Articles Posted on 01 August 2011
£112 Tesco 22-230 21.6-inch Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV
Deals Consumer
Tesco is offering a 21.6 inch Widescreen LCD TV which is a great option for movie buffs as the hardware comes along with an integrated DVD PLAYER.The 4.55 kg Tesco 22-230 is a LCD TV with high definition resolution and an active...
Is Foxconn Deploying Robots to Replace Workforce?
News Business & Government
Foxconn, the Chinese company that makes iPhone and iPad for Apple, will use robots to manufacture products in coming years.In a speech made by Foxconn CEO Terry Gou, the company plans to automate its routine assembly line tasks,...
£1049.99 Panasonic TX-P55VT30B FVHD 50 Inch HD Plasma Internet 3D TV
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Panasonic TX-P55VT30B FVHD Plasma TV is an asset to cinema goers and video game lovers with its 600HZ 3D feature and THX authentication. The TV is web enabled and has an active Viera Connect to give its users an amazing access to...
T-Mobile Revives U-Fix Concept As 'You Fix'
News Mobile & Telco
If you were a T-Mobile customer a few years ago, the chances are that you had a U-fix subscription, one which allowed users to combine monthly mobile contracts with a more flexible Pay as you go in a single service. Now...
Launch Of Samsung iPad 2 Rival Stopped In Australia
News Hardware
Korean company Samsung has apparently temporarily frozen the launch of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia because of an ongoing patent dispute with Apple. News outlet Bloomberg writes that both companies have come to an...
Nokia Prepares For N9 Smartphone Launch
News Mobile & Telco
Orange Switzerland has put up a product page for the forthcoming Nokia N9 black which will be launched in the country on the 15th of September which has prompted hopes for a potential UK roll out. However, a spokesperson told...
£675 Asus N73SV-TZ193V Intel Core i5 6GB RAM LED Laptop
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Computer maker Asus is offering a new laptop with high capabilities and features to users looking for an efficient system for day to day use.Asus N73SV-TZ193V is powered by the second generation Intel Core i5 2410M processor with...
£114.99 HP CN216B Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One Web Enabled Printer
Deals Hardware
The HP CN216B Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One is an easy way to print, copy and scan images, web content and other files using different modes such as touch screen, active remote access and wireless ready.The CN216B printer is...
Is PlayStation Vita Coming to Stores in October?
News Hardware
Having witnessed four years of tremendous success enjoyed by its Play Station Portable, more famously known as the PSP, Japan based console giant Sony Corp. could be all set to launch its new venture in the portable console...
Best Buy Insignia Gets a Tivo Makeover
News Hardware
According to new reports, the US based retail giant Best Buy’s massively popular low-range TV Insignia got a makeover from Tivo Inc., a leading name in the digital video recording and set top box market in the country.With...
Alleged LulzSec ‘Topiary’ Suspect Released on Bail
News Security
Alleged Lulz Sec member Jake Davis who was arrested for breaching into the network of Serious Organised Crime Agency with malicious motive, has been granted bail by a court today, according to latest reports.The bail, granted by...
Smallest Lithium-ion Battery made with Nanowire, Thinner than Human Hair
News Software
Researchers over at the Rice University have managed to fit a Lithium ion battery on a single nanowire.The breakthrough will allow future scientists to power nano-electronic devices as it will serve as a source of rechargeable...
HTC Desire Finally Gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread - For "Expert Users"
News Software
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has finally delivered the promised Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for its Desire smartphone.However, the everything is not as rosy as it sounds as the update could seriously mess with the device if...
UK.gov Ex-CIO Joins Huawei as Cyber-Security Head
News Business & Government
Former chief information officer in the UK government, John Suffolk is joining Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei as the company’s global head of security, the company announced. Mr. Suffolk is a well-known name in the...
LightSquared To Receive $3 Billion Funding, NSN Loses Out
News Hardware
4G LTE network operator LightSquared expects to get between $3 billion and $3.5 billion in additional funding over the course of next two to three years.The company, which has been backed by the hedge fund Harbinger Capital ...
Spain Awards 4G Spectrum, Raises €1.65 Billion
News Business & Government
The Spanish government has completed the auction of LTE network in the country, awarding spectrum to Vodafone, Orange and Telefonica.The auction, which raised Euro 1.65 billion for the Spanish government, involved 800MHz and...
Apple To Use Pegatron For iPad 2 Followup, Report Claims
News Hardware
Apple is apparently wanting to reduce its dependence on Foxconn, its current manufacturing partner for the iPad 2, and is looking around for another manufacturer for the third generation iPad. Pegatron is the company that is...
Paid DLC Comes to Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
News Consumer
Japanese gaming giant Nintendo plans to allow third party developers to offer paid downloadable content on its 3DS and Wii U consoles.According to Nintendo executive Satoru Iwata, the company not only plans to allow third party...
'iPhone 5' Cases Available Online In China
News Mobile & Telco
Last week, some Chinese manufacturers leaked images of, allegedly, the next iPhone's cases, revealing some changes in the device's design and flooding the Internet with reports and suppositions about the iPhone 5. Now, it...
UK MPs Spend 1000 Hours a Year Tweeting Reveals Study
News Business & Government
UK MPs spend more than 1,000 hours on micro-blogging platform Twitter every year, a new study has revealed.According to research conducted by political lobbying firm Westminster Public Affairs, the number of MPs signing up for...
Alpha Telecom to Offer Unlimited International Calls
News Mobile & Telco
Alpha Telecom has rolled out a MVNO network in partnership with Cognatel to offer cheap international and domestic call services.The company, which has acquired more than 600,000 fixed line customers since its inception in 1996,...
Microsoft Stirs Privacy Controversy, Live.com Exposes Location Data of Users
News Web
Software giant Microsoft might be latest in line to stir a privacy controversy after Google and Apple, as its Live.com website exposes location data of millions of users.According to CNET, the company has stored location data...
Late News: Fake iPhone 5 Available in China, ManTech Possibly Hacked by Anonymous, Amazon Stops Appstore Submissions
News Mobile & Telco
Apple's fifth generation iPhone is expected to arrive this September; the general consensus is, unless you are in China where the handset is apparently already available - from counterfeiters. Millions of consumers are eagerly...
Windows XP Accounts for Most Rootkit Infections Claims Security Researcher
News Security
Around 74 percent of rootkits infections are generated for and by systems running Microsoft’s ageing Windows XP platform, it has been revealed.According to a report released by Virus Lab Division of security software maker...
AT&T Denying Vacation During September - iPhone 5 Launch?
News Mobile & Telco
Just last week, Apple's actions regarding its employees were pointing to a soon release of iPhone 5, as the company was hiring new staff and asking former ones to come back for the August-September period, to help with an...
Adobe Brings Edge Tool, HTML 5 Based Flash Alternative
News Software
Software maker Adobe has dished out the Edge HTML 5 tool to rivals its own Flash platform, in an attempt to get into Apple’s product ecosystem since Flash is banned.Adobe Edge uses HTML 5, CSS and JavaScript to allow...
Alleged LulzSec Hacker Charged, Released on Bail
News Security
The UK police has filed charges against a teenage hacker suspected of carrying out attacks on Serious Organised Crime Agency's (Soca) website.Jake Davis, the 18 year old hack who went by the screen name Topiary, will be charged...
Low cost Android eBook reader launched
News Mobile & Telco
Binatone has announced the ReadMe Mobile, a colour screen eBook reader running from the Google mobile OS that also can be used for Internet browsing – for £129.99.The Readme Mobile arrives with a 7-inch colour screen, an 800x480...
iPad 2 and iPhone Manufacturer Foxconn To Employ A Million Robots
News Hardware
Foxconn, Apple's current manufacturer for the iPad 2, has recently announced its intention to substitute workers with robots. One million robots will take the place of Foxconn employees over the next three years, as the...
iPhone 5 Counterfeits Already On Sale In China
News Mobile & Telco
Apple's fifth generation iPhone is expected to arrive this September, the general consensus is, unless you are in China where the handset is apparently already available - from counterfeiters. Millions of consumers are eagerly...
Fake Mac Flash Player installer hides trojan
News Security
A new Mac trojan, hidden inside a maliciously-crafted fake Flash Player Installer has been unearthed by insecurity experts. F-Secure says the fake FlashPlayer.pkg installer adds entries to the host file to hijack users visiting...
Video gamer dies after 12-hour Xbox session
News Consumer
A 20-year-old gamer has died after playing a marathon session on his Xbox 360 console. Chris Staniforth from Sheffield suffered deep vein thrombosis after sitting in the same position playing games for twelve hours. He collapsed...
Anonymous Claims to have Breached ManTech, Leaks FBI Data
News Security
Hackers group Anonymous has announced that it has acquired a huge amount of confidentialdata from the website of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) contractor.According to CNET, the infamous group of hackers has breached the...
Bug Bounty Programme Launched by Facebook
News Security
Social networking giant Facebook is now offering cash rewards for researchers who report vulnerabilities on its website.The company, which joins Google and Mozilla in launching a bug bounty program, will offer $500 to the...
LibreOffice 3.4.2 does the business
News Software
Open source Microsoft Office alternative LibreOffice has reached a point were the The Document Foundation (TDF) says it is stable enough to be used in enterprise situations. The suite of productivity applications which closely...
Former NSA & CIA Director Suggests Employing Mercenaries For Cyberwarfare
News Security
One of the architects of US foreign policy under George W. Bush, General Michael Hayden, suggested that the US Government should consider creating a "Digital Blackwater" during an open conversation with Bloomberg's Allan Holmes...
Apple halts Samsung tablet sales Down Under
News Business & Government
Apple has won an out-of-court agreement from South Korean company Samsung that it won't sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia until the ongoing patent spat between the two companies is concluded Down Under. Apple has accused...
Amazon Stops Appstore Submissions in Germany, Court Ruling Favours Apple
News Business & Government
Apple has managed to put an injunction against Amazon for using a similar term to refer to its house of e-book apps for Android platform, in Germany.According to PC Mag, web retailer and e-book seller Amazon Inc. has published a...
Unlimited international PAYG minutes from new mobile phone network
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile virtual network operator Alpha Telecom has launched Alpha Mobile, which is offering unlimited calling to outside of the UK on a pay as you go SIM for just £30 a month.Alpha Mobile has just started up with the backing of...
12 Hour Xbox Gaming Session Kills 20 Year Old Briton
News Consumer
A 20 year-old Briton has died after a 12 hour gaming session on the Xbox 360 games console, it has been revealed.Chris Staniforth, a Xbox addict from Sheffield, England, died of a deep vein thrombosis, which is caused when a...
UK Qualifiers for Call of Duty Tournament on August 7
News Consumer
Game publisher Activision will be organising a UK qualifier event for its main Call of Duty XP tournament in Los Angeles.The UK qualifier for the main tournament, which is offering $1 million in prize money, will be held at the...
Cheapo Chinese iPhone 5 knock-offs appear
News Mobile & Telco
Although it's not unusual for rogue Chinese factories to churn out convincing copies of Apple's expensive gadgetry at a fraction of the price once they have been on sale for a few weeks, for the first time we can remember the...
Intel details future Ultrabook 'phases'
News Hardware
Intel has detailed the 'three phases' of its Ultrabook project, which began with the launch of the ultra-low voltage Sandy Bridge-based Intel Core chips back in June and will ultimately lead, the company hopes, to a wealth...
Foxconn to axe staff and replace them with robots
News Business & Government
Chinese manufacturing behemoth Foxconn is planning to replace most of its human workers with robots according to a report in the China Business News. The company, which currently employs 1.2 million workers many of whom are...
Google's Chrome Surpasses Firefox As UK's Number Two Browser
News Web
Google’s Chrome web browser has become the second most popular web browser in the UK, thanks to the fast browsing speed it offers and the successful nationwide campaign undertaken by Google.The web browser beat...
iPhone 5 launch delayed until late October
News Mobile & Telco
Everyone has been assuming, based on reports that Apple and AT&T retail staff have been ordered not to take holiday in the first couple of weeks of September, that the iPhone 5 would launch then. With the technosphere...
Oracle To Embrace Direct Sales Strategy
News Business & Government
Business software developer Oracle Corp has decided to adopt a mixed sales strategy in order to depend less on third party vendors.According to tech website Xbit Laboratories, California-based Oracle Corp has revealed that it...
Virgin Media Confirms Free Wi-Fi Service In London
News Mobile & Telco
The rumoured plans of telecoms giant Virgin Media to build a Wi-Fi network in London have been confirmed by the company's CEO, Neil Berkett, who said that the company was in "advanced conversations” with boroughs and...
Nokia Ups Ante With 1GHz, Symbian Anna Nokia 500 Handset
News Mobile & Telco
Nokia announced the release of the Nokia 500 for later this year; it appears that the phone will be the company's flagship smartphone in the increasingly crowded sub-€150 category facing the glut of Windows Phone 7 and...
Noon News: Xperia X10 Gets Gingerbread, HTC Evo 3D Set for September Launch, Java 7 Released
News Mobile & Telco
Sony Ericsson has finally dished out the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for its Xperia X10 Smartphone device. The company said that the roll out will depend on the carrier or the users’ country and said it could not confirm...
Sony PS Vita RAM Cut Won't Diminsh Gaming Experience
News Consumer
Sony’s decision to cut the RAM on its upcoming PS Vita hand-held console won’t affect the games being developed for the platform, it has been claimed.PSP game developer studio Novarama told Game Developer...
Oracle Acquires Knowledge Management Firm InQuira
News Business & Government
Enterprise software developer Oracle Corp has announced the acquisition of knowledge management firm InQuira in the hope of boosting its customer relationship management services.According to tech website PC World, Oracle has...
Three gets a new Samsung Galaxy S II model
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile phone network Three has announced it will be getting the Samsung Galaxy S II in the new colour of white, September this year.On-line mobile phone reseller Clove unveiled last week there will be a white version of the...
UK's Cheapest Full HD 3D TV, £450 From Cello Electronics
News Hardware
Back in June, Cello announced the introduction of an ultra affordable, large format 3D television; now online retailer Ebuyer has started to stock the device and we were pleasantly surprised that its price has already gone down...
Facebook And Twitter Causing 'Identity Crisis', Oxford Prof Claims
News Web
Social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter are giving rise to a generation of self-obsessed people who want constant reassurance from their piers, an expert has warned.Baroness Greenfield, professor of pharmacology...
Violent games removed from sale in Norway
News Consumer
In the aftermath of Anders Behring Breivik's massacre in Norway and the discovery of a political tract in which he referred to multi-culturalism as 'cultural Marxism', selected retailers have voluntarily removed violent computer...
HTC To Tackle Optimus 3D, iPhone 5 With Sub-£500 Evo 3D
News Mobile & Telco
HTC's new top of the range smartphone, the Evo 3D, is set to land in the UK on the 12th of September according to an updated Amazon product page, which also reveals the handset's price of £499.99, a 12 per cent drop from...
Report predicts massive growth for chip markets
News Business & Government
A report published by Renub Research suggests rosy times ahead for the semiconductor industry, with the market expected to grow to around $300 billion by 2013.The research - which analyses data from China, Europe, Japan, Korea,...
Oracle Releases Java Standard Edition 7, Apache Warns Of Bugs
News Software
Oracle Corporation has announced the seventh edition of Java, its first release for the Java platform since it acquired Sun Microsystems, though there are already reports from developers of some bugs.According to tech website...
LulzSec Topiary suspect named as Jake Davis
News Business & Government
The 18-year old arrested in the Shetland Isles, believed to be one of the leaders of anarchic hacktivist collective LulzSec, has been named by police as Jake Davis.Davis was arrested last week on his home island of Yell in the...
Motorola Reports Poor Q2 Results, Admits Xoom Tablet Overpriced
News Business & Government
Motorola Inc has reported poor sales of its range of devices, tablets in particular, during its earnings call for the second quarter that took place on Thursday.According to Business Week, Motorola Inc has reported dismal...
Sony Ericsson Fulfils Customer Requests, Xperia X10 Gets Gingerbread Update
News Mobile & Telco
Sony Ericsson has finally dished out the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for its Xperia X10 Smartphone device.The company said that the roll out will depend on the carrier or the users’ country and said it could not confirm...
Logitech Slashes Revue Google TV To $99, Returns Outpacing Sales
News Hardware
Logitech has claimed that Google TV returns are outpacing its sales, though the company later felt the need to clarify this statement. The company is one of the early partners in Google’s ambitious Google TV connected TV...
Apple Paid Apps Will Prevail over Android Apps Claims Expert
News Mobile & Telco
Experts still believe that Apple Inc. will continue to whip Google Inc.’s Android AppStore over paid applications section.According to Gomo News, a mobile designing firm Nice Agency based in the United Kingdom has pointed...
Nintendo cuts salaries to win back investors
News Business & Government
As a result of its poor financial report this quarter - itself largely a result of slow sales of its flagship 3DS hand-held games console - Nintendo has announced some cost-cutting measures that are going to have top executives...
Motorola Atrix 4G May Lose Most Powerful Smartphone Tag
News Mobile & Telco
Motorola has been forced to shed the ‘world’s most powerful smartphone’ tag it had attributed to Atrix, following an Advertising Standards Authority ruling.A pair of complaints lodged with the ASA had argued...
Adobe goes HTML5 with Edge Public Preview
News Web
Adobe has taken the wraps off its answer to the growing dissatisfaction with Flash for website animation: a tool for HTML5 animation design it's calling Edge.Adobe Edge, to give the product its full name, is designed to provide...
Sub £100 Android tablet arrives
News Mobile & Telco
Binatone has launched an update to their HomeSurf tablet, in the HomeSurf 705 – priced at only £99.95.Binatone are well-known for developing quality and low-cost consumer technology, where the HomeSurf 705 tablet arrives with a...
AMNews: Augmented Reality SDK for Apple iOS by Qualcomm, Dell Streak 10 Launched, HTC Evo 3D Launch Date Pushed Back
News Mobile & Telco
America’s leading wireless telecoms development firm Qualcomm has released its augmented reality software development kit for Apple’s iOS. According to technology website Slash Gear, Qualcomm has released its software...
Sky Broadband Subscriber Count at 711,000, Posts Profit of $1 Billion
News Business & Government
UK broadband services provider Sky added 174,000 new customers during the last quarter, bringing the total number of subscribers it added over the last 12 months to 711,000.According to the financial report released by the...
