It’s been talked about for some time now, that Google have been working on a Skype style VOIP rival called Google Voice, well today has seen the official Google Voice service go live, but only if you are in the US.
The big G has gone and placed its new free callings service live and has [...]
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Google Voice goes Live – Free Phone boxes scattered across the UK
Microsoft Warns PC User of New Vulnerabilities
Microsoft has had to issue warnings about the possibility of security vulnerabilities to their software. The attack, which is know as DLL pre-loading, isn’t new to some tech-savy people, but how will this effect the average PC user?
Well, it might not have any effect for the time being, but now is the time to install [...]
App Developers make more money on Apple iTunes than Android Market
A major brand in the UK has informed us that over 50% of its apps downloaded on the Android Market are refunded within 48 hours of the initial apps download.
This compared to 5% on Apples store for the same product. It is a pretty staggering difference in the amount of customers returning the products.
App developers [...]
Blackberry to use QNX Software for Blackpad
RIM have decided to go against using their latest OS 6 for their much rumoured, up and coming tablet. It was thought to be a given that Blackberry’s attempt at an iPad rival would feature their latest OS version, but it seems not to be.
Instead, RIM are opting for software designed by QNX Software Systems. [...]
Facebook Places Lets You Post Where You’ve Been
Facebook seems to be going from strength to strength, especially with rumours of a Spotify-alike in the works. However, the service has just been upgraded for those posting on the move from their touch-enabled smartphone, Facebook Places.
Places will also tag the location of the person as and when they update their status with their current [...]
McAfee Acquired by Intel for Massive Pot of Gold
Okay we lied about the gold, but still, for a huge sum of 7.68 billion dollars McAfee will soon be part of the Intel family. The company was announced to be being purchased this Thursday by the processor chip giant Intel for a massive 60% premium over the McAfee’s Wednesday closing stock price of $29.93.
This [...]
Google Chrome Web Store looks like iTunes!
Google have been gearing up its Chrome Web Store for a few months now and with the final release of its application laden store coming in October, we are finally getting to see just what Google have in store (pun intended) for us!
At the Game Developer Conference Europe (not to be confused with GamesCom) in [...]
ITV Player coming to Sony PS3 – Plus Sony announces PlayTV Live Chat
PS3 owners are getting yet another entertainment aspect, by securing itself yet another TV on demand catch up service in the form of the ITV Player, alongside the current iPlayer video on demand service.
Today at the Gamescom trade show in Cologne, Sony have announced at its keynote speech that next in its consoles Entertainment focused [...]
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Xbox LIVE games and info released
Now we all know that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 software is coming, it’s been coming for some time now and quite frankly WE WANT MORE INFORMATION. Now one of the biggest features of the future Windows Phone OS is the Xbox Live gaming integration, it’s something that is long overdue for Microsoft (taking its existing [...]
