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Medion To Release Cheap Blu-ray Laptop, The Akoya P8610

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

German manufacturer Medion has unveiled its latest high end, super fast desktop replacement laptop, the Akoya P8610 laptop which should cost around £800.

ITV Renames Online VoD To ITV Player, Prepares For Life After Kangaroo

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster ITV will rename its online video on demand service from "Catch-up TV" to a more catchy name "ITV player" to make it more memorable, à la BBC iPlayer

Google Launches Friend Connect; Real-time Search Next?

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

Connecting with friends and family seems to be flavour of the day, with two internet giants, Facebook and Google, on Thursday unleashing their respective technologies that enable users to sign in to third party websites, by using their Google and Facebook account credentials

Trojan Phishing Malware Disguises As Firefox Add-On

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

Security Firm BitDefender said that a new type of malicious software is targeting Mozilla Firefox users, posing as popular add-on Greasemonkey, which is used to customise user experience on several websites

Fake Cheap Nintendo DS Consoles Could Kill

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

The HMRC has seized several hundreds of counterfeited Nintendo DS consoles around the country in a bid to reduce hardware piracy and the potential risks associated with the dodgy gaming consoles

PSF Releases Python 3.0 Programming Language

Will McGugan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

The Python Software Foundation has announced the release of version 3.0 of the Python programming language. Python, of course, is the open source language that has been adopted by big players such as Google, YouTube and even Microsoft

IBM Teams With Ubuntu Maker To Release Windows-Less Virtual Desktop

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

In a move that can be dubbed as a dead aim towards Microsoft, IBM on Thursday has announced a Linux-based virtual PC that is entirely Microsoft-free

Microsoft Targets Windows XP "Blue Edition" Scam

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

Microsoft on Thursday announced that it has filed as many as 63 lawsuits in its recent attempt to crackdown on sellers of its fake software, including online vendors that auction its software under a new scam, tagged as “Blue Edition”, which offers extremely low prices to buyers

TomTom Releases Free Online Router Planner

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

In an attempt to take on Google Maps, TomTom, the Sat-nav device maker, has announced to launch a free online route planner that has been released into closed beta

EC Wants German Ofcom To Be More Transparent About Mobile Rates

Desire Athow — Fri, 05 Dec 2008

With the European Commission taking an aggressive stance on trimming down mobile charges and data roaming fees, mobile usage for European customers could well become a lot cheaper