The Intel strikes back

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Filed under: Hardware News, Companies News, Webhosting News, Technology News, Internet News

SPECIAL REPORT In the face of encroachment by AMD into traditional chip markets, Intel is powering to strike back with a recently announced series of releases. Key to this is the coming launch of its quad core chip family for x86 servers - Core 2 ...

 

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Net delivers mobile domains

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Filed under: Mobile News, Browsers, Web Development News, Webhosting News, Internet News

Public registrations of .mobi - the newly accredited domain name extension - has opened up today. The aim of .mobi domain names is to cater specifically for mobile device users. The domain registration body overseeing the project - Mobile Top Level Domain (MTLD) - insists ...

 

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Torpark browser released to protect privacy

Link: Torpark browser released to protect privacy
Filed under: Software News, Firefox News, Browsers

A new browser named Torpark has been released, which claims to offer greater privacy protections online. Torpark is a modified version of the increasingly popular Mozilla Firefox browser, and connects to the internet via an extensive network of servers and routers set up ...

 

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New DVD format could close HD DVD and Blu Ray rivalry

Link: New DVD format could close HD DVD and Blu Ray rivalry
Filed under: Technology News

Researchers with Warner Bros. have filed for a patent that allows a single DVD disc to store multiple high definition DVD formats. The resultant disc would allow standard DVD storage - in addition to also storing both rival High Definition ...

 

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Sony laptop batteries recall continues

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Filed under: Hardware News, Apple News, Technology News

The recall of laptop batteries made by Sony continued this month as Toshiba recalled over 340,000 batteries from its laptops. The affected Toshiba laptops are the Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite, made between March and May of this year. The reason for the recall is ...

 

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UK housing market powers up

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Filed under: Property Market News, Economy News

Indicators show that the UK property market is powering up again, despite the recent interest rate rise. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) (formerly known as the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister - ODPM) announced this week that house prices across ...

 

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UK breaking EU employment law

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Filed under: Employment News, Legal News, Business News

The UK has been judged to be breaking EU employment law, for failing to ensure that workers have proper rest periods. The case was brought by the European Commission in the European Court of Justice, after the UK was seen to be failing to ...

 

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Economic downturn continues to threaten UK

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Filed under: Ecommerce News, Economy News

SPECIAL REPORT The UK economy is facing continued indicators of a slowdown, against the backdrop of a general warning on the state of the Global Economy. Key challenges facing the UK ecnoomy are the twin evils of rising inflation and rising inflation. Despite Tony ...

 

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Donald Trump site hack warning to business

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Filed under: Webmaster News, Security News, Internet News, Business News

Businesses were again reminded to take proper care of security for their websites, after Donald Trump's website was found hacked. A search on Google shows the site has been filled with junk pages and links promoting a third-party pharmaceuticals site. Webhosting and design company ...

 

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New Browzar offers private surfing

Link: New Browzar offers private surfing
Filed under: Firefox News, Browsers, Microsoft News

UPDATE: Browzar stands accused of being AdWare, and Techcrunch accuses it as being nothing more than a simple shell to IE which forces Overture ads on its own users. A new internet browser named Browzer has been released, which is built to ...

 

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