Articles Posted on 04 January 2012
HTC Flyer Tablet Computer Receives Android 3.2 Update
News Mobile & Telco
A month ago HTC announced it would release a Honeycomb update for the HTC Flyer tablet soon. Today, the company made that update available, as reported by Androidcentral. According to HTC, the Android 3.2 update...
RIM Rethinks CEO and other Decision-Making Positions for 2012
News Mobile & Telco
If various rumours are to be believed then Research in Motion will be reshuffling their leadership and appointing a new chairman. Further, co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie might also relinquish their current positions in...
Apple Lowers iPad 2 Sales Forecast as Amazon Kindle Fire Gains Popularity
News Business & Government
Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet device might have cannibalised Apple iPad 2 sales during the holiday season. According to an articleon Cnet, Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt said in a research note to investors that he is lowering...
Retailers in Japan Lower PS Vita Price after Sharp Sales Decline
News Business & Government
Japanese retailers have decided to lower the price of Sony's latest hand-held PlayStation Vita after the console saw its sales dip considerably in the second week of its launch. The console sold 324,859 units in its first...
Twitter Apologises for Inaccurately Verifying Fake Wendi Dong Account
News Consumer
Twitter has apologised for mistakenly allowing someone to create a fake account of Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng. The company admitted to its mistake after the fake account holder Tweeted that the @Wendi_Deng was a fake, as...
Microsoft Sues UK Retailer Comet for Selling Fake Windows Recovery CDs
News Business & Government
UK retailer Comet has been accused by Microsoft of selling fake Windows recovery CDs. The Windows maker claims Comet created and sold 94,000 fake Windows recovery CDs to consumers who purchased PCs and laptops running Windows XP...
£249.95 Pioneer HTP071 AV Receiver with 5.1 Channel Speakers
Deals Consumer
Pioneer HTP071 is a perfect combination of AV receiver with top of the line features and a 5.1 channel speaker system that would definitely take centre stage in your entertainment setup. The VSX321 AV receiver, part of the...
Sony Ericsson Uses Social Media to Tease Consumers Before CES 2012
News Mobile & Telco
Sony Ericsson has announced its plans to unveil ‘something big' next week during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company first made the announced on its Google + page, claiming, "Something big is coming!...
Microsoft's UFC App Fails On Fight Night
News Business & Government
During last year's E3 event, Microsoft announced the development of a special app to show UFC events on Xbox 360. To make last week's UFC 141 of 2011 even more special, the software giant offered thousands of free codes...
Mobile phone predictions for 2012 - The Operating System
News Mobile & Telco
ITProPortal.com is continuing with its predictions as to what we might be seeing in the mobile phone and related device world, during 2012. These could be existing features that are set to become more widespread this year, or new...
Composer Accidentally Confirms Upcoming 'God of War IV'
News Consumer
God of War is a very successful game franchise developed by Sony Computer Entertainment - and they have every intention of continuing to move the franchise along. There are rumours the company is working the next...
£83.20 BenQ G2220HD 21.5-inch Full HD LCD Monitor
Deals Consumer
Gone are the days when you had to work on boring and tacky CRT or LCD monitors with more or less no advanced features and few connectivity options as BenQ brings to you the G2220HD LCD monitor with Full HD capabilities and modern...
Stylish iPhone Speaker Dock is Formed Like a Toaster
News Hardware
If you've ever felt the urge to put your iPhone in a toaster (perhaps due to the audio or battery issues you've been experiencing) there is a quirky new accessory that will be less damaging to your smartphone's long term...
Late News: Rovio Angry Birds, Google Bags 200+ IBM Patents, IE6 Pronounced Dead in US, ASA Bans TalkTalk Ad
News Business & Government
Christmas turned out to be very favourable for Rovio as it was reported that the Angry Birds game received 6.5 million downloads over the holiday season. Spokesman for Rovio, Ville Heijari, told that, "We're really excited to...
£159.99 DGM ETV-2493WHC 24" Ultra-thin Full HD LED TV with Built-in DVD Player, USB PVR
Deals Consumer
If you are looking for a LED TV for your bedroom, study or kitchen and that is appropriately sized equipped with great must have features, look no further as DGM brings the ETV-2493WHC ultra-thin LED TV. The 24-inch screen is...
£159.99 Apple iPod Classic 160GB - Silver - 6th Generation
Deals Consumer
iPod Classic doesn't need no elaborate introduction except that it is available at an amazing price from one of the biggest online retailers. With 160GB storage capacity, the iPod classic would let you take thousands of songs and...
Add Voice-Tags to Twitter and Facebook Posts from your iPhone with QWiPS
News Web
iPhone owners can be the talk of their friend groups on social networks with a new app which allows them to add audio to the generally silent social media environment. The app called QWiPS, developed by Voice Portraits Inc,...
Kinect, Wiimote Controlled Robot Pets Cat
News Software
A developer, using Microsoft Kinect and Nintendo Wii remote has managed to get a robot to brush a cat, going way beyond what other developers have managed to do with Kinect. Developer Taylor Valtrop used off-the-shelf tools,...
iPhone 4S Audio Issues Remain Unresolved, Will Apple Respond?
News Mobile & Telco
Since the highly-acclaimed iPhone 4S came onto the market, a number of problems have cropped up which Apple has tried to address with varying degrees of success. One of the issues that has raised a lot of frustration among users...
Avoiding Facial Recognition of the Future
News Security
A New York-based designer has created a camouflage technique that makes it much harder for computer based facial recognition. Along with the growth of closed circuit television (CCTV) , this has become quite a concern for many...
iPhones Account for Two Thirds of AT&T Sales
News Mobile & Telco
AT&T, one of the largest US carriers, sold about 1 million (981,000) iPhones in December, which accounted for 66% of the carrier's mobile device sales, according to a report from MacObserver. The major rival to iOS,...
AMD HD 7950 Not Coming Till February Now
News Hardware
AMD has pushed back the launch of its next generation high-end graphics processing unit (GPU), the 7950, with it now not looking likely to hit the shelves until sometime in February. This won't help the chip manufacturer which...
Google Violates Own Rules, Demotes Chrome’s Search Ranking
News Web
Search engine giant Google has violated its own set of rules and regulations regarding paid links for promoting its Chrome web browser. According to reports, search results related to Chrome that are penned by Google-funded...
Asus announce Transformer Prime tablet will be getting Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 on January 12th
News Mobile & Telco
Taiwanese peripheral and computer manufacturer Asus has unveiled that their new quad core Transformer Prime tablet that ships with Android ‘Honeycomb' 3.2, will be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich version of the operating...
Microsoft Gaming Consoles May have DVR Capabilities, Patent Suggests
News Consumer
Microsoft has been recently granted a new patent which indicates that the next Xbox console might come with DVR capabilities. According to Kotaku, the company received the patent in question on December 27 which covers a DVR...
Internap Buys Voxel
News Business & Government
With the aim to provide some boost to its cloud computing services and to spread its base of small business customers Internap Network Services, recently, acquired Voxel Holdings, a hosting provider. The deal was closed on 30th...
Viacom Forced to Pay Harmonix $383 Million
News Business & Government
Harmonix has received a payout from its once upon a time parent company Viacom, to the tune of $383 million on top of an already paid $150 million. The media conglomerate initially bought out the developer of the original Guitar...
Samsung Galaxy tough Xcover mobile phone finally on sale, January 9th for £189.00
News Mobile & Telco
On-line mobile mobile phone retailer Clove has made public that the tough arduous Samsung Galaxy Xcover Android handset will be available from them next week, after much delay. Clove published this information on their...
TalkTalk Advert Banned by ASA
News Business & Government
TalkTalk has been told by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) that it cannot make claims that it has the "UK's Safest Broadband" after BT revealed the package only used basic security measures. TalkTalk has been trying to...
MobileX Jailbreak Enables iPad Apps to Run in Full-Screen on Apple TV
News Consumer
Jailbreakers recently posted a video demonstrating a hack called MobileX which lets users watch iPad apps in fullscreen on a jailbroken Apple TV. The developers, Steve Troughton-Smith and "TheMudkip", have been testing the...
Saudi Hackers Claim Israeli Hack, Post Details Online
News Security
A hacking group based out of Saudi Arabia has claimed that they have leaked information of around 400,000 Israelis comprising of names, addresses and credit cards details. The hackers, dubbed Group-XP, have claimed that they...
Internet Explorer 6 is Dead in the US Says Microsoft
News Web
Software giant Microsoft has reported that its decade old Internet Explorer 6 web browser is official dead in the United States. According to the company, less than 1 percent computers in the United States are running the web...
Noon News: Wendi Deng's Fake Twitter Account, Windows Phone Tablet, Nintendo 3DS US Sales
News Web
Wendi Deng, wife of Rupert Murdoch, grabbed some eyeballs when she joined Twitter along with her husband and reportedly engaged in some flirting with people like Ricky Gervais. The Twitter account was officially verified with...
Asus officially responds to Android Transformer Prime tablet locked bootloader issue
News Mobile & Telco
Taiwanese computer and peripheral manufacturer Asus has been criticised for releasing its latest quad core Transformer Prime tablet with a bootloader that has been locked down, therefore disabling the use of customised ROMs -...
Rovio Excited as Angry Birds Register 6.5 Million Downloads on Christmas Day
News Consumer
Christmas turned out to be very favourable for Rovio as it was reported that the Angry Birds game received 6.5 million downloads over the holiday season. Spokesman for Rovio, Ville Heijari, told that, "We're really excited to...
iPhone App Can Estimate Your Blood Alcohol Level
News Mobile & Telco
Worried that you or your friend might have had a glass too many on a night out and not be in a fit state to drive home? Well, now there is an app to assist you in ascertaining whether you could be over the...
Nokia Lumia 900 ‘Ace' mobile phone specifications leaked ahead of CES in Las Vegas
News Mobile & Telco
American on-line mobile phone news site pocketnow.com has published an article on the yet-to-be-officially-announced Nokia Lumia ‘Ace' 900, with all the specifications of the handset that is reportedly going to be unveiled...
Korea Approves Samsung’s China Chip Factory
News Business & Government
The South Korean government has given electronics giant Samsung the permission to open a chip manufacturing unit in China. According to BBC South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge and Economy revealed that the company got the...
Google Acquires 217 IBM Patents
News Business & Government
In a bid to beef up its patent war chest, search engine giant Google has acquired several patents from International Business Machines (IBM). According to an update made to the US Patents and Trademarks Office patent assignment...
AT&T Settles TiVo Patent Infringement Lawsuit for $215 Million
News Business & Government
US wireless carrier AT&T has reportedly settled its patent infringement lawsuit with DVR giant TiVo for at least $215 million. The settlement comes months after Dish Network and EchoStar settled patent lawsuits with TiVo over...
HP Outs Spectre Ultrabook Teaser Video
News Hardware
A video has been released by HP that is more or less a teaser for the upcoming Ultrabook notebook device from Hewlett Packard. According to The Verge, an HP employee ‘daringly' sent a video (below) which teases a HP...
Wendi Deng's Account on Twitter is Fake
News Web
Wendi Deng, wife of Rupert Murdoch, grabbed some eyeballs when she joined Twitter along with her husband and reportedly engaged in some flirting with people like Ricky Gervais. The Twitter account was officially verified with...
Nintendo Ends 2011 on a High Note, Sells 4M units of 3DS in the US
News Business & Government
The price cuts introduced by Nintendo for its 3DS hand-held gaming device seems to be doing wonders with the company selling 4 million units in the United States. The company announced that it had sold more than 4 million 3DS...
Dell Streak 7 Tablet Discounted At £99.97
News Hardware
Dell has already announced that it is exiting the Android tablet market, and it has quietly started to clear out the remaining stocks of the Streak 7. The device - which is the bigger brother of the Streak 5 - can be purchased...
Windows Phone Emulator + Mimo MagicTouch Monitor = Windows Phone Tablet?
News Hardware
Mimo's MagicTouch monitor, when released, was viewed as simply a secondary USB powered display by many but for the developers of Social Ebola it is nothing less than a potential programming tool. Many feel that Windows Phone OS...
AMNews: 1.2bn Apps Downloaded Last Week, Apple Media Event, Nokia Ace 900, Nintendo Wii U Controller
News Mobile & Telco
During the last week of 2011, 1.2 billion apps were downloaded by smartphone and tablet users all over the world. No doubt the figure is surprising, but not so if you consider how a record number of iOS and Android powered...
Amazon’s Cloud Computing Platform – A Supercomputer that you can Rent
News Cloud
Amazon's cloud computing service, unlike the traditional supercomputers, can be deemed as a super computer of a different class i.e. virtual and in the cloud. Modern technology of cloud computing is generating a lot of interests...
Google+ Registers 49 Million US Visits in December 2011: Hitwise
News Web
Google+ is still no match for the mighty Facebook but, if it carries on with the performance it managed to exhibit during the last two months of 2011, it will soon establish itself as a real threat to Mark Zuckerberg's massively...
TalkTalk to Offer Handset with Contract
News Consumer
TalkTalk, in an effort to get more people to subscribe for their cell phone services, has declared that by this spring they will launch a handset along with contract offer. At present, they have SIM only and data products to...
HP, Samsung, Dell and Others to Release Ultrabooks During 2012
News Business & Government
It seems that 2012 will be the year of Ultrabooks as HP, Samsung and Dell are all set to enter the Ultrabook market. And interestingly, every company is claiming to have produced the most thinnest and most powerful device...
TalkTalk Hires New Mobile Director
News Business & Government
TalkTalk has hired Dan Meader as the new mobile director of the company. With this new role Meader will take over responsibility for sales performance via TalkTalk's retail, online as well as voice channels. Meader happens...
UK Government Pays Bonuses to Key Intelligence Staff; Increase Retention
News Business & Government
Having seen many of its key intelligence staff lured away by tech heavyweights like Google and Microsoft, the UK government has apparently found a solution to the issue. According to reports, the government is going to offer...
Microsoft's Azure Platform Gets Persistant VM
News Business & Government
Microsoft is preparing to roll out a brand new persistent Virtual Machine feature on the company's proprietary cloud platform. The new offering will allow customers to host SharePoint, Linux and SQL Server easily. Though this...
China to Launch 3D TV Channel
News Consumer
After carefully observing the immense success enjoyed by 3D capable game consoles, China has introduced its maiden 3D TV channel. Though the channel, which was made available late last week, may appear to be mostly a gimmick...
Image of the Nokia Ace 900 Leaked Via Christmas Card
News Mobile & Telco
Recently, the highly-rumoured AT&T branded handset the Nokia Ace 900, a Windows Phone, got leaked when a Christmas card mailed by one of Microsoft's partners revealed an image of the device. The Microsoft partner put the...
