Archive for July, 2009

UK’s national ID card unveiled

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has unveiled the final design of the controversial national identity card. Read more..

iPhone bucks handset sales falls

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Apple's iPhone is continuing to enjoy a rise in global sales, despite industry-wide falls, a survey says. Read more..

Cable fault cuts off West Africa

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Internet and phone services are disrupted across West Africa following damage to an undersea cable. Read more..

MSN launches free streaming video

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Microsoft launches MSN Video Player, a free, streaming video service that provides full-length television shows. Read more..

Hardware hacker

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The inventor of light bulb conkers and a VCR cat feeder Read more..

The WordPress 2.0.x Legacy Branch is Deprecated

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The WordPress team had initially committed to maintaining the WordPress 2.0.x legacy branch until 2010. Unfortunately, we bit off more than we could chew—the 2.0.x branch is now retired and ... Read more..

Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Tech giants Yahoo and Microsoft announce an internet search deal to help the two companies take on chief rival Google. Read more..

New ‘crisis satellites’ launched

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

A rocket is launched from Kazakhstan carrying two UK-built satellites which will help monitor natural disasters. Read more..

Search giant

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Will the long-awaited Microsoft-Yahoo deal work? Read more..

Dongle users face stiff penalties

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Users of mobile broadband are often not aware of download limits or the penalties for breaching them, a survey finds. Read more..