Phil Cogar

Hulu brings free NBC and Fox shows

NBC has teamed up with Fox to bring you Hulu - an ad supported way of watching some of your favourite tv shows and movies for free.

October 31, 2007 | 14:24

Google goes social for the second time

Google’s new social networking site, OpenSocial, is set to go live on Thursday. We have some of the details for you today.

October 31, 2007 | 11:25

Microsoft report shows better security

Microsoft’s security report is in and it shows a decrease in vulnerabilities and removed malware in newer versions of software. I should hope so too!

October 30, 2007 | 14:22

Leopard bears its teeth, crashes systems

Everything isn’t so shiny as Apple’s newly released OS X upgrade, Leopard, causes some computers to crash upon install andApple are clueless about how to solve it.

October 30, 2007 | 12:44

Acer makes strides to take over the world

Possibly being the third largest computer manufacturer in the world, Acer's profits are on the rise. The company has posted a $90 million net profit for the third quarter of 2007.

October 29, 2007 | 12:38

Cow-er power wins udderly

Livestock provide the power needed to communities in India set to receive OLPC laptops, but production problems may delay system delivery.

October 26, 2007 | 13:47

Seagate lawsuit concludes, settlement announced

The Seagate lawsuit about advertised space vs. actual space is over and customers are offered two choices: cash or free software.

October 26, 2007 | 12:41

Microsoft invests £117m in Facebook

Microsoft has won its battle against Google for claiming stake in Facebook. The social networking site is now valued at £7.3 billion thanks to a £117 million investment.

October 25, 2007 | 12:38

BenHeck revises single-handed console controller

BenHeck creates an intriguing one-handed modular controller to be produced for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3.

October 25, 2007 | 09:28

HDMI gets new guidelines

HDMI Licensing hopes to clear up some of the confusion surrounding the technology by issuing a series of new guidelines.

October 24, 2007 | 15:21

Verizon steps up FiOS speed to 20Mb symmetrical

Verizon is bumping up the speed of its FIOS services to a whopping 20mb symmetrical connection.

October 24, 2007 | 11:01

Microsoft complies to EU demands

Finally agreeing with the European Commission's antitrust findings, Microsoft has laid out two separate models for interoperability licensing to third party companies.

October 23, 2007 | 11:41

TV piracy site shut down

The piracy community takes another blow - TV-links.co.uk was shut down by British authorities late last week leaving only a few thousands torrent sites left to pick from.

October 22, 2007 | 13:48

AMD sees 18 percent revenue increase

The folks over at AMD saw an 18 percent increase in revenue during the third-quarter, however it still made a loss of $396 million.

October 19, 2007 | 16:05

Adobe aims to make products web based

With increasing broadband access and speeds, Adobe plans to make all of its products available through the web in the next decade.

October 19, 2007 | 13:52

Intel posts record revenue, lays off thousands

In a surprising twist, Intel has posted a record £4.94 billion third-quarter revenue but decides to lay off 2,000 people before the end of the year.

October 18, 2007 | 13:36

iTunes Plus songs drop to regular iTunes price

Getting DRM-free music from the iTunes music store will now be slightly cheaper then it was before. Apple has dropped the iTunes Plus price to $0.99.

October 17, 2007 | 14:17

Corsair announces two new PSUs

Corsair is offering up two new PSUs in 650W and 750W flavours. If modularity is a key purchasing factor for you though, you might want to look elsewhere.

October 17, 2007 | 10:52

Hitachi paves the way to larger HDDs

Hitachi has plans to shrink heads in 2009. The company has announced its Current Perpendicular-to-the-Plane Giant Magneto-Resistive head technology. Say that three times fast!

October 15, 2007 | 15:05

Intel demos mobile quad-core CPU

Intel kicked off IDF Taiwan with a bang by introducing a new mobile quad-core CPU and two new mobile computing cooling technologies.

October 15, 2007 | 13:24

US may ban import of HDDs

The International Trade Commission is investigating patent infringements in the manufacture of HDDs. The result could be a ban on hard drive imports for some brands.

October 12, 2007 | 13:23