Articles Posted on 07 December 2011
Updated Renderings of New Apple Campus Revealed
News Business & Government
A new rendering submitted by Apple is of a proposed 13,000 employee mega-campus in Cupertino, California. The rendering depicts a roof made of dark-grey material and jogging path and also few modest changes in the ancillary...
Microsoft Plans Mid-2012 Launch of Windows Phone 7 in China
News Consumer
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 was originally scheduled to be launched later this year, however, the company said on Saturday they are expecting to launch it during first half of 2012 in China. At present, Microsoft is investing its...
Apple Releases Update for iBook App
News Consumer
Apple has released an update for the iBooks ebook reading and purchasing app which has new features like additional fonts and night time reading mode. The iBooks 1.5 comes with a 'Night Them', which turns the background...
Microsoft Introduces CRM Software with Social Networking Capabilities
News Office 365
Recently, Microsoft released the latest version of their customer relations management solution "CRM R7 2011" in India which has integrated social networking capacities. "CRM R7 2011 integrates social capabilities into...
iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Motorola Razr Phone for £20 per Month
News Mobile & Telco
This cracking handset has only just been launched and yet, you can get the Motorola Razr, one of the finest smartphones of its generation, for as little as £20.42 per month or a total cost of around £484, which is...
Apple Sales Rise 17% in November, Best Sales Month in Company History
News Business & Government
A new report reveals that November 2011 was the best month Apple has had in terms of sales in its entire history. According to Ticonderoga Securities Brian White, sales for Apple in the month of November increased 17 percent over...
iPad 3 with Siri Foreseen in Apple Concept Video
News Hardware
We are all eager to see how the next generation iPad will turn out and what exciting new features Apple has in store for us. Most expect to see the Siri voice assistant integrated in the forthcoming iPad 3 in some form or...
Microsoft and Hitachi Join Forces to Open Software Development Centre
News Business & Government
Microsoft has partnered with technical support services provider Hitachi to open a software development centre in Fargo, North Dakota. According to a Microsoft press release, the new facility will be housed in an existing...
Verizon Wireless Announces Two New 4G LTE Android Tablets
News Consumer
As predicted earlier, Verizon Wireless recently declared that a new pair of new 4G LTE Android tablets will be released this December. To be named "Droid Xyboard," these devices will succeed the Motorola Xoom, launched at...
Verizon Communications May Launch Internet Video Service
News Business & Government
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC recently confirmed that Verizon Communications may increase competition between pay-television providers with the introduction of a new Internet video service. At present, Verizon is the second...
Intel and Micron's Joint Venture to Create World's First 128Gb 20nm MLC NAND
News Business & Government
At the beginning of 2011, Intel and Micron's joint manufacturing venture NAND (IMFT) announced that they had produced a 64Gb (8GB) MLC NAND on a 20nm process. Many IMFT NAND used in SSDs are made by using a 25nm process. The...
Flipboard Now Available for Apple iPhone
News Consumer
The iPad-only social media app, Flipboard, has launched a new version for Apple's iPhone smartphone with many new features. Like the iPad app, the Flipboard for iPhone app allows users to integrate their Facebook and Twitter...
Kindle Fire Could Control Half of Android Tablet Market by 2012
News Business & Government
Robert Cihra, an analyst at Evercore Partners, claims that Kindle Fire, which is only available in the United States for now, will enjoy 50 percent in the US Android tablet market in 2012. According to an article on Fortune,...
Grand Theft Auto 3 10th Anniversary Ed. Available Next Week for Android and iOS
News Consumer
Game publisher Rockstar Games announced its plans to release a tenth anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto III for iOS and Android based smartphone devices. The GTA III tenth anniversary edition will be available on iOS...
Archos Adds ICS OS to G9 Android Tablet Line
News Business & Government
Archos' line of G9 Android tablets may soon include Android 4.0, aka, Ice Cream Sandwich. A preview video has been released that showcases the smooth operation of this latest Android OS on the French...
Set for Release: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 with Super AMOLED Plus HD touchscreen
News Consumer
The first tablet to have a Super AMOLED Plus HD touchscreen is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 - and the entire world is waiting to welcome it into the ever-growing tablets market. However, this latest tablet will not...
Bitdefender Creates Free 'Carrier IQ App Finder' App for Android Devices
News Consumer
As lawsuits are piling up against Carrier IQ and its partners, new apps are surfacing which claim to allow users to detect the tracking app from their smartphone devices. Security software maker Bitdefender has designed a...
Verizon Wireless Remains Quiet About Samsung Galaxy Nexus Release Date
News Consumer
Reliable sources have revealed that the Verizon Wireless edition of Ice Cream Sandwich flagship, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, will be available for just $299 with contract. Samsung's latest smartphone will be launched by Verizon...
Press Shot of Sony Ericsson Nozomi Surfaces on The Web
News Mobile & Telco
A press shot of the highly awaited Sony Ericsson Nozomi has been leaked online from the looks of it, Nozomi might be one of the best smartphones from Sony Ericsson yet. The image was leaked by Xperia Blog, which claimed that the...
New Version of BlackBerry App World Allows Wi-Fi Connect
News Mobile & Telco
Research in Motion has silently rolled out a new beta version of its BlackBerry App World platform, which comes with some UI changes and interesting new features such as Wi-Fi connectivity option. According to ZimGossip, the...
Late News: Public Sale of XXX Domains, Windows 8 App Store, Yahoo Messenger Vulnerability
News Web
Even after legal efforts are being made to stop the sale of domain names ending with .XXX, internet registries have opened them up for public sale. During the restricted sale period around 100,000 addresses have been bought and...
HTC Sales Down by 30% in November
News Business & Government
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has seen its sales figures drop by around 30 per cent in the month of November. The drop in sales, something unheard of judging by the company's near-successful run in the US smartphone market,...
Verizon is the Main Beneficiary of iPhone 4S Intro
News Mobile & Telco
Obviously, Apple's new flagship device, the record breaking iPhone 4S, has brought many subscribers to all three US carriers who managed to cut a deal with the Cupertino bigwigs. However, Verizon seems to be winning the most new...
Global BBC iPlayer Now Available for iPhones, iPods
News Consumer
Recently, BBC declared that they have widened the scope for the global BBC iPlayer app to cover the iPhone and iPod Touch owners. Until now only the owners of iPad were enabled to use the iPlayer outside the territory of UK. BBC...
Research In Motion releases second PlayBook tablet update in under two weeks and with a major security fix
News Mobile & Telco
Canadian email mobile phone manufacturer RIM has announced that another version of the OS is now available for its PlayBook tablet devices, which brings the total number of releases to two - within the same number of weeks,with a...
Netflix Sees Competitor in HBO Go
News Business & Government
Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings believes that there is increase in competitor between Netflix and HBO and specifically with HBO Go. At present HBO is enjoying huge popularity in cable world and its latest HBO Go service,...
RIM Loses BBX Trademark Lawsuit
News Business & Government
Canadian smartphone maker Research in Motion has lost the right to use ‘BBX' as the name of its next generation mobile operating system. The company has been temporarily restrained from using the BBX trademark for its new...
Zero-day Vulnerability in Adobe Reader Confirmed
News Security
Software maker Adobe has warned that hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader and may be using it to attack defence contractors. The company credited defence contractor Lockheed Martin CIRT for...
Nintendo 3DS sales hit three million
News Consumer
Nintendo has sold over three million units of the 3DS portable gaming system, with president of the Japanese gaming company Satoru Iwata saying that he felt the console had "regained its momentum." Much of this resurgence in...
With eBay iPad App you can Buy Items as they Appear on TV
News Consumer
Have you ever been watching a TV programme and spotted a snazzy outfit or intriguing item you felt you simply must buy as soon as possible? Well now, a new app developed for iPad allows you to shop for items you see in a TV...
MySQL Here, MySQL there, SQL Injection Everywhere..
News Security
It appears that part of the MySQL website has been compromised again, this time by the hacker D35M0ND142 using SQL injection, to recover user credentials from the MySQL blog (see here). This will be another further embarrassment...
OpRobinHood And His NOT So Merry (Anonymous) Men...
News Security
The hacking groups TeaMp0isoN and Anonymous have been busy over the last week, with their latest Operation "OpRobinHood" - "Operation Robin Hood is going to return the money to those who have been cheated by our system and most...
Motorola releases an update to the Atrix mobile phone
News Mobile & Telco
Recent Google acquisition Motorola Mobility has made public that its Atrix handset that can be attached to a docking station and turned into a laptop, has received an update to a new version of Gingerbread which brings in...
Windows 8 app store will take 30 per cent
News Business & Government
Microsoft has announced that it will be taking a 30 per cent cut of all sales in the Windows 8 app store - though this will drop to 20 per cent once the application makes over $25,000. As well as taking its cut, the software...
A Human Approach to IT : Busting The Jargon Tape
News Business & Government
Business jargon is not only confusing but it can also have detrimental effects on business relationships. It is no secret that the IT industry is one of the biggest offenders and whilst you can't avoid all acronyms - some are...
IBM boasts breakthroughs in semiconductor technology
News Hardware
It's been a busy week for the industrious engineers at computing giant IBM, as the company announces breakthroughs in the fields of racetrack memory, CMOS-compatible graphene devices and sub-10nm transistors.Designed to prove the...
7digital music download app coming to Microsoft Windows Phone 7 mobile phones and also to America
News Mobile & Telco
Popular UK music download service 7digitial has announced that it is expanding its mobile client range in partnership with Microsoft, where an application is due to arrive on Windows Phone 7 devices in 2012. 7digital has a...
iPad is Top Tablet for Reliability and Satisfaction, Asus comes Second
News Hardware
A new survey of tablet users' satisfaction with their devices confirms why the iPad is way out front while the rest of the tablet brands are lagging behind. The survey, conducted by PCWorld, was more extensive than other...
Zuckerberg photos exposed by Facebook privacy flaw
News Security
Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has had his private photos exposed thanks to a flaw in the way the social network handles the reporting of indecent images. The bug in the system has been around for a couple of weeks now and...
Microsoft Shows Off Windows App Store
News Software
Microsoft Corp. revealed its Windows 8 App Store yesterday, which can be seen as a potential competitor of Apple's Mac OS X Lion, at a San Francisco event. The store will be available to end users with the launch of Windows 8 in...
iPhone 4 Rival Alert : HTC Desire Z Down To £220
News Mobile & Telco
If you want an affordable Android-based QWERTY keyboard smartphone, there's not much choice around, though the HTC Desire Z which was launched last year is still one of the best value-for-money options. The handset, available for...
IMFT hits flash density high with 20nm 128Gb die
News Hardware
Intel Micron Flash Technologies, the joint partnership between two companies whose names you can probably guess, has announced the creation of the first 128Gb MLC NAND chips based on a 20nm process size, opening the doors to 2TB...
Research In Motion dumps BBX for BlackBerry 10
News Business & Government
Following the loss of its BBX trademark, Research In Motion has renamed its next-generation operating system to the imaginative moniker 'BlackBerry 10.'Based on the QNX real-time operating system, BlackBerry 10 is the official...
Amazon Kindle Fire coming to UK in January
News Hardware
Amazon could be set to launch the Kindle Fire tablet in the UK as soon as January, though rumours suggest that it is likely to jump in price while crossing the pond. Launched on the 15th November in the US, Amazon's Kindle Fire...
Public Sale of XXX Domain Names Begins
News Web
Even after legal efforts are being made to stop the sale of domain names ending with .XXX, internet registries have opened them up for public sale. During the restricted sale period around 100,000 addresses have been bought and...
Norton Mobile Security for Android mobile phones - Quick Review
Reviews Mobile & Telco
Arriving from the studios of Symantec is Norton Mobile Security, which is an application from Symantec for the Google mobile phone OS. This offers features of their well-known and established security products, only in a more...
Obsidian dev sheds light on PS3 Skyrim lag bug
News Consumer
A developer of Fallout 3 spin-off project Fallout: New Vegas has offered up an explanation for the game lag issues experienced by those choosing to play Bethesda's epic role-playing game Skyrim on a PlayStation 3 console.While...
Microsoft launches Windows 8 Store contest
News Software
Microsoft has finally started to show off what will become the Windows 8 app store, but in order to drum up some content ahead of the planned February beta release it's offering prizes for the best submissions.Windows 8's biggest...
New EU Data Protection Laws May Impose Big Fines
News Business & Government
Under its new data protection laws, the European Union plans to fine businesses 5 per cent of their global turnover if they breach data laws. The EU, under the leadership of Vivian Reding, is looking to have strong data...
EFF pushes to make jailbreaking legal for all
News Business & Government
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced that it is looking to widen exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in order to make 'jailbreaking' or 'rooting' legal for all consumer devices.The process of obtaining...
Cisco Pitches CloudVerse Platform for Intelligent Clouds
News Cloud
Cisco, in a bid to enhance its hold on Cloud computing market, has dished out a new product, which it hopes will make it a complete provider of cloud computing solutions. The company launched the CloudVerse platform that is a mix...
iPhone 4S Rival Alert : LG Optimus 2X Handset From £250
News Mobile & Telco
The LG Optimus 2X AKA the P990, can now be had from as little as £250 from online retailer Foniacs (ed : Foniacs are also giving away a free gift today). The handset was the launch partner for the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual...
Yahoo Messenger Bug Lets Hackers Hijack Status Updates
News Security
Security researchers have come across an exploit in Yahoo Instant Messenger that has not been patched yet, which would allow a wave of malware to enter enterprise networks across the globe. A researcher with BitDefender, a...
Facebook Bug Exposes Mark Zuckerberg’s Private Photos
News Web
A security flaw affecting Facebook has exposed private photos of the website's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The methods to exploit the serious security vulnerability, which allowed anyone to see photos on the platform even...
Ainol Novo 7 Advanced Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet now Available from £120
News Hardware
The Ainol Novo 7 was just unveiled a couple of days ago and already the first tablets have started to ship, costing as little as £120 with free delivery. Online retailer Futeko has already been sending them out and is...
T-Mobile Rapport Android Phone Is Down To £49
News Mobile & Telco
The T-Mobile Rapport (also known as the Huawei U8180 or Ideos X1) can now be had from Asda for as little as £49, without the need to top up. The handset comes with a SIM (included), six months free internet worth...
iPad 2 Rival Alert : Asus Eee Pad Transformer with Docking Station from £361
News Hardware
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is slowly giving way to its followup, the Transformer Prime and consequently, retailers are starting to clear out existing stock. Pixmania is selling the tablet, together with its docking station, for...
EU Investigating Apple, Five Publishers Over eBook Price Fixing
News Business & Government
The European Union is investigating whether Apple and its partner publishers violated anti-trust laws on the iPhone's iBooks service. According to The Guardian, the EU has decided to launch an investigation to determine whether...
90% Fibre Broadband Cover in UK Could Take 6 Years Says BT
News Hardware
UK telecom giant BT has claimed that bringing fibre optic based broadband to 90 per cent of the country could take around 6 years. According to ZD Net, the announcement was made by BT CEO Ian Livingston to UK Prime Minister David...
Conficker Helped Stuxnet Claims Security Expert
News Security
A reputed US security research firm, recently, claimed that the Stuxnet malware that was created for attacking nuclear program of Iran was aided by the 2008 worm Conficker. John Bumgarner, of the independent organisation US Cyber...
Google Celebrating as Android Market Crosses 10 Billion Downloads Mark
News Mobile & Telco
Search engine giant Google has announced that its Android Market has crossed the 10 billion app downloads mark. The company said that the important milestone will be celebrated over a period of 10 days in which Android users will...
Microsoft Holds Java Vulnerabilities Responsible in Nearly Half of All Attacks
News Security
Software giant Microsoft has claimed that hackers have launched millions of attacks, which exploit vulnerabilities in the outdated Java platform. The Windows maker said that more than half of the attacks its security software had...
AMNews: New Android Security Flaws, Facebook Dorkbot Worm, Kaspersky Quits BSA
News Security
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered a bunch of flaws in Android and smartphones based on the open source mobile operating system. Rogue apps are able to circumvent the permissions based security system...
A Quick Peek at Windows 8 App Store
News Software
The Windows 8 Store has been speculated, rumoured and much talked about, amongst all others. As previewed a couple of months ago, at Microsoft's Build 2011 conference, this store will be a portal where everyday users of touch...
£769 Panasonic TXP50ST30 3D 50" Plasma Television with TY-EW3D3ME 3D Glasses
Deals Consumer
The Panasonic TXP50ST30 is a Full-HD 3D Plasma TV that offers Superb Picture Quality for 2D and 3D, and Advanced Networking Capabilities. Talking about the video output, the combination of fast switching phosphors used in the Neo...
£229.95 KEF KHT1005.2 Gloss Black 5.1 Speaker Package
Deals Consumer
KEF, the pioneer of "egg" speakers, brings to you its latest speaker package that can be termed as an incarnation of its best-selling speaker package, the KHT1005.2. The KEF KHT1005.2 speaker package definitely features the...
£899 Panasonic Viera TX-P42GT30 42" Plasma 3D TV with Blu-ray Player & 3D Glasses
Deals Consumer
The Panasonic Viera TX-P42GT30 combined with Freeview HD and Blu-ray player is a wholesome entertainment setup that would deliver 2D as well as 3D picture in high definition. The Viera TX-P42GT30 has been equipped with 3D NeoPDP...
£142.45 3view HD 500GB PVR with Hi-Def BBC iplayer
Deals Consumer
3View presents the HD 500GB PVR that brings to contemporary designed based on British innovation and lets you experience stunning picture quality with an easy to use interface. The onboard Dual HD Tuner lets you enjoy HD channels...
Have you Updated your iPhone to iOS Telluride?
News Software
While we all know Google's sweet names for versions of its Android operating system, Apple has adopted a more severe approach delivering cold uninspiring numbers for its iOS. Maybe intimidated by the playful dessert codes of...
Siri Port for iPhone 4 H1Siri is Illegal and Potentially Harmful
News Mobile & Telco
Jailbreaking fans should keep their curiosity away from a new hack that seems to be popular on Cydia at the moment, which is said to port Siri on your iPhone 4. Known as H1Siri (or Hi Siri!), the port was developed by a group of...
iPad 2 Rival Alert : Amazon Kindle Fire Gets Unofficial Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich
News Mobile & Telco
The Amazon Kindle Fire, which will launch in the UK shortly, has fallen into the hands of a resourceful hacker who managed to upgrade the onboard operating system from the customised Android operating system to Android 4.0.1 Ice...
