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Articles Posted on 27 January 2012

Google and Bing Accused by Lobbyist Groups of Directing Users to Illegal Copies of Music

Google and Bing Accused by Lobbyist Groups of Directing Users to Illegal Copies of Music

News Business & Government

A coalition of entertainment industry groups has complained to the government that Google and other search engines have "overwhelmingly" redirected music listeners to various illegal copies of copyrighted online...


Google Maps to Include Public Alerts

Google Maps to Include Public Alerts

News Consumer

Google has decided to combine the data available on US National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration and also The National Weather Service with Google Maps to provide location based emergency information. Now users will get...


Google Encourages Welsh Businesses to Increase Web Presence

Google Encourages Welsh Businesses to Increase Web Presence

News Business & Government

Google has warned Welsh firms that they are likely to come across existential threats in the foreseeable future unless these firms increase their Web presence. The warning has been issued by the web search giant as it...


Providing Police Personnel with Blackberry Devices Is Not Worth It, NAO Audit Reveals

Providing Police Personnel with Blackberry Devices Is Not Worth It, NAO Audit Reveals

News Mobile & Telco

According to a new revelation from The National Audit Office (NAO), the proposed £80 million programme to equip police personnel with smartphones will not providing the value for the money. Apparently, as found during the...


Netflix Says More Viewers Streaming from Tablets than from PCs

Netflix Says More Viewers Streaming from Tablets than from PCs

News Consumer

Even though it has only been six months since Netflix first introduced its Android app, thus Google mobile OS platform users access to its streaming services, Netflix has announced the number of viewers who access its...


Android Becomes Tough Competitor for Apple iOS in Tablet Market

Android Becomes Tough Competitor for Apple iOS in Tablet Market

News Business & Government

According to a Strategy Analytics report, Apple is still dominating the tablet computer market. However, Google's Android platform has increased its performance significantly and managed to close the huge gap (in terms of...


Microsoft to Release Xbox 360 Live Games for iOS and Android Platforms

Microsoft to Release Xbox 360 Live Games for iOS and Android Platforms

News Mobile & Telco

According to new reports, Microsoft is considering releasing Xbox Live games for Android and iOS platforms. As of now, Xbox Live content is available on only one mobile OS platform - Windows Phone. Ever...


Google Improves Windows Phone 7 Calendar and Email Syncing Capabilities

Google Improves Windows Phone 7 Calendar and Email Syncing Capabilities

News Mobile & Telco

Google has decided to resolve a pair of major issues facing users with Windows Phone powered devices. Google, via a Google Plus post on Thursday, announced it had finally patched the Multiple Calendar Sync and Search flaws. These...


BBC News App Now Available for Android Powered Tablets

BBC News App Now Available for Android Powered Tablets

News Mobile & Telco

The BBC News app has finally made its way to Android powered tablets and is available for download on the Android Market. The new app, as of now, is available only for UK users only. According to reports, BBC Worldwide will soon...


AT&T Ships 9.4 Million Smartphones in Q4 2012

AT&T Ships 9.4 Million Smartphones in Q4 2012

News Business & Government

Yesterday, AT&T revealed its financial standing for the fourth quarter of 2011. The figures show the company had to face a quarterly $6.7 billion loss, largely because of various one time expenses, for example, a break up fee...


Samsung Galaxy Note to Come with NFC?

Samsung Galaxy Note to Come with NFC?

News Mobile & Telco

Samsung has dissected Galaxy Note on their official global blog, even though the image published on the blog displays the global Galaxy Note along with the device's physical home button - the specifications resemble the Galaxy...


Asus Transformer Prime Bootloader Unlock Tool Available February

Asus Transformer Prime Bootloader Unlock Tool Available February

News Consumer

Asus has announced two important plans for the Transformer Prime tablet for 2012. The first is to launch the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system in the device. The second is to introduce a bootloader unlock tool so...


Valve's Steam App Now Available for iOS and Android

Valve's Steam App Now Available for iOS and Android

News Mobile & Telco

Valve's Steam service is now officially available for iOS and Android operating system platforms. With this new application, Apple and Android device owners will be able to access a number of Steam features, as long as they are...


Spotify Reaches 3 Million Subscriber Milestone

Spotify Reaches 3 Million Subscriber Milestone

News Business & Government

Spotify has announced that it now has 3 million subscribers - indeed a remarkable achievement by the Sweden based digital music service. The accomplishment was revealed by Spotify's chief content officer Ken Parks at an...


Motorola Reports Shipments of 5.3 Million Smartphones and 200,000 Tablets in Q4 2011

Motorola Reports Shipments of 5.3 Million Smartphones and 200,000 Tablets in Q4 2011

News Business & Government

Motorola Mobility's performance in the global smartphone arena underwent significant improvement during the last quarter of 2011. But despite this encouraging growth, the company was eventually outperformed by Apple's aggressive...


Samsung Reports $4.7 Billion in Profits for Q4 2011

Samsung Reports $4.7 Billion in Profits for Q4 2011

News Business & Government

Samsung has posted an outstanding $4.7 billion operating profit for the last quarter of 2011, reports BGR. According to the company, profits during the last three months of 2011 can be attributed to a boom in its smartphone...


Angry Birds 3D May be on the Cards as NVidia Inadvertently Discloses Info

Angry Birds 3D May be on the Cards as NVidia Inadvertently Discloses Info

News Consumer

Rovio - the developers of Angry Birds, is in talks with NVidia to bring in some new and interesting improvements in its massively popular title. This information has been revealed by NVidia's mobile content vice president, Neil...


£97.99 Lenovo L2230x 21.5" Widescreen TFT Monitor

£97.99 Lenovo L2230x 21.5" Widescreen TFT Monitor

Deals Consumer

Having established itself as a formidable player in desktop and laptop computing market, Lenovo brings to you the first of its kind L2230x widescreen port replicator monitor. Through the use of L2230x you will be able to connect...


Is iMessage Saving iPhone Users Money at Carriers' Expense?

Is iMessage Saving iPhone Users Money at Carriers' Expense?

News Mobile & Telco

When iMessage, Apple's alternative to text messaging, was introduced along with iOS 5, pundits were predicting it could hit the profits of carriers quite hard, and at the same time save texters a few bucks on their mobile...


£299.98 Fujitsu Lifebook AH530 P6200 Dual Core 4GB RAM 320GB HDD 15.6" Laptop

£299.98 Fujitsu Lifebook AH530 P6200 Dual Core 4GB RAM 320GB HDD 15.6" Laptop

Deals Consumer

The Lifebook AH530 from Fujitsu is one of those notebooks that will form a part of your day to day computing requirement because of its performance, value for money and best in class mobility. With the help of Intel P6200 dual...


Late News: THQ Fires Staff, Grand Theft Auto on Asus Transformer Prime, HP WebOS Open Source Plan

Late News: THQ Fires Staff, Grand Theft Auto on Asus Transformer Prime, HP WebOS Open Source Plan

News Business & Government

THQ is set to make redundant a large portion of its publishing and admin team, though the five main internal studios won't be affected by these changes. The game publishing giant has been reshuffling its business recently in the...


Google Spent Almost $2 Billion on Buyouts in 2011

Google Spent Almost $2 Billion on Buyouts in 2011

News Business & Government

Google spent a whopping $1.9 billion throughout 2011 just in buyouts of other firms, totalling at 79 new companies taken under the search giant's wing by the end of the 4th quarter. This is a far larger figure that the one seen...


Amazon Dominates 39 Per Cent of Tablet Market

Amazon Dominates 39 Per Cent of Tablet Market

News Hardware

By the end of the fourth quarter 2011, Amazon's share of the tablet market had grown to an impressive 39 per cent, putting it in second place behind Apple. With global tablet shipments increasing dramatically throughout last...


£329.99 Samsung LE40D503 40" Full HD 1080p LCD TV

£329.99 Samsung LE40D503 40" Full HD 1080p LCD TV

Deals Consumer

Backed by Samsung's quality, the LE40D503 is a 40-inch LCD TV with full High Definition (HD) capabilities that would provide you with great and vibrant images for your sports, documentaries, movies. Equipped by Samsung's...


£37.99 Asus M5A78L-M LX micro ATX motherboard

£37.99 Asus M5A78L-M LX micro ATX motherboard

Deals Hardware

Are you building an AMD powered desktop PC from scratch and are looking for a motherboard that would support some of the latest in hardware configuration, then look no further as Asus brings to you the M5A78L-M LX - motherboard...


£109.98 Novatech 24" Widescreen Full HD LCD Black Monitor

£109.98 Novatech 24" Widescreen Full HD LCD Black Monitor

Deals Consumer

The Novatech 24" LCD Monitor is a large widescreen monitor capable of HD display caters to all your needs - be it entertainment or working. Due to the size of the screen, you can arrange multiple application windows with greater...


FBI Seeking Facebook, Twitter Monitoring Software

FBI Seeking Facebook, Twitter Monitoring Software

News Business & Government

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is reportedly looking for a spy tool for monitoring social media sites including Facebook and Twitter. Earlier in the month, the agency published a RFI (request for information) as a part of...


iPhone Accounted for More than Half of Verizon’s Smartphones Sales

iPhone Accounted for More than Half of Verizon’s Smartphones Sales

News Mobile & Telco

Verizon disclosed its fourth quarter results on Tuesday, where it has stated that a total of 7.7 million smartphones were sold - out of which 55 per cent were iPhones. Having seen a total of 4.3 million iPhone activation during...


Nokia Outs New Beta of MeeGo N9 OS

Nokia Outs New Beta of MeeGo N9 OS

News Mobile & Telco

Few days ago Nokia released the new MeeGo PR1.2 beta version for the Nokia N950 developer device, where the change log has been made available now. The beta version has app folders, 5 latest language, lockscreen music control,...


Nintendo Network Could Offer Full Game Buying

Nintendo Network Could Offer Full Game Buying

News Consumer

Nintendo's new Network announced yesterday in a financial briefing, could allow for the purchase and download of full games along with traditional DLC, gameplay videos and demos. Designed for use with both the Nintendo 3DS and...


Apple’s Tablet Market Share on a Decline?

Apple’s Tablet Market Share on a Decline?

News Business & Government

In a recent interview, the iPad maker Apple's chief executive Tim Cook stated that neither he nor his company was bothered about the success of Amazon's Kindle Fire in the global tablet arena. Apple's actual performance in the...


HP’s Open Source Release Plan for WebOS

HP’s Open Source Release Plan for WebOS

News Software

Hewlett-Packard has announced its schedule for open sourcing of the WebOS source code and tools. In addition, the company also assured that it will be pushing the development consistently to turn the troubled OS into a true open...


Grand Theft Auto 3 now Works on Asus Transformer Prime

Grand Theft Auto 3 now Works on Asus Transformer Prime

News Consumer

Those with an Asus Transformer Prime tablet will now be able to play the classic sandbox shooter, Grand Theft Auto 3 - the game that revolutionised the series. GTA III was previously ported to the iPad as part of the 10th...


iPhone 4S Rival Alert : LG Prada Phone 3.0 Goes On Sale Today In UK

iPhone 4S Rival Alert : LG Prada Phone 3.0 Goes On Sale Today In UK

News Mobile & Telco

The brand new LG Prada Phone 3.0 which was presented to the press late last year, has gone on sale today via Phones4U brick-and-mortar stores and on its website. The phone - which some may view as the son of the LG Optimus Black...


THQ Fires Publishing and Admin Staff

THQ Fires Publishing and Admin Staff

News Business & Government

THQ is set to make redundant a large portion of its publishing and admin team, though the five main internal studios won't be affected by these changes. The publishing giant has been reshuffling its business recently in the wake...


Noon News: Intel Buys RealNetworks Patents, Motorola Incurs Heavy Losses, Twitter’s Country Specific Censor

Noon News: Intel Buys RealNetworks Patents, Motorola Incurs Heavy Losses, Twitter’s Country Specific Censor

News Business & Government

Chip giant Intel has announced that it is buying near about 190 patents from the Washington based software maker RealNetworks. These patents, according to Intel, are part of the $120 million deal it inked with the company. In...


Nokia’s Q4 Losses Stand at €1 Billion, Elop Pins Hope on Lumia Smartphones

Nokia’s Q4 Losses Stand at €1 Billion, Elop Pins Hope on Lumia Smartphones

News Business & Government

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker by volume has announced a €1.07 billion loss for the final quarter of 2011. According to the company, the loss can be primarily attributed to a steady decline of its smartphone...


iPad Rival Alert : Advent Vega Tablet Now Down To £160

iPad Rival Alert : Advent Vega Tablet Now Down To £160

News Hardware

The first dual core Android tablet to go on sale in the UK in 2010, the Advent Vega, can now be purchased from as little as £160 from online retailer Science and Technology; the device which has been refurbished by the...


Android Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for Motorola RAZR Leaked

Android Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for Motorola RAZR Leaked

News Mobile & Telco

Motorola recently announced that it is working on bringing the much awaited Android Ice Cream Sandwich update to the massively popular Motorola RAZR, but according to latest reports, the Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for the GSM variant...


Intel Acquires QLogic, Pumps Juice into Exascale Plans

Intel Acquires QLogic, Pumps Juice into Exascale Plans

News Business & Government

Microprocessor giant Intel announced on Monday that it is acquiring Qlogic - a California based supplier of data centre networking cards and switches for $125 million. According to Intel, the move will help the company...


HTC To Roll Out Less Smartphones In 2012

HTC To Roll Out Less Smartphones In 2012

News Mobile & Telco

HTC is taking a page out of Apple's book after it emerged the Taiwanese company will be delivering a smaller number of key "hero" devices in a bid to improve its profitability, which fell from $494m to $365m over the last...


Microsoft Pays Nokia $250 Million For Supporting Windows Phone 7

Microsoft Pays Nokia $250 Million For Supporting Windows Phone 7

News Mobile & Telco

Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has released their quarterly revenue figures for last year, where it has come to light that Seattle based software developers Microsoft has paid Nokia a quarter of a billion dollars. Nokia...


Intel Celebrates 40 Years of Microprocessor

Intel Celebrates 40 Years of Microprocessor

News Hardware

Almost ten years before the first ever personal computer made its way into the consumer market, in 1971, US based semiconductor outfit Intel Corp. came up with a unique offering that would revolutionize the tech industry for...


Despite Heavy Losses in 2011, Nintendo Confident of Profitable 2012

Despite Heavy Losses in 2011, Nintendo Confident of Profitable 2012

News Business & Government

Nintendo, world's largest console maker reported a ¥48.4 billion net loss for duration of 9 months as compared to ¥49.6 billion profit year on year. The company also mentioned that they are heading towards a full-year...


Twitter to Censor Tweets by Individual Countries

Twitter to Censor Tweets by Individual Countries

News Web

Yesterday, Twitter announced that the micro blogging site will withhold tweeter posts from a country if they violate any local restrictions rather than globally blocking them. Till now, twitter had to remove the supposedly...


iPad 2 Rival Alert : Acer to Debut Another Quad Core Tablet, the A510

iPad 2 Rival Alert : Acer to Debut Another Quad Core Tablet, the A510

News Hardware

Acer has a second quad core tablet in the pipeline, the Iconia A510, which was unveiled at a press conference in Hamburg, Germany where Acer reported that the Iconia A510 will be launched in Europe soon. Unlike its bigger...


Adopting The Cloud : Have You Chosen The Right Provider?

Adopting The Cloud : Have You Chosen The Right Provider?

News Cloud

One of the major challenges and concerns to the many organisations moving business critical applications onto the cloud, is ensuring reliable delivery and quality performance of the service. Existing and potential cloud customers...


Obama Visits Intel’s Chandler Manufacturing Plant

Obama Visits Intel’s Chandler Manufacturing Plant

News Business & Government

President Obama visited Intel's Chandler, Arizona based chip manufacturing plant on Wednesday, and praised the tech giant for its outstanding track record as one of the largest providers of high tech manufacturing jobs in the...


Motorola Posts Losses in Q4

Motorola Posts Losses in Q4

News Business & Government

Even though Motorola Mobility is focusing on closing the deal of its proposed undertaking by Google for $12.5 billion, the mobile manufacturing giant has incurred considerable loss in the fourth quarter. On Thursday, the company...


RealNetworks, Intel Sign Patent Deal worth $120 Million

RealNetworks, Intel Sign Patent Deal worth $120 Million

News Business & Government

Chip giant Intel has announced that it is buying near about 190 patents from the Washington based software maker RealNetworks. These patents, according to Intel, are part of the $120 million deal it inked with the company. In...


AM News: O2 Sorry Over Recent Goof Up, Facebook Timeline, Hi5 Revamp Discussed, Samsung Delays Galaxy S III

AM News: O2 Sorry Over Recent Goof Up, Facebook Timeline, Hi5 Revamp Discussed, Samsung Delays Galaxy S III

News Mobile & Telco

O2, the UK based telecom giant, has issued an apology for a glitch that resulted in users' phone numbers being disclosed when accessing the company's mobile data services. According to the company, the phone numbers were being...


iPad 2 Rival Alert : Acer Iconia Tab A700 Quad Core Tablet To Cost €549 At Launch

iPad 2 Rival Alert : Acer Iconia Tab A700 Quad Core Tablet To Cost €549 At Launch

News Mobile & Telco

Acer presented the Iconia Tab A700 tablet at a press event in Hamburg, Germany and hinted that the entry level model will cost as little as €549 with no 3G and 16GB onboard storage. According to German...

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