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UK Airports To Introduce Face Recognition Devices

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

The UK Border Agency is set to roll-out face recognition solutions as part of the e-borders programme, across the UK if the six-month trial at Manchester Airport, which involves 11 machines, is conclusive

5 Ways The New Skypephone S2 Could Make A Big Difference

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

Three's new Skypephone S2 has just made it off the shelves and the mere fact that it is being launched less than a year after the first model is a testament to the popularity and versatility of the product

Asus BC-1205PT Blu-ray Optical Drive

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

The ASUS BC-1205PT is BD-ROM/DVD±R/RW/CD-RW drive capable of reading data from and writing data on DVD+R/RW/DVD-R/RW/ DVD-RAM formats

Dell Extends Laptop Warranty After Nvidia GPU Debacle, But Worse is coming

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

Nvidia's problems have gone from bad to worse after Dell yielded in to customers demands and offered an additional 12-month warranty to all those affected by Nvidia's GPU problems

Apple Pushes iPhone Firmware v2.0.2 Out Finally

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

Apple has released a software update version 2.0.2 for iPhone and iPhone 3G which it mentions is aimed at fixing bugs

Landline Broadband User Customer base Shrinks as Mobile Internet Numbers Rocket

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

A recent survey report which was undertaken by YouGov has indicated that the rising popularity of Mobile Broadband services can adversely affect the financials of traditional Internet Service Providers (ISP)

Nokia's Brand New 8800 Phone Aimed At Posher Fashionistas

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

Nokia has made a stunning new addition to the Nokia 8800 Arte range by introducing the Carbon Arte which promises to turn heads for its sheer looks

Toshiba Revamps Tecra Range With Centrino 2 Equipped A10 and M10 Laptops

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

Toshiba has introduced two new laptops in its Tecra range which are tailored to cater to high end business use and promises holistic security as their hallmark

Archos Pits Latest Wireless 3G PMPs Against Apple's iTouch

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

French-based Archos has just released two new media players that should really give Apple's iTouch a run for its money; the Archos 5 and Archos 7 both have something the iTouch doesn't: huge screens with almost no bezel

Zoom ADSL X6 125mbps Wireless-G ADSL Modem Router, £29.97

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

This Zoom ADSL wireless router provides wireless speed boost for data rates above 802.11g

16GB IJT Flash Drive, only £24.95

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

An outstanding 16GB storage device that comes with 2 years warranty and no caps to lose

Power saving is environmental good news in data centres!

Alex Rabbetts — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

The Credit Crunch? Environmental good news in Data Centres? Why? Read the following to learn more

Computer Game Industry Launches Crackdown on P2P File Sharing

Desire Athow — Wed, 20 Aug 2008

Yesterday's news of the successful prosecution of a 30-year old mother of two for illegally sharing file seems to have embolden the rest of the industry to pursuit UK-based casual pirates

Olympics Committee wants help from Piratebay.org

Steve Gold — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

I was mildly amused this afternoon to hear that the IOC (International Olympics Committee) is looking to the Pirate Bay to help it eradicate BitTorrent indexes that show clips from the Beijing Olympics.

Visa starts real-time mobile transaction alerts in US

Steve Gold — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Visa has bitten the security bullet and announced agreements with eight North American financial institutions to launch a pilot program testing delivery of real-time transaction notification alerts via text
messaging and email.

Three launches Skypephone Mark 2, Free on £15 Contract

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Though not intended as a business phone, Three’s Skypephone S2 has some serious small business features

Japanese iPod Nano Overheating Reports : Apple having a really bad day?

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

It could just be a matter of sheer unfortunate, but a few hours after Sony announced a new range aimed at competing with the Apple iPod Nano, reports come from Tokyo that the iPod Nano might catch fire a bit too easily

Accessing Software Over the Web

Team Unified Software — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

In the last couple of years, we have witnessed the beginnings of a revolution in the way that software is distributed by its creators, and accessed by its users

Rumour Mill : Dell's Atom-based Mini Inspiron 910 To Be Launched on Friday

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Dell is just about to be the latest to join in the race for this year's most successful Ultra Cheap, Ultra portable laptop as it takes the lid of the Inspiron 910, the latest addition to its widly popular Inspiron range

Epson Looks To Grab Share in Lucrative MFP Market With Four New Printers

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Japanese Firm Epson has announced four new printers aimed at the growing league of Home Office users which come with a number of features

Tech Industry Brushes Aside Recession As IT Expenditure Increases

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Worldwide Spending on IT and Tech will reach GBP 1.7 trillion in 2008 reckons Industry Analysts Gartner

SanDisk 2GB SD Card Twin Pack, £8.99 delivered

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Sandisk SD Card is a highly secure stamp-sized flash memory card and weighs approximately two grams

£16000 Fine For Mother Spells Trouble For UK P2P File-sharing

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

A Polish mother of two has been told to pay more than £16,000 in a ruling that could possibly spell the end of the judicial system's apparent leniency towards online file sharers

Western Digital 150GB VelociRaptor 1000RPM SATA 16MB, £123.36 delivered

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Western Digital's Raptor has evolved! PC enthusiasts' favourite 10,000 RPM SATA drive is now faster than ever

Microsoft Brings Blu-Ray HD Support for Windows Platform

Desire Athow — Tue, 19 Aug 2008

Microsoft is set to introduce a new feature pack for storage that is expected to provide Blu-Ray support in Windows