaxy Tab has appeared and become a direct competitor to the tablet manufactured by the Cupertino giant. The question is: can the Galaxy Tab match...
Google Invades Microsoft Cloud Ambitions, Releases Office Add-on
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Google has launched a new add-on for Microsoft Office that will let users integrate Microsoft Office with Google Docs.The Google Connect for Microsoft Office add-on released by the search engine giant allows users to save the...
Late News: iPhone 3GS Not Compatible With iOS 5, Mango Has 500 Improvements, Duke Nukem Launch Soon, Android Apps On Windows
News Mobile & Telco
The upcoming iOS 5 might not be compatible with the iPhone 3GS, Mac Rumours reports citing Eldar Murtazin, editor-in-chief for Mobile-Review. The next iOS could therefore be limited to iPhone 4 and future models. “Just one...
Yahoo Ad Banned For Encouraging Speeding
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned the ad for new BT Yahoo! Mail Beta for encouraging speeding.The ad features two women driving a convertible in a blurred background, which according to Yahoo’s defence, shows...
Polish Police Raid Blogger Over Presidential Slander
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Polish law enforcement officers have raided the home of a blogger accused of slandering the country's president Bronislaw Komorowski. The counter terrorist cops siezed a laptop and hard disk from Robert Frycz's home, after his...
Electronic Arts Gets Flak Over Battlefield Free Pre-Order Bonus
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Gaming giant Electronic Arts has come under fire from gamers after it offered customers who pre-ordered the game from a High Street retailers exclusive weapons. EA hooked up with Game stores to offer early adopters a Type 88 LMG,...
BT Slashes Landline To Mobile Call Cost
News Mobile & Telco
UK telecom giant BT has announced that it will slash the rates for calling to a mobile phone from a fixed line from Saturday, May 28.Acting on the recent price cuts ordered by regulator Ofcom, BT said that it will reducing the...
Microsoft Appeals Against $1.3 Billion European Commission Fine
News Business & Government
Convicted monopolist Microsoft has appealed against a $1.3 billion antitrust fine imposed by the European Commission calling it 'excessive'. The fine dates back to 2008 when the software giant was accused of failing to supply...
iPhone Encryption System Cracked By Russian Firm
News Mobile & Telco
Elcomsoft, a Russian software firm has announced they have managed to crack the encryption on an iOS 4 iPhone. The company has been able to decrypt an image of the iOS 4 data, and added that the procedure can be carried out only...
Everything Everywhere Plans To Test Superfast 4G Broadband In September
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The Orange and T-Mobile joint venture Everything Everywhere is likely to start the first ever live trial of proposed superfast 4G broadband services in the UK starting in September this...
£262.49 Toshiba C660 320 GB 15.6 Laptop
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Toshiba C660 320GB 15.6 inch Laptop is a smart way to meet all your productivity as well as entertainment requirements. The laptop comes with the Intel Celeron M925, 2.3 GHz processor and is powered by the genuine Microsoft...
UK Campaigners Trying To Get Modern Warfare 3 Banned
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A story published by a newspaper has claimed that campaigners are trying to get Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 banned in the UK for allegedly mimicking the 7/7 terrorist attack in London.The Daily Mail claims that the MW3 trailer...
Intel Goes On A $25 Million Spending Spree
News Business & Government
The world's biggest maker of chips Intel has acquired shares of four companies for $24.5 million bringing its total spend to nearly $10 billion. The company has invested in CrowdStar, iStreamPlanet, Music Mastermind and...
Zynga To Announce IPO, May Rope In Goldman Sachs
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Social gaming giant Zynga, which is behind the popular Farmville and Cityville will be announcing its initial public offering this week.Sources have told All Things Digital that the Mafia Wars maker could file for the IPO with...
EFF founder speaks out at Big Internet gathering
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Grateful dead lyricist, Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder and outspoken exponent of a free Internet, John Perry Barlow was an unlikely invitee to this week's e-G8 summit, seen by many as a self-serving back-slap-fest for...
Windows Phone 7 'Mango' - hands-on walkthrough on video
Reviews Mobile & Telco
One Mobile Ring has attended the VIP preview of the upcoming update to Windows Phone 7, known as Mango - which is coming in Autumn this year to mobile phones running Windows Phone 7.We managed to capture at the event a video...
Google Gets Lady Gaga To Sell Chrome To Her 'Little Monsters'
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Google has roped-in ‘mother monster’ Lady Gaga into promoting its Chrome web browser to her fans.The company released an ad for the Chrome web browser in which Lady Gaga is seen using the web browser to communicate...
Another iPhone 5 Leak Suggests Separated Camera Lens And Flash
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A new photo allegedly showing a fifth-generation iPhone part has been recently uncovered by Apple.pro. The back panel still has a camera lens hole on the left side, but the LED flash is located on the far right side, Apple...
Xbox Live Marketplace down due to mystery flaw
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With Sony's PlayStation Network service having taken a break recently following the acquisition of millions of credit card details by ne'er-do-wells, it appears that the rival Xbox Live service from Microsoft has been feeling...
Google Upgrades WebP, Speeds Up Browsing
News Web
Google has unveiled a new and improved version of WebP, an image format, designed to reduce the image size on the Web and speed up browsing.The WebP format, which is a still-image version of Google’s royalty free, open...
£179.99 AMILO LI 2727 Celeron T1400 Laptop
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The AMILO LI 2727 LAPTOP is a high quality offering from Fujitsu that provides you an excellent computing platform, at a very reasonable price. The laptop is powered by the sophisticated Intel Celeron T1400 Dual Core 1.73 GHz...
Google's Green Energy Investments Reach $400 Million
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Google’s investment into clean energy has reached more than $400 million with the recent $55 million it gave to a wind energy project in the Mojave Desert.The company announced in a blog post that it will be invest $55...
Nokia Unveils Bling-heavy Oro Smartphone
News Mobile & Telco
For those looking for something a little more bling-y than what's currently on the market, Nokia, has announced what it presents as a premium handset, the Oro, an 18-carat gold and leather clad product. In a nutshell, it is the...
Apple Confirms MacDefender Malware, Will Release Mac OSX Fix
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Apple Inc. has finally admitted the alleged presence of a malicious version of the MacDefender antivirus program over the Web.The company also promised to resolve the issue as soon as possible by introducing an update of the Mac...
Opera Mini 6 Available For iPhone And iPad
News Web
The Opera Mini 6 browser has recently been launched and brings new options for web browsing to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. This is the first time the browser has become available on iOS devices. The Opera Mini 6 is...
Opera Mini 6 Web Browser Released For iPhone, iPad
News Web
Opera Software has released the Opera Mini 6 web browser for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.According to the company, the Opera Mini 6 browser, which is available for free from the Apple App Store, is designed to exploit...
£99.99 HP Officejet Plus 6500A e-All-in-One Web Enabled Printer
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The HP Officejet Plus 6500A e-All-in-One Web Enabled Printer comes as a one-stop-solution for all your print, scan, fax as well as copy requirements. HP has blessed the product with a wide range of innovative technologies, merged...
iOS 5 Not Compatible With iPhone 3GS?
News Mobile & Telco
The upcoming iOS 5 might not be compatible with the iPhone 3GS, Mac Rumors reports citing Eldar Murtazin, editor-in-chief for Mobile-Review. The next iOS could therefore be limited to iPhone 4 and future models. „Just...
RIAA boss raked in $3 million salary in 2009
News Business & Government
The Recording Industry Association of America, an organisation which purports to champion the needs of struggling musicians starved of income by the evils of illegal music downloading, paid its president Cary Sherman $3,185,026...
Cray Unveils Staggeringly Fast 50 Petaflop Supercomputer
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Supercomputer maker Cray Inc. has launched their latest product, the Cray XK6, a modern supercomputer with enhanced functionalities.The XK6 features the 16-core x86 Opteron 6200 Series server processors from AMD (Advanced...
Is Latitude E6520 A Better Buy Than The Dell XPS 15z?
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The Latitude E6520 represents a very attractive alternative to the Dell XPS 15z for those who are looking for more oomph and more features even if it comes at a price (added weight and thickness). There are several features that...
Mango May Improve Speed On Current Windows Phone 7 Handsets
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Current Windows Phone 7 handsets like the HTC 7 Trophy or the LG Optimus 7 may benefit from the new Windows Phone Mango update when it is rolled out later this year. Presented officially yesterday, the next iteration of Windows...
Windows Phone 7 VIP ‘Mango’ Preview – in pictures
Reviews Mobile & Telco
One Mobile Ring has attended the preview event of the upcoming version of Windows Phone 7, know as ‘Mango’. We managed to capture some images from the press briefing, which we thought we would publish to whet your appetite ahead...
Duke Nukem Releasing Internationally This June
News Consumer
New reports revealed that after almost a decade and a half of resting on the developers’ table, the Duke Nukem is not only all set to hit the global market, it has reportedly gone Gold too. Much to the delight of the long...
Bluestacks Software Runs Android Apps On Windows PCs
News Mobile & Telco
Virtualistion start-up Bluestacks will soon offer software that allows users to run Android apps on their Windows PCs.The company is expected to announce partnerships with OEMs to offer the software pre-loaded on their...
£299.99 HP 620 15.6 Intel Dual Core Laptop With Free RAM And Carry Case
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The HP 620 15.6 Intel Dual Core 3GB Laptop Bundle is yet another quality offering from the house of Hewlett-Packard. Its wide range of futuristic technologies, combined with a really attractive design makes it one of the most...
BT announces Cornish 4G mobile broadband trial
News Web
BT has announced that it is to start customer-facing trials of a 4G 'Long Term Evolution' high-speed mobile network - but only the residents of St. Newlyn East will be able to take part in the trial.The telecoms giant has joined...
iPhone, iPad Phishing Campaign Uses Accurate Customer Data To Lure People In
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A new phishing campaign has surfaced targeting iPhone and iPad users, tricking them into giving up personal information.The malicious campaign was first spotted by analysts from F-Secure, a security firm from Helsinki, Finland....
Hurt Locker Producers Sue 24,000 For Piracy
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The producers of the Academy Award winning movie ‘The Hurt Locker’ have sued 24,000 BitTorrent users for allegedly pirating the movie.In the largest legal assault on file sharers to date, Voltage Pictures has added...
Foxconn explosion could affect Apple contracts
News Business & Government
The recent explosion at one of Foxconn's Chinese assembly plants, which left three workers dead and several severely injured, could call the company's relationship with Apple into question according to industry...
Assange denies 'informants deserve to die' claim
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is at the centre of another controversy, hitting back at allegations made by a former media partner in a TV documentary that he claimed US informants in Afghanistan 'deserved to die'. Speaking...
Russian Security Group Breaks iOS Encryption
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Apple’s hard work maintaining tight security with its iOS through sophisticated encryption have been at least partially setback, as security experts at ElcomSoft announced they have cracked iOS 4 encryption and that crack...
Infographic Celebrates The Apple App Store As It Passes 500,000 Apps
News Mobile & Telco
Apple’s App Store has strengthened its dominance in the mobile apps market, passing the 500,000 apps milestone.An infograph put together by Chomp, 148apps and Chillingo, shows that the Apple App Store has more than 85,569 ...
Noon News: Android Based Payment Service, Apple Acquires 200 Wireless Patents, Microsoft Retracts Ballmer's Statements
News Mobile & Telco
Google is on the verge of revealing an Android based mobile payments service. People familiar with the matter have told The Wall Street Journal that the company is planning to unveil a near-field communications based mobile...
Microsoft previews next version of Windows Phone 7
Reviews Mobile & Telco
Seattle based software and operating system developers Microsoft has globally aired the upcoming update to Windows Phone 7, known as ‘Mango’ - which brings with it 500 new features.Windows Phone ‘Mango’ has improvements around...
Microsoft error allowed Hotmail hack
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A schoolboy error by Microsoft coders allowed hackers to access the web-mail accounts of thousands of users, according to security researchers. Trend Micro reports that an unpatched vulnerability in Hotmail which used a...
Google To Reveal Android-Based Mobile Payments System On Thursday
News Mobile & Telco
Google is on the verge of revealing an Android based mobile payments service.People familiar with the matter have told The Wall Street Journal that the company is planning to unveil a near-field communications based mobile...
Skype pulls the plug on Asterisk plug-in
News Software
Fears that Microsoft's purchase of Skype may lead to a loss of support for non-Windows platforms appear to have been partially confirmed by the news that the Skype plugin for Asterisk is to be discontinued.Asterisk, a popular...
Notch teases Minecraft Pocket Edition for Android
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Markus 'Notch' Persson, the creator of hit indie game Minecraft, has revealed that a portable version for Android handsets is in the pipeline, dubbed Minecraft Pocket Edition.Although details of the project have not been...
Fujitsu Brings Its Infrastructure-As-A-Service To North America
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Fujitsu has announced plans to bring its Global Cloud Platform to North America, with businesses getting a free three-month trial before signing up for the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering.The company’s...
Microsoft denies Ballmer's Windows 8 claims
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When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a Japanese software developer conference yesterday that the next version of Windows would be called Windows 8 and would launch in 2012, you'd think he'd know what he's talking about. After...
Apple Buys More Than 200 Wireless Tech Patents
News Business & Government
iPhone maker Apple has enhanced its patent portfolio by acquiring over 200 patents related to wireless technology from Freescale Semiconductor.According to an article on patent law blog Patently-O, the company recorded a...
Apple finally responds to Mac Defender malware
News Security
Apple has finally responded to a fake anti-virus exploit targeting Mac users more than three weeks after it was first reported. The Malware - which has been falsely reporting infected Macs since May 3rd - is most commonly known...
Elcomsoft launches iPhone, iPad cracking toolkit
News Security
Russian security specialist Elcomsoft has announced the first commercially available tool for the decryption of iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices running Apple's latest iOS version - although you're going to have to jump...
Forget The iPad 2: CPW To Sell 3G Galaxy Tab For £249?
News Mobile & Telco
Carphone Warehouse has a massive sale starting from tomorrow at 9am, where they will be offering scores of products at incredibly low prices including a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3G for only £249. An anonymous tipster who...
Microsoft details Windows Phone 'Mango' update
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Microsoft has unveiled the latest version of its Windows Phone operating system, code-named 'Mango', promising greater integration between different methods of communication and a faster web experience. Introducing the OS update...
Barnes & Noble Ships Smaller, Cheaper Nook
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In an attempt by Barnes & Noble to further strengthen its position in the growing ebook market, the company has unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Nook e-reader.The new Nook e-reader, priced at $139, features a 15...
Microsoft Retracts Ballmer's Claim That Windows Will Launch In 2012
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Microsoft has retracted comments made by CEO Steve Ballmer about the Windows 8 operating system during a conference in Japan.Speaking during the Microsoft Developer Forum in Japan, Ballmer mentioned that the platform will be...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Costing More Than Tab 10
News Hardware
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet has appeared in Germany on Amazon's website with a rather hefty price tag of €606.50 including local taxes, which compares unfavorably with the $469 (exc. taxes) that US customers will...
Amazon To Sell 7-inch & 10-Inch Tablets From $349
News Hardware
Online retail giant Amazon may be on the verge of selling two tablets, a 7-inch model from $349 and a 10-inch one from $449 according to sources speaking to Tim Bajarin from PC Magazine. They told the journalist that the actual...
Privacy Activists Compare Online ID Assurance Scheme To Defunct National ID Cards
News Business & Government
Privacy campaigners have claimed that the new online ID assurance scheme introduced by the coalition government echoes the recently scrapped National ID Card scheme.Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude last introduced the...
Comparison: Dell XPS 15z Vs Apple Macbook Pro
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Although Dell clearly doesn't want to compare its new XPS 15z range to Apple's Macbook Pro family, the two products are similar enough to warrant a closer look. That said, there's no straightforward way of pitting the XPS 15z...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 appears on Amazon
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On-line retail giant Amazon has now listed the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 on sale in Germany, for 606.50 Euros or for around £529.Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android device at the end of March, with another new screen...
Hackers Attack Sony Music: Japan, Call Sony 'Stupid'
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Hackers seem to be mocking Sony as the company’s Sony Music Japan website is the next to get hacked after the Greece website.According to security firm Sophos, hackers used another SQL injection attack to exploit...
AMD's Fusion gets Computex Best Choice award
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AMD has announced that it has walked away with the Computex 2011 Best Choice Award in the Computer and System category, for its Fusion range of 'accelerated processing units'.Despite the fact that the annual Computex trade show...
Microsoft Previews Windows Phone Mango
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Microsoft has previewed the Windows Phone Mango update, which will be available to customers this fall.According to Microsoft, the update, which was unveiled during an event in New York, was centered around making it easier for...
AMNews: Super Slim Dell XPS 15z, T-Mobile Caps Data Plans, Citrix And Kaviza
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Dell has announced the availability of the Dell XPS 15z, a range of laptops that look a lot like Apple's Macbook Pro ones although the Austin-based manufacturer curiously refers to the range as a PC rather than a notebook. The...
Attackers strike Sony Ericsson in Canada
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Sony has reported another attack on its servers. This latest attack targeted Sony Ericsson in Canada and left the names, email addresses and encrypted passwords of 2,000 customers in the hands of the attackers.The embattled...
