Archive for February, 2008
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 by Andy
Dell has announced a new entry-level gaming desktop, as it attempts to expand into the enthusiast market it inherited with the acquisition of Alienware.
The XPS 630 will begin at £849 for an Intel Core 2 Duo running at 2.66GHz, with a 250GB hard disk, 1GB RAM and Geforce 8800GT graphics ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 by Andy
Google recently announced it plans to build a new undersea cable linking the US and Asia, to boost international bandwidth:
The cable network will be called Unity, and run the 6,000 miles from Asia to the US under the Pacific Ocean.
It is expected that the connection will increase trans-Pacific bandwidth ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008 by Andy
Microsoft today attempted to soothe fears after it's announcement of plans for a hostile takeover of Yahoo.
Microsoft says it has incentives ready to retain its employees and Yahoo employees if the takeover goes through. Microsoft and Yahoo have been rivals in Internet search for years. While Microsoft has grown and ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008 by Tim
EBay Inc.'s customers don't need to open a Web browser to search the site or auction an item anymore.
After a quick download, the online auctioneer's users can click the company's logo on their desktop and launch an application that will allow them to do their business directly — no ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008 by Andy
Yet more bleating from the world's most two-faced organisations:
ISPs could face a sharp increase in bandwidth costs as internet TV services such as the BBC's iPlayer continue to grow in popularity.
Data from one ISP, PlusNet, shows that its streaming costs tripled during January, the first full month in which iPlayer's ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008 by Tim
European Union regulators are expressing skepticism over Microsoft's latest offer to share more information about its products and technology.
The EU said in a statement Thursday it has seen four other similar statements in the past from the world's largest software maker.
Earlier Thursday, Microsoft announced it will be publishing ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 by Matt
Blu-ray has finally come up on top as the preferred high definition format by the industry, and about time too!
This is great news for the Sony Corporation, as it failed to let history repeat itself. But how sucessfuly will the Blu-ray format be?
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 by Andy
According to a report by the Financial Times, Myspace are in talks with major record labels, in a bid to provide an ad-supported music service:
The company, a division of News Corp, has held discussions with Universal Music, Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI, according to several people familiar with the ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 by Tim
As announced on ITPro, Orange will exclusively sell HTC's latest innovation, the HTC Shift by the end of the month.
Businesses users are hotly anticipating the new device, which merges the form and functionality of a phone with the capabilities of a small laptop, featuring a seven-inch touch screen, QWERTY keyboard ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 by Andy
After much speculation and hinting about the future of HD-DVD, Toshiba finally announced it's plans to drop the format in a statement today:
“We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called 'next-generation format war' and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop,” said Atsutoshi ...
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