Archive for July, 2011
Ask Jack: How to sync Outlook on two PCs
I’m looking for a reliable way – preferably cheap or even free – to synchronise Microsoft Outlook between a desktop PC and laptop. The laptop is running Windows XP Pro and the desktop Vista Pro (which, incidentally, I love!). Changing from Outlook isn’t really an option as I’ve looked at other email clients and don’t [...]
Read moreJustin Timberlake buys his own social network
Justin Timberlake is to take a “major role” in the new direction of Myspace after he emerged as one of those behind a $35m deal for the ailing social network. The singer turned actor, who starred as Facebook investor Sean Parker in the Hollywood hit The Social Network, took a stake in Myspace along with [...]
Read moreBarnes & Noble offers 30 free e-books to switch to Nook — that’s one expensive carrot
Barnes Noble Invites Customers to See for Themselves Why Critics Call NOOK™ Devices the Best Reading Devices on the Market Customers Who Bring Their Old eReader to a Barnes Noble Store to Compare and Upgrade to NOOK Receive 30 Free NOOK Books™ Worth $315 New York, New York – June 30, 2011 – Barnes Noble, [...]
Read moreTwitter investigated over apps dealings
Twitter is being investigated by US regulators over its dealings with third-party companies including UberMedia, the firm behind popular BlackBerry and iPhone apps. The Federal Trade Commission is investigation whether Twitter’s business relationships with other companies comply with US antitrust laws. UberMedia, the firm behind popular Twitter apps UberSocial, Echofon and Twidroyd, has confirmed that [...]
Read moreRoaming down, PAYG up: are they connected?
Are we witnessing the newest forms of swings and roundabouts, with mobile carriers – forced by the European Commission to lose on the swings by lowering their roaming charges for voice and data – gaining on the roundabouts by upping pay-as-you-go charges? At first glance, you’d think so. But it’s not the case. It’s down [...]
Read moreApple, Microsoft and RIM trump Google with $4.5bn bid for Nortel patents
Apple, Microsoft, Sony and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion are part of a winning consortium of six companies which have bought a valuable tranche of patents from the bankrupt Nortel Networks patent portfolio for $4.5bn (£2.8bn), in a hotly contested auction that saw Google and Intel lose out. Early signs had suggested that Google might [...]
Read moreGambling on smartphones takes off
Gambling via the new generation of smartphones such as Apple’s iPhone is rising rapidly, according to figures from bookmaker Paddy Power and betting exchange Betfair. Paddy Power’s chief operating officer Breon Corcoran said 34% of its active customers are now accessing the service through their phones, with its mobile revenues more than quadrupling during 2010. [...]
Read moreFTC reportedly investigates Twitter
US consumer watchdog the Federal Trade Commission is reportedly investigating the way Twitter deals with the companies that build applications and services for the company. Twitter’s rapid rise has been supported by an ecosystem of third party companies who build applications that make the service easy to use on PCs and mobile devices. More recently [...]
Read moreNortel patents sold for $4.5bn
Apple, Microsoft, Sony and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion are part of a winning consortium of six companies which have bought a valuable tranche of patents from the bankrupt Nortel Networks patent portfolio for $4.5bn (£2.8bn), in a hotly contested auction that saw Google and Intel lose out. Early signs had suggested that Google might [...]
Read moreEdge HD2 Mini PC is an HTPC that hides behind your TV
SAPPHIRE Announces EDGE-HD2 Mini PC Building on the success of its first Mini PC, hailed as the smallest PC in the world, SAPPHIRE Technology – the world leading manufacturer and supplier of PC graphics cards and mainboards has just introduced a new model – the SAPPHIRE EDGE-HD2. The SAPPHIRE EDGE-HD2 shares the same slim, stylish [...]
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