Broadband News
July 28, 2010
Virgin Media has announced some healthy second quarter fiscal figures for 2010. For the quarter ending June 30th, the company reported that total revenue was up to £964 million, within touching distance of the magic billion mark. That figure was up 7.1% and represented the strongest growth for the firm in four years, with the company singling out the performance in its ...
Virgin Media announces 7% revenue boost
by Darren AllanVirgin Media has announced some healthy second quarter fiscal figures for 2010. For the quarter ending June 30th, the company reported that total revenue was up to £964 million, within touching distance of the magic billion mark. That figure was up 7.1% and represented the strongest growth for the firm in four years, with the company singling out the performance in its ...
Humax to announce portal services at IBC 2010
by Janet HarrisHumax is to announce new portal services for its internet-enabled set-top boxes, at the IBC conference in Amsterdam, in September. The web portal provides access to online TV services and other content. Humax’s Freesat and Freeview HD set-top boxes include the BBC iPlayer service. The company will demonstrate its much talked about HDR-FOX T2 Freeview recorder at the show, which is ...
July 27, 2010
Apple has refreshed its range of iMac all-in-one computers today, along with introducing a new 12 core Mac Pro.
The new iMacs come with the latest Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, with dual-core processor speeds running up to 3.6GHz, and quad-cores hitting the 2.93GHz mark. Graphics power is provided by the ATI Radeon HD 5750.
The rejigged all-in-ones ...
Apple updates iMacs and releases 12 core Mac Pro
by Darren AllanCREDANT announces strong start to 2010
by Janet HarrisCREDANT Technologies today announced exceptional growth in the first six months of 2010 driven by new partnerships with Dell, LANDesk, and Cisco Systems. Financial highlights for the first half of 2010 include: · 49% increased revenue against the first half of 2009 · ...
Dell Inspiron M101z ultra-thin laptop launched
by Darren AllanCodemasters VP talks India rumours, plus new Grid and Operation Flashpoint
by Darren Allan
July 23, 2010
Smartphones are selling like hot compact and shiny technological gadgets, being up 43% this quarter compared to the same period last year.
A record 60 million smartphone units were shifted in the second quarter, according to a Strategy Analytics report authored by Neil Mawston.
Mawston commented that: “Healthy operator subsidies, vigorous competition between premium tier vendors and a growing ...
Smartphone sales surge by 43%
by Darren AllanShoreTel 11 announced
by Jan HarrisShoreTel, the IP phone systems provider, today released ShoreTel 11, the latest versions of its award-winning UC software. With features such as a client for the iPhone and a distributed database, ShoreTel 11 helps large businesses simplify system management, improve reliability, and lower communications costs, and gives on-the-go workers more choice of mobile devices. As with all previous ShoreTel releases, ShoreTel 11 ...
Microsoft’s sales boom with Windows 7
by Darren Allan
July 21, 2010
It's official – the rumours first started by retailer ShopTo about the cost of Kinect, the motion control system for the Xbox, are true.
It will indeed cost £129.99, a rather heavy price tag which we were hoping was a bit of an exaggeration.
The Kinect sensor will come with Kinect Adventures, which encompasses twenty motion control mini-games such as ...
Microsoft confirms Kinect will be £130
by Darren Allan
July 20, 2010
Currently the Korea-based laptop manufacturer, LG, is preparing to launch the LG R590 3D and within a few weeks the laptop will be released around the world.
This is a huge gamble by LG as there is not an established market as of yet, but some firm has to be at the cutting edge and the only way to ...
LG gambles on 3D laptops
by David AllenMicrosoft’s Xbox 360 slim records storming sales
by Darren Allan
July 13, 2010
Tesco is flexing its considerable pricing muscles (or should that be pricing guns?) in the console arena when it comes to the launch of the new version of the Xbox.
The Xbox 360 Slim will be offered at £189 by the supermarket giant, cut from the RRP of £200. Tesco is also offering double clubcard points on the purchase, ...
Tesco cuts Xbox 360 Slim price
by Darren Allan
July 12, 2010
Apple has said that some of its Time Capsule back-up hard disks sold in a five month period in 2008 may be faulty.
The devices may not boot up, or may be temperamental and shut down randomly, Apple was reported as saying at Macworld.
The exact period, Apple states in a support document on its site, is between February 2008 ...
Faulty Apple Time Capsules recalled
by Darren Allan
July 9, 2010
Leading online transaction security provider, TrustDefender will be demonstrating their real-time, risk-based transaction security solutions, at the 1 Credit Union Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. For this year only, the conference is a combination of the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and North America’s Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Conference. Combining these two established events will bring together global credit ...
TrustDefender demos new transaction security solutions
by Janet HarrisLeading online transaction security provider, TrustDefender will be demonstrating their real-time, risk-based transaction security solutions, at the 1 Credit Union Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. For this year only, the conference is a combination of the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and North America’s Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Conference. Combining these two established events will bring together global credit ...
Humax reveals the T2 STB
by David Allen
Free Sat Nav can cost 20p per mile abroad
by David Allen
Acer Aspire Z5710 and Z5700 all-in-one PCs announced
by Darren Allan
July 6, 2010
1.7 million iPhone 4s were shifted in the smartphone's first three days on sale. There's certainly been no shortage of takers for Apple's new baby, and stocks are short across the country.
And it would seem that a fair number of the plentiful buyers out there were upgrading from an older Apple handset. Or so the number of iPhones ...
iPhone 3G crowned as the most recycled phone
by Darren AllanJapan gets white slim PS3, and expanded hard drives
by Darren Allan
July 2, 2010
Microsoft has said that the Xbox 360 has experienced an upsurge in sales with the release of the “slim” model of the console a couple of weeks back.
The revamped Xbox 360 comes with sleeker lines, runs more quietly, and has built-in wi-fi, a port for the motion control system Kinect, and a 250GB hard drive.
Microsoft told Industry Gamers ...
Xbox 360 slim enjoys US sales spike, but will it last?
by Darren Allan
June 30, 2010
Dundee based Realtime Worlds has unleashed its new game All Points Bulletin (or APB) in the US. It's set to come out in Europe tomorrow, and the UK on Friday.
Realtime Worlds was the developer of the original Crackdown game for the Xbox, and big things are expected from its latest outing, which is a massively multiplayer online affair ...
All Points Bulletin ships in the States
by Darren Allan
June 29, 2010
It's not that long since Windows 7 was launched, and swiftly on its heels comes the first real chunk of news about Windows 8.
Not an official piece of news, of course, but a leaked presentation about the next Microsoft operating system which has been extensively examined by the website Microsoft Kitchen.
So, assuming the slides and information in question ...
Microsoft Windows 8 details get leaked
by Darren AllanABI Research forecasts 81 million USB modem shipments
by Jan HarrisWireless modem devices come in a variety of form factors including USB modems, PC cards, embedded modules, and wireless routers. Among the external devices, USB modems have become the most popular products – so popular that ABI Research forecasts shipments of nearly 81 million this year. Today, the majority of wireless broadband subscribers enjoying portable connectivity use USB ports. The alternative, the PC ...
June 28, 2010
Businesses have never been under more pressure to reduce costs and operate efficiently, yet at the same time workers are increasingly demanding remote access to company applications and data. There has been a rapid growth in the number of users requiring access - road warriors, employees working from home, day extenders, third parties such as contractors and partners, etc. In addition, both ...
Check Point announces USB secure, virtual office
by Jan HarrisBusinesses have never been under more pressure to reduce costs and operate efficiently, yet at the same time workers are increasingly demanding remote access to company applications and data. There has been a rapid growth in the number of users requiring access - road warriors, employees working from home, day extenders, third parties such as contractors and partners, etc. In addition, both ...
June 25, 2010
Samsung is setting its sights high in the smartphone market, aiming to double its current market share by the end of the year, according to an interview the company gave with Business Week.
Currently Samsung holds a 5% share, so it's hoping to boost that level to 10% of the global smartphone market.
Samsung expects that this upsurge will ...
Galaxy S to drive Samsung smartphone success?
by Darren Allan
June 22, 2010
Ipswitch, Inc., the secure, managed file transfer company, just launched Sendable, a powerful and affordable file sending solution that gives individuals and prosumers a fast, easy and secure way to send large files and sensitive documents to other people. Until now, people have been forced to rely on risky and frustrating file transfer methods – including unsecure email attachments, easily lost ...
Ipswitch Launches 'Sendable' file transfer solution
by Janet HarrisIpswitch, Inc., the secure, managed file transfer company, just launched Sendable, a powerful and affordable file sending solution that gives individuals and prosumers a fast, easy and secure way to send large files and sensitive documents to other people. Until now, people have been forced to rely on risky and frustrating file transfer methods – including unsecure email attachments, easily lost ...
Businesses still failing to encrypt data on USB sticks
by Jan HarrisAs threats to corporate data grow, and the cost of breaches increase, a survey of alleged security conscious professionals has remarkably revealed that over half of respondents (52%), who admit to carrying company data on a USB stick, do not encrypt it. Remarkably, 11% of this savvy audience, who really should know better, ‘protect’ their devices with passwords alone – an ...
Tesco selling UK’s first hybrid Freeview+ HD STB
by David Allen
June 21, 2010
Toshiba has been busy this morning, and as well as its Libretto dual screen laptop, the company has announced the AC100, a netbook with a difference.
It runs Android 2.1 in tandem with an Nvidia Tegra system-on-a-chip, along with 512MB of memory and a compact 8GB solid state drive for swift booting.
The AC100 has a 10 inch screen, and ...
Toshiba AC100 Android powered netbook
by Darren AllanToshiba Libretto W100 dual screen laptop announced
by Darren Allan
June 18, 2010
StorageCraft UK (www.storagecraft.co.uk), the provider of disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops, today announces new flexible pricing, licensing and delivery options for StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition™, part of the award-winning ShadowProtect™ line of disk-based backup, disaster recovery, data protection and system migration solutions. The flexible pricing and licensing allows solution providers and ...
StorageCraft updates licensing for ShadowProtect IT Edition
by Janet HarrisStorageCraft UK (www.storagecraft.co.uk), the provider of disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions for servers, desktops and laptops, today announces new flexible pricing, licensing and delivery options for StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition™, part of the award-winning ShadowProtect™ line of disk-based backup, disaster recovery, data protection and system migration solutions. The flexible pricing and licensing allows solution providers and ...
June 17, 2010
Following demands from the public for government departments to show exactly what sort energy usage its buildings are wasting, it seems that at least two major government departments have taken notice.
The department of Energy and Climate Change, along with the Home Office, have placed energy usage metres on their websites to show the public how they doing through ...
Government puts energy and water meters online
by David Allen
June 16, 2010
Binary Research (UK) Ltd, part of the company that originally developed Symantec’s Ghost, announced today the availability of Big Bang’s Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) version 4.6, which includes full support for 64-bit Windows 7, as well as continuing to support 32-bit Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Intel-based Apple Macintosh's. The vanguard software application enables error-free deployment to every desktop, ...
Binary Research upgrades Big Bang’s Universal Imaging Utility
by Janet HarrisBinary Research (UK) Ltd, part of the company that originally developed Symantec’s Ghost, announced today the availability of Big Bang’s Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) version 4.6, which includes full support for 64-bit Windows 7, as well as continuing to support 32-bit Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Intel-based Apple Macintosh's. The vanguard software application enables error-free deployment to every desktop, ...
World Cup driving HDTV sales
by David Allen
June 15, 2010
Microsoft has announced that it will indeed be producing a diet version of its Xbox 360, just like Sony has done with the PS3.
This confirms the leak of an Italian advert showing the machine that we reported on yesterday.
The new console is slimmer and stylishly contoured, although from the footage we've seen online, it doesn't look all that ...
Microsoft Xbox 360 “slim” confirmed
by Darren AllanCall South Africa for EUR 0.03 with Vopium
by Jan HarrisVopium, a company determined to drive down the cost of international calls has now expanded its service - supporting a wide array of devices from Symbian, Java, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Apple. Recently Vopium has upgraded its Web IM & Calling service allowing free calls to Skype, Gtalk and Vopium users and some new exciting subscription packages for cheap calls ...
June 14, 2010
You know those rumours flying around that Sony was going to announce a price cut on its PS3 console at the E3 games show?
It seems that isn't the case. Sony will definitely be showing off its Move motion controller for the PS3 at E3 tomorrow. And possibly two new console bundles, featuring Move and a 500GB and 250GB ...
PS3 price cut not coming at E3
by Darren AllanSlim Xbox 360 to be announced at E3?
by Darren Allan
June 9, 2010
Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network will be taken down from 4pm today, our time, right through until 4.30am tomorrow morning.
During that time, Sony says, you might not be able to access the PlayStation Store, sign in to PSN, or indeed play online games.
Basically, if you want to be guaranteed to be able to play online tonight ...
PSN downtime sparks 3D update speculation
by Darren AllanMicrosoft launches Office Apps
by David Allen
June 7, 2010
Finally, the UK market has a Freeview HD set top box with hard drive and Blu-ray recorder.
The Panasonic DMR BW880 and BW780 come with dual tuners for more recording options and surround sound for extra audio quality.
Both these set top boxes allow the user to record content via the dual layer Blu-ray system and also come with ...
Panasonic launches new Freeview HD Blu-ray STB
by David Allen
June 3, 2010
Been enjoying the new Doctor Who series lately?
After a very lukewarm start, we have to say that the last few episodes have managed to be more interesting. Even if we're still not convinced that Matt Smith can hold a small light source to David Tennant's Doctor.
Anyway, if you're a big fan of the Time Lord with the multi-purpose ...
Doctor Who: City of the Daleks game launched
by Darren AllanSony KDL32EX500 1080p LCD HDTV
by Franz Bicar
Everyone enjoys watching the evening news or TV dramas in life-size HD on a big-screen flat panel HDTV. But really, everyone wants to watch something with a little more suspense, a little more intensity, and a whole lot of action. Not all HDTVs, however, can deliver sports and action movies with ...Panasonic TCP65S1 1080p Plasma HDTV Review
by Franz Bicar
When buying televisions, specially in this time of high-definition content, one would say that everything is all in the detail. Panasonic, the manufacturer of the TCP565S1 plasma gets this, and created this set with that saying in mind. A Neo PDP panel displays gorgeous full-time 1080p resolution in an energy efficient way. ...
May 24, 2010
HP and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced they will provide new communication solutions, allowing clients to easily adopt and deploy Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) to drive greater organizational value. Building on the companies’ global alliance, this agreement enables HP and Alcatel-Lucent to deliver and market end-to-end UC&C solutions to clients. These solutions use the convergence of telecommunications and ...
HP and Alcatel-Lucent offer holistic approach to UC
by Jan HarrisHP and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced they will provide new communication solutions, allowing clients to easily adopt and deploy Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) to drive greater organizational value. Building on the companies’ global alliance, this agreement enables HP and Alcatel-Lucent to deliver and market end-to-end UC&C solutions to clients. These solutions use the convergence of telecommunications and ...
May 21, 2010
With the FIFA World Cup kick off only a matter of weeks away, England fans will be wondering how they are going to get to see the live games without falling out with the boss.
One of the easiest solutions would be to turn the computer into a TV, which can easily be done with a USB TV Tuner. ...
Freeview on a laptop
by David Allen
May 19, 2010
Humax impressed the market when it launched the HD FOX T2 Freeview set top box a few months ago, but with this launch came the promise of something better and now Humax has added the HDR FOX T2 Freeview HD recorder to its range of set top boxes.
While the features are what are to be expected from a ...
Humax releases Freeview HD STB
by David Allen
May 17, 2010
Keeley Hawes will provide the voice for Lara Croft in her next downloadable adventure.
Hawes, who plays Alex Drake, the female version of Sam Tyler in Ashes to Ashes, has voiced the heroine for her last two gaming outings.
The latest episode, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, is being developed by Crystal Dynamics.
The game will be released at ...
Lara Croft voiced by Keeley Hawes
by Darren AllanScottish drivers use sat-nav to beat speed traps
by Darren Allan
