Articles Posted on 11 October 2011
Learn How To Overclock With Scan Computers & Win a Gaming PC
News Business & Government
Paul Watkinson will be running a series of classes and demonstrations at the Scan Computers booth at this year's London International Technology Show. Paul will demonstrate the art of overclocking computers, and how overclocking...
Vodafone Cuts the Price of iPhone 4S Deals
News Mobile & Telco
Vodafone has slashed the upfront costs of the iPhone 4S handset ahead of the official launch of the smartphone in the UK on Friday. The decision by Vodafone to cut the price of its iPhone 4S deals comes after it noticed that...
Bangladesh Showcases £83 Android-based Doel Laptop
News Hardware
The Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has launched one of the cheapest mass produced laptops in the world, the Doel, which will go on sale for 10,000 Taka, that's $130 or around £83. The laptop will be produced by...
Samsung To Launch Galaxy WiFi With 5-inch Display
News Hardware
Samsung has confirmed that it will be launching a Galaxy Wi-Fi portable media player with a 5-inch display. Back in September, it announced a 3.6-inch model at the German IFA conference in Berlin and the device, which has yet to...
iPad 2 Rival Alert: Viewsonic Unveils Budget 10-inch Tablet With IPS Screen
News Hardware
Viewsonic has announced the launch of a new Android-based tablet, the ViewPad 10e, which has the same screen ratio, the same screen size and the same screen resolution as the Apple iPad (and the now defunct HP TouchPad...
UK ISPs Claim Cameron's ‘Porn Filter’ Won’t Make a Difference
News Business & Government
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) within the country are claiming that the new ‘porn filter’ introduced by the UK government led by David Cameron will have little effect on an overwhelming majority of their...
4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) Tests Conducted in Rural UK Locations; Goal to Reduce 'Notspot' Areas
News Consumer
The 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless technology tests have finally begun. With approximately 200 people from St Newlyn East and surrounding areas participating in this experimental program, the goal is...
Samsung Galaxy S2 beats iPhone 4 to 'Phone of the Year' Award
News Mobile & Telco
Samsung's Galaxy S2, a central figure in legal battle between Apple and Samsung, has won the "Phone of the Year" title at the T3 Gadget Awards, ahead of Apple's iPhone 4. The Galaxy S2 has won over the public and critics...
Late News: BlackBerry Tag Announced, Ubuntu Supports ARM Architecture, HP webOS Future Still Uncertain
News Mobile & Telco
Earlier this year, RIM promised that “many, if not most” Blackberry handsets will have the NFC technology before the end of 2011. Now Blackberry Bold 9900, Blackberry Bold 9930 and also Blackberry Curve 9350,...
iPhone 4S Sets New Record: 1 Million Pre-Orders In 24 hours
News Mobile & Telco
With Apple going through such a turbulent past week, now is time for some encouraging news. In an official statement Apple revealed it had sold a staggering 1 million iPhone 4S in the first day of pre-orders - 400,000 more than...
Visit the mac hall of fame at LITS
News Business & Government
A Mac Hall of Fame will showcase a number of iconic Apple products at the London International Technology Show on 21st to 23rd October this year. Products on show will include an Apple IIc Monitor, the Apple II Europlus, a...
RSA Advocates Need for New Risk-Based, Contextual Security
News Security
With an eye on enlightening organisations on the dynamics of emerging threats, executives from RSA delivered a keynote address at a gathering of IT professionals wherein they highlighted the fact that the possibility of an...
Intel Leak Includes New SSD Product Information for Q4 2011 and Q1 2012
News Business & Government
Intel has always been unsuccessful in keeping its plans and road maps under wrap. But analysts have often wondered if leaked plans are intentional or simply a case of bad luck. No matter what it is, the latest leak...
HP Enriches FlexNetwork Portfolio with Cloud, Multimedia Tools
News Cloud
The FlexNetwork portfolio of HP, introduced earlier in the year, has been extended further with new hardware and management tools for cloud as well as video usage. To support simplification of migration to the latest Internet...
London International Technology Show to Make the UK a Tech Hub
News Business & Government
The upcoming London International Technology Show (or LITS) will not only showcase the very best in the tech industry, it will also be a showcase for the UK as well. While Europe can claim CeBit as a prominent show throughout the...
£469.95 Sony Bravia KDL40EX503 40-inch LCD TV with Freeview HD
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The BRAVIA KDL40EX503 HD Ready LCD TV a fantastic new addition to the LCD line-up from Sony that is equipped with visual enhancement technologies that would take your living room entertainment experience to the next level. The...
iPhone 4S Rival Alert: Samsung Galaxy S3 Specs Revealed?
News Mobile & Telco
What looks like the specifications of the third version of the Samsung Galaxy smartphone have emerged on tech news website, Phandroid. An anonymous source sent a photo of a slide from a Samsung Mobile Solution presentation...
7 Stubborn Myths About Cloud Computing
News Software
Early adopters of the cloud had to iron out a lot of teething troubles. Because of their pioneering work, building and deploying a cloud is now much easier, making the benefits available to all kinds of businesses, says Gerry...
£599.99 Samsung PS51D495 Plasma 3D TV With Free 3D glasses
Deals Consumer
Samsung, renowned for its consumer electronics products, brings yet another fantastic plasma TV, the PS51D495A1KXXU 51" PDP TV that delivers incredibly realistic pictures giving you a feeling that you are right there in the...
IBM Survey Shows Limited Use of Social Media Websites for Corporate Market Research
News Business & Government
A recent IBM survey revealed that rapid growth of all the consumer data available on social network sites are making it hard for marketers to control them. Even though marketing chiefs are happy to find growing data for...
HBGary CEO: China is the number one cyber-threat
News Security
In an exclusive interview, Greg Hoglund, CEO of US security contractor HBGary, the company that hit the headlines when 'hacktivist' collective Anonymous outed confidential emails earlier this year, speaks to thinq_ about terror...
Samsung Galaxy S III specs leak
News Mobile & Telco
While Android fans are eagerly waiting for the delayed launch of the Nexus Prime - also known as the Galaxy Nexus - details have leaked from Samsung regarding its own-brand next-generation smartphone: the imaginatively-named...
The Future of HP's WebOS Unit Still Uncertain
News Business & Government
If rumors are to be believed, HP has already finished the initial bidding process for its WebOS unit. According to those close to the company, HP will hold a meeting during which they will reveal future plans for...
Canonical Announces Ubuntu OS to Support ARM Architecture
News Business & Government
Canonical has announced that the latest version of the Ubuntu open source operating system will include support for ARM architecture.The company, which recently announced a new partnership with HP at the OpenStack conference...
AT&T to Release 19 Android Devices for 2011; Motorola ATRIX 2 and Samsung Captivate Slide Included
News Consumer
With the announcement of five new Android devices by AT&T, the number Android-powered devices carried by AT&T hits 19 this year. The five Android devices announced by AT&T include the Motorola ATRIX 2,...
£51.99 Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3 Intel H61 Socket 1155 mATX Motherboard
Deals Consumer
The Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 mATX Motherboard brings to you all the latest advancement in motherboard technology with support for the top of the range Intel processors and plenty of connectivity ports. If you are tired of your old...
HP to Use Linux-Based Ubuntu Platform in Upcoming Cloud Computing Service
News Cloud
Canonical has announced that Hewlett Packard has chosen Linux-based Ubuntu platform as the lead and guest OS in its upcoming cloud computing offering.In a blog post, Canonical, which handles the software distribution,...
iPhone 4S Deals: 195 Pay Monthly UK Tariffs Compared Across 6 Networks [Updated]
News Mobile & Telco
(14/10/2011 : The article and the table have been updated to include Tesco Mobile and amend some mistakes). The iPhone 4S has already been available on preorder for a few days on all major mobile phone networks in the country,...
RIM Restores Email and Messaging Services after 20-Hour Blackout in Europe, Middle East and Africa
News Consumer
Research in Motion says they have restored Blackberry services in Europe, Middle East and Africa on Tuesday after the EMEA and India first reported problems in email and messenger features. "Yesterday, some BlackBerry...
Samsung Galaxy W now available with Three on a £22 a month contract
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile phone network Three has taken stock of the midrange Android Samsung Galaxy W phone, only without the higher quality Galaxy S II screen and on price plans starting at £22 a month.The Samsung Galaxy W was launched at the end...
Google Asks ITC to Not Impose a Ban on HTC Smartphones; Cites Possible Monopoly by Apple
News Business & Government
Google defends Android partner HTC in its patent dispute with iPad maker Apple.In a filing made to the US International Trade Commission, Google stated that banning HTC smartphones in the US could affect market...
BlackBerry Messenger, Internet Services Go Down
News Mobile & Telco
Canadian manufacturer RIM is set to suffer more criticism from its users as its Blackberry Internet Services, which include Blackberry Messenger or BBM, went down for the second time in 24 hours. RIM has yet to comment on this...
£579 Acer Aspire Timeline 3820T Intel Core i5 Laptop
Deals Consumer
The Acer Aspire Timeline 3820T laptop is an ideal business laptop with top of the range Intel processor, smaller screen and prolonged battery backup. The Time 3820T is equipped with Intel Core i5 2.66GHz processor and the...
Google Sees Increase in US Search Market Share; 65.3% for September
News Business & Government
New comScore data reveals that search engine giant Google increased its US search market share to 65.3 percent in September.According to an article on Bloomberg, the company increased its share from 64.8 percent in August to 65.3...
Motorola Releases the Rugged and Durable ET1 Tablet for Retail Stores and Warehouses
News Business & Government
Motorola has announced the release of a 7-inch touch screen rugged Android 2.3 tablet, ET1 -initially offered to retail stores and warehouses. Supported by a 1GHz dual-core processor, the device also has 8GB...
BlackBerry Tag Enables Content Sharing Through NFC
News Mobile & Telco
Earlier this year, RIM promised that “many, if not most” Blackberry handsets will have the NFC technology before the end of 2011. Now Blackberry Bold 9900, Blackberry Bold 9930 and also Blackberry Curve 9350,...
Apple sells one million iPhone 4S in just one day
News Mobile & Telco
Cupertino based computer and handset maker Apple has announced the sales of the upcoming Apple handset has broken the last record of 600,000 in one day, with a million iPhones 4S being pre-ordered on the very first day.The Apple...
Huawei set to launch 3D mobile phone and tablet, early November
News Mobile & Telco
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Huawei has invited One Mobile Ring to the UK launch event for two upcoming products – the 3D Vision mobile phone and MediaPad tablet.These duo of devices were previously announced in August and...
BlackBerry Messenger down again, BIS follows
News Mobile & Telco
In what is rapidly turning into a comedy of errors, Research In Motion's BlackBerry Internet Server and BlackBerry Messenger services are once again out for the count.The latest outage follows a 24-hour period of downtime across...
Lenovo Ideapad A1 Tablet Goes On Sale For $229
News Hardware
The Lenovo Ideapad A1 tablet has gone on preorder in the US for $229 rather than the promised $199 with the estimated shipping date being the 8th of November. The tablet is listed on Lenovo's US website alongside two other models...
iPhone 4S Rival Alert: Motorola Atrix Now Costs £282
News Mobile & Telco
The price of the Motorola Atrix is continuing to tumble amidst what is increasingly looking like a clearance sale. Online retailer Handtec is selling the device for only £282, which is around half the phone's original SRP...
Netflix Abandons Qwikster Plans, Reunites DVD & Streaming Businesses
News Business & Government
On-demand online movie provider Netflix has confirmed that it is not going ahead with the proposed move of separating its dvd-by-mail business from its online streaming service. Earlier, the company had announced that it intended...
Adobe shows off unblurring Photoshop tool at MAX
News Software
Adobe is working on a tool for its Photoshop image manipulation package that could prove a blessing to amateur photographers everywhere: a plug-in which refocuses blurred images.Demonstrated at the company's recent Adobe MAX...
Samsung is selling 5-inch and 3.6-inch screen Galaxy S WIFI only models
News Mobile & Telco
South Korean consumer electronics company Samsung has announced the availability of two new Galaxy S WIFI devices with a 5-inch screen and a 3.6-inch display – with the larger one now available, and the smaller device arrives in...
Noon News: Galaxy Tab 10.1 Launched in US, Microsoft Zune HD Discontinued, Two Caught in Apple Store Robbery Case
News Hardware
T-Mobile USA unveiled the much awaited Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to customers in the US on Monday. Interestingly, the launch has come only a few days prior to the hearing of the preliminary injunction filed by Apple in a U.S court...
Enterprise Level Mobile Security Platform for Android Launched by 3LM
News Security
For the users of Android phones, 3LM is making its enterprise security platform available from this week. 3LM, which has been founded by former Android developers, has now been acquired by Motorola. 3LM claims itself to be...
Sprint drops Total Equipment Protection for iPhone 4S
News Mobile & Telco
US carrier Sprint will not provide complete coverage for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, leaving customers the option of paying a $99 fee for Apple Care+, according to a recent leaked internal memo from the company. The Apple Care...
ZAGG brings new mobile accessories to LITS
News Business & Government
ZAGG will be showing off some new and innovative products at the London International Technology Show this October. The accessory maker will be showcasing its ZAGGfolio for the iPad 2 and ZAGGkeys SOLO at its booth, so head...
Google releases first Dart programming code
News Software
Google has made good on its promise to launch its own JavaScript competitor, releasing an early preview of the Dart language to developers across the world.Designed for web programming, Dart is built to offer familiarity to those...
US Based ISP Opposed Court Order in WikiLeaks Case
News Web
A California based ISP (Internet Service Provider) has confirmed that it had appealed against an earlier court order that asked it to hand over certain customer’s account info in the wake of an ongoing criminal...
Motorola launches intriguing teaser trailer for new product
News Mobile & Telco
Newly acquired Google mobile phone company Motorola Mobility has released a video for a new device being launched on Tuesday 18th October, which promises to be faster, thinner, smarter and stronger.Motorola’s teaser flashes up a...
DRM encourages piracy, say US economists
News Business & Government
Three US economists have challenged the idea that Digital Rights Management (DRM) helps prevent music piracy, arguing instead that attempts at copy protection actually encourage illegal file sharing. Dinahy Vernik, assistant...
Microsoft Employees Give Away Next-Gen Xbox 720 Clues
News Consumer
Few employees of Microsoft may have inadvertently disclosed that currently they are engaged in developing the successor of the gaming console Xbox 360. The development of a successor of Xbox 360 was always rumoured and with such...
Re-designed iPhone 4S / iPhone 5 was Never on the Cards
News Mobile & Telco
Remember all those rumours and speculation emanating from leaked photos and 'trusted sources' that raised expectations of a re-designed iPhone 5 with a thinner body and a larger display? Well, it was apparently never Apple's...
Xbox Ruling the Gaming Console Market in the US Claims Analyst
News Business & Government
In a note to the investors, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, said that September turned out to be another strong month for the Xbox 360 gaming console. Pachter estimated that 360,000 units of the Xbox 360 were sold by Microsoft...
NFC data sharing arrives on BlackBerry handsets
News Mobile & Telco
Canadian mobile phone manufacturer Research In Motion has announced BlackBerry Tag will soon be available on their NFC enabled devices, which allows for contact and multimedia exchange between handsets and by just tapping them...
German police confirm R2D2 Trojan use
News Security
Despite official denials from the Bundeskriminalamt, several German states have come forward to confirm that the R2D2 Trojan analysed by hacker group the Chaos Computer Club is, indeed, an official government tool.When the CCC...
Google Seeks Teenagers for YouTube Space Lab Competition
News Web
Google owned video sharing platform YouTube has launched a new competition to allow students to see their experiments demonstrated by astronauts in space. The competition, titled YouTube Space Lab, will allow students aged...
Windows Phones To Sport 4G LTE & Dual Core SoC
News Mobile & Telco
The head of Microsoft's smartphone section, Andy Lees, has confirmed to AllthingsD that there will be Windows Phone handsets running dual core system on chips and 4G LTE released as and when engineers are able to strike the right...
Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook To Launch At $899
News Hardware
Acer will sell its Aspire S3 Ultrabook in the US and Canada starting from this week for $899; it promises to be the first of a number of devices that could give Apple's Macbook Air some real competition. Asus, Lenovo and Toshiba...
UK plans to get ISPs to block porn
News Security
David Cameron's UK Government wants the country's Internet Service Providers to make online porn an opt-in pleasure rather than the free-for-all it is currently. Cameron is meeting today with a group from Mothers' Union, which...
HP gives away TouchPads for free
News Mobile & Telco
Hewlett Packard might be struggling to meet demand for its discontinued but ultra-cheap TouchPad tablets, but that's not stopping it giving a bunch away in a Real Steel-themed competition.Even when it restricts sales to just its...
Official Facebook App for iPad Released
News Web
Social networking giant Facebook has finally dished out the official Facebook app for Apple’s iPad tablet PC device. The app, which is available for free from the iTunes App Store, has been released by the company after...
Alibaba Seeks Financial Aid from Temasek for Yahoo Buy Out
News Business & Government
According to the sources, Alibaba Group Holding is in talks with Singapore’s Temasek Holding to provide them with funds to buy Yahoo! Inc. The source, according to Bloomberg, who refused to reveal itself as this is a part...
Windows 8 Designed with Reduced Memory Usage
News Software
By using efficient design, Microsoft’s Windows 8 is aiming to minimize the use of PC’s memory, which will allow this operating system to run on hardware which was basically designed for the Windows 7. The Group...
Two Arrested in Apple Covent Garden Store Burglary
News Business & Government
The police have arrested two people in connection to the smash-and-grab robbery at Apple’s Covent Garden store in Central London. According to The Guardian, the police were called on the scene at around 1 in the morning on...
AMNews: Massive Outage in BlackBerry Services, Samsung Galaxy Nexus Prime, 4G Spectrum Auction Delayed
News Mobile & Telco
RIM Blackberry users have been hit with a massive data outage that has cut them off email, web and instant message services for a few hours already. The outage started just after 1015 BST according to tweets from concerned users...
Microsoft Zune HD Finally Dead?
News Hardware
After a week of speculations and confusions Microsoft official ended its 5 years old Zune media player. Last Friday, in a Windows Phone podcast the Senior marketing manager for Microsoft, Brian Seitz confirmed this news. He said...
Steve Jobs Died Because of Respiratory Arrest
News Business & Government
Apple founder and tech visionary Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest at his home, caused due to a pancreatic tumour. According to Business Week, the death certificate issued by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department in...
Co-Founders of Napster to Create New Online Venture Called 'Airtime'
News Business & Government
Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning, the co-founders of the massively popular music sharing website Napster, have joined forces to roll out another Internet start up, according to confirmed reports.Both Parker and Fanning are currently...
Tablet Prices Plummet as iPad 2 Rivals Seek Foothold
News Hardware
At Apple's recent big iPhone event, the company reported having a 74% share of the tablet market, comfortably occupying the leading position. In view of such dominance, its competitors have had to regroup and rethink their...
Microsoft Looks to Nokia, HTC and Samsung to Improve Windows Phone 7 OS Smartphone Sales
News Business & Government
After a disappointing response from the global smartphone market, Microsoft Corp. may be looking to companies like HTC, Nokia and Samsung to improve sales of its smartphones, according to a new report. Sales figures for...
T-Mobile Releases the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in US
News Business & Government
T-Mobile USA unveiled the much awaited Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to customers in the US on Monday. Interestingly, the launch has come only a few days prior to the hearing of the preliminary injunction filed by Apple in a U.S court...
Google Introduces New Web Programming Language Called 'Dart'
News Business & Government
Google has developed a new web programming language called Dart that gives developers an alternative to JavaScript. The company believes the new language will address the shortcomings of the old one.In a blog post, the company...
Hacktivist Group Lulzsec Chooses Not to Release Stolen Email Due to Impending Court Battle
News Business & Government
Sabu, the leader of the hacker group Lulzsec, claims he still has email copied from the servers of The Sun among other data stolen during the group’s hacking exploits.According to an article on The Guardian, the hacker...
Sony Pictures Purchases Movie Rights to Steve Jobs Biography
News Consumer
Sony Pictures has reportedly spent more $1 million in acquiring the rights to the official biography of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs to bring him to life on the big screen.The company, which was responsible for The Social...
T-Mobile and Orange Joint Venture Gives Customers Access to 3G Signals from Both Networks
News Consumer
T-Mobile and Orange have taken another step in their joint effort to allow their respective customers use of 3G signals from both networks.About a year ago, T-mobile and Orange started allowing their customers to take...
Nokia Employee Comments on Belle Update Release in Nokia Europe Forum
News Business & Government
Rumors have been circulating in recent weeks to determine if Nokia was indeed going to unveil the much anticipated Belle update on October 26 during the Nokia World 2011 event, but these rumors failed to be true.Nokia has since...
