Visa moving to cell phone payment in USA

Link: Visa moving to cell phone payment in USA
Filed under: Visa News, Wireless News, Mobile News, Ecommerce News, Technology News

At the CTIA Wireless convention in Orlando, Visa USA revealed plans to expand the use of wireless payment transactions. The company has entered into collaborations with several wireless technology companies to explore technology which allows customers to pay with the wave of a handset, ...

 

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Mac users run Vista with Boot Camp beta

Link: Mac users run Vista with Boot Camp beta
Filed under: Software News, Apple News, Technology News

Apple has made the newest version of Boot Camp available for download on its website. The software allows Mac users to run the Vista operating system on their Intel-based systems. The new version is still officially a beta product, but it now works with ...

 

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UK leads Western Europe in broadband penetration

Link: UK leads Western Europe in broadband penetration
Filed under: Broadband News, Apple News, Technology News

New reports from eMarketer and the IAB place the UK as the most digital country in Western Europe, reinforcing the findings of a report by Informa which was published in May 2006. According to eMarketer’s “UK Online” report, the UK has the fifth-highest ...

 

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Yahoo offers unlimited email storage

Link: Yahoo offers unlimited email storage
Filed under: Email News, Yahoo! News, Internet News

Yahoo is planning to offer unlimited storage to its free Web-based e-mail users, in a move that could herald similar offers from rivals such as Google. Unlimited storage will be available from Yahoo this May. It will be made available globally, except for in ...

 

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Intel extends Wi-Fi range

Link: Intel extends Wi-Fi range
Filed under: Broadband News, Telecoms News, Wireless News, Internet News

Intel has developed Wi-Fi technology which can transmit signals over 60 miles, rather than the few hundred feet that current Wi-Fi signals travel. The system uses regular Wi-Fi hardware combined with modified software. The technology has been developed by researchers from Intel Research Berkeley, an ...

 

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Microsoft Vista sales soar to 20 million?

Link: Microsoft Vista sales soar to 20 million?
Filed under: Software News, Technology News, Microsoft News

Microsoft says it has sold over 20 million copies of its Vista operating system since it was released on 30 January. This beats initial sales of Windows XP, which sold 17 million copies in its first two months on sale, although a ...

 

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£1.1m investment in underwater wireless communication

Link: £1.1m investment in underwater wireless communication
Filed under: Telecoms News, Apple News, Technology News

A consortium led by Wireless Fibre Systems has secured £560,000 funding for a two-year research project into technologies to allow divers and machines to communicate wirelessly underwater. The funding from the Department of Trade and Industry will part-fund the £1.1m project, which hopes to ...

 

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Xbox 360 Elite expected to feature IPTV capability

Link: Xbox 360 Elite expected to feature IPTV capability
Filed under: Xbox News, Technology News

According to Dean Takahashi from the The San Jose Mercury News, the Xbox 360 Elite edition will include IPTV capabilities, allowing users to view internet videos, trailers and TV channels on the console. It has been confirmed that the console will feature a 120GB ...

 

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Dell develops virtualisation-capable server

Link: Dell develops virtualisation-capable server
Filed under: Server News, Dell News, Hardware News, Webhosting News, Webmaster News, Technology News

Dell's PowerEdge division is developing a server optimised to run virtualisation software. Virtualisation allows a single computer to run multiple operating systems in compartments called virtual machines. This both increases efficiency and reduces costs. The technology can be combined with multicore processors ...

 

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Microsoft temporarily closes Soapbox

Link: Microsoft temporarily closes Soapbox
Filed under: Legal News, IPTV News, Microsoft News, Internet News

Microsoft is closing newly launched 'Soapbox' video-sharing site, to bolster its defences against pirated content. Current subscribers will be able to continue using the site, but no new subscribers will be accepted. Since a test version of the site was launched in ...

 

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McAfee conflicts with Zonealarm

Link: McAfee conflicts with Zonealarm
Filed under: Zonealarm News, McAfee News, Software News, Security News, Internet News

Windows users with multiple security programs installed may be in for a rude awakening this morning - the latest update to McAfee Security Suite 9 won't allow the software to work in conjunction with the free Zonealarm firewall. According to McAfee technical advisor ...

 

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Simply Media and JumpTV in UK TV partnership

Link: Simply Media and JumpTV in UK TV partnership
Filed under: IPTV News, Internet News

Digital entertainment provider Simply Media has entered into a partnership with JumpTV, which broadcasts ethnic television over the Internet, to provide international television channels to subscribers of 'Simply TV'. Simply Media's new Internet Protocol set-top box, Simply TV, will provide JumpTV channels from Latin ...

 

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Free MoD spectrum auction to begin in 2008

Link: Free MoD spectrum auction to begin in 2008
Filed under: Telecoms News, Wireless News, Technology News

It was announced in the budget that the government will begin to auction radio spectrum currently used by the Ministry of Defence in 2008. A study of the spectrum allocated to the MoD will be completed in May 2008. This will identify how much ...

 

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Apple TV now available in UK

Link: Apple TV now available in UK
Filed under: Apple News, IPTV News, Internet News

Apple TV, which allows iTunes content from a PC or Mac to be wirelessly played on a widescreen television is now shipping in the UK following a one-month delay. All types of content can be viewed, including movies, TV shows, music, photos and ...

 

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Laptop demand overtakes desktop

Link: Laptop demand overtakes desktop
Filed under: Hardware News, Mobile News, Technology News

According to a new report from market intelligence company IDC, demand for laptops will overtake demand for desktop PCs by 2011. Desktop shipments grew 2% to 138.3 million in 2006, while shipments of portable computers, excluding handhelds, increased 26.3% to 82.4 million. ...

 

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Yahoo provides OneSearch for mobile users

Link: Yahoo provides OneSearch for mobile users
Filed under: Web Development News, Software News, Wireless News, Yahoo! News, Marketing News, Search Engine News, Webmaster News, Internet News

Yahoo has launched an Internet search system for users of internet-enabled mobile phones. The service will start in the US, but will be rolled-out to international markets later in 2007. The service, called OneSearch, which was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics show in January, ...

 

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Edinburgh University unveils green computer

Link: Edinburgh University unveils green computer
Filed under: Hardware News, Technology News

A ultra-fast computer which is 10 times more energy efficient than traditional computers, has been developed at Edinburgh University's Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC). The computer, called Maxwell, uses field programmable gate arrays (FPGA). The silicon in FPGA chips can be rewired ...

 

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