Monthly Archives: January 2009
Star Industry – Last Crusades
one of the bands I recently discovered, great music in my view :-)
Broadband ‘in every home by 2012′
All UK homes should have access to broadband and faster download speeds by 2012, the government has said. An interim report on the UK’s digital future also looked at plans for public service broadcasting. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said digital … Continue reading
Cisco goes green with EnergyWise
Cisco Systems announced in a press release on Tuesday the launch of a three-stage plan to help IT businesses reduce their carbon emissions, through the use of their new EnergyWise technology. Primarily designed for Cisco’s Catalyst switches, EnergyWise reports and … Continue reading
Microsoft continues to warn of IE8 lock-in for XP SP3 users
Last year when Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Jane Maliouta announced that consumers using Windows XP SP3 would be locked-in with the IE8 if they had installed the IE8 beta prior to upgrading to SP3. Microsoft again yesterday … Continue reading
Windows worm hits 8.9 million PCs in past week
A windows worm named Conficker or Downadup or Kido (as called by various anti-virus vendors) which targets unpatched networks and poor passwords has been reported to have affected 2.4 million machines to over 8.9 million during the last four days … Continue reading
Dave+1 to join Freeview
Dave’s one hour timeshift will commence broadcasts on Freeview later this month, it was confirmed today. UKTV has secured capacity from multiplex operator Arqiva to offer Dave+1 on channel 25 daily from 8am to 4am beginning on Thursday, January 22. … Continue reading
Windows 7 public beta released, remember to patch
Update 2: We have now posted a method for acquiring a valid key too. Update: It appears that Microsoft.com is suffering badly with “server too busy” messages. The Windows Team Blog have confirmed MS are struggling and adding more servers. … Continue reading
Windows Live Essentials released
A few hours ago, Tom Warren announced what Steve Ballmer announced during the keynote address tonight. From what I and many others understood, there was apparently a new build labeled as the “final version” released over at Download.live.com. However this … Continue reading
iTunes going DRM free
Apple have just announced, during the MacWorld keynote, that 10 million songs on iTunes will become DRM free by the end of Q1 2009. On the Apple iTunes store the text reads “This is a special offer to upgrade your … Continue reading