Gareth Halfacree

Google adds magazine content

Google has extended its Book Search service with the additional of content from a variety of magazines - including Men's Health, Popular Science, and New York Magazine.

December 10, 2008 | 09:21

Six critical updates for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has released its monthly Patch Tuesday updates, and there are six fixes for security holes rated as 'Critical' covering Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office.

December 9, 2008 | 13:03

Intel netbook chip roadmap released

A report by financial services firm UBS Securities has revealed Intel's plans for next-generation low-power processors explicitly designed for netbook use.

December 9, 2008 | 09:07

UK ISPs implement IWF censorship

The Internet Watch Foundation has teamed up with a huge number of UK ISPs to implement a transparent proxy system designed to censor objectionable material.

December 8, 2008 | 13:40

Microsoft launches Vista SP2 beta

Microsoft has made a public beta available for Windows Vista Service Pack 2, which includes security rollups, Blu-ray support, and better power management.

December 8, 2008 | 09:11

Opera 10 Alpha 1 released

Opera has released an alpha build of its next generation web browser, and with 100 percent Acid3 compliance and a 30 percent speed boost to the rendering engine it's pretty darn good.

December 5, 2008 | 12:03

Intego responds to Mac AV furore

Intego Security, one of the companies recommended in Apple's hastily removed KB article about Mac anti-virus software, has issued a memo to clarify its stand.

December 5, 2008 | 09:06

i7 965 chip hits 5.5GHz

Asus has announced that an i7 Extreme 965 processor running on one of its motherboards has been overclocked to an impressive 5.5GHz.

December 4, 2008 | 12:43

Oracle adds data integrity to Linux

Database specialist Oracle has teamed up with storage specialist Emulex to donate open-source code for detection of "silent data corruption" to Linux.

December 4, 2008 | 09:05

Palm plans further cuts

Palm has announced a further round of restructuring designed to return the ailing company - once at the forefront of PDA design - the profitability.

December 3, 2008 | 13:14

Hitachi and Intel team up for SSDs

Hitachi GST and Intel have announced a partnership to develop high-performance SSDs for the enterprise market, with Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel connectivity.

December 3, 2008 | 08:59

MySQL creator decries latest build

Monty Widenius, creator of the open source database MySQL, has lambasted his superiors at Sun Microsystems over the premature release of MySQL 5.1.

December 2, 2008 | 14:15

gOS and Gigabyte to launch Cloud netbook

Good OS has announced a deal with Gigabyte that will see the 'Cloud' Google-themed operating system pre-installed on netbooks.

December 2, 2008 | 11:58

App Store hits 10,000 apps

Apple's App Store has beaten all expectations with the news that after just 142 days the service has reached 10,000 iPhone and iPod Touch applications.

December 2, 2008 | 09:06

New screens promise 40-hour notebooks

Pixel Qi has announced a new range of low-power LCD displays that could boost laptop battery life up to ten times - meaning 40 hours between charges.

December 1, 2008 | 12:24

Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

The infamous iPhone-Dev team has managed to get a working copy of Linux to boot on an iPhone, although the hack is very much at the proof of concept stage.

December 1, 2008 | 09:12

Nokia leaves Japanese market

Blaming the "current economic climate", Finnish mobile giant Nokia has announced it is to leave the Japanese market to others - aside from a small range of luxury handsets.

November 28, 2008 | 08:58

Apple advises use of Mac anti-virus

Apple has updated its support site with a suggestion that users of Mac OS X employ some form of anti-virus defence in the wake of several Mac-based trojans.

November 27, 2008 | 13:07

iPhone advert pulled by ASA

A TV advert for the iPhone 3G, referring to the device as "really fast", has been pulled by the Advertising Standards Authority as misleading.

November 27, 2008 | 08:58

Opera Mini 4.2 released

The latest build of the free mobile browser Opera Mini, version 4.2, has been released - and it brings some nice new features to the table along with Android support.

November 26, 2008 | 13:35

Microsoft studies cyberchondria

Microsoft has released the results of a study into medical related web searches, and discovers a large proportion of people suffering from 'cyberchondria'.

November 26, 2008 | 08:57

Scientists improve blue OLEDs

Scientists in South Korea have unveiled a breakthrough which greatly enhances the quality of the blue layer in an OLED screen - paving the way for big-screen units.

November 25, 2008 | 13:09

SCO loses Linux legal fight

The ailing SCO company has been ordered to cease its vexatious lawsuits and pay Novell over $2.54 million after falsely accusing the company of using its UNIX IP to better Linux.

November 25, 2008 | 08:57