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Thursday, 07 August 2008

Epson intros new photo viewers

Jonny Evans

These feature high capacity - 160GB and 80GB - hard drives, and incorporate a large 4-inch 640-x-480 Epson Photo Fine Premia LCD screen.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

T-Mobile first to announce BlackBerry Bold in UK

Rosemary Haworth, PC Advisor

RIM's much-touted 'iPhone killer', the BlackBerry Bold has been given the go ahead in the UK. The handset will go on sale in September and T-Mobile is claiming to be the first to bring it to market.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

iPhone sales to surge as smartphone market grows

Jonny Evans

The ratio of smartphones to the global handset market is expected to climb to 15 per cent in the second half of this year, up from 12-13 per cent currently. In the US market alone, sales of smartphones already reached 20 per cent in the second quarter

Thursday, 07 August 2008

US Patent office revisits Dell's 'cloud computing' claim

Patrick Thibodeau, Computerworld

Dell had received near final approval for this trademark, but the USPTO canceled its "Notice of Allowance" on Tuesday, according to trademark records. The application has been "returned to examination."

Thursday, 07 August 2008

New social networks introduce new twists

Daniel P. Dern Demo.com

New social networks look to narrow their focus for specific groups, hope specific features for specific markets will help boost their marketshare and build their brands

Thursday, 07 August 2008

20 new countries set to get iPhone 3G

Jonny Evans

Apple's iPhone 3G set to ship in ten countries across Latin America, East Europe and India on 22 August.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Eddy Cue - driven, talented, capable, report suggests

Jonny Evans

Apple's new man at the helm of MobileMe and the rest of the company's internet services, is hard-working, demanding, and extraordinarily capable, at least, that's the kind of profile the Guardian is describing.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

BETT 2009 runs 14-17 January

Jonny Evans

Expect more Apple than ever at next year's BETT 2009 trade show for educators and ICT pros.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Macs now support Sony Ericsson mobiles

Jonny Evans

FoneLink is a Mac-like user interface for exchanging files, music, photos and videos between a Mac and Sony Ericsson mobiles.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Comics on-demand for iPhone, iPod touch

Jonny Evans

Clickwheel Comic Reader now available for free from iTunes - and 2000AD is available on-demand through the service

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Apple product upgrades loom

Jonny Evans

Apple analyst expects new iPods and redesigned MacBooks and MacBook Pros will make their appearance at a hitherto unannounced Apple special event in September.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

UK must answer EU over Phorm

Jeremy Kirk

The government must respond next month to an EU query regarding whether targeted internet advertising system, Phorm, violates its data protection regulations.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Frogger ships for iPhone and iPod touch

Peter Cohen, Macworld.com

Konami Digital Entertainment has introduced Frogger for iPhone and iPod touch, but only through the US iTunes Store at present

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Apple management shake-up over MobileMe launch

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)

We take a closer look at the changes being made at Apple in the wake of the MobileMe launch, and ask if this means the end of Apple's famed secrecy, and the start of comprehensive beta-testing for its products?

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Fake CNN news malware spreading fast

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)

Clicking on any of those links, however, brings up a dialogue that says an incorrect version of Flash Player has been detected, and tells users they needed to update to a newer edition

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Google's new tool offers added insight

Heather Havenstein, Computerworld (US)

Google tool shows users in Alabama have historically been more interested in the BlackBerry than the iPhone, though iPhone surpassed BlackBerry on interest levels there in June as well as the same month last year. Apple released its initial iPhone model in June 2007.

Thursday, 07 August 2008

Business sim makes it to iPhone

Jonny Evans

Minieconomy.com has introduced its ward-winning business strategy game, Informatist, to the iPhone.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Google to launch free music service in China

Steven Schwankert

Google is launching a music service aimed at providing Chinese listeners with free, legal music downloads, it said Tuesday.

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

EA boss: EA not in the business of 'crappy' licensed games

Jack Loftus, GamePro

EA chief John Riccitiello: "I think what you're noticing is that in years gone by we haven't had as many great, original intellectual properties. There's a lot more of that this year from EA and I think from here forward."

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Firefox growth slows, IE holds steady

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)

Firefox accounted for 19.2 per cent of the browsers used to access the 40,000 sites Net Applications monitors for its clients, an increase of just 0.2 percentage points over June.

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