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ITV HD To Bring World Cup Action To Virgin and Sky

Desire Athow — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Sky and Virgin Media customers will get ITV HD channels on the 2nd of April in the build up to the world cup 2010 event in South Africa without spending a penny extra it seems.

Nintendo DS2 Gaming Console To Resemble Smartphone?

Desire Athow — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Japanese consumer electronics giant Nintendo may well showcase a completely new version of its popular DS handheld gaming console at the forthcoming E3 event in June 2010 with a potential release date towards the end of the year.

Comment : Why Did Google Delay UK Release Of Nexus One?

Desire Athow — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Google kept mum on whether or not its first smartphone will be delayed or not although the Guardian has spilt the beans citing "serious" problems which will delay the phone by a few weeks.

HTC To Launch WinMo Based Touch Pro3 Smartphone

Desire Athow — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Taiwanese manufacturer HTC may launch the third iteration of its popular Touch Pro smartphone in the third quarter of this year in Europe according to persistent rumours.

News@Five : Google Leaving China, Street View Good For Burglars & More

ITProPortal Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Today's News@Five round up brings to you the latest about Apple's war with Google, which is on verge of leaving China for good.

Vodafone Quietly Kills Paid for Wayfinder Navigation Service

ITProPortal Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Telecom firm Vodafone has announced that the company will soon scrap its mobile GPS navigation paid service, spawned from the acquisition of Wayfinder, after it failed to take-off due to competition from Nokia's in-built navigation system and Google Maps.

Facebook Opens Office In India

ITProPortal Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Social networking giant Facebook is all set to open its development centre in Hyderabad, India, the country's technology capital, in an attempt to expand its global presence, as 70 percent of its 400 million users are outside the US.

Google Promises To Improve Gmail Speed

ITProPortal Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

During the SXSWi festival in Austin, Texas, search engine giant Google has confessed that Gmail can at times be painfully slow and has promised to fix the problem as soon as possible.

Failing ISP Causes ZeuS Botnet To Falter

ITProPortal Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

The infamous ZeuS botnet has suffered a significant drop in its servers after an internet service provider in Kazakhstan, Troyak.org, was disconnected from the internet.

Dotcom TLD Reaches 25th Anniversary

ITProPortal Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

The Dotcom domain name will celebrate its 25th birthday today, as computer maker Symbolics was the first company in the world to adopt the domain name on 15th March 1985.

Apple Has No iPad Battery Replacement Plans, Swaps Device Instead

Desire Athow — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Apple has confirmed that iPad users will have to buy another iPad at a discounted price when their old one can no longer hold a full charge at a later stage in the product's lifecycle.

Tools For The Web 2.0 Generation

Fran Howarth — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

The term Web 2.0 was coined in 2004 to describe a new generation of tools for the internet that enable greater interactivity among users.

Web Design Packages For Small Companies

Fran Howarth — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Apart from staff costs, the upfront technology expenditure for micro web design agencies can be daunting. This requires software licences to be purchased - as well as the hardware to house the tools.

The Power Of The Network

Fran Howarth — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

For a small company, attracting new business and finding an effective forum to showcase its abilities are key challenges.

Steve Jobs Believes Google Wants To Kill iPhone With Nexus One

ITProPortal Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

The New York Times believes that Apple CEO Steve Jobs feels betrayed by its former ally Google, since the company has ventured into the smartphone market with its own mobile operating system and smartphone device.

Nominet Plans Release Of Super-Short Domain Names

Team Outlaw — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

A host of new, short domain names will be made available under the body responsible for domain names ending in .uk, Nominet. It plans to allow the registration of previously-banned domain names consisting of one or two characters.

Google Set To Pull Out Of China Soon

ITProPortal Staff — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

According to an article published by the Wall Street Journal, Google is indeed planning to put an end to its China operations as talks with the Chinese government have failed to provide the company with a favourable working environment.

Google Delays UK Launch Of Nexus One Smartphone

Desire Athow — Mon, 15 Mar 2010

Google has apparently been forced to delay the launch of its first consumer smartphones, the Nexus One, by a couple of weeks according to some reports.