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4th of August 2011

iOS To Merge With Mac OS X By 2012 Claims Analyst iOS To Merge With Mac OS X By 2012 Claims Analyst
Apple may be mulling plans for a single operating system as early as next year according to Peter Misek, an analyst for Jeffries and Co. In a note to clients, he says that the merger of...

Google To Prefer TI SoCs For Future iPad 2, iPhone 5 Rivals Google To Prefer TI SoCs For Future iPad 2, iPhone 5 Rivals
US semiconductor giant Texas Instruments has apparently been chosen by Google to become its preferred partner for the launch of tablets, smartphones and other devices that will use the...

Will Virgin Media Offer Wi-Fi On London Buses? Will Virgin Media Offer Wi-Fi On London Buses?
Just days after Virgin Media's CEO, Neil Berkett, proposed a basic but free Wi-Fi service for Londoners, the Director of Environment and Digital London, Kulveer Ranger, suggested to online...

Apple May Hire Next Retail Operations Head from Abroad Apple May Hire Next Retail Operations Head from Abroad
iPhone maker Apple is reportedly considering hiring a new head for its retail operations from outside the US.Citing a person familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that Apple has...

Twitter Valued at $8 Billion, Reportedly Raises $800 Million in Funding Twitter Valued at $8 Billion, Reportedly Raises $800 Million in Funding
Micro blogging platform Twitter has managed to raise $800 million in a recent round of funding, which evaluated the company at $8 billion.The funding brings a significant boost to its...

10% of Kodak's Patent Portfolio Up for Grabs 10% of Kodak's Patent Portfolio Up for Grabs
Kodak, which posted a loss of $167 million in latest quarter, revealed that it plans to sell 1,100 patents, which makes up 10 percent of its massive patent portfolio, for a huge sum of...

Apple Falling Behind in Customer Service Reveals Survey Apple Falling Behind in Customer Service Reveals Survey
As Apple continues to break sales records every quarter, the quality of the company’s tech customer support is dropping.According to a latest The National Customer Service Survey...

Sensitive SCADA Systems Data Available Via Google Sensitive SCADA Systems Data Available Via Google
In what could be termed as a rather shocking discovery, it has been revealed that Scada systems, used for the operation of many critical infrastructures including the likes of power...

Apple Fined £1726 over Location Data Fiasco Apple Fined £1726 over Location Data Fiasco
Tech giant Apple Inc. has found itself at the receiving end of a lawsuit following the decision by the South Korean government to impose a £1,726 worth penalty for collecting location...

Latest Android Trojan Eavesdrops on Your Calls Latest Android Trojan Eavesdrops on Your Calls
A newly discovered Trojan, built for targeting Google’s Android Smartphones is capable of recording phone calls and transmit them to its creator without even alarming the victim,...

T-Mobile Enables Payment for Digital Goods through Direct Carrier Billing T-Mobile Enables Payment for Digital Goods through Direct Carrier Billing
Telecom giant T-Mobile has announced a brand new carrier billing program which will enable its customers to charge their purchased items directly into the T-Mobile monthly bill.With this...

NHS Misspent Public Money On BT Systems, Committee Says NHS Misspent Public Money On BT Systems, Committee Says
The UK Public Accounts Committee has severely criticised the Department of Health and telcoms firm BT for a contract that cut only a fraction of the cost for the NHS National Programme...

Internet Explorer Users Don't Really Have Lower IQ Internet Explorer Users Don't Really Have Lower IQ
A  much-publicised study which claimed that users of the Internet Explorer web browser have inferior IQ levels has turned out to be a hoax, it has been revealed.Thanks to some serious...

Is Netflix & Spotify Competitor, Apple iTunes Replay Coming Soon? Is Netflix & Spotify Competitor, Apple iTunes Replay Coming Soon?
iPhone maker Apple is all set to unveil the company’s hugely anticipated new offering, iTunes Replay, and it could hit the market pretty soon, a new report claims.The iTunes Replay,...

Jury Rules in Favour of ActiveVideo, Verizon to Pay $115 Million Jury Rules in Favour of ActiveVideo, Verizon to Pay $115 Million
Cloud based TV company ActiveVideo has won $115 million as damages in a patent infringement lawsuit against Verizon.The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia...

Apple iPhone 5 In Carrier Testing, September Is The Month Apple iPhone 5 In Carrier Testing, September Is The Month
According to a new report, Apple's iPhone 5 is currently being tested by the company's carrier partners. This latest information comes from Charles Arthur at The Guardian, who wrote...

Samsung Joins Pursuit Of InterDigital Patent Portfolio Samsung Joins Pursuit Of InterDigital Patent Portfolio
Korean electronics giant Samsung has emerged as the new potential buyer of InterDigital’s enormous patent portfolio, according to new reports.US based InterDigital recently put up...

Cyber Crime Clean-up Cost Increases by 56% Cyber Crime Clean-up Cost Increases by 56%
A new study has revealed that the median cost of cybercrime in on the rise, 56 percent to be precise, and costs companies an average of $6 million a year.The shocking revelation which was...

New IEEE 802.22 Wi-Fi Standard Promises Better Broadband For Rural Communities And Emerging Nations New IEEE 802.22 Wi-Fi Standard Promises Better Broadband For Rural Communities And Emerging Nations
A new standard for Wi-Fi published recently by the IEEE Standards Association could put an end to broadband dead spots in rural areas and countries without mature Internet...

iPhone 5 Should Be A Significant Upgrade iPhone 5 Should Be A Significant Upgrade
Apple's next-gen iPhone could be a more considerable upgrade than previously rumoured, in order to keep the iPhone competitive and maintain its position at the top of the smartphone market,...

Dragon's Den's Duncan Bannatyne Offers £30,000 Reward For Arrest Of Twitter Blackmailer Dragon's Den's Duncan Bannatyne Offers £30,000 Reward For Arrest Of Twitter Blackmailer
Millionaire entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne, one of the protagonists of popular UK TV show Dragon's Den, has offered a £30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a Twitter...

CPU Sales Chart Flattens as PC Sales Drop Claims IDC CPU Sales Chart Flattens as PC Sales Drop Claims IDC
The drop in worldwide PC sales has had an impact on the market for CPUs as well a report by market research firm IDC claimed.IDC said that the market for central processing units was...

Australian Outfit Promises 100,000 Times More Detail In Gaming Graphics Australian Outfit Promises 100,000 Times More Detail In Gaming Graphics
An Australian company claiming to be on the verge of a breakthrough in the way computer graphics are created which could increase the amount of detail in video games and other media by...

Huawei Unveils Rival To HTC Desire S Called Vision Huawei Unveils Rival To HTC Desire S Called Vision
Huawei's ascent in the mainstream smartphone market appears unstoppable as the Chinese handset manufacturer has released its most powerful and upmarket handset to date, the Vision. Based...

Retailers Cut Price Of iPhone 4, Making Room For iPhone 5 Retailers Cut Price Of iPhone 4, Making Room For iPhone 5
On the verge of the iPhone 5 launch, Target and Radio Shack are dropping prices of the iPhone 4 to make room for Apple's upcoming smartphone.   Radio Shack has a sale running at...

AOL iPad App Gives 'A 20-minute Morning Briefing' AOL iPad App Gives 'A 20-minute Morning Briefing'
AOL has just dished out its first online magazine designed specifically for Apple’s iPad tablet PC device.The Editions by AOL iPad app has been designed from ground up to allow users...

Microsoft Research Proposes New Home Heating System, Data Centres Microsoft Research Proposes New Home Heating System, Data Centres
Data centres are known for generating massive amounts of heat but two Microsoft researchers have come up with a vision to harness the heat generated by them to warm houses.According to a...

Pegatron To Ship iPhone 5 Handsets In September Pegatron To Ship iPhone 5 Handsets In September
A recent report has revealed that Pegatron will begin shipments of Apple's iPhone 5 in September, with the Taiwan-based manufacturer thus becoming the second ODM for Apple's smartphone. A...

Series of Cyber Attacks Part of Five Year Campaign Reveals McAfee Series of Cyber Attacks Part of Five Year Campaign Reveals McAfee
Security software provider McAfee has said that the series of hacking attacks till date, which saw hackers penetrating into 72 networks worldwide, including those of United Nations, many...

Apple iCloud Gaining Popularity among Developers Apple iCloud Gaining Popularity among Developers
A new mobile developer survey has revealed that developer interest in Apple’s iCloud has risen significantly in the last quarter, almost matching that of Amazon’s...

iPad Competitors Can't Match Apple's Design Efficiency iPad Competitors Can't Match Apple's Design Efficiency
It looks like tablet makers are not only failing to reach the iPad's level when it comes to sales, but also can't compare to Apple in terms of design efficiency, which keeps the iPad's...

UK Legalises CD, DVD Ripping UK Legalises CD, DVD Ripping
The government is updating its archaic copyright laws by making it officially legal for people to copy content from CDs and DVDs owned by them on their MP3 players and computer systems.This...

RIM Unveils New BlackBerry Bold And Torch Smartphones RIM Unveils New BlackBerry Bold And Torch Smartphones
Smartphone maker Research in Motion has introduced three new BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Torch handsets in a fresh attempt to regain some of its lost glory in the smartphone...

Google Sponsors Green Flight Challenge For Efficient Aircraft Google Sponsors Green Flight Challenge For Efficient Aircraft
Google has been investing a lot of dough in green technologies over the past few years, supporting wind and solar energy projects across the United States.The company is taking its...

Google Voice Goes Live Globally, Comparatively Cheaper Google Voice Goes Live Globally, Comparatively Cheaper
Internet search behemoth Google Inc. has finally made available its Gmail voice calling service outside the US, in 38 different languages all across the world including the UK, the company...

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