Author Archives: Brian Turner

Brian Turner
Brian has been writing and editing fiction and non-fiction for over 15 years, with his media writing published in both national and local press. Writing credits include the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, and Future Publishing titles.

 

Mar
22

ADATA launches DDR3L ECC SO-DIMM for Micro-Servers

iStock_000005035130XSmall ADATA, who produces DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today launched a new line of DDR3L ECC SO-DIMM server memory modules, boasting low voltage, large densities, and rapid processing capability... more
Mar
21

VoIP Awards Announced in Parliament

voip ITSPA, the VoIP industry body, announced the winners of its 4th annual awards in Parliament today. The reception took place in the House of Commons Members Dining Room and was hosted.. more
Feb
29

Facebook changes pages

facebook As Facebook rolls out the mandatory timeline for users, the company has now announced a similar update for pages. Whille bringing the whole of site up to date with the new.. more
Feb
24

Starview team jailed over card sharing

Four men have been jailed in Derby for stealing Virgin premium channels and providing them to consumers under the name Starview. Using legitimate Virgin Media boxes and subscriptions, they were then able to stream the content to online servers, where those who bought modified set-top.. more
Dec
21

How to remove Win 7 Home Security 2012

Win 7 Home Security 2012 is a piece of malware doing the rounds at the moment, being distributed via infected ads across a number of high traffic sites. Win 7 Home Security 2012 is a piece of malware that hijacks a user’s PC, issues false.. more
Dec
01

Sky broadcasts 3D test card

Sky has started to broadcast a 3D test card, ostensibly to help viewers get the best out of their 3D TV viewing experience. TV presenter Zoe Ball presents the new 3D Test Card, which broadcasts on the Sky 3D channel from 1st December alongside a.. more
Oct
31

Ubuntu on mobiles by 2014

Popular Linux distro Ubuntu could be powering mobile devices such as phones and tablet PC’s by 2014. That’s according to an interview with Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company that develops Ubuntu. He is expected to formally annnounce the plans at the Ubuntu Developer.. more
Jul
20

Cable TV thieves get prison

Three men who sold cable boxes set up to receive Virgin Media premium channels for free have been jailed for a total of 15 years. Munaf Zinga, Mukandun Pillai, and Salim Patel, were jailed for eight, six, and one year respectively. The men were arrested.. more
Jul
16

Android threatened by Apple dispute

A recent judgement that ruled HTC infringed Apple patents could be a direct threat to Android. Apple seems to be in the news as much for its aggressive legal attacks on rivals, especially producing mobile devices, as much as its products of late. But the.. more
Jul
06

Wordpress sites destroyed in new hack

Pharmaceutical link spam is now being directly injected into WordPress posts, in a massive new hacking attack targeting out of date installs. A Google search suggests that millions of pages are potentially affected already. WordPress owners are advised to update to the latest version of.. more